Supreme Court declines to halt family viewing hour policy
The Supreme Court refuses to intervene in the FCC NAB backed family hour for prime time. The policy remains in effect despite earlier rulings that it violated First Amendment rights. The decision touches on prior restraint and could shape views on audience protections and free speech.
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Supreme Court denial on TV prior restraint sparked debate
The piece argues parents should control what their families view by switching stations or using the off button, not relying on federal rules or NAB. It notes cable and video options broaden choices, and points to books as an inexpensive, non-violent alternative for public entertainment at any hour.
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Free Public Library
Debate over voting rights for Glenwood state facility residents
The Iowa attorney general informally ruled on voter eligibility for Glenwood State Hospital School residents. About 80 of 800 residents expressed interest in the November election, with concerns about literacy, mental competence, and potential vote manipulation. The piece urges the 1981 legislature to address gaps in election law.
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Iowa
Glenwood State Hospital School
Glenwood
Blairstown Café as Forum for Democracy in Small Town
A columnist extols the Blairstown Café as a living public forum where farmers, clergy, students, and locals discuss crops, taxes, schools, politics, and daily life. It highlights how such informal spaces sustain democracy by enabling direct citizen dialogue and community concerns before noting the café’s temporary closure.
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America
Blairstown
Eastern Iowans invited to share periodic observations
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invited to express themselves here. The topics are unlimited. The views are theirs.
Carter Campaign Unravels Amid Stark Attacks
The piece critiques Jimmy Carter as his campaign frays with wild charges and boasts. It contrasts his warnings of national division with Ronald Reagan’s states’ rights education and welfare stance, calling Carter’s rhetoric panicked and diminishing his stature while praising his modest moments on human rights and Camp David.
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Reagan
Eisenhower
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Abortion debate triggers editorials at The Gazette
The Gazette presses pro abortion lobbying claims while omitting pro life demonstrators. It cites an unethical poll method and links abortions to euthanasia, claiming a broad coalition supports it. WSUI Radio confirmed the poll reporting.
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Gazette
Albert Cantril
National Council On Public Polls
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Teamsters Hall
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Culver
Counterfeit old cults letter inquiry
A reader asks what the writer means by the term counterfeits in his letter about fundamentalism and Christianity. Hubert Blackburn of 1519 34th St NE signs.
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Hubert Blackburn
St. NE
Misworded Iowa Equal Rights Amendment critique
A reader criticizes the proposed Iowa Equal Rights Amendment as too broadly worded and vulnerable to attack. The letter argues other states allow reasonable distinctions and urges defeat to prompt better drafting by the Legislature.
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Iowa
Illinois
Latin offers rich rewards echoed in Outlooks column
Frances Heaton notes Latin and modern languages offer rich rewards as colleges reenact language requirements. A Franklin High School graduate from 1955 argues Latin should be taught and promoted to attract serious students.
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South Amana
A.N. Whitehead
Franklin High School
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