Readers Voice on Deficit and Recycling Newspapers
A reader voices concern that government efforts to cut the deficit are mirrored by cuts to services. The note mentions newspapers using recycled newsprint and their recyclability, urging readers to call 1414 for local area information.
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Tip O'Neill dies at 81 former House speaker of Boston
Tip O'Neill, longtime Boston politician and former speaker of the House, died Wednesday night at Brigham and Women's Hospital at age 81 from cardiac arrest. He rose from ward politics to congressional leader, shaping the Democratic message during the Reagan era. The White House called him a great American with a lasting public service legacy.
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Tip” O’neill Jr
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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White House
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Tip O’neill
Boston College
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Guadalupe shopkeeper links Mexican uprising to land conflict
Guillermo de Leon, a Guadalupe retailer, studies a map while describing how the Mayan rebellion and land disputes in southern Mexico may be driven by demands for territory. He notes Yaqui refugees in Guadalupe and recalls Mexico as home amid broader regional inequities.
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Guadalupe
Mexico
DeLeon
Arizona- Mexico
Chiapas
Arizona
Sonora
Mexican troops push to crush rebel forces in Chiapas
Government troops backed by planes attacked rebel-held towns in Chiapas as villagers emerged from hiding. The army reported 95 dead, while La Jornada cited church sources warning of human rights abuses amid the New Year operations in southern Mexico.
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Ocosingo
Mexico
Chiapas
Mexico City
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Battle lines form over Arizona school vouchers
As the Arizona Legislature nears its new session, private school vouchers emerge as a central clash. Governor Fife Symington supports including vouchers in any education reform he signs, with his aide Barry Aarons claiming enough votes exist to send a voucher bill to the governor. Senate President John Greene and House Speaker Mark Killian caution that the outcome remains uncertain while education reform lagged in the 41st Legislature.
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Barry Aarons
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Senate
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John Greene
Phoenix
Greene
Mark Killian
R-Mesa
Youth corrections director forced out amid weapons probe
John Arredondo resigned as head of the Department of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation after Gov. Symington asked him to step down. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office disclosed a criminal probe into officials allowing real guns to be used in a gang intervention play at Black Canyon School on Nov. 13, amid broader investigations into the department.
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John Arredondo
Department of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation
Fife Symington
Arredondo
Richard Romley
Black Canyon School
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