Then and Now Thanksgiving A feast with American origins
The piece muses on Thanksgiving as the most American holiday linking modern tables to Native American foods. It notes turkeys trace to European stock via Aztec origins, and lists native dishes such as beans, cranberries, corn, squash, and nuts. It recalls Pilgrim feasts and postmeal exhaustion.
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Turkey
Tuition tax credits debate trails national view in D C
Washington voters rejected the D C Education Tax Credit Initiative by 73 829 to 8 44 a result seen as harming the push for tuition credits. The article contrasts the D C plan with the Packwood Moynihan bill while noting concerns about equity and nonrefundable credits. It cites quotes from Chester Finn and views of church officials and unions.
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Washington
D.C
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N
Robert Packwood
R-Ore
Packwood
Etta Fielek
Chester Finn
Moynihan
Finn
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
National Taxpayers Union
American Federation of Teachers
James A. Hickey
U.S. Catholic Conference
Office For
Edward Anthony
The
Catholic Review
Baltimore
Tuition tax credits could empower parents and fix inequities
Letter to the editor argues for tuition tax credits or grants based on a child's grade and local costs. It contends credits would remove fairness issues for taxpayers funding public schools and praises private school parents as heroes while challenging the church‑state separation claim. It notes many private schools are church‑related but not all and recalls colonial roots of American schools.
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America
Turkey
Casey
CIA
William Casey
Treasury
William Simon
Simon
Manfred Steyne
Steyne
Data General
FBI
William Jobe
Casey-Simon
United Feature Syndicate
Fac
Lake Singanore
Frederick County
Thanksgiving plea amid farm debt and aid cuts hits US life
Washington columnist JACK ANDERSON decries food stamp and WIC program cuts, global aid limits, and farm debt while urging private charity and policy shifts. He cites unemployment, beneficiary reductions, and stalled aid to Vietnam and Cambodia, then criticizes educational monopolies and public funding rules.
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Sen
Jesse Helms
RNC
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Congress
Vietnam
Cambodia
Congressmen and city events mark Frederick area notice
Congressman David J. Lewis of Maryland's sixth district was slated to speak on tariffs at the Frederick County Farm Bureau annual meeting at Calvary Episcopal Church. Frederick officials toured Washington to study the Miller Translator traffic system as Christmas lights lit downtown Frederick, with local dignitaries and club members in attendance.
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David J. Lewis
Maryland
Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Calvary Mi Episcopal Church
Lewis
U.S. Tarif Commission
Frank W. Rothenhuefer
A.A. Nicodemus
Howard E. Danner
Thurmont
Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railway
Danner
Earl 8. Bloom
Union Bridge
Frederick
Frederick High School
Elm Street Glee Club
Edward J. McGuiness
Sears
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Santa Claus
Bettie Jane
United Appeal
North Frederick
Charlotte Whitmore Yarrell
YMCA
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