Entertainment overload in American homes observed
Russell Baker notes how modern households drown in nonstop media. TV, radio, video, and print compete from doorway to dining room as families chase entertainment. He recalls Dad's breakdown and recovery via therapy, and a culture steeped in constant watching, taping, and arguing for more media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Bruce Springsteen
Andy Capp
U.S.A
Daddy
MacNeil-Lehrer
People Magazine
New York Times
Phil Donahue
Editorial backs balanced budget plan to curb deficits
The piece endorses Reagan's balanced budget plan aiming to cut deficits to zero by 1991 and raise the debt limit. It warns against government waste, cites past abuses, and argues for hard decisions, potential tax rises, and restrained defense spending to restore fiscal order. It urges Congress to set aside partisanship and support the plan as a step toward solving deficit issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Congress
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Mass
Tourism and colleges boost Bluefield area economy
Leaders from Bluefield area emphasize tourism as an industrial supplement to coal, urge cooperation between Virginia and West Virginia governors, and highlight Bluefield State, Concord College, and Bluefield College. They note $494,255,424 potential annual impact from college activity and praise a $1 million Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation grant to Bluefield College.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Baptist Training Union
Bluefield State
Concord College
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Hugh I. Shott Jr
Letter Urging Chabaku Talk at Princeton Senior High
A Bluefield College president writes to Mr. Keatley expressing shock at a denial of Rev. Motlalepula Chabaku speaking to social studies classes on South Africa. The Consistory urges inviting her to Princeton Senior High to provide a current world crisis learning opportunity and promote peace and global justice.
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Mr. Keatley
Motlalepula Chabaku
South Africa
Motlalepula
Grace United Church of Christ
Lancaster Seminary
Raymond McKinney
Mercer County
African National Congress
Major McKinney
Chabaku
Reagan
United States of America
Matlalepula
Princeton Senior High School
South Africa’s news blackout tests Western media ethics
The apartheid government sought to hide violence by barring reporters and cameras, arguing their presence provoked unrest. Evidence shows violence continued and the blackout backfired as foreign banks and investors reevaluated ties. The NYT veteran Flora Lewis notes the challenge to editors and broadcasters, urging continued reporting despite bans and visa limits.
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Washington
South Africa
Mamelodi
Pretoria
Rand
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
United States
Committee To Protect
United Nations
New York
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Russell Baker
Mama
People
Times Arts and Leisure Section
MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour
NY Times
Editorial
General Dynamics
State Department
U.S. Information Agency
On Tourism and Colleges
Greater
Keatley
Charles L. Tyer
Bluefield, Va
CBS Foreign News
Sam Roberts
Flora Lewis
N.Y. Times News Service
Lewis
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