Nixon landslide reshapes GOP fate in Congress long run
A NEA analysis shows the Republican Party rarely gains durable congressional majorities with presidential wins. Since Hoover in 1928, Republicans have controlled Congress only twice in 21 elections, with gains fading over time and Nixon era results showing limited impact on long term party strength.
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State considers six year shift to fund public schools
Texas education officials meet December 9 to review a plan transferring the entire basic public school program cost to the state over six years by 1978 79. The plan, proposed by a finance committee, would end local tax reliance for the program except for building and enrichment.
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Thanks Eagles for a strong football season in Pecos
Editorial thanks the Eagles for a great season despite last night’s playoff loss to Dumas. The team won district, rose to contending status, and returns with senior talents to bolster Pecos’s 1973 season, honoring players and boosters.
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Pentagon plan tightens bases and civilian jobs
The Pentacon aims to trim military bases and civilian staffing to save money and fund better weapons. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird targets about a 1.5 billion dollar reduction this year, prioritizing base closures and depot consolidations while preserving essential forces. Local opposition may arise as districts feel the impact.
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Bottleism a home poison program in Michigan stores
Arnold's drugstore chain in Michigan offers 10 cents for any medicine bottle with a prescription label turned in. The push aims to curb home poisonings, noting 700000 yearly victims and that three quarters are children under five, with common household medicines as the usual culprits.
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Pied Piper Mystery Reported in Local Festival
A strange figure known as the Pied Piper appears during the town festival drawing curious crowds. Police urged calm as residents debated his identity and motives while organizers promised a safe celebration.
Court Awards Damages Over Ice Cream Truck Warning
A mother sues an ice cream company after her son Tommy was injured darting for a strawberry cone. The court held the company liable, ruling the driver must warn and take care around children, noting bells and lights arouse haste and responsibility must match the danger created.
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Courts Reject Pied Piper Claims in Ice Cream Truck Case
An 11 year old boy leaped onto a moving ice cream truck and fell off as it accelerated. The court ruled contributory negligence and held the driver not liable, noting the youth knew the risk and acted beyond the driver’s line of vision.
Memories of simpler days spark reflections on change
HAL BOYLE recalls a bygone era through memories that arrive unbidden and in their own order. He contrasts Depression and Prohibition eras with modern life, noting how small pleasures and shared norms shaped everyday moments and social expectations.
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Shirley Temple
This Day in History November 24 1972 Highlights
On this date in history several events are noted: the Kennedy assassination aftermath with Oswald's murder by Jack Ruby in Dallas in 1963, Benedict Spinoza's birth in 1638, Zachary Taylor's birth in 1784, barbed wire patent in 1867, WWII losses at Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, U S Superforts raid on Tokyo in 1944, Kennedy lie in state in 1963, Algeria’s neutral policy pledge in 1953, Cyprus tensions in 1960s, South Vietnamese push into Cambodia in 1972, birthdays of John Lindsay and Oscar Robertson, and a Jane Austen thought.
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Jane Austen
Letters to the Editor guidelines Summary
The notice outlines rules for letters to the editor. It requires the writer’s signature and address, withholding on request, a maximum of 500 words, general interest, and a prohibition on poor taste. It emphasizes suitability for publication.
Pineapple native to tropical America a global crop
The World Almanac notes the pineapple is a perennial herb originally from tropical America. It has spread to Africa Asia Australia Hawaii and Florida. Hawaii now supplies most of the world s canned pineapple and most of it is consumed in the United States.
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Quiz Answers About Presidents and Roads
A quiz item notes that Benjamin Harrison was preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland. It defines the hexameron as the six days of creation. It states Interstate 80 runs 2,910 miles from New York to California.
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Barbs on office life and vacation envy
A collection of wry lines about office culture. The piece notes that the most envied person still has vacation time, mocks the ease of criticizing others, and riffs on staying afloat as a lake bottom is cluttered. It closes with a jab at readers responsible for reading this.
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