Curbs on TV Movies Stir FCC Censorship Debate
FCC Chairman Dean Burch raised questions about obscenity in televised films at a congressional hearing while Charlton Heston urged bans on certain adult films via the Screen Actors Guild. The discussion centers on voluntary standards and who should enforce them, with a warning that TV censorship could erode free expression as seen in the edited version of The Pawnbroker.
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Dean Burch
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Charlton Heston
Screen Actors Guild
Fluoridation Proves Benefit in Reducing Tooth Decay
The article argues fluoridating public water reduces cavities, citing a World Health Organization finding that after 10 years the rate of caries in permanent teeth fell by about 60 percent in children drinking fluoridated water. It acknowledges opposition but supports fluoridation as a beneficial public health measure.
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World Health Organization
Signs of the Times in Middletown 1881 Diary
George Crout notes signs of the times in 1881 Middletown based on everyday scenes on Broadway South Main Street and local life. The essay satirically links fashion etiquette, wealth, education, and social behavior to moral judgments and contrasts between public display and private virtue.
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The
Times
Broadway
South Main Street
Third Street
Middletown
Paris
Main Street
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc shares subscription costs for local and trading area readers. Rates include 10 cents per weekday, 20 cents for Sunday, 70 cents weekly, 321 dollars yearly by mail in trading area, 30 dollars outside trading area, and 78 99 dollars yearly outside USA. Founded in 1857.
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The
News Journal. Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
New Left Aims to Dismantle MIT Instrumentation Lab
Joseph Alsop argues that New Left pressure at MIT threatens the Instrumentation Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory, risking loss of critical defense research. He details the Pounds Panel's pro New Left stance, the advisory committee plans, and Draper's alarm over proposed changes that could erode U S national defense capabilities.
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Cambridge
Mass
Los Alamos
MIT
S-Lab
Ji-Lab
Academic Star Chamber
Pounds
Howard Johnson
I-Lab
Lincoln Laborators
Porrids
Johnson
George Katsiafkas
Rosa Luxemburg
SDS
United States
Sheldon Penman
Storm
Lincoln Laboratory
Pounds Panel
Charles Stark Draper
Andrew Gilchrist
Domino Theory Extended to Israel and the Middle East
John Chamberlain argues the domino theory could apply beyond Vietnam to Israel and the Middle East. He questions liberal and New Left positions, asking whether Americans should die in Sinai, defend Israeli land, or protect oil interests amid potential Soviet military involvement. He cites Senator Javits as a test of liberal responses.
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South Vietnam
Pete Hamill
New York
U. S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Berlin
Middle East
Dr. Spocks
William Sloane
Jacob Javits
Donald Feder
Boston University
New Left
Israel
The
New Guard
Feder
Students For A Democratic Society
Young Socialist Alliance
Palestine
Moshe Dayan
Syria
Golan Heights
Javits
New York City
Sinai
Occidental Oil
Persian Gulf
Just Communist Propaganda in Dec Middletown Journal
Letter to the editor condemns a December Middletown Journal article praising Soviet health and free medical care. The writer argues US aid to Communist nations funds Vietnam war casualties, warns against Communist symbols, and cites the John Birch Society as a source. The letter is signed H. Duff from Somerville.
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Middletown Journal
Russia
United States
Vietnam
John Birch Society
H. Duff
Somerville
Killings in Vietnam Legend Sparks Editor Letter
A reader condemns sensational Vietnam coverage, defending soldiers and denouncing reports of villagers killed as a hatched story. The letter argues civilians in Vietnam suffer and asks readers to consider the dangers faced by Americans abroad and the home front.
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