Born Loser days blur with everyday irritations
Editorial by Greg Jaklewicz catalogs a week of small frustrations from slow printing and mail delays to vending machine whims and stuck weather interruptions. The piece frames these annoyances as evidence that everyone feels like the real life Born Loser until hearing of others’ misfortunes.
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Chicago Cubs
Randy Hundley
Jocille
Keaton Kotor Hut
Dallas
Atlanta
Massachusetts
Abilene
Texas Legislature Ends Session With Rift Over Redistricting
The 67th Texas Legislature adjourned amid promises of a special session to tackle unfinished business including congressional redistricting and education funding. Tensions flared over district maps, with Republican and Democratic critics decrying backroom deals as lawmakers carried guns at times. Bills approved cover a 1982 83 budget, wiretap legalization, loan rate limits, drug substitution rules, and a higher drinking age, plus seven constitutional amendments slated for a November 3 ballot and 1982 general election consideration.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Pioneers on Parade Twenty Years Ago Takes Stamford District Spotlight
From the Stamford American June 8 1961 a roundup of local youths in Boy State hosting duties for the 1961 Texas Cowboy Reunion with Mrs Wendy West sponsor Jannie Len Vasek and three Stamford High seniors Jimmy Harkins Ronnie Harrison and Claybourne Clarke plus civic clubs backing. Burglary at Dairy Mart on Anson Highway yields cigarettes and cash. Shirley Smith begins county home demonstration agent training in Jones County while Bill Williams joins Stamford Housing Authority and Herschel Kelley takes a full term.
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Stamford Exchange Club
Jimmy Harkins
E.B. Harkins
Rotary Club
Ronnie Harrison
W.B. Harrison
VFW
American Legion
Claybourne Clarke
C.F. Clarke
Stamford High School
Anson Highway
Shirley Smith
Abilene Christian College
Jones County
Mary Y. Newberry
Bill Williams
Stamford Housing Authority
Norris Russell
Herschel Kelley
John R. Rice
Pioneers on Parade 1971 Stamford Texas events
Stamford American reports Mrs. Charles Bragg named official hostess of the 1971 Texas Cowboy Reunion and Jeannie West named official sponsor. Bragg active in Music Club Fine Arts Lady Golfers. serves a third term as Lady Golfers tournament chairman. Jeannie West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim West, has paraded in rodeo activities since youth and will ride quarter horse Croton to pattern for the cowgirl competition. Also notes graduation honors at Stamford High School and School for Little People.
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Jimmy H. West
Nancy Moore
Albany
Jannie Len Vasek
Joe Vasek
Stamford High School
Miss Vasek
Charles Bragg
Jeannie West
Jim West
Bragg
Music Club
Fine Arts
Miss West
Croton
Marcia Overton
Kathleen Brinell
Lezli Brownfield
Pete Garcia
Russell Johnson
Karla Hertel
School For Little People
Oliver Street
Court looks at freedom of pinball
Dear editor column discusses freedom of the press and a Supreme Court case on whether minors have a constitutional right to play pinball. The piece juxtaposes government spending, debt in cities, and censorship fears with a playful critique of nine justices interpreting the Constitution to cover pinball.
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Washington
Reagan
Supreme Court
J.A
IRS Deadline Monday for Tax Extension Filing
Taxpayers who requested an automatic extension to file must submit the complete return and pay any remaining tax by midnight Monday. Attach Form 4868 and, if applicable, a statement for those outside the U S and Puerto Rico. Call the IRS toll free for details in Dallas, Fort Worth, or elsewhere in Texas.
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Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Puerto Rico
IRS
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas
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