Government Nutrition Report Upsets Wellness Hype
A National Research Council report questions vitamin and supplement hype, urging a balanced diet instead. The Council for Responsible Nutrition criticizes the findings as a disservice, warning about potential store closures and financial impacts. The piece frames public fatigue with health fads and echoes cafeteria style skepticism toward quick fixes.
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Walgren Pushes Sprinklers in Hotels With Carrot And Stick
Rep Doug Walgren re introduces a House bill restricting federal travel to hotels over two floors without smoke detectors and in room sprinklers. With 1.6 billion spent yearly on official lodgings and 85 percent of hotels lacking full sprinkler systems, the measure seeks industry compliance after the Dupont Plaza fire. The proposal enjoys firefighter support but stalled in the Senate amid industry resistance.
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Montana centennial cattle drive mired in red tape
Montana marks its hundredth anniversary of statehood with plans for a September cattle drive from Roundup to Billings. Environmental impact analyses water quality variances and air permits threaten the plan as costs climb beyond half a million dollars. Sacramento Bee notes the delay and budget concerns.
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Haircut dispute seen headed for courtroom in Chronicle-Telegram
Readers react to a school hair cutting incident with letters urging discipline, questioning rights versus responsibilities in classrooms, and criticizing school leadership. Volunteers discuss discipline, parental support, and the impact on taxpayer views of levies.
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Joyce Fowell
Amherst
Chronicle-Telegram
Ted Dowdell
Dowdell
Glamorous tale of a 19 year old and a magazine
A reader laments a Chronicle story promoting a national magazine and a 19 year old model. The letter criticizes sensationalized coverage and moral impact, urging the family newspaper to uphold higher standards and resist promoting smut to young readers.
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Meese to Towercontested: Senate’s defense picks scrutinized
Reagan era debate over Ed Meese and later John Tower shows party loyalty, defense ties, and controversy. Critics warn links to defense contractors and alleged influence risk ethics in key appointments. Supporters urge experience and Reagan era trust amid shifting political winds.
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The True Educators at Cascade School Levy Debate
A local dispute questions Cascade School leadership and spending ahead of the upcoming levy vote. Parents and taxpayers ask whether high paid administrators or children’s needs drive decisions, urging accountability.
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Cascade School
Chronicle Telegram Letters to Editor Policy
The Chronicle Telegram invites letters to the editor but reserves editing for brevity accuracy and clarity. Include signature full address and telephone number and mail to Editorial Page Editor Chronicle Telegram Box 4010 Elyria 44036 or fax letters to 329 7187.
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Kangaroos stir debate over slaughter and export
Nearly 4 million kangaroos would be killed in Australia this year for hides to feed a $10 million export market in the United States. Environmentalists and lawmakers clash over counts and the need to curb culling as US imports face potential bans.
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Robert Mrazek
D-N.y
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