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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1978
Page
4
Opinion piece argues U S should keep promoting Zaire Angola peace model rather than arming rival factions. It notes recent steps toward ceasefire and border talks, warns small border clashes risk world powers' involvement, and suggests extending the approach to other volatile regions.
Republicans pin hopes on the Laffer Curve to gain seats in Congress as Arthur Laffer, a California economist, argues tax cuts can boost revenue. The Kemp plan envisions a 30 percent federal income tax cut over three years, while street-level support and voter resistance to tax relief collide amid Proposition 13 era debates and public service costs.
The Illinois Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling to uphold a 2 year old law banning messenger betting services. Messengers plan a federal appeal. The piece argues no public good from allowing OTB during appeals and notes concerns of fraud and the potential impact on state run betting.
The article discusses Japan and China's potential peace and friendship treaty. It notes U.S. encouragement within broader anti-Soviet diplomacy and argues the pact could ease tensions, foster economic ties, and support a peaceful Asia, with limited military aims and no immediate push for nuclear weapons.
Dr Peter Bourne, Carter administration adviser on drug abuse, admitted he prescribed Quaalude to a non existent person. Critics say his explanation protecting staff privacy is weak and shows lax enforcement of drug rules. Bourne advocated tougher heroin policy in the armed forces.
The Supreme Court term ending this month saw four Nixon appointees voting as a bloc on 36 percent of cases, down from prior dominance. Chief Justice Burger and Justices Blackmun Powell and Rehnquist showed growing independence, with notable splits on affirmative action and criminal cases. Liberal justices Brennan Marshall White remained cohesive, while overall reversal rates of lower court decisions rose to 67 percent, and circuit-wide affirmations trended lower.
The 1977-78 Supreme Court term showed fewer prosecutions favored, more defendants winning in criminal rulings, and a landmark affirmation of affirmative action while upholding government limits on information access. It cut death penalty scope, allowed broad mitigating factors, and allowed wiretap breadth, with notable decisions on press access, indecent broadcasting limits, corporate political spending, and protections for accurate reporting of disciplinary proceedings. Warren W. Wagner Jr. New York Times
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