Editorials on Press Council and newsroom standards
The Press Council in England reviews complaints against papers. In cases about the Kennedy assassination report on Connally’s reaction was deemed unknowable, ads supporting Palestine were judged fair, and quotations of crude language were allowed if part of description. The Economist case on Loebke was upheld for requiring context. The piece argues global newsroom standards align regardless of official oversight.
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England
Press Council
Council
Yorkshire Evening Post
Kennedy
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Open Meetings Debate at Los Angeles Advisory Committee
The Los Angeles Environmental Control Committee weighs public access under Brown Act rules as county counsel advises whether its six department heads should remain voting or become advisory. The panel may seek more public members to ensure openness while balancing input from officials and residents.
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Los Angeles
Maviranmental Control Committee
Taunly
Television Shapes the President as Father Figure Says Senator Fulbright
The piece questions the president's TV dominance, likening it to a father image and a god king. It cites Fulbright proposing limited access for Congress and judiciary to TV, while noting public resilience and contrasting Martha Mitchell's appeals to newspapers over television.
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William Fulbright
Fulbright
Congress
Martha Mitchell
The Prison Oi My Mind Review Note
A mixed critique noting The Prison Oi My Mind by Barbara Wield Benziger as a personal journal of mental illness and treatment with a second item on Psychiatry as a Behavioral Science edited by David A. Hamburg. The text highlights psychotherapy, drug therapy and community mental health as key topics and reflects on psychiatry’s future role.
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Barbara Wield Benziger
Packet Books
David A. Hamburg
Prentice-Hall
Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee
Letters to Editor Protect U S industry in import bill
A reader criticizes Nixon for textile policy while praising a bill to curb imports and boost domestic jobs. Irwin Zelinak urges Congress and the press to back protection, citing two million textile workers and Japan’s export share.
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Nixon
Congress
Congressimen
Irwin Zelinak
Campus voices blame professors amid campus unrest
Reader questions the realism of college instructors as rebels blamed for campus disorder. The writer asserts faculty are not subverting the institution, noting that younger instructors and graduate assistants may drive unrest while claiming inexperience and loss of livelihood fuel discontent.
Debate on University Teaching and World Experience
Russell Kirk argues for requiring broader life experience before teaching at colleges. He cites a 1970 surplus of PhDs in teaching and suggests early career work outside academia could benefit education. He praises seasoned teachers and warns against demagogic impulses among younger instructors.
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Schonl
Surf-casters and suntans on the American shore
A travelogue recounts a foggy sea walk where surf-casters boast of catching fish with orange wood lures and boastful tales. It notes Americans posing for suntans, naming beach houses with comic monikers, and questions whether such naming helps locate homes, reflecting on American mores and humor.
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Washington
Ocean's Edge
Arthur
New England
New York
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Willian W. Broom
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Loebke
Liebke
Luebke
California
Ralph M. Brown
Mlerbert V. Walker
Chang
Poppycock
Chet Huntley
Ichard Nixon
Mey
Dad
United States Senate
Manson Defense
Johns
Richard Nixon
WEA
Judiciary
U.S
Long Beach
Hanna
Richard ‘T Hanna
Los Alamitos
National Democratic
Larry O’brien
Kent State
Alis
Barry O'Brien
Hiller
America
Callaghan
Russell Kirk
Cockumbia
Peter Glickert
My. Glickert
Gurgui
Pentagon
Gunle
Russel. Baker
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