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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1976
Page
8
An editorial argues televising House and Senate debates could reduce grandstanding and enhance discourse. Televised Watergate and impeachment hearings showed decorum, suggesting a broader audience might raise standards. A renewed push to open debates to TV could heighten public engagement and balance attention with the president.
A California proposal urges a Department of Cultural Affairs with cabinet status, a national theatre to stimulate Rama, Music, opera, dance, and film, and support for Olympic arts. It calls for arts access for all as an essential right, cultural exchange, and equal opportunities for minorities and women.
One year into its 21,000 mile route, the American Freedom Train celebrates its 15,295th mile as more than 4,200,000 visitors have toured the 26-car exhibit through 31 states and 74 cities since leaving Wilmington, Delaware. The display in Jefferson City, Missouri, featured a six-piece birthday rake and drew diverse crowds including Walter Knott and Detroit Pistons star Bob Lanier, as the train set records for pennies flattened and drew attention from Soviet cosmonauts in Salt Lake City. The path has remained accident free aside from a single cow collision in town, and extended hours have kept gates open to accommodate growing public interest.
Joan Beck warns that the world has reached four billion people and will add another billion in 13 years, stressing the strain on food, water, energy, land, and services. She notes risks of famine, resource depletion, and environmental degradation, urging humane population limits and sustainable growth.
Washington reports environmental group Environmental Action lists Rep Burt Talcott among its dirty dozen. Talcott, a California Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, argues he votes more with environmentalists than against them and criticizes the method as unfair.
The Lady and the President collects newly found letters showing Dorothea Dix and Millard Fillmore in a reformer and presidential light. Also reviewed is Violence in Ulster an Oral Documentary by W H Van Voris detailing the Northern Ireland troubles with diverse voices.
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