Post Office funding to preserve Saturday delivery urged
A House committee approved 500 million dollars to keep Saturday mail delivery and small town post offices open. The author argues the Postal Service is a public service, not a profit maker, and warns of cuts harming rural readers and small newspapers dependent on affordable mail.
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Washington, D.C
House of Representatives
Postal Service
Cabinet Department
Idaho
Sagle
Dover
Laclede
National Defense
K.B
Moon weighs runs for state offices amid Idaho political shifts
Idaho State Treasurer Marjorie Ruth Moon considers returning to public office next year with options including treasurer auditor secretary of state or lieutenant governor She may also pursue the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate challenging Republican James A McClure Money and party dynamics shape her choices as she weighs a future campaign
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Richard Charnock
United Press International
Boise
Marjorie Ruth Moon
Miss Moon
Cecil D Andrus
United States Senate
Andrus
John V Evans
Idaho
Ruth G. Moon
U.S Senate
James A. McClure
William J Murphy
Armistice Day for Idaho Drought Ends as Rain Sways Outlook
Idaho drought czar Steve Seward closes the drought files marking Armistice Day for the driest period in memory. The state avoided worst fears as conservation and September rains reduced irrigation strain and economic losses. Seward notes federal relief helped, urges better local information, and hints at a move to a taxation committee role.
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Boise
Idaho
Steve Seward
State Department of Employment
Seward
Resorts
Idaho Drought Committee
Séward
James
McClure
Frank Church
George Hansen
Steve Symms
Church
McClre
Department of Employment
Abie
Governo’s
Seasonal Tie To Schizophrenia Found By Researchers
A US study of 53,584 schizophrenia cases across 19 states confirms a winter and spring birth excess among those who develop the illness. Peak birth months are January March and April with June/Births also high in some southern states. Researchers discuss nutrition, infections and environmental factors as possible causes.
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Europe
South Africa
EB Fuller Torrey
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
United States
Archives of General Psychiatry
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
New York City
Hippocrates
Torrey
Barbara Torrey
Office of Management and Budget
Michael Peterson
Food and Drug Administration
Brain pride and bias in self examining research
Three American scientists win a Nobel for brain research but critics question objectivity as brains study themselves. The piece warns self interest may color data and the brain may bias results to remain numero uno.
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Dick West
United Press International
Washington
Educators See Education as Triangle of Parents Teachers Students
Patricia McCormack reports NEA President John Ryner argues cooperation among parents teachers and students is essential to resolve school problems. He highlights violence against teachers and discipline concerns as top issues seen in a 9000 delegate survey. The piece notes challenges with students who struggle to adjust and credits an Idaho Draft Horse International photo to Alan Hunter.
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Patricia McCormack
United Press International
John Ryner
National Education Association
Ryner
Idaho Draft Horse International
Alan Hunter
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Che Renee
Eheia
AL Rossiter JR
Sandpoint Daily
Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
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Herb Offermann
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