Flag burning case tests First Amendment protection
The text discusses the 1984 Dallas flag burning during the Republican National Convention, where Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag amid a die-in. He was convicted under Texas desecration laws, and the piece argues the Supreme Court later overturned or limited those rulings. It frames Bush's call for a constitutional amendment as incorrect.
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Washington
Bush
Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Gregory Lee Johnson
Dallas
Johnson
America
Texas Court of Criminal Ap
Flag burning freedom in high court debate and protest
A conservative view notes the Supreme Court reversed a conviction tied to flag burning, affirming First Amendment speech in political protest. It recalls cases from 1966 to 1974 involving Nathan Street, Valerie Goguen, and Harold Spence, contrasting precedents and urging protection of symbolic speech while condemning vandalism.
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Peals
U.S. Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Sidney Street
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
High Court
Meredith
Massachusetts
Valarie Goguen
Supreme Court
Seattle
Harold Spence
Spence
Cambodia
Kent State University
Des Moines
Iowa
Vietnam
Voice of the people objecting to Greyhound stop move
Rolland Metzger and Claire Metzger of Dixon argue against relocating the Greyhound terminal from 93 S. Hennepin to Commercial Alley. They warn of safety and crime concerns, note cost burdens, and propose moving the stop to in front of the Paper Escape on First Street with wait customers using the White Cab station across the street.
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Greyhound Bus
S. Hennepin
McClain’s
Paper Escape
Greyhound
Dixon
White Cab
First Street
Rolland Metzger
Claire Metzger
Earl Scruggs Revue fire up Petunia Festival stage
Friday night the Earl Scruggs Revue wowed Petunia Festival fans with a diverse audience and performances spanning blues jazz rock country and pop. The show highlighted decades of music through unmatched musicianship.
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Earl Scruggs
Petunia Festival
Dixon's Memorial
Dixon Park District
Dixon Ymca
Congress Rejects Bush Plan on Cambodian Arms Aid
Copley News Service reports Congress blocked Bush’s covert plan to supply rifles to two non communist Cambodian guerrilla factions led by Sihanouk and Son Sann to counter the Khmer Rouge. Democrats warned against Indochina entanglement while urging continued aid to prevent a genocide, and called for a broader diplomatic effort with Soviet Union China Britain and France to secure Vietnamese withdrawal and a multiparty democracy in Cambodia.
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Bush
Cambodia
Washington
Khmer Rouge
Norodom Sihanouk
Son Sann
Vietnam
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Stephen Solarz
D-N.y
Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.s.-China
Beijing
Democracy Movement
China
U.S
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Southeast Asia
Illinois lawmakers chase tax plans in late session
In Springfield the House delayed its start as leaders pursued a revised income tax plan from Sen. Phil Rock and House Speaker Michael Madigan. The amended bill would raise the personal tax rate to 3 percent to fund a larger credit, with a $120 tax relief for homeowners earning about $70,000. Negotiations hinted at further tax bills, but no major legislation passed as caucuses ran late and adjourned without action on the key issues.
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Springfield
Phil Rock
Michael Madigan
House
Rock
Madigan
Senate
Sen. Rock
Richard Mautino
Thompson
Madigan-Rock
Mautino
John Hallock
Rockford
Lynn Martin
Hallock
Peg Breslin
D-Ottawa
Tom Ewing
Pontiac
James Thompson
E.J
Zeke) Giorgi
Giorgi
Illinois
Sterling
David Murray
State Board of Elections
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Copley News Service
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Jose
Drew
Becky Meunttain
NEA
Kelly
By Clark Kelly
Dixon Telegraph
Alexis de Tocqueville
Mike Chapman
C. A. Maronich
Ken Brown
Sandy Burke
Brian Olmsted
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Donna Lessman
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Boatman
Laura Butler
Deana Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Tracey L
Cantemer
Trina Rebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn
Chris Hage
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Wiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Reste
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
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