Amish Cook recalls family holidays and farming life
Elizabeth Coblentz reflects on a white Christmas family gathering of 36, the long traditions of sharing meals and the New Year song, and the ongoing work of canning beef with the help of relatives. She provides a chili soup recipe and notes her Amish faith and handwritten column from Indiana.
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Joe
Lovina
Liz
Ben
Albert
Palmetto, Florida
Elizabeth
Indiana
Coblentz
Oasis Newsfeatures
P.O
Middletown
Ohio
Presidents clash with the press across eras
A column recounts historic feuds between U S presidents and reporters. It notes FDR and Theodore Roosevelt’s sharp barbs, Truman’s handwritten jab at a critic, Nixon and Rather during Watergate, and Kennedy cutting a newspaper contract to curb perceived bias. The piece ends noting Kennedy’s cashing in on bid coverage.
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Ashington
Wee D. Roosevelt
Fdr
Theodore Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
Harry Truman
Margaret
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Richard Nixon
CBS
Dan Rather
Nixon
Rather
John Kennedy
New York Herald Tribune
White House
Trib
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Clinton vetoes welfare bill and pledges new plan
President Clinton vetoed the Republican welfare overhaul, saying it would not move people from welfare to work and warning it targets budget cuts over real reform. He pledged to work with Congress on a bipartisan plan, criticizing cuts to foster care, adoption aid, food stamps, and child programs while seeking broad changes.
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Bill Clinton
Mike McCurry
New York Times
William Safire
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Whitewater
Safire
McCurry
Clinton
Ashington
Congress
Senate
House
America
Snow delays force third government snow day in Washington
Washington remains shut as new snowfall halts return to work after a record blizzard. Federal employees face a backlog of mail and paperwork while roads stay treacherous for the commute. Janice Lachance of the Office of Personnel Management cites delayed snow removal as the reason for delaying return.
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Washington
Office of Personnel Management
Janice Lachance
Lachance
Republican Congress
Clinton
David Siegel
Willa
Health and Human Services Department
Flight 801 Stranded 7 Hours At JFK In Blizzard
United Flight 801 with 264 passengers was taxiing on the runway for hours and stuck in a snowbank at Kennedy Airport during a blizzard. Passengers reported the crew threatened arrests as the plane’s nose gear became trapped and an engine problem delayed takeoff. Passengers were kept aboard and fed, then housed in hotels as officials planned a new attempt to depart later that day.
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New York
United
Kennedy Airport
Tanya Clark
Associated Press
Mary Jo
Holland
Paul Blanco
Port Authority
Clark
Japan
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