Rights to write freely upheld in Iowa teacher case
A U.S. appeals court ruled a Iowa teacher Rose Zoll could publicly criticize school leadership without fear of losing her job. Zoll, who faced dismissal after letters to a Lansing newspaper in 1975 criticized athletics and school quality, was rehired and awarded back pay, landmarking protections for teachers and other public employees to voice concerns.
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U.S
Iowa
Rose Zoll
Near New Albin
Allamakee Journal
Lansing
Iowa State Education Association
China shifts under pressure between conformity and personal freedom
A 17 year old girl at the Taching oil fields reveals independence by wanting to make watches, signaling gradual loosening of Maoist strictures. The piece notes mass education by Western universities, revived arts and dress, and a public push toward liberalization despite cautious official stance.
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Taching
China
Teng Hsiaoping
Teng
Namibia's Delicate Path to Independence and Possible Violence
The piece analyzes Namibia's elections amid South African rule. It notes December votes under Pretoria and July UN supervised polls could shape white control, SWAPO resistance, and risk of civil strife. Botha's hardline stance and SWAPO boycott are highlighted with concern for UN intervention.
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Namibia
South Africa
Piet
Botha
U.N
Tarnhalle
Iica
Piet Botha
Defense Ministry
South- West Africa People’s Organization
SWAPO
Letters in support of Kubicek critique of school policy
Readers urge others to read Mr. T L Kubicek’s Dec 10 Gazzette piece. They praise his stance on the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Multicultural Non-Sexist Advisory Committee and warn against book censorship and mind control by leadership.
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T.L. Kubicek
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Community School
Kubicek
Marion residents brace for traffic plan clash
Letters express concern over Cedar Rapids driven propaganda and oppose a proposed one way loop through Marion’s antique district. Critics warn of brainwashing and urge actions to disband the committee while offering an alternative traffic plan to ease flow.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
South 11Th Street
10Th and 11Th
First
Fifth Avenues
Hard go for D C statehood proposal faces criticism
A columnist criticizes the Washington D C statehood amendment proposing two senators and a representative for the district. The piece argues the plan is impractical, politically charged, and risks constitutional balance, urging retrocession of a small downtown core to Maryland.
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Washington
Washington, D.C
Memphis
Maryland
Christmas reading list for former progressives
William Safire reviews magazines books and non fiction for conservatives seeking antigressivism. The piece lists Public Interest Commentary The New Republic American Spectator Esquire Forbes and non political titles as potential gifts and notes authors Moynihan Ladd Ruff Hoffman Khachigian Cohen and others for a holiday readership shift.
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The
Public Interest
New York
Bristol
Pittsburgh
Commentary
56Th St
New Republic
Whitinsville
Mass
Martin Peretz
American Spectator
Sixth St
Bloomington
Ind
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Jimmy Carter
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Peking University
Foreign Ministry
Winston Churchill
Voice of America
Shanghai
Liu Shao-chi
Mao Tsetung
Hsi Tan Wall
Liu
Communist
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Hee
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Lincoln Drive
D.C
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New Jersey
Ohio
California
Pennsylvania
Tokyo Express
Congress
District of Columbia
Jane Fonda
Julian Bond
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Esquire
Madison Ave
New York City
Forbes
Fifth Ave
Business Week
Theodore White
William Manchester
Douglas MacArthur
Herman Wouk
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Suzanne Weaver
Henry Kissinger
Rambouillet
Everett Carll Ladd Jr
In Fortune
Oxford
Frank Gannon
Ray Price
Diane Sawyer
Ken Khachigian
Nursing
Howard Ruff
Nicholas von Hoffman
Oval
William S. Cohen
Maine
Gene McCarthy
Mao Tse-tung
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