Banned Books Week Highlights Free Speech in Libraries
The article urges support for freedom of expression during Banned Books Week. It notes censorship attempts in schools, cites Attacks on the Freedom to Learn, and lists works such as Of Mice and Men The Grapes of Wrath The Catcher in the Rye The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Color Purple and Romeo and Juliet. It argues censorship harms education and stresses that young readers deserve access to challenging ideas.
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John Steinbeck
J.D. Salinger
Mark Twain
Alice Walker
William Shakespeare
Maint ain Sanctions Keep Pressure on South Africa
President Bush urged continued U S sanctions on South Africa until apartheid is abolished while praising FW de Klerk for reforms. He pressed Congress to ease sanctions only if all five conditions are met, including repealing key race laws and full democratic negotiations.
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South Africa
Bush
United States
FW. de Klerk
White House
de Klerk
Syracuse Abandons Plan to Ban Diapers in Garbage
City officials drop a diaper disposal ban amid unclear aims and enforcement while weighing bans on batteries paints and other wastes. Common Council to revisit Oct 1. CHEERS to SU for correspondence courses aiding Marines in the Middle East, boosting credits during Operation Desert Shield.
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Syracuse
Syracuse University
U.S
Middle East
Oil City revival urged Cuomo to back bond act
Thomas Constantin of the Northside Business Assoc. asks Governor Cuomo to support Oil City like the Environmental Bond Act. He praises Syracuse plans by the Pyramid Companies, Franklin Square and Carousel Center, and urges the DEC to facilitate private investment to renew environmental ills.
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Cuomo
Oil City
Tam
Syracuse
Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Hunting as balance tool stands against anti crowd
In a letter defending hunting to balance wildlife and habitat, Joseph Gagliardo of Liverpool argues that hunting with strict regulation provides a solution to overpopulation and related starvation and disease. He cites revenues aiding species like white tailed deer and wild turkey and urges contacting representatives to oppose H.R. and to seek expert DEC guidance.
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DeSantis
Force of law over Iraq oil damages strategy memo
A reader urges Sen Moynihan to replace the embargo with legal action to hold Iraq liable for invasion costs. They propose letting oil flow but stripping Iraqi profits, funding Desert Shield costs from oil exports, and using UN law to claim damages for nations, companies, and individuals.
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Sen. Moynihan
United Nations
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Controversial Westcott Street expansion gains council approval
Syracuse residents oppose the Orange Grove bar restaurant expansion as four councilors join a majority in voting yes despite neighbor objections. The note cites specific councilors and laments historic destruction of the 1819 Oliver Teall House and calls for candidates who listen to communities.
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Syracuse
Common Council
Orange Grove
Westcott Street
Nicoletti
Romeo
Guy
Carni
Panek
Anderson
Christensen
Bush
Mahsney
Oliver Teall
Carn
Mahoney
Readers invited to submit letters to aba se
Readers are urged to send brief legible letters with a daytime contact number. Unsigned letters are not published unless authorship can be verified. The paper may edit for length. Electronic submissions via home computers are welcome by calling (315) 470-2027.
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Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
Timothy D. Bunn
Timothy P. Atseff
Donald P. Pickard
James F. Kleinklaus
Thomas J. Heck
Mon Council
Billy Read
Pecaice WS
Dro
Franklin Square
Carousel Center
Solam
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