Senate fights for budget plan and Social Security stance
Editorials argue entitlements fuel the deficit while a balanced budget amendment risks Social Security receipts. Orrin Hatch defends using Social Security surpluses to balance the budget, prompting concern that children will be shortchanged if taxes paid now fail to support future Social Security needs.
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U.S. Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Local readers praise homeschooling and school finances debate
A reader lauds homeschooling for religious instruction and a scholarship recipient while criticizing quick fix funding for schools. Commits: a Franklin County maintainer's Feb 14 work praised. Notes a community forum dubbed It's Your Quarter with a listed contact and restricted call times.
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Franklin County
Allen Terrace
Crusade outcomes recap contested Jerusalem and Acre
A World Features Syndicate summary notes mixed results across crusade phases. Christians briefly captured Jerusalem and Constantinople but Muslims regained Jerusalem and Acre in subsequent actions, with no overall land exchange. The record highlights fluctuating control in the 11th to 13th century campaigns and uncertain victors.
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Acre
Jerusalem
World Features Syndicate
Letters to the Editor Policy Encourages Signed Pieces
Readers are invited to send signed letters with the writer’s address. Unsigned letters will not be published. A telephone number should be included to expedite verification.
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Herald
Presidential trivia for Presidents Day 1995 readers
The piece ponders quirks and facts about U S presidents with playful questions and answers. It notes Grover Cleveland’s double presidency, Andrew Johnson’s party shifts, Millard Fillmore as the last non Republican Democrat, and Whig presidents’ brief terms. It covers birthplaces Hoover and Ford, Arlington burials, and Polk as a House speaker who became president.
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White House
America
Bill Clinton
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Andrew Johnson
National Union Party
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
Millard Fillmore
Millard
William H. Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Fillmore
McGovern
Mondale
Dukakis
James Monroe
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Rutherford B. Hayes
J. Edgar Hoover
Hayes
Adams
Harrison
American Bar Association
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Bor
Iowa
Nebraska
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Omaha
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Gerald R. Ford
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
William Howard Taft
Taft
Supreme Court
Newt
James K. Polk
Bond Plan for Elementary Capacity Draws Critique
In a critical commentary Sam Sheldon questions the districts bond proposal for elementary construction. He notes current capacity at 1,300 with the plan reaching 1,320 and argues the replacement schools reduce overall capacity. He cites high per-student costs and questions taxpayer value while correcting a numerical error about funding.
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Eugene Field
Hawthorne
Sixteen U.S. Carriers Open Raids on Tokyo and Yokohama
On February 16 1945 sixteen U S aircraft carriers launch two days of air raids on Tokyo and Yokohama while American warships bombard Iwo Jima in preparation for a Marine landing in the Bonin Islands. The landing force sails from Saipan as American paratroopers and seaborne infantry begin a surprise assault on Corregidor in Manila Bay.
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U.S
Tokyo
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Bonin Islands
Saipan
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Congress urged to back anti-NAFTA HR 499 bill
Letter argues against NAFTA and GATT, cites job losses and pension cuts, claims WTO dominance, criticizes Clinton leadership, and urges readers to contact Congress to support HR 499. Includes address 1434 Willow.
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Clinton
NAFTA
GATT
United States
World Trade Organization
WTO
Congress
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