Voluntary euthanasia gains support in national mood shift
A Harris poll shows 71 percent support letting terminally ill patients tell doctors to let them die, with 66 percent approving family instructions and 49 percent backing active end of life. Four years earlier opposition stood at 53 percent. Iowa legislators eye possible movement as state debates living wills and criminal liability for stopping life support. The trend suggests state by state adoption of voluntary death-rights principles.
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ACE to study college sports reforms and roles
The American Council on Education launches a three year study to assess athletic programs and finances in colleges. Dr James Spence will chair with Willard Boyd on a 17 member committee. The piece argues coaches wield undue power and urges presidents to realign aims toward education and student welfare.
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Gandhi and Adams contrasted in democracy test
Norman Cousins notes Gandhi’s emergency amid praise for her restraint and argues India’s 1970s struggle resembles the U S arc from colonial to constitutional liberty John Adams faced internal threats and the alien and sedition acts which were later seen as growing pains, while Gandhi’s actions are weighed against India’s democratic legacy and leadership by Nehru.
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Thin Soup of Purchases Why Inflation Rises
The speaker compares Mrs. Wiggs soup to the purchasing power of income dollars. He argues deficit financing and wage increases have driven prices up over 44 years and warns Carter's plan to give $50 to almost all adults will raise interest rates and hurt job creation. He predicts the median family cost of living will rise by at least $800 between January 19, 1977 and January 20, 1978.
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Supreme Court orders new trial in Des Moines murder case
The court voided Williams's conviction after ruling police questioned him without counsel while transporting him to Des Moines to learn the location of a missing 10 year old girl's body for burial. The ruling held his rights were violated and granted a new trial.
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Readers urge harsher crime laws and rail freight progress
A reader urges capital punishment for crime and criticizes reforms while advocating a strong stance on victims' rights. The letter cites Iowa land use bills and warns lawmakers to oppose restrictive laws, urging citizens to contact Des Moines officials and name lawmakers.
Immunization Gaps Highlight National Shame and Revival Effort
The article condemns low vaccination rates in the United States and notes rising measles outbreaks. It traces funding shortfalls from 1976 to 1978, highlights Betty Bumpers’ statewide efforts in Arkansas, and cites a White House program with Joe Califano to vaccinate about three million children at an estimated cost of two dollars per child.
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Self defense urged after Cedar Rapids attacks
A letter from a reader in Cedar Rapids urges self defense and martial arts training after a series of assaults on elderly and other residents. The writer suggests that learning self defense could deter attackers and reduce fear in the community.
Isn’t it the truth by Carl Riblet Jr
The author argues that since the French Revolution every generation’s radicals seek a classless society causing widespread upheaval. He contends the United States now has only one class of citizen the overtaxed, a state achieved by radical policy and popular reform.
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