Scottsdale School Board Bans Vonnegut Works in Classrooms
The Scottsdale School Board and member Phyllis Spencer move to ban Kurt Vonnegut titles from paperback power classrooms as part of a broad review of about 1,800 titles. Critics call the action futile since readers can still access his works in libraries, and argue the judgment rests on incomplete review and cowardly censorship.
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Powell and Percy scandal sparks questions on honesty
The Washington White House press secretary Jody Powell faces criticism for leaking a dubious story about Senator Charles Percy. Powell apologized, calling the action inappropriate and dumb, saying the episode could raise ethics standards within the Carter administration.
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Bank reform faces House hurdles as critics cite overlap
Washington editors highlight push by Reps. Rosenthal and St Germain to give GAO power to audit federal banking agencies. Rep. Garry Brown blocks advances with amendments and lobbying ties to BANKPAC and bankers. Economists say amendments would gut reform.
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Les Whitten
Washington
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Wright Patman
D-Tex
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Fernand St. Germain
D-R.i
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R-Mich
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Amite County Man Defends Male Supremacy in Segregation Brief
In Amite County Mississippi black parents boycott four public schools over racialized sex segregation. Col Jefferson Stonewall Mudge, head of the Male Citizens Council, argues for separate but equal facilities and mocks integration, while civil rights leader Rev Gordon Goodpastor questions the premise of universal love.
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Amite County
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Jefferson Stonewall Mudge
Gloria Steinem
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Col. Mudge
Citizens’ Council
Gordon Goodpastor
Mailbag Letter Attacks Bilingual Legal Notices
A reader denounces Scottsdale School Board bilingual ads for judge appointments as costly and discriminatory. The letter claims bilingual notices waste taxpayers money and alienate Mexican Americans, urging repeal of the bilingual law.
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Scottsdale School
Defense of lurid ads sparks reader letter debate
Paradise Valley editor notes ads rejected for tasteless images while defending advertisers right to reach readers. A Progress reader argues for reader opt out of x rated mail and suggests compromise by listing films in type only. letter critiques newspaper stance on freedom and taste.
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J. Hudson Brown
Paradise Valley
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