Editorial: Going by the board's fate and subversive activity
The Subversive Activities Control Board, created in 1950 to expose Communist fronts, proved largely ineffective and costly. Courts struck down many actions, power to investigate non party linked groups was lacking, and presidential interest waned. With funding cut for 1974 and Congress unlikely to revive it, the board faces expiration amid assurances that FBI and Justice will handle subversive activity.
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George Christian
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Justice Department
Congress
Yugoslav film director loses teaching post after student film
In Tito era Yugoslavia a leading director faces reduced duties as a student film accused socialism of fascism by using Hitler Stalin Tito newsreels. The teacher Aleksandar Petrovic denounces the work as political pornography while his own Master and Margarita explores artists' frustrations under authoritarian rule.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Hitler
Stalin
Aleksandar Petrovic
Petrovic
Letters Reflect on Permissiveness and Society's Maturity
A reader argues that the term permissiveness reveals foggy thinking and a drift from human rights. The piece contrasts adult autonomy with laws and norms seen as archaic, urging personal responsibility while criticizing social control. Included are letters from Costa Mesa and Long Beach discussing health rumors and war service, noting public debates on morality and resilience.
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Mark Clutter
Costa Mesa
Dennis Campbell
Governor Reagan veto fuels concern over mental health care
Letter from Wendy Blanchard of Lakewood urges state lawmakers to restore hospitalization funding after AB 1459 veto. She criticizes normalization and Lanternium Mental Retardation Services Act for pushing families to seek care outside the home and cites Mary Neiswender’s articles on unsafe board and care placements. Readers told to contact legislators.
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Reagan
Vasconcelos
Long Beach
Lakewood
Wendy Blanchard
New Yorker Abandons City After String of Burglaries
Ellen Kenwood Gross, longtime New York resident and travel agent, ends her tenure in the city after a series of burglaries and a violent hold up at her fiancé’s import business. Fear spurs relocation to Otis, Massachusetts, breaking with a life spent organizing ethnic events and aiding city projects.
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New York
Ellen Kenwood Gross
New Yorker
West Side
West End Avenue
Two cases test free press rights in two cities
In New York Judge Charles L. Brieant ruled news analysts cannot be required to join a union to express opinions on public affairs, a win for press freedom. In Baton Rouge, Judge E Gordon West had issued a broad prior restraint preventing reporting, later upheld on appeal, prompting defense from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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New York
U.S
Charles L. Brieant
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Brieant
AFTRA
Baton Rouge
E. Gordon West
Frank Stewart
Stewart
West
Pentagon
Larry Dickinson
Gibbs Adams
Morning Advocate
State Times
Fifth Circuit
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
Gun control is a needed first step
Washington editorial argues gun control is needed after the shooting of Senator John Stennis. It compares gun rights debates to automobile safety, noting the motive of violence and the difficulty of restricting lethal weapons, while acknowledging the general value of regulation to curb killings.
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Washington
Sen
John Stennis
Mississippi
Sen. Stennis
Gun registration debate amid strong emotion and constitutional clash
Walter T. Ridder argues gun registration would not be a panacea, noting ongoing violence regardless of laws. He cites pervasive registration in life, questions why guns spark extreme fear, and warns politicians may not pass any new rules. He suggests registration could aid tracing culprits but doubts broad support.
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