Editorial Resist NAFTA Fears Over Jobs and Lives
The piece questions NAFTA urging doubt over its impact on real people. It cites Rep. Bonier claiming 2.6 million US jobs moved abroad between 1979 and 1991 and warns that future shifts could worsen unemployment and wage declines while favoring business.
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NAFTA
David Bonier
Michigan
U.S
House
Asia
Mexico
Bonier
U.S. Commerce Department
N Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt
Playboy past issues profile notes key items from early Playboy history including the first Playmate of the Month termed Sweetheart of the Month, the first interview conducted by Alex Haley, Hugh Hefner’s jet with a dance floor, and early Playmate Jayne Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playboy Magazine
Playboy
Alex Haley
Hefner
Jayne Mansfield
Salvation Army
Holy Name Cathedral
Bunny
Russell Miller
New American Library
Seeing the Whole Picture in Politics and Perspective
The author argues that perspective in politics mirrors art, urging citizens to view issues in context rather than in isolation. They critique ideologues and misplaced priorities, noting how domestic finance and foreign aid clash, tariffs, trade, and UN issues shape reality, and stress that good government requires active, broad citizen responsibility.
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Thomas Jefferson
Willy Loman
Japan
United States
Somalia
New York
Chicago
Seasonal Air Conditioning Use Patterns Revealed
A reader tracked daily air conditioner use over summer noting high activity from June 15 to July 15 with a $127 bill, then 20 days of use to August 15 totaling $147, and eight days from August 15 to September with a $130 bill, mentioning a friend who kept cooling constant due to her son.
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Sepros Syc1
It's Your Quarter asthma and late night parties
A reader piece references a two week vacation, high monthly bills, and calls for public discussion. It mentions health care costs tied to tobacco, military involvement in Somalia, and youth parties affecting communities. It invites opinions via a listed phone number with restricted call times.
Reader letters welcome with signatures and full address
Citizens invited to send signed letters to the editor with return address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned submissions will not be published. The process emphasizes prompt confirmation through provided contact details.
Gasoline Alley longest story told marks 75 years
The article chronicles Gasoline Alley from its 1918 beginnings in the Chicago Tribune via Frank King to its 75 year evolution under Dick Moores and Jim Scancarelli. It notes Skeezix’s birth, family growth, merchandising, film adaptions, radio, and a legacy of continuous daily production and audience devotion.
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Ottawa Herald
Charlotteville
N.C
Jim Scancerelli
America
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Frank O. King
Chicago Tribune
A.W.O.L
Gasoline Alley
Walt Waller
Bill
Doc
Avery
Frank King
Tomah
Wis
Frank
Walter Drew
Bill Gannon
Dec Johnson
Joseph Medill Patterson
the Tribune
King
Walt
Captain Patterson
Harold Gray
Otto
Annie
Chester Gould
Dick Tracy
Uncle Walt
Phyllis
Rachel
Skeezix
Pat the Dog
Fluff the Cat
Columbia Pictures
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Alley
Bill Perry
Harold Teen
Dick Moores
Walt Disney
Scamp
Mickey Mouse
Moores
Midwest
Middle America
North Carolina
Reuben
National Cartoonists Society
Jim Scancarelli
King’s
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Karl A. van Asselt
U.N
Middle East
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Clinton
Ottawa
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