Frog eats frog reflects school news bias
A Penn-Delco elementary paper the Sock It to Me Times shows how readers crave controversy. Fifth and sixth graders report on school life including frogs, fights, red lights, and bandaged teachers while noting that sensational items attract attention and simple events are overlooked.
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Parkside
Penn-Delco
Jean K. Davis
Paul Hagg
John Moccia
Parkside Elementary
John
The Old Soviet Gap Trick for Playgrounds
Humorist Art Buchwald outlines a method to trigger federal spending by comparing the United States to the Soviet Union. He suggests publicizing Moscow building more playgrounds to spook lawmakers into funding parity and even excess. He proposes applying this tactic to low cost housing in Chester.
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Art Buchwald
Buchwald
Moscow
Congress
Chester
Pompidou Seen Likely Winner In French Election
The forthcoming French presidential vote favors former Gaullist Premier George Pompidou, signaling potential shifts in foreign policy and possible one party rule if Alain Poher falls short. The piece notes likely resistance to full NATO membership and mixed signals on Britain and the Common Market.
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George Pompidou
France
Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
United States
Brittan
Alain Poher
NATO
Alliance
Brussels
Paris
Britain
Europe
Poher
National Sheriffs Gather for Miami Beach Conference
The National Sheriffs Association holds a four day informational conference in Miami Beach starting Sunday with about 1,000 expected attendees. The NSA represents around 24,000 members across 3,064 sheriffs deputies and police, showcasing over 70 exhibitors of new dress equipment and crowd control devices.
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National Sheriffs’ Association
Miami Beach
Washington
NSA
Association
Ferris E. Lucas
Police Departments Seek New Image Amid Reform Talk
Editorial excerpts discuss Father’s Day joyride dangers and call for policing reform. Prof Plucknett critiques elected sheriffs as misaligned with modern county administration. The Christian Science Monitor notes departments updating crowd control and riot training. NSA promotes courses funded by L E A A with ethics emphasizing courteous enforcement.
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Theodore F. T. Plucknett
London School of Economics
United States
U.S
The
Christian Science Monitor
National Sheriffs’ Association
St. Louis
NSA
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Congress
Code of Ethics
Nixon income maintenance plan headed to Congress
Washington reports President Nixon plans to send broad welfare reform proposals to Congress next week. The plan aims to create a federal floor for welfare payments and fund minimum monthly relief payments, addressing the mismatch between relief rolls and employment gains amid rising AFDC costs.
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Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Richard P. Nathan
Budget Bureau
Repub
Commission
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University of Chicago
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University of Wisconsin
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Yale
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