Separation of powers in U S government debated
The article defends the constitutional separation of powers among Congress, the president, and the courts and warns against transferring authority to the executive. It argues Congress remains the people’s voice, cites past dominant branches, and recalls Lincoln as a president who expanded executive power during war.
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U.S
Congress
Fund For the Republic
United States
Walter
Brad — Cilines
U.S. Supreme Court
Ando
Legislative Branch
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Reconstruction powers and separation of powers debated
Congressman Walter Rogers laments executive overreach citing historic abuses by leaders and warns Congress to guard the separation of powers. He cites proposed FCC license fee legislation and emphasizes constitutional limits, noting only 13 amendments have become part of the Constitution since the Bill of Rights.
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Lincoln
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Passage of constitutional amendments faces long path
Resolutions require approval by the judiciary committees and majorities in both houses, then by three fourths of the state legislatures. Twenty six amendments are before the House Judiciary Committee, but it is unlikely any reach the floor this year. Constitutional change demands long deliberation and a clear popular mandate.
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Judiciary Committees
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Measles Major Threat in Many Parts of World
Measles is a common childhood illness with over 90 percent of children affected at some time. The article notes low U.S. death rates but warns of serious after effects like deafness and mental impairment, and cites Africa and South America where child death rates may reach 26 percent. It also mentions the Statue of Liberty’s designer M. Dartholdi.
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U.S
Africa
South America
Rochester Police Investigate Odd Camp Incident
Rochester police responded to a strange report in a camp about an adult and a baby. Officers found the adult sober and the baby unharmed while investigating a claim involving a hacksaw blade and improvised diaper change efforts.
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Rochester
Minn
Alrandy
Hospital Notes From Saint Joseph List June Patients
A local hospital record lists patients admitted or treated in June across surgical medical and trauma services. Entries include Mrs. Gabe Wright Mrs. J Wright Driskill Rev J F Michael Louise Hodge Albert Gollihugh J J Warper Sidney Coy McGill Leon McClendon Sam Lemley Doris White Nancy Faye Hobbs and Freddy Maxwell with admission and treatment dates varying from June 1 to June 10.
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Gabe Wright
Surgical
Driskill
Fred Watkins
Medical
Jon Jones
J. F. Michael
Louise Hodge
Albert Gollihugh
Quail
J. J. Warper
Sidney Coy McGill
Sam McGill
Leon McClendon
Sam Lemley
Doris White
Nancy Faye Hobbs
Freddy Douglas Maxwell
Freddy Maxwell
Edison Patent Record Showed 11,000 Inventions
Admission and discharge notes list patients with June dates and staff names. A sequence of names includes Mrs E RB Onter Mrs W D Durfey Mrs Grant Wooldridge and others, plus weekend visitors to Mrs J Vu and Burt Ford.
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Roy Brinson
Beverly
Burt
Brinson and
Brooks
J. Vu. Burt
Jack Ford
Breakthrough in Measles Control
Texas averaged 60 626 measles cases yearly over six years with epidemics every other year. Scientists isolated a measles strain in 1954 and by spring this year two vaccines were licensed for manufacture. One uses a fivefold weakened virus and the other a chemically killed virus, usable separately or in combination. A Marlin spring turns ordinary glass amber when dipped.
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Texas
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Wright
Geous
Automobile Financing Equipment Financing
Collingsworth County
Wellington
City State Bank
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USDA
Metrecal
Carey
EEF
Ue Osey As
Janet Hunt
ST. Joseph’s Hospital
E. RB. Onter
D. Woodward
W. D. Durfey
Grant Wooldridge
J.S. Driskill
Stan Holcomb
Pearlie Lee Price
Larry Stages
Glenda Norman
Joe Jones
Dudley Phipps
Troy Marsh
Bob Armstrong
Effie Nickleberry
Li. E. Goswick
KE. V. McClendon
Thomas Alya Edison
Marlin
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