Editorial
Oil Crisis Poses Serious Threat
      Last Wednesday, President George W. Bush proposed to Congress that a federal ban on offshore oil drilling be ended and a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened for oil exploration. He also called for approval of the extraction of oil from shale on federal lands and for speeding t...
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NAU Is A Prison
      To The Editor: Our struggle for independence and liberty culminated in our Constitution, which restrained governmental power and created a people freed from tyrannical rule. As we know, this was paid for and maintained by great sacrifice of suffering and blood.
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Protests P.O. Box Hikes
      To The Editor: I notice that every time the postal stamp rates go up, there are messages all over the place. However, I do not notice any notices when the yearly fee for Post Office boxes continue to go up. I have the smallest Post Office box and the fee in 2007 went up $16, almost 50 percent.
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Appeals To FedEx
      A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette. Frederick W. Smith Chairman & CEO FedEx Corporation 942 S. Shady Grove Rd.
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Good Luck, Willie
      To The Editor: The Mets fired Manager Willie Randolph in the middle of the night. As a Mets fan I'm clearly outraged over the firing. Mets management has been known for class, that is no longer the case. They should have given Willie another chance but instead they chose to behave badly and that...
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Why Dump Willie
      To The Editor: Willie Randolph should not have been fired by Omar Minaya, the general manager of the NY Mets. How can Mr. Randolph be blamed for the poor playing by his players? This team needs to get its act together, and to place the blame on one guy for the team's blunders is totally ridiculou...
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Op- Ed
QILC Program Offers Free Air Conditioners
BY DANIEL ALIBERTI
      If you have a physical or mental disability or you are a low-income senior citizen living in Queens, you will be happy to know you have an opportunity to obtain a free, energy-efficient air conditioner through the Warm and Cool Program.
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Beg Pardon
      The photographs accompanying the article "Chapin Concert A 'Cool' Success" on page 27 of the June 18, 2008 edition of the Gazette were the work of Wendi Schoenfeld
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