Death is Big These Days and Educating on Dying
A columnist comments on a modern death craze sweeping America from death masks in Washington to the Gary Gilmore case in Utah. He notes teachers in several towns offering death education, public fascination with near death experiences, and hints at a shifting culture where death becomes a social and educational topic while life remains under renewed scrutiny.
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Washington
Maine
Texas
Tut
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
Let Gilmore Have His Wish Says Opinion Page
The piece argues for executing Gary Gilmore as justice for murder, detailing his long crime history, two killings, and rejection of clemency. It supports the Utah court sentence and notes a U S Supreme Court stay could delay final ruling, urging that he be allowed to die like a man.
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Gilmore
Utah
Utah Board of Pardons
Stanford University Law
Anthony Amsterdam
Utah Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Provo
Third World radicals delay ocean mining impact and stakes
Richard L. Lesher outlines the UN Law of the Sea talks stalled by the Group of 77 as developed and developing nations clash over deep seabed mineral exploitation. The US urges private firm access, while The Enterprise would control seabed mining with price-setting power, risking a collapse of the conference and potential unilateral US licenses.
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Washington
New York
U.S
Neverthless
Group of 77
UN Authority
Energy reform proposal targets abolition of Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Washington lawmakers debate dissolving the 30 year old Joint Committee on Atomic Energy to allow a unified national energy policy. Rep Jonathan Bingham outlines a plan to redistribute its functions to Armed Services Science and Technology and other panels amid industry pushback and declining nuclear orders.
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Washington
Congress
House Democrats
Jonathan Bingham
D-N.y
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Truman White House
Capitol Building
Joint Committee
Bingham Forces
Armed Services Committee
Science and Technology Committee
Salvation Army appeals to keep pots boiling downtown
Church notices recall Salvation Army appeal to the public to support downtown street operations. Other items include Ada Wilson arriving from Chicago, Charlotte Sylvester re elected Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid president, and United Fund of Muscatine reaching $109,778.47 of a $130,000 goal.
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Salvation Army
Charlotte Sylvester
Zion Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
United Fund of Muscatine
On This Date December 7 1976 Almanac Highlights
Today marks the 342nd day of 1976 with 24 days left. Highlights include Pearl Harbor events in 1941, Mary Queen of Scots birth in 1542, Delaware ratifying the Constitution in 1787, and other historical milestones.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Singapore
Guam
Wake Island
Thailand
Malaya
Mary Queen of Scots
Delaware
U.S
Electoral College
Martin van Buren
East
Pakistan
Civil War Soldier Smith H Tullis Sought by Researchers
A Muscatine resident seeks information on Private Smith H Tullis of Company C First Town Infantry who died around May 23 1861 in Keokuk. Researchers from the University of Northern Iowa are tracing service members for a Civil War book and request any details on his burial place tombstone relatives or current family links in the area. Douglas A Randleman 1183 Oakland Dr Muscatine invites responses.
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Muscatine
University of Northern Iowa
Muscatine County
Smith H. Tullis
First Town Infantry
Keokuk
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Massachusetts
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Glenrock
Wye
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Jimmy Carter
American Legion
Latin America
Georgie Anne Geyer
Gary Gilmore
Richard L. Lesher
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Brickman
Mike McCormack
D-Wash
George Brown
Tom
Braden
Andd Arnal
LEP
William L. Fary
Max Christy
Gil Dietz
Harghd Blake
Greg Yeon
Bon Schweitzer
Anies
P.P. Bliss
Ira D. Sankey
Mr. Sankey
Ada Wilson
Chicago
Douglas A. Randleman
Oakland Dr
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