Reverse racism debate prompts college briefs across nation
Colleges and universities prepare friend of court briefs in the Allan Bakke case amid concerns a Supreme Court ruling may redefine admissions aims. Leaders like John Kemeny question how to balance excellence fairness and diversity while preserving institutional purposes amid test based or holistic admissions.
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Congress backs 200 mile U S coastal waters claim in sea talks
After the sixth United Nations Law of the Sea Conference failed to reach a treaty, Congress moves toward asserting 200 mile U S jurisdiction and hints at drilling and mining rights. Delegates from 145 nations left New York without agreement, while officials plan a Geneva session in March to push a united package on shipping research fishing and military access.
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Federal smoke screen on tobacco funding and marijuana policy
The piece notes the federal government spends over 78 million to subsidize tobacco growth and 8 million to deter smoking. It questions policy consistency, citing Carter era marijuana stance and the idea governments may paradoxically support legalization while restricting sale. The author quips about inconsistency and cites a biblical line on flavor.
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Meany Loses McCarran Act Visa Barrier In Helsinki Era
The Meany led AFL CIO blockade against Communist unionists traveling to the United States fades as Carter era policy shifts. Congress quietly rewrites the 1952 McCarran Act to require State Department waivers only when national security is at risk, signaling a power shift from labor influence to executive diplomacy.
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Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc lists subscription options including per-copy newsstand prices, home delivery rates, motor route charges, and mail rates. The newspaper notes advance payments and includes origin details dating from its 1857 founding.
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Miracle workers sought as Amway near Mutual buy
The Amway Corp of Ada Michigan says it has agreed in principle to acquire Mutual Broadcasting Corp which serves about 720 stations. The piece extols founders Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos as free enterprisers and notes other potential media ventures including a new New York daily The Trib and the Heritage Foundation quarterly Policy Review.
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American Way
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Rocky Mountain
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Heritage Foundation
Washington
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Roger Meiners
England
Stop the Gordon Hill shootings now claims reader
A reader pleads to Lemon Township trustees police and fire department to curb gunfire on Gordon Hill after six shots near Amanda Elementary School during recess. The writer recalls a child was shot last May and urges immediate action including posted signs and arrests. Clerk notes lease extension for land and awaiting owner permission before posting prohibitions.
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Helen Brown
Middletown pride and a correction on Scope page photo
The letter thanks Susan Perkins for keeping Middletown on the map two decades after Jerry Lucas put it there. It corrects Sunday Scope caption to Jon Sewell at 13740 Ohio 122 Pool and apologizes for a misread name Johnny Sorrell, noting photographers’ tough handwriting.
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