Quote of the Week on busing defeat and disenfranchisement
The piece discusses Rep. Chalmers Wylie of Columbus Ohio after a defeat of an anti busing constitutional amendment. It argues the phrase disenfranchised reflects not voting rights but broader rights and privileges linked to equal access to education and the impact of Brown v Topeka legacy. It concludes the defeat underscores rights and powers of blacks in America.
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Chalmers Wylie
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Wylie
New York Times
Columbus School Board
Burger
America
Cedar Rapids council urged to require sidewalks in pre 1957 subdivisions
Cleveland PTSA representatives renew a request for continuous sidewalks on both sides of First Avenue W from 2200 First Ave to Edgewood Road NW. City Engineer says design work underway with potential council recommendation in late September. Public safety and legal burden on adjacent property owners are debated as past councils avoided sidewalk requirements prior to 1957.
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Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Cleveland Ptsa
First Avenue
First Ave
Edgewood Road
Richard Ransom
Iowa
Sioux City
Cedar Hills
Indian Creek Hills
Leadership, followership and democratic anarchy in America
The author argues lack of follower ship eclipses lack of leadership. Leaders struggle to rally a divided public while many refuse to follow. The piece cites SDS as example of factionalism and calls for both stronger leadership and stricter acceptance of following roles.
Nonsense in Check Cashing Practices
Reader criticizes checks printed with personal data and calls for reform. He notes long lines two IDs and repetitive info, asks why pre printed checks require hassle. Compares to charge card ease and laments banks and stores refusing two party checks or charging fees without a checking account.
Editor letter attacks editorial stance on Civilian Marksmanship Program
The writer defends civilian rifle and pistol marksmanship training as vital to national defense. He cites congressional authorization and DoD directives, argues that prior marksmanship aids survival, and contrasts conventional warfare with push-button tech. The letter mocks critics and recalls Korea and Vietnam to justify training and use of infantry rifles.
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NRA
Congress
Department of Defense
National Board For the Promotion of
Korea
Vietnam
Reader letter objects to cartoon depicting theft
Carl Riblet Jr weighs in against a July 19 Grin and Bear It cartoon he calls sick and twisted. He objects to portrayals of theft and urges the paper to apologize and uphold honesty and decency in its pages.
The Golden Rule and a Call to Save Lives
A speaker links religious ethics to the right to life for all, condemning indifference to drowning refugees and abortion. He declares the universal truth of life and dignity, warning that apathy invites far greater suffering and justice will be met with consequences.
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Sword
Press Rights Dim in Pretrial Secrecy Case Views
James J. Kilpatrick surveys the Supreme Court term noting a poor year for press freedoms. He cites four major losses for journalists including Gannett Co. vs. DePasquale, which allowed judges to bar press access to pretrial hearings, arguing such secrecy harms public oversight. Universal Press Syndicate
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gannett Company
DePasquale
White
Burger
Justice Powell
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
Art Heusinkveid
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Rep. Wylie
PTSA
Evelyn Lykkegaard
Lykkegaard
Henry Ward Beecher
SDS
The
National Rifle Association
U.S
Carl Riblet Jr
InterOcean Press Syndicate
Norman Cousins
Southeast Asia
Hiroshima
By James J. Kilpatrick
Winston Churchill
Lando
Smith
Maryland
Wolston
Reader’s Digest
Seneca County
N.Y
Rochester
Wayne Clapp
Lake Seneca
Clapp
Michigan
Daniel A. DePasquale
Carol Ritter
England
Star Chamber
Universal Press Syndicate
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