Television Heal Thyself family hour ruling reasserts first amendment balance
Federal Judge Warren J. Ferguson voided the FCC pressure tactic used to impose the family viewing policy and called out bypassed procedures. The piece notes the ongoing need for guidelines and a public hearings process while praising parental aims and the movie rating approach.
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Warren J. Ferguson
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Ferguson
FCC
Opley
Debate over amphetamine safety and weight loss use
Senate testimony questions the safety and efficacy of amphetamines for weight control. Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Lester Grinspoon warns weight loss may reflect patient cooperation and therapy effects, with risks of dependence, psychosis, panic, and even birth defects. Some doctors seek bans, others defend medical uses for hyperactivity and narcolepsy, while enforcement and black markets complicate regulation.
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Senate
Lester Grinspoon
Harvard Medical School
Oklahoma Legislature Defeats Eyeglass Ad Bill
The last Oklahoma legislature defeated a bill to allow eyeglass advertising and will reconsider the issue in the next session. The state also faces a move on liquor ads for U S Open golf in Tulsa next year, prompting joking cheers from the 19th hole.
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Attorney General
Tulsa
United States China debate panels focus on Taiwan ties
A Washington midweek conference of scholars diplomats and journalists examined The United States and China After Mao The group argued against normalizing with Beijing and not abandoning Taiwan It stressed that mainland China seeks less unification than U S policy and warned that ceding Taiwan could invite conflict and weaken U S credibility
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Washington
United States
China
Mao
Peking
Hangchow
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Shanghai
Berlin
Poland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Taiwan
America
Garibaldi
Europe
Italy
Death Penalty Dilemma Reflected In Gilmore Case
The piece argues that Utah public opinion fluctuates on capital punishment and that the Gilmore case exposes a national struggle between harsh deterrence and humanitarian reluctance. It calls for personal and collective moral accountability in crime and punishment debates.
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Utah
Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Gordon Tulloch
Charles Tuttle
Charles Logan
Isaac Ehrlich
Clarence Darrow
Inverted Blockade May Be Answer to Food Crises
The article discusses Latin American food production gains and warns against complacency. It cites optimism from the Rio conference, notes improving grain crops in India and East Asia, and mentions Norman Borslaug. It quotes Malcolm Hoag proposing an inverted blockade to pressure oil-rich states, while acknowledging potential warlike consequences.
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Jimmy Carter
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Equator
India
Indira Gandhi
East Asia
Taiwan
Philippines
Norman E. Borslaug
Borslaug
Dr. Borslaug
OPEC
Opec Oil Cartel
United States
Malcolm Hoag
Rand Corp
Middle East
Hoag
Washington editors cite scoping as new word for planning
Oregon readers are told that Washington bureaucrats use the term scoping to describe reviewing a problem to build an action plan. The Register-Guard notes taxpayers may prefer concrete steps over vague study.
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Washington
Eugene
Ore
Quotations on peace and originality from various authors
The text collects quotes attributed to G C Lichtenberg Will Cuppy and Josh Rillirs. It notes printing chaos in 868 A.D. Kansu and suggests early Chinese restraint.
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Kansu
Will Cuppy
Josh Rillirs
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