House approves labor and HHS spending cut in major bill
The House passed a Labor and Health and Human Services appropriations bill despite partisan fights, cutting $9.3 billion from this year’s funding to total $60.9 billion for the departments. Many programs were eliminated or reduced, while others like Head Start and WIC saw smaller changes and the lob bying rider on non profit grants passed 232 to 187. The Senate and President Clinton’s veto threat loom, but officials say the vote marks a real first step toward future spending reductions.
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Packwood hearings vote public debate raises pressure
The Senate split 52 to 48 to block open testimony before the Ethics Committee in the Robert Packwood case, prompting calls for full public hearings. Barbara Boxer pressed for a floor vote if hearings were capped, highlighting calls for accountability and possible sanctions as the ethics inquiry nears its end.
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San Francisco Examiner
Voices of Americans on Truman era bomb decision
A Chicago Tribune column compiles reader letters praising President Truman for dropping the atomic bomb to end World War II. It contends revisionist views distort history and highlights personal memories from veterans and civilians across the United States.
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Chicago
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John Harvey
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LSMR
Paul S. Vaitses Jr
Swansea
Mass
Guadalcanal
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Charlie Romine
Pine Knoll Shores
N.C
Joan Beck
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Chicago Tribune
Double-banking legislators a wacky reform idea
Capitol Press Association columnist Paul O Connell suggests a half day shift system to double bank the General Assembly replacing inmates with lawmakers. He jokes the Legislative Office Building could become a prison and the Senate chamber a basketball venue, sparking cost savings and odd deterrents.
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Henry Ford
Leonard Bernstein
New York
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Adam Hochberg
National Public Radio
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N.C
Reynolds
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Department of Correction
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Editor responds to AIDS debate with faith and compassion
Nancy M. Parrott challenges self righteous opposition to AIDS policy. She argues AIDS is not a gay disease, notes heterosexual transmission, and urges approaching the issue with empathy. Parrott claims many will be affected as HIV advances, and advocates preventive serum research. New Bern.
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New Bern
GOP led House starts NC reform push after election gains
The article argues the current North Carolina General Assembly session closed with key GOP backed legislation, urging a Republican governor, a GOP Senate, and four GOP Council of State members to end gridlock. It touts House leadership and calls for term limits and a Republican majority in the Senate.
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Neighbor on North Craven Street Remembered for Kindness
Editor, this letter honors Mary Maggie Moore who lived on North Craven Street in New Bern. Neighbors recall her small acts of care like picking up trash, greeting everyone, bringing in trash cans, and helping with a clothes line. She lived on a fixed income and her presence will be missed on the block.
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New Bern
North Craven Street
Letters for Forum submissions to Sun Journal
Send letters to Forum Sun Journal at P O Box 1149 New Bern NC 28563 signed with author address and phone for editor. Fax to 638-466. Letters under 300 words get preference. longer letters may be abridged by editor.
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