Two-Step Budget Dance Reaches Debt Ceiling Vote
Congress moved the debt ceiling from 836 billion to 830 billion amid a partisan back and forth. The House narrowly rejected a balanced budget condition with a 201 199 vote, signaling renewed focus on controlling spending and a future debt extension anticipated in late summer.
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Jones rails against debt growth in congressional record
Rep. James R. Jones criticizes 10 years of federal borrowing calling it a drunken spending spree. He notes $105 billion more debt, tax rates steady, and spending rising as a share of GNP before urging legal discipline to end deficit spending.
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Letters to Truman mock trial sparks family fears and ethics
A Bridger Junior High mock trial of President Truman in Independence Missouri triggers a wary mother grandmother’s critique. She questions timing and human compassion, notes teacher influence and limited historical perspective, and calls out local officials for absence amid controversy.
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Bridger Junior High School
Independence
Independence School
Conserve Wildlife Week and the call to action
The editor urges national Wildlife Week March 1824 with the theme Conserve our Wildlife. Virginia Wildlife Federation distributes 1979 wildlife materials to schools and clubs urging educators to foster conservation, expand refuges and wetlands, replant strip mined land, and protect habitats for future generations.
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Virginia Wildlife Federation
Carter's Innocent Triumph in Mideast Gambit
Carter travels to Cairo and Jerusalem aiming for a stalled peace treaty with Egypt and Israel. Kissinger reportedly reluctant to persuade Saudi rulers, while critics call the move naive and risky amid doubts about a durable West Bank Gaza settlement and Camp David echoes.
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Johnny Can Read After All
Mary Clark argues education overall is strong despite publicized declines. The article cites studies from Indiana Virginia and national tests showing rising reading skills, enrollment and performance gains, plus local Winchester efforts including language arts guides reading personnel and parent volunteers.
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America
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Millersville
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Johnny
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National Security graymail undercutting accountability in govt
National security as a shield enables officials to dodge prosecution as graymail. The piece cites Pen tagon and Watergate eras, notes cases where charges were dropped due to security claims, and discusses potential legislative remedies and civil libertarian concerns. It highlights Sen. Church’s critique and the risk to equal protection under law.
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