Press Freedom Triumph in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court unamimously overturned a Nebraska gag order and affirmed First Amendment rights. The ruling keeps newspapers independent from judges and underscores a fiduciary duty to report responsibly while protecting the public’s right to know.
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United States Supreme Court
Nebraska
Thomas Jefferson
Warren Burger
Justice Burger
Supreme Court
America
Gossipy Juror and the Public Knowledge Dilemma
A juror’s disclosure of personal knowledge raises questions of bias and appropriateness in deliberations. The piece notes higher court action on the verdict and discusses limits on juror information sharing, contrasting with calls for government responsiveness and the Federal Information Centers service.
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Tran Sith
Federal Information Centers offer toll free guidance options
The article explains how to contact a Federal Information Center for state and local government questions. It lists centers nationwide, notes multilingual help, and provides a brochure offer. It highlights toll free dial lines to connect to nearest FIC and cites sample centers with addresses and phone numbers in California Illinois New York Ohio Texas and District of Columbia.
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FCI
FIC
U.S
Migration Reverses City Growth as Affluent Move South
The piece notes a 1970s shift where nonmetropolitan areas grow faster than big cities. It cites New York City's population drop and explains whites leaving for pockets like Greenwich Village. blacks also relocate to the South seeking safer, cheaper living. It highlights Chicago’s white flight earlier, now black outflow, and cites Rutgers’ Dr. Sternlieb on funding city needs.
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Louis Winnick
Ford Foundation
Greenwich Village
Upper West Side
Carter's plan to shift LEAA funds for crime crackdown
A confidential draft by Washington attorney Arnold Sagalyn urges diverting at least half of LEAA money to combat crime in dense urban areas and to fund welfare and prevention programs. It criticizes both Johnson and Nixon administrations for wasting funds and cautions against naive aims to banish crime with federal dollars.
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Nixon
Carter
LEAA
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