Editorial suggests PTA aims to curb TV violence
The national PTA hopes to reduce violence and vulgarity on TV with expert review and hearings. Chicago Mayor Daley pledges 50,000 to fund a 110,000 campaign, while the PTA plans monitoring, letter campaigns, and possible sponsor boycotts. The piece questions motives, warns against censorship, and urges fact finding and education rather than economic pressure. The editor doubts Daley’s support and calls for a reassessment away from boycotts toward producer and parent education.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Chicago
Richard Daley
PTA
Daley
City Probe Over Police Delay Defended by City Manager
City Manager John Mansell defended the Long Beach Police Department amid suggestions of a cover up regarding a March 10 incident. Police Chief Ralph Kurtz said a newspaper knew of the incident a week after it occurred. editors and a reporter were aware, but superiors were not, and no article ran until April 17 after the investigation finished. The paper regrets the delay and promises it will not recur.
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John Mansell
Long Beach
Sunshine Boys Barry and Rockefeller Form Unlikely Alliance
Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller, long foes, are portrayed as a grudging team in a view of intraparty unity. The piece notes mutual tensions, shifting roles, and hints at Ford’s presidential prospects while casting their unlikely collaboration as a sunset moment in GOP politics.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Carter's economic plan shows a cautious liberal trend
The article reviews Jimmy Carter's first policy paper, noting it leans toward federal intervention with a mix of private sector incentives and public programs. It highlights emphasis on reducing unemployment while controlling inflation, questions deficits, and critiques the notion of a balanced budget by 1979 through imagined receipts. It calls for public funding of jobs and invites readers to read Carter's own statements at Carter headquarters.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Gerald Ford
Tull
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Atlanta
Pay your bills or face new charges, warns columnist
In a sharp op-ed, Bob Lancaster argues bankers will impose service charges on prompt bill payment. He says merchants add fees via credit card costs, passing them to consumers. The piece mocks thrift discipline and predicts looming solvency courts and tax crackdowns as logic shifts from past to present.
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Thomas Jefferson
Code of ethics framed debate weighs on campaigns
A fragment suggests voters should elect a capable candidate rather than the front man. It notes that while saying the right thing can win, a blooper by a politician brings discredit and blame to the campaign.
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