TEXAS STRAIGHT TALK
Congress must guarantee Social Security's future
U.S. REP RON PAUL
      With our country's finances stretched thin, our credit limit fast approaching, and our currency inflated to the breaking point, there is no indication yet of any urgency on the part of Congress to rein in spending.
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Pluto's status international bummer
SLIM RANDLES
      "You hear they might have a spaceship on Pluto already?" Dud said, flipping his coffee cup into the upright and ready-to-fill position. Loretta came over with the coffee pot. "Who's they?" asked Doc. "Oh … the Russians," Dud said. "Heard about it late last night on the radio.
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U.S. must remain leader in space tech, exploration
SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
      On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite, setting off alarm bells that America was falling behind in space technology. But America's ingenuity was dramatically mobilized by President Eisenhower, under whose administration Congress passed the National Defense Education Act, ...
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
      El Campo Leader-News' readers are asked to visit the newspaper's Web site at www.leader-news.com to give their opinions on the "Question of the week." This week's question: Do you like the new Web site?
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