Editorial on Religion in Schools and Supreme Court Rulings
A State Attorney General advisory explains that school boards and teachers cannot organize or sanction prayers Bible readings or devotional exercises in public schools including baccalaureate events. The piece questions disallowing religion in education and contrasts it with national symbols such as In God We Trust and the Pledge of Allegiance. The column ends with a quip about creditors as the day’s closing note.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
U.S
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Clues
A crossword grid prompts across clues like Exclamation and Black Sea port with entries such as Ruths husband and Chief. The cryptoquote sample shows a substitution puzzle using a King Features Syndicate line from 1967 with the quotation about architecture and chimney.
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Black Sea Port
Time and the Endless Clockwork of Life
Jim Bishop reflects on time as a elusive concept and universal ruler. He traces clocks from ancient definitions to modern minutes, noting time governs every life from birth to death and the paradox of measuring what cannot be owned.
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Aurelius Augustinus
Random House
Abby
Catskills
Readers Tackle Tips on Gratuities and Time
Abigail Van Buren collects letters from readers debating tipping waiters who are friends. The exchanges cover social boundaries, fairness, and personal finances, with anecdotes from waiters, a dentist, a waitress, and a waiter’s wife.
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Abby
Newcastle
Park Use Battles Between Locals and Out-of-Town Visitors
Letter to the editor thanks Jaycees for Memorial Park playground equipment erected April 16. Writer laments out-of-town visitors occupying picnic tables and picking flowers, questions what will be done to address the issue and frames it as a local tax versus visitor frustration.
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Jaycees
Memorial Park
Norwalk
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