ACT Pushes for Commercial Free Childhood TV Reform
Hollywood report highlights Action for Children's Television ACT pushing to curb advertising on kids programs. It cites Romper Room changes, research from Bangor Maine, and a national code board rule set to curb host and character selling. Also notes praise for Sesame Street and obituary mention of NBC journalist Aline Saarinen.
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Hollywood
UPI
Action For Children's Television
ACT
Bangor
Maine
Code Board of the National Assn. of Broadcasters
Nbc-Tv
Aline Saarinen
Sersen
Sunrise Semester Offers New CBS Courses This Fall
Oddments CBS-TV announces Sunrise Semester will launch two new courses in the tall term starting September 24. Twenty first Century American Art and Law and Morality join the catalog as credit options for adult learners through the network series.
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Cbs-Tv
Television Station Listings Amid Turbulent Schedule
Fragmented OCR fragment lists television stations including Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City Ottumwa and Rock Island with stray words and numbers. Reads like a station lineup or listing page but contains garbled tokens and incomplete program details.
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Kcas-Tv
Cedar
Wmi-Tv
Repide
TRWWL
Waterloo
Skiin.tv
Iowa City
KTVO
Ottumws
Whor-Ty
Bock Island
Iowa Attorney General seeks changes to harsh gambling laws
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner urged lawmakers to reform stringent gambling statutes, saying enforcement on private wagers is impractical. Judge A B Crouch dissolved an injunction against Turner’s crackdown on carnival games, allowing enforcement to continue while appeals loom.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Richard Turner
Turner
Polk County
A. B. Crouch
Crouch
Town Supreme Court
Iowa Crop Report and State Fair Remarks Draw Daily Attention
The report notes silked corn at 55 days to full maturity, soybeans blooming 84 percent versus 53 a year ago, and oats harvested six percent, well below 33 percent last year. The Iowa State Fair is set for Des Moines next month as secretary Kenneth Falk calls illegal games at prior fairs ludicrously unchallenged.
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Iowa
de Moines
Kenneth Falk
Iowa Economy Upswing Discussed by Governor Ray
Gov Robert Ray said Iowa rides an economic upswing but will not overspend and remains conservative in budgeting. He noted state income running about 2.4 percent ahead and possible $14 million more in taxes than anticipated, with roughly $6 million left over by 1973 end. He praised McGovern’s campaign organization yet questioned the candidate’s strength. He warned Republicans face overconfidence but saw enthusiasm at the GOP convention and a new campus voters division. The Teamsters board endorsed Nixon for labor’s best interests, citing nearly two million members.
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Gazette Lepied Witer
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Calif
Lasteck, Legislaive
UPI
Jerry Rankin
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Ray
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Nixon
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
America
Fitzsimmons
San Diego
McGovern Eagleton F 15 deal denied by Laird
Defense secretary Laird refuted McGovern and Eagleton striking a deal over the F 15 fighter and said no conditions, no ticket agreement were made. He questioned McGovern's Vietnam war proposals and noted the jet is built by McDonnell Douglas in St Louis.
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McGovern
Eagleton
Laird
Air Force
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
St. Louis
U.S
South Dakota
Mansfield Won’t Consult McGovern On Legislation
Washington AP Senator Mansfield says he has not and will not consult the Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern about the Senate’s legislative program. He expects limited partisanship and a possible session to mid October as Republicans brace for a tough, long-hours season led by Senate Leader Hugh Scott.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Monjay
George McGovern
Congress
Mansfield
McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Iowa crops in good to excellent condition report
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa live stock and crop reporting service says crops are mostly fair to excellent. Corn is generally in good to excellent shape with only some fair areas in central east central and southeast districts. About sixteen percent of corn fields meet the 75 percent condition threshold.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Livestock and Crop Reporting Service
Servce
iAsk Black Hawk Court To Stop Sex Book Sale
Waterloo Iowa AP sheriff and county attorney seek district court ruling to keep East Fourth Street Book Store sales from becoming county held obscene material. Judge's Friday deadline to decide whether items are obscene and cannot be sold amid Cedar Falls prosecutions.
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iAsk
Black Hawk Court
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
East Fourth Street
Robert Aldrich
Reed Enterprises, Inc
San Diego
Calif
Japanese Plant News Firm Set Plate Sales
Lea Enterprises plans a joint venture with Nippon Paint Co Ltd of Osaka to manufacture and market the NapP photopolymer printing plate for American newspapers. The plate has been sold in Japan for five years and used in Davenport Times-Democrat. David Gottlieb of Lee Enterprises and C Obata of Nippon announce Napp Systems U.S.A. Inc. will handle distribution in Iowa.
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Davenport (Ap
Lea Enterprises, Inc
Mofiday
Nippon Paint Co. Ltd
Osaka
Japan
Davenport Times-Democrat
Lee Enterprises
David Gottlieb
C. Obata
Nippon
West Branch man held on rape charges for two juveniles
Archie G. Drake, 29, of West Branch, is jailed in Johnson county on a $10,000 bond after being charged with rape. Deputies say a warrant names Drake in the assault of two juvenile girls aged 16 and 15 in Cedar and Johnson counties.
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West Branch
Archie G. Drake
Johnson County
Drake
Cedar
Johnson Counties
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