Unfinished farm plan shows Congress with lingering aid disputes
President Nixon faces a slow moving effort on long term farm policy as Congress debates subsidy limits. Clifford Hardin proposes ideas to reduce control while farmers seek fair returns. Large subsidies persist for top producers, with $3.5 billion yearly direct payments and decades old 1965 farm law remaining in place. Charles Shuman warns lawmakers lag on shifting from subsidy management.
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Weicker amendment aims to save old neighborhoods
Washington reports how Connecticut Congressman Lowell Weicker Jr advances a one-for-one amendment to the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969. It would require replacing demolished urban renewal units with new housing in the same rent range, preserving neighborhood character and curbing displacement of poor families. The measure gains cross‑party support and aims to shift federal urban policy toward renovation over demolition.
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Pungent Prayer in Prayers for Daily Use excerpt
A devotional prayer passage contrasts Christmas for children with human need, urging humility and divine healing. The prayer pleads for mercy, confession, and guidance, and invokes Jesus’ humility to enter troubled hearts. From Prayers for Daily Use 1957, edited by Rev. Phil E. Pierce.
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Samuel H. Miller
Phil E. Pierce
Advise on headaches and health questions from Dr Thesteson
A reader asks about non aspirin pain relief and is advised to use acetaminophen such as Tempra or Tylenol, avoiding salicylates. Other letters cover tinnitus causes and a booklet offer, radio iodine safety during pregnancy, decaffeinated coffee caffeine content, diabetic foot symptoms, and acne guidance with request for the acne booklet.
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Meniereé
Combinaton
Thesteson
Thasteson
Hard charger general to lead My Lai probe
Lt Gen William R. Peers, a renowned hard charger, leads the Army inquiry into the My Lai massacre report. He assesses the March 1968 low echelon investigation and whether higher channels should have received the findings. Peers emphasizes accountability and the Army system's functioning under scrutiny.
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My Lai
Vietnam
William R. Peers
Peers
Pentagon
Ernest Medina
Ith
Americal
Saigon
Tax payments lag as year begins in Muscatine
Our yesterdays note shows residents slow to pay taxes this year with very few already settling accounts. The items also recall holiday plans and local commerce memories from 75, 25, and 10 years ago, including gifts and service honors.
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Elmer Batterson
Adam Hild’s
Today in History highlights for December 19, 1969
From The Associated Press a compact recap of notable events on this date across history. Washington’s winter encampment at Valley Forge in 1777, Paine’s The Crisis second series in 1776, Cobb’s birth in 1886, and other items including autogiro debut in 1928 and key political moments.
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Valley Forge
Thomas Paine
Pennsylvania Journal
Joseph Turner
Tyrus Raymond
Ty) Cobb
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Daily Prayer on the Nativity Theme
The prayer invokes God to reveal Jesus Christ, asking for renewed love and mercy in hearts as believers draw near to the manger in Bethlehem. It cites Galatians 4:4 and expresses devotion to the divine coming.
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Bethichem
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