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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
10
Nebraska Rep. Denny proposes a price tag on all bills considered by Congress. The plan would require two year cost estimates and bi monthly cost tallies in the Congressional Record. Supporters say it would curb boondoggling and reveal actual costs behind appropriations.
A humorous column notes a world wide hotel booking system in seconds and observes inflation, air conditioning myths, economic rules, and odd anecdotes about Nessie and a peacetime bar. It comments on lawmakers’ salaries and a convinct embezzler, ending with a quip about football coaches seeking hustle.
The text asks five questions about distinctions in word usage and legal terms. It contrasts riddle with conundrum, contrary with contradictory, assault with battery, and asks which is legally worse and which word is higher in the phrase fair to middling, plus a truncated flot fragment.
The list contrasts forms and meanings of words such as enormousness, definitive versus feasible, anticipation versus ex expectation, reaction versus mutual or common enemy, and gendered terms. It also asks about differences among political structures confederation federation and terms female female seven male masculine manly and related pairs.
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health highlights teenage boys as the most at risk for drowning due to overconfidence. Of 674 known cases, only 552 victims had swimming ability data. 121 were good swimmers and 117 average, underscoring overconfidence as a factor in drownings. Water temperature was known in 674 cases, with 200 described as very cold.
George Robeson argues the Kennedy accident and cover story erode public trust in Edward Kennedy and mortalize the presidency. He warns the era of nuclear brinkmanship demands steadiness and credibility, leaving Kennedy unlikely to be nominated.
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