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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1990
Page
7
A reader seeks help with a long visiting mother in law who stays up to two months each trip, asks for two to three weeks, and wants to warn others about dangers of misused microwaves after a nail polish accident. The columnist urges couple collaboration and firm limits with the husband’s support.
Patti Walter of Grand Haven Michigan warns readers after a dangerous incident with a microwave. An anonymous Houston letter challenges narrow views of masculinity and values humanity over appearances.
The Anti-Defamation League accuses Spike Lee of portraying two Jewish brothers as greedy in Mo Blues. Abraham Foxman condemns the depiction as insensitive and offensive while Lee defends the film as addressing stereotypes.
Kansas City report notes two editors pulled the Doonesbury comics over suggestive language and risqué imagery. Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Columbus Republic criticized content as unsuitable for a family page and replaced them with older strips. Baton Rouge papers placed the strip on the editorial page while citing caution for children. The controversy ties to debates over National Endowment for the Arts funding for art considered obscene.
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