Press Diversity and AT&T's Role in Future Communications
This opinion analyzes the AT&T antitrust settlement and the Wirth bill proposing network access rules. It argues expanded public access to telecommunications, limits on AT&T's information business and long distance dominance, and stresses the need for competition to preserve democracy through broad information distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Liebling
Liebling
Exi
American Telephone and Telegraph
Ma Bell
United States
At&t
Bell Telephone
Congress
Timothy Wirth
Colorado
At&a
Wirth
MCI
FOIA’s 16 years prove its value and limits
Congress spared the Freedom of Information Act from major gutting as Senate Judiciary Committee scrapped a shield for business records and shifted key access decisions to courts. The act has unveiled abuses by the FBI and CIA, exposed nuclear risks, environmental harms, and corrupt government practices, underscoring the public’s right to know and the link to American liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOIA
FBI
CIA
Reagan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Memorial Hospital trauma copter's first landing
E D McGuire Makanda recalls Memorial Hospital Carbondale fall 1972 trauma program start. He witnessed the first trauma helicopter land near the emergency door to deliver a baby from Cairo. He notes the driver’s license suspension for the drunk driver and praises nurse Mrs Goodman for her service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Joyan
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Cairo
Herrin Urges Tornado Sirens and Local Fund Drive
Nellie Younkin of Herrin urges officials to install a tornado warning siren system like Marion and proposes a central donation fund for disaster victims. She argues for city updates before a future storm hits and notes many in Herrin lack insurance while downtown renewal continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Marion
Nellie Younkin
O Connor as Defender of States Rights on the Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O Connor emerges as a leading advocate for states rights during her first term. She uses majority opinions and dissents to push for reduced federal oversight and greater deference to state courts and legislatures, shaping a federalism agenda central to the Court and Reagan era policy. Her dissent on a federal energy law, criticizing the federal intrusion on state power, underscores her mission to restore states to prominence within the federal system. She and Justice Rehnquist, both in their 50s, may press this campaign for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Gailey
New York Times
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’connor
O’connor
Congress
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Justice O’connor
Mississippi
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Ohio
Arizona Court of Appeals
William and Mary Law Review
Reagan
Khomeini
United States
U.S
Gulf Region
State Department
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Diversity of Europe peace movement splits observers views
The European peace movement, though linked by anti nuclear aims, shows regional splits with strong anti NATO rhetoric in the north and shared concerns about U S and Soviet policies. West German planning, Dutch and German inquiries, and varied party stances reflect complex political dynamics between Communists, non Communists, and public protest groups.
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Andrew Mollison
Cox News Service
Bonn
Reagan
el Salvador
Nicaragua
NATO
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Herman Schaper
Democrats ’66
West Germany
U.S
Third World
Eva Quistorp
Women For Peace
Netherlands
Iran Revolution's Reach Shakes Middle East Fears
William Beeman reports that Iran's rapid gains against Iraq and Ayatollah Khomeini's calls to export the Islamic revolution have alarmed Western and moderate Arab states. Across Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, India and beyond, reformist movements draw inspiration, challenging existing regimes while the United States underestimates grassroots religious politics driving the upheaval.
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William Beeman
Pacific News Service
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Khomenini
Iraq
Khomeini
al- Amal
Khomeiini
Israel
Mideast
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Sudan
Alberia
India
Lebanon
Afghanistan
Middle East
Ottoman Empire
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