Education clashes over senior college credit in Virginia
An editorial criticizes teachers unions and AAUP opposition to the Little plan allowing qualified high school seniors to take college level courses. It praises Virginia’s growing community college system and argues innovation, not ivory towers, should guide higher education as junior colleges expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Teachers
American Association of College Professors
Virginia
Danville
Thomas C. Little
Richmond Public Schools
Little
American Association of University Professors
University of Virginia
Ives Townsend
Virginia Conference
AAUP
Allix B. James
Kilpatrick on Air Profanity and Broadcast Standards
James J Kilpatrick discusses airing profanity on CBS 60 Minutes and the Truman monologue by James Whitmore. He cites the FCC ruling on indecent language and notes broadcasters face a balance between freedom of speech and offense. He recalls the Oct 30 1973 WBAI Carlin incident and its reception.
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CBS
Ford Theater
Washington
James Whitmore
Truman
Harry
Whitmore
FCC
WBA
New York
Con
WBAI
Pacifica Foundation
George Carlin
Carlin
Mark Twain
Life and Death Faith: Christian Hope Beyond Decay
The piece argues life’s meaning against mortality, contrasting fear and denial with belief in immortality. It cites King Louis XVI’s dread, agnosticism, and suffering, then centers the resurrection of Christ as the guarantee of personal afterlife and ongoing personhood through faith. It concludes with the assurance “Because he lives, we shall live also.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XVI
France
Job
Christ
Earth
Jesus
Jesus the
Lord
FCC Hearing On Obscene Radio Monologue Sparks Debate
The piece reviews a WBAL broadcast deemed indecent by the FCC after a 12 minute monologue using seven explicit words. It notes critics and commissioners split on censorship with Glen C. Robinson defending limited regulation to balance taste and free speech.
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Glen C. Robinson
Yo Robinson
Federal Communications Commission
Llaw
Robinson
FCC
Communist Portugal in Lisbon under Moscow control
Russell Kirk argues the Portugal coup marks a total Communist takeover with Lisbon erasing civil liberties, seizing banks and industry, and turning the country into a puppet of Moscow. He contends NATO loyalty remains, while Kissinger is urged to embrace the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Vietnam
United States
Taiwan
Philippines
Guam
Orient
Japan
China
Far East
Russia
Pacific
Indochina
America
Portugal
Asia
Partueal
Azores
Angola
Mozambique
Lisbon
Israel
Middle East
Ment
May Columnar
Jack Anderson
Washington
NATO
Vichy France
Niter
Paris
Britain
Moscow
Vichy
Berlin
Mafia
Cosa Nostra
FBI
Henry Kissinger
Anderson
Kissinger
Communist Party
Porto
Atlantic
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Hirrmiler
Hegel
ASNE delegates witness Washington’s carnival of conflict
Holmes Alexander reviews the ASNE convention in Washington where editors heard President Ford fault Congress over Vietnam policy and Secretary Kissinger and Moynihan clash with Barbara Tuchman. He notes failures of leadership, dishonesty in public life, and a gloomy view of America’s waning influence.
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Washington, D.C
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
America
Washington
Legislative Branch
American Congress
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Mr. Ford
Vietnam
Congress
Ford
Senate Armed Services Committee
China
Russia
Hanoi
Paris
Kissinger
Gaye
Sen
Scoop Jackson
United States
Caesar
Daniel Moynihan
Barbara Tuchman
Moynihan
Europe
Japan
Ms. Tuchman
Asia
Richard Nixon
Cambodia
Secretary Kissinger
Indochina
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Elizabeth M. Rogers
Franklin
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James J. Kilpatrick
Edrie
L.D. Johnson
Furniss University
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Gerald Ford
Elliott
Richardson
Everest
White House
Ike
WBAL
Charlotte T. Reid
James J. Quello
Russell Kirk
Holmes Alexander
Babylon, D. C
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