Hyde Park divides over Roosevelt symbol with cigarette holder
Hyde Park debates adopting a Roosevelt image as town symbol amid smoking objections. Health officials warn the cigarette holder image could encourage smoking, while critics call the argument hyperbolic and say the symbol honors FDR without promoting tobacco use.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
State Health Department
Winston Churchill
Douglas MacArthur
John Kennedy
Banking idea opposed Dear Editor
A reader urges the House to oppose a bill permitting bank and insurance holding company mergers. The letter warns of firewalls failing, banks dominating insurance, reduced consumer choice, coercive sales, privacy risks, and conflicts of interest, arguing banking and insurance must stay separate.
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Congress
House
On This Day August 20 1995 Highlight History
Today's date marks the 232nd day of 1995 with 133 days remaining. Notable events replayed include the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia to end the Prague Spring and President Johnson's 1866 declaration that the Civil War was formally over.
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Soviet Union
Cze
Choslovakia
Alexander Dubeek
Johnson
Roswell students win science scholarships and local notices
August 20 1970 Roswell residents John Allman and Kathy Dennis receive $500 physical science laboratory scholarships to begin at NMSU. A museum recognition program for Goddard Rocket and Space Museum was given to the Roswell Rotary Club led by Rogers Aston. Rev S J Polk named pastor of Smith Chapel CME Church, relocating from Lovington.
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John Allman
Kathy Dennis
Roswell
Physical Science Laboratory
NMSU
Goddard Rocket and Space Museum
Della Montoya and the Hispanic seat in New Mexico politics
The funeral of Della Montoya recalls New Mexico’s shifting political landscape. Her husband Joe Montoya held the Spanish American seat in the House and then the Senate, with a history of Anglo Hispanic delegation splits. The piece notes the decline of ethnic seats, mentions later figures like Ed Mechem and Bill Richardson, and observes growing minority presence in state politics and the legislature.
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Santa FE
Della Montoya
Montoya
U.S
Joe Montoya
Senate
Harrison Schmitt
Della Romero Montoya
Congress
U.S. Senate
House
Sen
Dennis Chavez
Schmitt
New Mexico
Ed Mechem
Chavez
Mechem
Tom Bolack
U.S. House
Manuel Lujan
Ed Foreman
Harold Runnels
Joe Skeen
Lujan
Jeff Bingaman
Jerry Apodaca
Bill Richardson
Washington
Cheryl Williams
Brown defends VA budget amid Cabinet tensions in Clinton era
Secretary Jesse Brown battles for a higher VA share of the federal budget as Clinton pushes a 1.3 billion increase for 1996 while cabinet colleagues gripe over cuts. Brown, a Vietnam veteran with a shattered arm, cites veterans’ needs and personal appeals to President Clinton to safeguard VA funding.
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Washington
Jesse Brown
Brown
Clinton
Congress
Veterans' Lobby
Bush
Alice Rivlin
Rivlin
Disabled American Veterans
Office of Management and Budget
Oval Office
United Feature Syndicate
Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead in a Changing Era
A reflective columnist recalls a Harvard intern who drifted from sharp journalism to a drug influenced decline after a Grateful Dead concert left a lasting impression. The piece weaves Garcia's era with personal memories, questioning responsibility for a generation's shifting paths without explicit sensational detail.
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Grateful Dead
Harvard
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