Editorial on recurring assassinations and Reagan shooting
A provocative editorial reflects on a string of presidential assassinations and high profile killings from Kennedy to Lennon. It notes past shocks, asks why such violence happens, and considers the impact on American freedoms while reporting Reagan’s shooting and Brady’s critical condition.
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Lincoln
Garfield
McKinnley
Wilson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Reagan
Dallas
Bobby Kennedy
Los Angeles
Martin Luther King
Mem
George Wallace
Gerald Ford
California
Washington, D.C
John Lennon
James Brady
President Reagan shooting raises questions on security and gun laws
Greg Jaklewicz reflects on the Reagan assassination attempt and Secret Service actions. He notes the need for tougher gun laws and warns of continued risks in public appearances. The piece links the event to broader national turbulence and contemplates justice for Hinckley and others involved.
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Secret Service
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr
Interest rate ceiling raised in House Texas Legislature
The Texas House voted 81 54 to raise an omnibus interest rate ceiling to 24 percent for several loan types amid stiff opposition. Sponsor Hill Messer defended the measure as necessary to prevent liquidity drying up due to federal policy. The Senate action and broader fiscal debates followed as lawmakers weighed new controls on state agency spending and ethics reforms.
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Austin
Texas
House
Hill Messer
D- Belton
Senate
Bob Bullock
Len Peyton McKnight
D-Tyler
Bullock
McKnight
Bill Sarpalius
D- Hereford
Baseball Sign-up set for Stamford branch brief
Summer baseball sign-up will be held Saturday from 10 am to pm at the Stamford branch of West Texas Countics. A diamond clean-up is also planned for 9 30 am Saturday. Volunteers should bring hoes, rakes and wheelbarrows to the ballpark.
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Stamford
West Texas
Countics
Pioneers on Parade SHS Band Earns Top Division I Rating
Stamford High School musicians excel in Inter scholastic League with 21 Division I ratings the highest given plus ten Division II and two Division III. Girls Chorus also received Division I status. Local organizations plan Cherry Blossom Tea while school trustees face district elections in Stamford and Lueders. Summer baseball program fate hinges on volunteers as enthusiasm rises among students but wanes among adults.
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Stamford
Stamford High School
Wle Mays
Dave Walker
Woman's Forum
Toothpicks and a Nation's Woes Flagship Letter to Editor
A letter from a Paint Creek farmer rails at faulty products including toothpicks and says the U S must resist imports from Japan after noting other national glitches such as delayed space shuttle parts, cracked submarine steel, and a Hollywood star's pay demands. The writer imagines Japanese toothpicks capturing two thirds of the market and ends by flinging a box of defective picks outside.
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Washington
Pioneers on Parade UIL meets at Stamford High School
Stamford High hosts District 7AA Spring UIL Scholastic meet with Anson Hamlin Haskell Merkel Rotan Stamford as participants. Events include number sense debate prose reading spelling shorthand typing and both informative and persuasive speaking. Also One Act Play Riders to the Sea directed by Lillian Southerland with cast listed. Senior recital features four girls and piano students listed. Election day reminders for Old Glory School Board hospital board commissioners and candidates. Bulldogs set AA records in San Angelo Relays with 43.4 and 1 30.5 times. team placed third and relay team won. Robert Stevenson won 100 yard dash in 10.0 seconds.
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Stamford High School
Anson
Hamlin
Haskell
Merkel
Rotan
Stamford
Lillian Southerland
Carolyn Reed
Lauriece Jones
Debbie Foster
Charlene Hargrove
Claudia
Mays
Christie Lundgren
Peggy Wedeking
Claudia Bunkley
Kay Perry
Old Glory
County Hospital Board
Ed Walsch
Health Dept announces free clinic in Stamford
The Texas Department of Health Region 4 will hold a screening clinic in Stamford on April 15 from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Smo Library Building. Immunizations run 1 to 3 p.m. with tests for diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia, vision, hearing, and weight loss. Abnormal findings are reported to the individual's physician. The clinic is free and open to the public.
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Texas Department of Health
Stamford
Smo Library
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