Mock Prison Experiment Sheds Light On Power Roles
Professor Philip Zimbardo of Stanford conducted a mock prison study with male college students assigned as guards or prisoners. The experiment ended early as guards became aggressive and prisoners passive, suggesting strong role influence and potential for real-world prison dynamics. Race and class factors were noted, with broader implications about everyday behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Zimbardo
Stanford University
New York Times
Zimbardo
After All Abe Lincoln Used the Light of a Fire
In Shenandoah Valley anecdotes from 1973 neighbors help strangers with plowing and gave aid to emergencies. The piece questions if unmarked volunteer vehicles should use a blue light to gain right of way.
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Shenandoah Valley
Abe Lincoln
Letters urge budget reform to curb spend and cure approach
In a May 26 budget meeting note, Jack Bell argues the session was quiet due to full recording and not reflective of taxpayers. He urges the Budget committee to abandon the spend and cure policy, push for equitable funding, and favor slower, orderly growth to protect Shenandoah Valley agriculture.
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the Star
Supervisors
Frederick County
Fairfax
Shenandoah Valley
Trade Bill May Be Test for Nixon Abroad and at Home
Washington fears Watergate may weaken Nixon in talks with Brezhnev yet could backfire at home before Congress. The trade bill offers wide powers to the president and may bolster Nixon’s leverage in European diplomacy, with Javits urging Congress to cooperate on foreign trade and security.
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Washington
Nixon
Russia
United States
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Watergate
Kremlin
Congress
Jacob J. Javits
R-N.y
Europe
Bonn
House
Nixon Proposes Six Year President and Four Year House Terms
The May 16 radio address discusses reforming Federal election laws and endorses a single non renewing six year presidential term and four year House terms with half elected each two years. The piece notes historical debates, arguments for and against, and cites Mason and 1923 and 1966 endorsements.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Commission On
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Lyndon Johnson
House Committee
Endless Possibilities for Civic Census Measures
The text describes a one day ban on leaving home for Turkish citizens to allow census workers to count voters, noting orderly registration. It mentions travelers stranded at airports while foreigners could stay in hotels and suggests expanding similar controls for public health and civic events, including a Groundhog Day celebration.
Lutz Leads Girls Bowlers To 147 Best Of Season
Linda Lutz rolled four spares and three strikes for a 147 in the Girls Triples on Health Center Lanes, yielding the season’s top girls game. Parnelli Jones won the 500 mile Indianapolis speed race in 47th edition at 143.137 mph aboard. Winchester Junior Board names Howard Melton and Shirley Bly co-directors of Miss America at Willow Lawn pool. Eugene O Rhodes USN on a round the world cruise aboard USS Lloyd Thomas.
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Linda Lutz
Parnelli Jones
Indianapolis Speedway
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Howard Melton
Shirley Bly
Willow Lawn Pool
Eugene O. Rhodes
USN
Lloyd Thomas
Conscience as inner judge and divine vice regent
The piece explains conscience as a two Latin rooted inner judgment in the heart that reacts to right and wrong. It notes conscience can torment with doubts or grant confidence and contentment. It compares conscience to a torch that burns brighter when opposed and calls it the vice regent of God within.
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Israel
By James J. Kilpatrick
I.Q
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
Orpheus
Eurydice
North America
Senate
Mason
Richmond
Virginia
Godwin
Milton Apperson White
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Fredericksburg
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Amherst
Braddock Streets
N. Kent
Piccadilly Streets
George W. Jones
Fairmont Ave
Pixies
By Wohl
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
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