West Side Middle School needs more help says editorial
An Amite meeting on discipline at West Side Middle School yields broad agreement that action is needed to improve education. The editorial urges adding another assistant principal to handle 800 plus students and notes comparisons with Ponchatoula and Hammond High. It urges board and community cooperation to provide better education for West Side students.
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West Side
Louisiana
Ponchatoula High
Hammond High
Congress weighs mail order tax reform potential
The Supreme Court decision could help Congress bring order to taxing mail order sales. Since the ruling, states pursue taxability of out of state catalogs amid a growing mail order market from 2.4 to 183 billion dollars yearly. Several thousand local governments levy varied sales taxes, complicating collection for mail order houses.
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Congress
Omaha World-Herald
Thoughts for the Day and Quotations On Life and Wisdom
A collage of quotations touches on comfort from poets and writers. Lines wonder about human design and glasses, lauding the mind's vast reach. It questions selective service and warns against reverence for media voices. It closes with proverbs about love of truth and knowing enough.
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Sarah Orne Jewett
Joseph Conrad
Dollars for offices not litter in state budget clash
Two front page pieces show lawmakers split: one opposes cutting the Office of Litter Control with 155000 funding, the other reports a 14 million statewide pay raise for legislators and staff. The letter-writer argues anti litter funds and roadside cleanup matter more than fancier offices and raises, urging voters to demand action.
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Office of Litter Control
Associated Press
Office of
Louisiana
Which theory might be right
Washington report discusses three major factors shaping climate: greenhouse gases, El Niño, and the parasol or bumbershoot effect. It notes Mount Pinatubo’s volcanic eruption cooling parts of the globe and cites Dr. David Rodenhuis on the climate as a mixed, complex system with no single dominant driver.
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David Rodenhuis
Rodenhuis
Earth
Latin America
Pacific
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Pinatubo
Dr. Rodenhuis
Alaska
Military units boost Louisiana economy and honor guards
A 1991 Louisiana payroll of 36.2 million paid to 29,832 Reserve and National Guard members backs Tangipahoa Parish units in Hammond and Amite. Some members aided Desert Storm efforts, while a call to sustain strong training and equipment remains.
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National Guard
Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish
Hammond
433D
MP Co
Southwest Railroad Avenue
205Th Engineer
South Holly Street
Amite
United States
Misused ARK Versus ARC Causes Reader Confusion
The column corrects ARC versus ARK usage. ARC denotes a curved line, as in a circle segment, while ARK refers to a safety vessel. Writers should not swap the spellings. the article notes readers may be misled and invites letters to Jef frey McQuain at the Daily Star for general questions.
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Jeffrey McQuain
The
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