Editorial: Commission on Pornography misstep in Playboy case
The Gazette critiques the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography for targeting mainstream magazines like Playboy and Penthouse via Sears letters to retailers. It argues the list mislabels true pornography and punishes stores that sold obscured, behind the counter issues. The piece defends honesty, fair play, and First Amendment rights while denouncing the action as indecent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography
Commission
Alan Sears
Playboy
Penthouse
Smut Commission
Sears
7-Eleven
Ed Meese
Aquino's lenient but firm post coup response praised
The Aquino government swiftly dispersed a Manila coup attempt led by Tolentino’s forces with a comic and cautious approach. It forgave, demanded loyalty pledges, avoided arrests, and allowed limited protests while cracking down on overt rebel promotion, aiming to reconcile factions without provoking new violence. The strategy, tied to Corazon Aquino’s leadership, contrasts with harsher repertoires and echoes Thatcher’s resolve, marking a notable, experimental peace effort in a volatile nation.
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Corazon Aquino
Arturo Tolentino
Manila
Aquino
Supreme Court splits verdicts on three sex cases
The Court overturns Fraser vowing schoolchildren have no First Amendment shield for disruptive speech, upholds closing an adult bookstore as a public nuisance, but strikes down Georgia’s anti sodomy law while rejecting a broad right to private homosexual conduct. Justice White dissents on privacy. The piece contrasts Griswold era privacy with current limits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
U.S. District Court
9Th Circuit
Fraser
Kenmore
N.Y
Buffalo
New York Court of Appeals
Warren Burger
White
Letters to the Gazette Spark Debate on Morals and Law
Readers critique morality and punishment for sexual misconduct by public figures, question state park sticker rules and a church related column, while praising youth music programs and Interlochen Camp. The letters reference evolution debates, Darwin, creationist views, and public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Eleanor Taylor
Michigan
van Cliburn
Coe College
St Jude benefit bike ride raises funds for hospital
Last June 7, 25 bikers from Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha joined a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital bike event with many volunteers and prize donors. Co sponsored by R L Smith Realtors and the Parent Support Group a $4005 check was sent to St. Jude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
R.L. Smith Realtors
St. Jude
Finest Fifth Season 8K race in Cedar Rapids praised
An account lauds Cedar Rapids Fifth Season 8K organizers sponsors volunteers and city for a well-run race. It highlights traffic-free routes with police and volunteers at every intersection water stations medical help a large digital clock and finish area, plus a 30 minute Channel 9 broadcast. The writer expresses pride and calls for a repeat with more than 670 runners.
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Cedar Rapids
Channel 9
John Campbell
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Wash
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New Haven
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TIN
the Gazette
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Bounoure
France
National Center of Scientific Research
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Teresa A. Wagner
Eisenhower Rd
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S. 12Th St
DeVere Hirt
University of Minnesota
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Edward Gibbon
Lord Byron
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