Mother's Day Call to Action Across Time and Peaceful Resolve
The piece traces Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mother's Day peace plea and traces later figures who popularized the observance. It highlights a Nevada Test Site protest on Mother's Day urging nuclear disarmament and nonviolence as a global family call to end the arms race. It closes with a prompt to remember mothers this Sunday.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Kentucky
Mary Towles Sasseen
Woodrow Wilson
Anna Jarvis
Drews Methodist
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dictionary of American Biography
The
World Book Encyclopedia
Howe
Nevada
Shafter Wins County Administration and Court Site
Congratulations to Shafter for being selected as the site for the new County Administration and Shafter Wasco Justice Court Buildings. Supervisor Austin seconded the motion and Mrs. Shell voted yes. citizens wore yellow buttons in support. Architects prepare preliminary designs as the county property department advances site plans, with an announcement forthcoming.
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Shafter
Shafter Wasco Justice Court
Austin
Shell
Board of Supervisors
Street gangs and Libyan ties haunt Chicago crime scene
Paul Harvey contends Chicago hosts a growing cartel of street gangs now expanding beyond city borders. He cites 135 gangs and up to 4,000 members, cites 10,454 gang arrests last year, and notes El Rukns proposed a $2 million pact with Muammar Kadafi to wage terrorism, while Jeff Fort reportedly guides actions from prison amid a weapons raid and rising drug money fueling violence.
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Chicago
el Buins
Muammar Kadafi
el Rukns
United States
U.N
Tripoli
Panama City
Jeff Fort
el Rukas
Kadafi
Richland schools raise standards to boost test results
Richland School District officials report a five pronged plan to lift reading math and language scores. Principals Frazier Rous and Junior High leaders cite gains in reading and math, expanded phonics, a new computer lab, and a state aligned English language arts program to improve future results.
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Richland
Larry Reider
Vera Stone
Reider
Richland Primary
Chris Frazier
Frazier
Roberta Rous
State Department of Education
Rous
Ron Adam
Aas
Hardcastle A Christensen
Jensen
Hardcastle
Board of Trustees
Sally Mentor
California Department of Education
Alicia DeLaurie
Christensen
California
Don Hardcastle
Ee Board of School
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Paul Harvey News
Commentary By
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Richland School
Julian Munoz
Emily Rosales
Betty Cook
Juanita Navarro
China
Carmen Gonzales
Jim Bakker
Vonnie Jones
Minter Field
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