Kennedy Zapruder film deemed voyeuristic despite history tone
Odessa American editorial condemns a home video release titled Image of an Assassination a New Look at the Zapruder film as vulgar voyeurism and profiteering from a president's murder. It criticizes the commercialization of President Kennedy's death and questions the morality of distributing such footage for profit.
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Texas seeks tripling college scholarship aid to expand access
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board urged lawmakers to raise annual scholarship funding to nearly 500 million dollars. They propose using a share of a multibillion dollar budget surplus to boost grants, aiming to broaden higher education access and prepare residents for a technology driven economy.
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Congress Fails to Enforce Truth in Testimony Rule
Heritage Foundation study grades House on disclosure of federal contracts and grants by witnesses. Of 971 witnesses, 743 filed forms. nine committees graded from A plus to F with Ways and Means incomplete. Critics say reforms undercut by uneven enforcement and possible conflicts of interest.
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Crime wave hits hometown of Fulton County
Feder, syndicated columnist for the Boston Herald, reflects on a sudden surge of murders in Fulton County, highlighting a July 20 feature in the New York Times. He recalls Johnstown and Gloversville, notes teen arrestees, and laments the social changes that disrupted his once tranquil upbringing.
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Saving Private Ryan a brutal, pacifist clash of war ethics
Joseph Sobran argues Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan opens with an unflinching Omaha Beach bombardment, delivering raw, graphic warfare to underscore the true cost of World War II. He notes the film aims to honor soldiers while risking a pacifist reading, comparing it to Fussell's wartime realism and challenging romantic war myths.
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