Plea Bargaining Sparks Debate Over Trial Rights
The Supreme Court strengthened prosecutors power on January eighteen by allowing a second indictment if a defendant refuses a plea. A Kentucky forgery case led to life imprisonment after trial. The editorial weighs plea bargaining as essential yet controversial, noting backlog in D C and calls to end the practice.
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Supreme Court
Kentucky
Warren E. Burger
Santobello
New York
Henry T. Lummus
Harvard Law
Alan Dershowitz
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
No boon for public TV editorial autonomy
President Carter seeks to allow about one third of federally funded public TV stations and a quarter of public radio stations to editorialize and endorse candidates while preserving bans at state and local government operated outlets. Officials question legal viability and public acceptance of editorial autonomy. Public broadcasters prefer to stay out of political debates to resist uniformity.
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Carter
Congress
Iowa
Congressional Quarterly
White House
Gasohol viability eyed with energy benefits and tests
The debate over gasohol links to ethanol from grain and fuel savings. A pilot program using solar heat and methane gas distillation could prove its practicality. Iowa's Energy Policy Council backs a USDA financed plan to build small alcohol plants at about 300000 each with loan support.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Energy Policy Council
USDA
New Pediatric Column From Dr Block for Parents
A letter praises Dr Walter Block for a proposed column aiding young parents with preschooler issues. It highlights Block's skillful analyses and the Child Evaluation Clinic as helpful resources guiding anxious families toward happier outcomes.
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Walter Block
Bottle bill debate reflects push for private liquor sales
An editor's column urges backing the bottle bill to end state liquor oversight, promote private enterprise, and curb litter. The writer cites a decade of bottle returns, a deposit system, 80 percent poll support, and calls for letters to state senators to pass the measure.
Bottle bill proposal to curb litter and shift liquor sales
A writer argues for a five cent deposit on bottles and cans to reduce roadside litter. He suggests privatizing liquor sales and cites returnable containers as a model, noting current high litter rates and potential community benefits from organized scavenging for deposits. He urges legislators to pass a bottle bill.
Grandparents and the joys of family lineage
A writer reflects on the value of grandparents and the joys of family across generations. She notes the fulfillment of being a mother and grandmother, urges future parents to consider the lasting benefits and responsibilities, and laments potential losses from neglecting family ties.
Grandparents Speak Up On Smoking For Children
A reader writes that talk show debates miss the core issue the family roles in tobacco use. Parents and grandparents shape children’s health, and the writer questions why young parents risk health and life for cigarettes.
Care Center kindness shines beyond facilities
A reader praises Benson Home Center in Center Point for compassionate staff and personal attention to elderly residents. The writer recalls visiting a friend there, noting cheerful, attentive workers and Mr. Benson's evident care, valuing emotional support over perfect physical conditions.
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Center Point
Benson Home Center
Labor Reform Act labeled as reform by Kilpatrick
James J. Kilpatrick blasts the Labor Reform Act of 1978, calling it a fraud and danger to small employers. He warns the bill would pack the National Labor Relations Board, rush certification elections, impose wage mandates by board decree, and threaten private firms with federal contract bans while favoring unions.
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Washington
Senate
National Right To Work Committee
Paul Revere
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
House
National Labor Relations Board
Organized Labor
Secretary of Labor
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Richard L. Worsnop
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Gasohol
Dr. Block
Lake Macbride
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
George Eliot
Mr. Benson
By James J. Kilpatrick
Mr. Carter
Federal Elections Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Washington Star Syndicate
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