Bicentennial challenge to preserve freedom and rights
A Kentucky editorial laments government overreach during the nation’s bicentennial year. It cites spying, gag orders, and First Amendment erosion while urging renewed commitment to liberty and the protective role of government for the people. It invokes Jefferson and Madison and warns of a dissolving Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Vincent Benet
Supreme Court
United States
Jefferson
Franklin
Madison
Henry Steele Commager
Our Man Hoppe America a Birthday Letter to America
Arthur Hoppe writes a light satirical birthday meditation on America aging, wealthy and flawed yet beloved. He notes past boldness and present excess, urging greater aid to the poor and minorities while warning against complacency and violence as the nation grows older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Crisis builds in rotting schools
Harriett Van Horne argues that US public schools face collapse under cost cuts and urban strain. She cites vandalism and teacher assaults, budget gaps in special programs, bilingual needs, and the risk of social decay if education remains underfunded, urging decisive reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet van Horne
New York City
Congress
America
Mailbag confessions of an energy miser in Scottsdale
A letter from Mrs. Wally Lyons laments a high Scottsdale electric bill after adopting heat and power cuts. She argues for enforcing right to work and criticizes union strikes delaying Scottsdale Road work. She describes power saving antics, sunlit clothes drying, and derailed household routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Bentson Contracting Co
Scottsdale Road
Bentson
Clara August Scottsdale
Payson
Scottsdale Sanitation Department
Wally Lyons
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Poppa
Freedom
Hoppe
Arthur Hoppe
Frank Reissman
Reissman
Square One
Calcutta
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Scottdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Farll
Scottsdale Arizona
Scottsdale Ariz
Progress
Arizona
Audit Bureau of Civcl
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