Almanac urges earlier Thanksgiving date shift
The Farmers Almanac in its 1991 edition suggests moving Thanksgiving to an earlier fall date possibly the second Monday in October, to avoid pre Christmas overtones and better fit harvest timing. It notes Canada’s Thanksgiving and invites reader ideas, while stressing the date’s meaning over the day itself.
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Maine
Farmers’ Almanac
Almanac
Canada
Ray Geiger
Geiger
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Education chief warns teachers not to hit kids
Albany and Elmira case leads state education commissioner Thomas Sobol to ban corporal punishment in schools. Lucy McCloud, an Elmira elementary teacher, receives a one year suspension without pay after admitting to striking students with rulers drumsticks and other objects. The decision notes policy allows force only to prevent harm or protect property. Her appeal options include courts.
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Thomas Sobol
Sobol
Elmira
Lucy McCloud
McCloud
New York State United Teachers
State Board of Regents
Antonia Cortese
NYSUT
Sobal
Cortese
Edward Hoffman
Ontario voters oust Liberals as NDP wins Ontario majority
Ontario's six million voters elect a socialist majority government, with Marion Boyd defeating Liberal Premier David Peterson in London Center and Bob Rae winning York South. Liberals lose over 50 seats, Rae celebrates as party seeks to form first NDP government in province. Rae vows to do his best.
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Toronto
Ontario
Liberals
Manitoba
New Democratic Party
NDP
Yukon
Marion Boyd
David Peterson
London Center
New Democrats
Peterson
Rae
Arlene Perry
Conservatives
Canada
Church leader says racism is increasing
The Rev. T. J. Jemison, head of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., said racism in America is worse now than during the civil rights era. He cited Reagan appointments to the Supreme Court as fueling the problem and recalled Baton Rouge bus boycott leadership in 1953.
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America
Reagan
Supreme Court
T.J. Jemison
National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc
Jemison
Baton Rouge
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