Patrick's Profiles on Smoking as a Hot Issue
Roy Patrick reflects on smoking and anti smoking efforts in California and Arkansas while recounting the Great American Smokeout. He notes how smoking restrictions impact industry politics and public spaces and shares personal experience as a reformed smoker. He recalls clashes over smoke policy in media and politics and urges a real desire to quit.
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Happy Thanksgiving reflections and global gratitude note
The Shafter Press offers a Thanksgiving reflection on fall, travel, family gatherings, and the season's transition to winter. It notes widespread appreciation, contrasts hardships with opportunities in the U S., and briefly touches on post cold war democracy while urging gratitude and remembrance of civic responsibility.
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Thanksgiving reflections on abundance and the tree of life
A sermon contrasts material plenty with spiritual bounty, urging readers to choose the tree of life through faith in Jesus. It recalls Eden, humanity's fall, and emphasizes forgiveness, maturity in faith, and overcoming evil as reasons to celebrate despite hardship.
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Alieis Oftecas
Apostle John
Christ
Paul Harvey on electric power cooperation and progress
Paul Harvey recalls midcentury views of the electric utility industry and credits electric companies with protecting the public during crises. He describes mutual aid among utilities across states, cites Hawaii restoration, and notes how rate pressures lead to innovations that lower costs per kilowatt hour.
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