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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
9
A dense scan of Wednesday evening television schedules lists channel by channel programs from Pittsburgh to Clearfield and Johnstown. Notable items include dramas, game shows, and news broadcasts with star names Lana Turner Joan Crawford and Peter Lindford appearing in fiction segments.
A cap pistol and a hunting knife were left on the state capitol steps in Hartford, an apparent appeal for tighter gun laws. The unloaded cannistol and the sheathed knife carried a note urging Gov. John Dempsey to pass a strong gun bill.
CBS Reports examines whether churches should be taxed, presenting church leaders and government officials, with polls and research. It covers exemptions for church buildings and services while taxing real estate and businesses, noting data gaps and urging a national discussion.
Eugene Haberacker 35 of Allentown died in Allentown Hospital from burns suffered at work. He was a lineman for Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. and was on an oil switch atop a power pole Friday when an explosion sent flames into his face.
Hollywood and the entertainment industry confront violent content as public scrutiny grows after campus riots and two assassinations. President Johnson forms a commission led by Milton S. Hisenhour to study media violence, while networks CBS NBC and ABC outline policies and cooperation plans to curb depictions of brutality across TV and film.
The Associated Press reports forty nine gunfire deaths in the United States since midnight Sunday. Twenty nine were homicides, sixteen suicides, four accidental killings. The Kennedy assassination spurred calls for gun control. President Johnson notes guns contribute to over 6,500 murders annually. The AP conducts a weeklong survey ending June 23.
An ad paid by Monroe High School students in the Los Angeles Times denounces violence in media and calls for a boycott of products using violent advertising, arguing such content dulls empathy for human suffering and death. The note also mentions the Dutch origin of the word golf as context.
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