Pension time bomb in federal retirement system alarms lawmakers
The piece notes 1.9 million civil service beneficiaries receive 18.8 billion annually, with a 500 billion debt in the system. It adds 1.4 million military pensioners draw 14.9 billion yearly, also 500 billion in hock. Together these programs top 1 trillion in imbalance, near national debt levels, amid 36 other plans. Congress cut railroad retirement benefits by 4 billion, while most plans remain in trouble. Measures such as early retirement and higher living cost adjustments drive the crisis, posing risk to taxpayers and beneficiaries.
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Casey County board posts Ten Commandments page in class
A Kentucky school board ordered pages from Congress to be posted in classrooms claiming the Ten Commandments would familiarize students with the Congressional Record. Critics say posting the Decalogue breaches church state separation, noting the board’s sly tone and potential misreading of the commandment’s truthfulness provision.
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Casey County
Congressional Record
Readers debate 21 as minimum drinking age and youth crash deaths
A letter from Mary Black of Sycamore argues for a 21-year drinking age to curb highway fatalities among young adults 16 to 24. She cites editorials, surgeon general data, and states with higher age limits, urging action against alcohol consumption and risky weekend driving.
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Awbrey
Herald
Bob Whittaker
Mary Black
Sycamore
TV Tonight Highlights a Busy Night of NBC CBN and Movies
A dense TV guide snippet lists prime time lineup across networks including NBC CBS HBO CBN and movie offerings. Highlights include The A Team Hart to Hart Hawaii Five O and boxing Top Rank in Las Vegas with additional programs across channels and late night features.
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HBO
Entertainment Tonight
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Springfield
Good News
WKAP
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Mississippi
Klaus Barner
Danielle Valle
Revere Kent
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Vietnam
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Johnson
Top Rank Boxing
Las Vegas
Jimmy Jackson
Delia Palacious
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Barney Miller
Dobie Gillis Botan
Ida Lupeg
Robert Ae
Barbara Whiting
Burns & Allen
David Ga
Hawaii
Philadelphe
San Antonio
The View From Here Musings on politics and life’s odds
A collage of columns and reflections on politics, philosophy, and social observations. The writer cites wit from history, debates on happiness and autumn, the value of knowing why, PBS Vietnam coverage, opinions on Nixon and Reagan, the roots of delinquency, vanity, borrowing woes, and the harshness of hospitals for the sick.
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Bay City Blues Teases Realistic Minor League Drama
Frenchy Nuckles learns a spitball and discovers marriage drama as NBC previews Bay City Blues a new Steven Bochco led drama about minor league baseball life. The show draws Hill Street Blues alumni and uses a Southern California ballpark backdrop with a mixed cast of veterans and young players.
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Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Frenchy Nuckles
Judy
Bay City Blues
Tonight
NBC
California
Hill Street Blues
CBS
Pat Corley
Hill Street
Ray Holtz
Bay City
Bluebirds
Dennis Franz
Angelo Carbone
Peter Jurasik
Bluebird of Happiness
Michael Nouri
Reader’s bedwetting mystery solved by warm bedroom
A five year old boy who dried for a year wets the bed again after a hot midsummer night. The parents and Dr Donahue consider stress but the cause was a simple heat issue. The child slept in light summer pajamas with windows open in a very warm room.
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Prayer For Today USPS Ottawa Herald Item
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details from Cedar published pages with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription rates for trade area and outside regions. It includes a Bible quotation and a brief prayer, then a domestic health Q and A about cancer contagion.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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