Cable access clash tests free speech versus owners rights
The Kansas City dispute pits White Aryan Resistance against American Cablevision over Channel 20 access. The ACLU threatens suit while owners fear threats and subscriber cancellations. The piece argues private property rights limit forced exposure and urges racists to build their own outlets.
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Kansas Ciy
Kansas City
American Cablevision
Public Forum
Channel 20
American Civil Liberties Union
Dallas clashes over JFK site museum plans
The piece argues against converting the Texas School Book Depository into a JFK assassination museum. It notes Dallas long sought to distance itself from Oswald’s act and favors preserving a memorial instead of turning the site into a commercial multimedia display.
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Texas School Book Depository
John Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Round-by-round chaos at National Spelling Bee exposes reading gaps
A frustrated observer rails at the education system after listing several difficult spellings from the National Spelling Bee rounds. The hiss of scandal and blame targets the curriculum while noting contestants are only 11 or 12 years old.
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United States
Johnny
Letters to the Gazette highlight landmark status and community concerns
A May 25 reader letter defends a Whitaker Chambers landmark garden, praising Chambers and Nixon while urging restraint on Hodel monument plans. It also criticizes a Cedar Rapids DCS site proposal near Kingston Stadium and recalls poppy drives, park visits, and discussions on James Dobson and moral fundraising.
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Whitaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Communist Party
Richard Nixon
Gazette
DCS
Aarge Garden
Kingston Stadium
Memorial
Reds
Kingston
Cedar Rapids
Dennis
Donna Fitzgerald
Balsam
Center Point High School Post-Prom Acknowledgments
Center Point High School hosts a May 6 post-prom event with widespread support from Center Point and Cedar Rapids Marion merchants. The post-prom committee thanks parents students and the school for donations and facility use that made the memorable party possible.
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Center Pointigh School
Our School
Center Oint
Cedar Rapids - Marion
Center Point
Center Point Hgh School
Suzanne Holub
Policy critics warn of violence driven by poor schooling
The author argues that for decades leaders and media shapes inflamed Middle East and Central American tensions. He faults U S policy, calls for better education and the rule of law to curb violence and militarism, warning that neglect invites wider conflict.
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Henry Kissinger
Central American Commission
Richard Stone
Florida
Sol Linowitz
Elliot Abrams
Richard Perle
Central America
Middle East
Caribbean
Abrams
Noriega
Panama
Ayatollah Khomeini
Israel
Ballantine
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