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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1982

Page

4

Debate on Violence in TV and Child Behavior Persists

The National Institute of Mental Health finds overwhelming evidence that TV violence increases aggression in children and teens. Despite free expression, self policing by broadcasters has failed to curb violence, leaving parents the ultimate sanction to switch off the TV when harm is evident.

National Institute of Mental Health

Secret conduit to Reagan via TV rebroadcast found

Reporters Rowland Evans and Robert Novak describe a low powered Virginia TV station WNVT rebroadcasting House debates. Reagan, alone, praised Newt Gingrich after hearing conservatives on air and phoned him next morning.

Robert Novak Washington Reagan Oval Office Northern Virgina Wnvt-Tv Annandale White House Newt Gingrich Georgia Gingrich House

Today in History May 17 highlights and notes

On May 17, 1536 Henry VIII marriage to Anne Boleyn declared invalid. Britain declared war on France in 1756. Fidel Castro proposed prisoner exchange during Bay of Pigs. Thor Heyerdahl sailed papyrus boat aiming to prove ancient contact. West Germany approved treaties with USSR and Poland in 1960s. Japan limited color TV exports in 1970s. Thought for Today: faith enables action, without it nothing.

Henry VIII Anne Boleyn England Britain France Cuba Fidel Castro Bay of Pigs U.S Thor Heyerdahl Morocco New World West Germany Bonn Soviet Union Poland Japan United States Samuel Butler

Social Security funding reform debated by Buckley and Feldstein

The piece argues for linking Social Security payments to inflation minus 2 percent until parity with contributions, noting current non working retirees gain more than workers. It cites Feldstein and Feldstein's plan to avoid deficits, condemns perverse incentives, and calls for reform guided by justice over demagoguery.

William F. Buckley JR Christopher Dodd D-Conn Martin Feldstein Harvard Wall Street Journal Feldstein

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