Cable TV Franchising Debate Delays Action in Iowa Senate
Sen. Wilson Davis of Keokuk notes no action before 1972 on a bill to exempt cable television from state utility law requiring a public vote for franchise rights. He called a public hearing after his subcommittee’s approval, noting the need for broad legal guidelines and that decision should rest with the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Wilson Davis
Keokuk
Davis
Iowa
Turner
Cedar Rapids
Canney
Haiti’s Papa Doc dies as voodoo rule ends
The piece recalls Francois Duvalier’s 14 year dictatorship in Haiti, his use of voodoo to keep citizens cowed, and the brutal tontons macoute regime. It warns against romanticizing tyrants or inviting similar futures at home, noting lingering occult fascinations in society.
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Anana Republic
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Caribbean
Papa Doc
Duvalier
Frank
Across the Gap A Touch of Warmth
A Coe College junior recalls his Lewiston father a skilled carpenter who built major projects and later earned a teaching certificate. The piece contrasts the father’s steady labor with a Rochester classroom’s challenges where a black high school hosts a white teacher and a predominantly black student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo State Teachers College
Rochester
N.Y
Fashion's fickle force shapes identity and stock trends
A skeptical look at spring fashion argues clothing mirrors social change and mood. The essay notes mini skirts, pant suits, and hot pants tied to stock markets and gender emancipation, while detailing unkempt looks spreading from Yale to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudi Gernreich
Gernreich
Midi
Ivy League
J. Press
New Haven
Yale
NAACP Slur by Leader Sparks Letter to Editor in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids letter criticizes NAACP President Thomas Kelly Jr for urging removal of a white Human Rights Commission secretary. The writer, Percy G. Harris, argues the remark contradicted civil rights goals and questions leadership. A second letter praises St. Pius X school education reforms using continuous progress, team teaching, and written progress reports with conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Kelly, Jr
Human Rights Commission
Kelly
Cotton
St. Pius X
St Pius X School Report Highlights Broad Arts and Strong Tests
The report notes continued use of a modified concept, sex education courses, drug abuse seminars, an excellent music department with private lessons, forensics activities, athletics, art and art appreciation, and a full library with a librarian. It lists poetry and safety poster contests, a science fair, anti pollution week, and Iowa basic skills in the 70th to 98th percentile range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
St. Pius X
Life in Space: Probable Life Beyond Earth
The article argues that life beyond Earth is plausible due to statistical abundance, chemical evolution, and laboratory findings. It cites amino acid formation, meteorite evidence, and NASA researchers, noting possible intelligent life and the likelihood of interstellar contact in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Australia
Cyril Ponnamperuma
Harold Klein
NASA
Earth
Stanley Miller
Harold Urey
A. I. Oparin
Carl Gottlieb
Harvard
Ben Zuckerman
Space
Murchison
Robert Jastrow
Goddard Institute For Space Studies
Bell-McClure Syndicate
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Guyette
Richard Turner
Coe
Lewiston, N.Y
Gibson
Coe Cosmos
Bruce Gibson
Niagara
James Madison High School
Buckley
Agnew
Richard L. Worsnop
Oscar Wilde
Women’s Liberation Movement
United States
Jonathan Swift
Alan White
White's, Inc
London
King’s Road
England
Yale Alumni Magazine
Thomas Wilson
Paris
the People's Forum
Naacp Head
Percy G. Harris
M.D
Bever Avenue
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