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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1978
Page
6
The piece argues the 0.8 percent CPI rise in January signals a near 10 percent annual inflation, eroding purchasing power. It criticizes Carter advisers and blames Washington for easy money and overdrawn treasury, urging Americans to demand restraint from government.
The shooting of Larry Flynt prompts reflection on how American democracy handles conflicts over sexuality and religion. Flynt, a successful Hustler publisher, illustrates the rise of the Americanization of sex and the complex shift from provocative scandal to religious rebirth debates. Ruth Stapleton’s hospital visit signals belief in Flynt’s conversion, while Larry Jones markets the rebirth narrative in a paperback.
The piece links sexuality and religious fear in American opinion sparked by Hustler trials in Georgia. It notes TV cameras at Lawrenceville proceedings and argues porn as a modern erotic revolution. It warns of danger from pornography, citing comparisons to Weimar Germany and Nazi campaigns, yet asserts decency and tolerance keep Americans from such outcomes.
A reflective piece argues that US currency woes echo colonial times as imports and oil debt strain the economy. It links past paper money depreciation to today’s external dependencies, urging energy and domestic resource policies to restore dollar strength and financial health.
The piece notes state legislators may close Langston as a university but must keep it open for housing federal inspectors and other officials. It contrasts voter apathy with persistent weather and politics, observes sit-in protests, and mentions ERA, Panama Canal, and Anita Bryant framing the era's divides.
Panama City report examines the Canal Treaties as a test of American will and power. It argues treaties may hand the canal to Panama, risking regional destabilization and Cuba influence, while questioning U S resolve post Vietnam and the need to train Panamanians and shape a future democratic Caribbean.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. There is no teen age problem, just a middle age problem of how to stop middle age people from thinking there is a teen age problem.
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