Primary race for Fifth District seat heats up with 10 candidates
As the 40 day clock ticks toward the primary, ten contenders from both parties vie to replace Republican Bob Whittaker. Ed Reitz accuses others of avoiding issues and proposes a budget balance amendment and removing Social Security funds from the budget. Hodges campaigns on frugal spending and directness, arguing candidates will be powerless without a bold stance. The piece urges grassroots-driven solutions and urges candidates to clearly state plans and beliefs.
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Fifth Congressional District
Bob Whittaker
Ottawa
Ed Reitz
Pittsburg
Hodges
Congress
Sagan message on environment drives student concern
Guest opinion cites Carl Sagan urging global cooperation to fight pollution. He notes carbon dioxide and CFCs cross borders and warns no nation can solve ecological problems alone. Tennessee Leadership Seminar and Lehigh graduates heard that per capita waste in the U S is high and youth must act for Earth's future.
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Herald
Olecules
Carl Sagan
Mr. Sagan
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
U.S
Boyd School in Franklin County Echoes of Two-Story Campus
Commentary on Boyd School District 43 near Pomona, built in the 1870s and closed in 1947, with two locations and later uses. The first building stood on land once owned by A M Boyd, the second, a long room 21 by 104 feet, became a church in Centropolis after being moved. last teacher Lois Crooks and notable pupils are listed along with memories of the creaky ceiling and calcimine.
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Franklin County
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Jim Hitch
Boyd School
Pomona
A.M. Boyd
Peck
Centropolis
Baptist Church
Justices uphold flag rights and police checkpoints clash
In a pivotal week the Supreme Court shielded flag burning as free speech while approving roadblock checks to curb drunk driving. The author notes the First Amendment protections versus Fourth Amendment concerns, stressing the state’s life-saving interest and the negligible harm from flag burning, ending with a defense of individual liberty and a jab at protest methods.
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Supreme Court
ACLU
Michigan
Letters A community recycling thank you note posted
Joan Vibert Lake Region Earthteam Recycling Coordinator thanks volunteers and donors for the June 16 recycling effort. Mentions Gene Ramsey David Scherer Vern Moyer Leo and Mary Ferguson city and county support Don McKay Bill Adams Jim and James Poe Lions Club The Herald and The Times. Notes total receipts since October $1,485 with $750 in donations and expenses of $1,200.
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Gene Ramsey
David Scherer
Vern Moyer
Leo and Mary Ferguson
Don McKay
Bill Adams
Lawrence
Jim and
James Poe
The
Lions Club
Joan Vibert
Lake Region
Earthteam
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Alma Peck
Ethel (Peck) Richardson
E. 12Th
Richardson
Pecks
Boyd
Dorothy (Menary) Gilliland
Lois Crooks
Doris Jean Gates
Charles
Larry
Patsy Shaw
Ernest
Lexie Mae
Alice Frances Johnson
Dwite
Mary Jane
Ella May Webber
Loren
William Engle
Gilliland
Arion Jones
Leona
Toumberlin
Johnson
Bob Jones
Oma
Dickey
Mae
Gephart
Odlin Thompson
Marvin Durbin
Ray Reed
Roy Reed
Charles Shaw
Jim Shaw
Ruth (Nitcher) Fleming
Jack Wilson
Kenneth Nitcher
Ethyl
Jack Baxter
Donald Baxter
Herbert Johnson
Keith Nitcher
Justices
Motor Vehicle Office
John McCormally
Harris Newspapers
the Herald
the Times
George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
D. C
Rayburn
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Beilie Sue Shumway
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