Editorial on Medicare Costs and the British health system
The piece warns there is no free medical care under Medicare and taxpayers fund a portion for seniors. It compares to Britain's national service, noting aging hospitals and scarce new facilities. It argues expanded care will raise costs and could bankrupt the system if not funded.
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Britain
British Medical Association
Great Britain
Name Games in Clinton Road Sparks Court Fight
A Clinton Connecticut home builder plans a court battle to revert Oak Wood Lane to High Taxes Road, citing a dispute with locals over naming. The debate hints at a potential naming trend with satirical suggestions from the Philadelphia Bulletin about future street names.
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Clinton
Connecticut
Oak Wood Lane
America
China Policy
Butter Avenue
Philadelphia Bulletin
Small But Big The Value Of Local Community Newspapers
A hometown paper proves size does not dictate quality or service as a vital, independent voice. With over 8,000 weekly papers reaching 32 million homes, local newspapers sustain community life, editorial expression, and the free press.
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Associated Press
Florida Press Association
Sarasota County
Daniel Webster quotes and 1826 death noted in library column
The article recalls Daniel Webster’s eulogy at Faneuil Hall and his famous lines on Independence. It notes Presidents Adams and Jefferson died July 4 1826, Webster’s arguments with Hayne in Congress, and that Webster dictated his tombstone epitaph The Sermon on the Mount cannot be a mere human production. It promotes the World Book encyclopedia and urges use of the library.
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Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Independence
Webster
Andrew Jackson
United States Senate
Robert Hayne
Hayne
South Carolina
Union
Supreme Court
Massachussetts
Mansfield
World Book Encyclopedia
New Venice Area
Venice Miss Pageant thanks group and Jaycees
In eight months a Venice pageant committee promotes a Miss Venice to Miss Florida. They thank numerous businesses and people for financial aid and effort, and extend heartfelt appreciation to all who helped. The note from Miss Nancy Bradley and Venice Jaycees ends with gratitude. The second letter praises Peachie Edge’s On And Off The Trail column and rejects The Idiot Box as a poor influence, urging knitting for sanity and wishing health until September from Thelma Demarest Summit New York.
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Bradley
Venice
Jaycees
Thelma Demarest
Summit
N. Y
Kennedy's land reform rhetoric draws sharp critique
The piece argues Sen. Robert F. Kennedy advocates Latin American land reform as a step toward socialism and theft, condemning Cuba's experience under Castro and warning that breaking up farms undermines productivity. It urges modernization through private property, free enterprise, and educated farming rather than revolution.
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Thurman
Robert F. Kennedy
Latin America
Central
South America
Cuba
Castro
Kennedy
United States
Sen. Kennedy
Senator Kennedy
Two in One The New England Primer as schoolbook and religious guide
In colonial New England children learned their ABCs from the New England Primer printed by Benjamin Harris. The text combined alphabet woodcuts simple rhymes and moral instruction and included the familiar prayer Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. The book was revised but remained in use for more than a century.
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America
New England
Benjamin Harris
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