Superman to become a newspaper columnist
Clark Kent from DC Comics is eyed as a mystery columnist for a major paper. The piece playfully imagines his transition from superhero to writer, with satire on journalism life and industry figures. Russell Baker notes this is via The New York Times News Service.
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New York
DC Comics
Man of Steel
Frank Lloyd Wright
Clark Kent
Clark
Superman
Daily Planet
Lois Lane
SPCA
Evans and Novak
Safire
Buchwald
Reston
Royko
Newark Schools Tackle Crack With In-School Talks
Newark district officials led an Attack on Crack program touching 55 000 students in the final days of the term. Teachers paused lessons to discuss drug abuse as crack cocaine surges in the city and drug arrests rise. Camp Joy offers summer refuge for needy youths as The Salvation Army coordinates state and private funding for lodging meals and activities for children from several counties.
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Newark
N.J
Salvation Army
Bluefield
Camp Joy
Major Jack Edwards
Madeline
Edwards
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Kanawha
West Virginia
Tazewell
Wythe
Wise
Smyth
Patrick
Franklin
Washington
Buchanan
Virginia
A Father Awaits a New Heart in a Dark Dilemma
A letter from a brother and sister details their father in the hospital with a failing heart at age 50. They question organ donation and the odds of saving him as they reflect on the emotional cost and the potential life that a new heart could bring.
My Heart Could Use a New One A Lewis Grizzard Charmer
A humorous yet moving piece by Lewis Grizzard urges organ donation. He reflects on his father’s love and the need for donors, stressing the life saving gift and urging readers to sign donor cards or note their wishes on licenses. The column ends with Grizzard’s signature and syndicate credits.
Judicial activism restraint and the Burger Court
The piece argues for judicial restraint via the Bonura principle and contrasts it with the Burger Court's activism. It analyzes the Warren Court’s legacy, Miranda, busing, Civil Rights Act interpretations, and abortion rulings. It then discusses appointments, Scalia and Rehnquist, and the conservative shift shaping future jurisprudence with George Will noting Reagan’s role.
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Washington
Zeke Bonura
Supreme Court
Burger Court
Warren Court
Burger
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Rehnquist
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Russell Baker
N.Y
Kei
NASA
National Institute On Drug Abuse
National Cocaine Hotline
Jesse
United States
Lewis Grizzard
Cowles Syndicate, Inc
King Features Syndicate
The
New York Times
Times
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
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