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After we passed the roadblock we decided it would be safer to ditch the car and take to public transportation, which we did, always with the image before us of that one great present. As we discussed our plans with those around us on the train we met nothing but discouragement, but we would not listen to doubters. To much hung in balance. While we talked I grew nervous, and Namo's palms were sweating. At this point Christmas was less than nine hours away...
...program, which is co-sponsored by the House Committee on Congressional Relations, will "acquaint new members of the U.S. House of Representatives with analysis of the major public policy issues facing the Congress, and an explanation of how the legislative processes work in dealing with them," Jonathan Moore, director of the Institute, said Wednesday...
...Irving will establish connections between the school and public sector agencies, to increase placement possibilities for the school's students and to develop the school's career counseling service, he said yesterday...
...tragedy. The incident at Jonestown could have happened only to Americans: the People's Temple arose out of social conditions absolutely indigenous to this country. Though the final mass suicide was bizarre and unprecedented, the force lying behind it are forces peculiar to America. The proof lies in the public's outrage--some deep nerve of the national consciousness has been touched. After all, 300 Vietnamese died in a boat a week after the mass suicide and no one noticed--the news was buried by the cult stories still appearing...
Larry Parnell, public information officer of the Department of Corrections said yesterday the maximum security block of Walpole is closed to all outsiders and 168 inmates are locked in their cells for all but about 15 minutes a day. Because the purpose of the lock-up is to cut down on violence by isolating the men, the 22 volunteers who tutor in the closed section are not allowed...