Gratitude for American blessings this Thanksgiving season
A reflective holiday piece urges Americans to count blessings and express thanks for U S citizenship, highlighting comparisons with other nations. It notes Americas relative prosperity, military capacity, and good people, while acknowledging global crises and domestic pessimism ahead of 1999. The essay ends urging gratitude and appreciation for those who enabled such status.
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America
Asia
Ireland
Europe
Africa
Russia
Soviet Union
Japan
Pumpkin Papers reveal Whittaker Chambers documents
Fifty years ago on December 3, 1948 the House Un-American Activities Committee disclosed that Whittaker Chambers produced microfilm of secret documents hidden in a pumpkin on his Maryland farm. The note also recalls Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidency and Oberlin College's 1833 opening as the first coeducational higher learning institution in the United States.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Andrew Jackson
United States
Oberlin College
Ohio
Life Beyond Disability Presses for Equal Rights Not Death
Harlan Hahn argues that people with disabilities pursue meaningful lives through social change and personal resilience rather than seeking cures or death. He critiques media portrayals on 60 Minutes and Rear Window, urging society to end discrimination and support accessible environments and opportunities.
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CBS
60 Minutes
Lou Gehrig
Jack Kevorkian
Reeve
Kevorkian
Harlan Hahn
University of Southern California
Don’t hate black history it belongs to all of us
Leonard Pitts argues that white readers should not recoil from black history, since it is everyone’s history. He recalls a teen asked what’s wanted from white readers, urges readers to walk this ground together, acknowledge pain, and seek shared understanding to move forward.
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Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Postmaster notice listing address change details
Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. The notice directs readers to send address changes to the Journal World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. The statement notes USPS registration and bureau memberships.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kar
Kaw
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Pinochet Extradition Debate Reflects Global Law Risks
The piece argues Pinochet deserves no mercy and questions creating a global framework that could trap former dictators in exile. It criticizes the Clinton administration for resisting his extradition while warning against softening resolve toward tyranny. It notes potential defense by Friedman Buckley Thatcher and contemplates retirement scenarios abroad.
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Augusto Pinochet
Pinochets
Clinton
Pinochet
Chile
Richard Nixon
Cambodia
Fidel Castro
Madrid
University of Chicago
Economics
Spain
Augusto
Friedman
Buckley
Thatcher
State University monthly running costs in November
Lawrence journal reports on November expenditures for the State university totaling $6,540.41. The auditors’ bills show the highest monthly salary at $333.33 and the lowest at $10.11, illustrating the pay range for university staff.
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Lawrence Journal
State University
Watkins Community Museum
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