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...materials, this in no way requires the federal government to invade civil society in this manner. If the Republicans want to follow Bob Dole's lead and urge on-line companies to voluntarily regulate their content, this is fine. Even laws requiring the software equivalent of the V-chip would be acceptable, because they would in no way restrict what could legally be posted on the Internet, but rather would bolster the ability of parents to privately and individually control what their children...
Deregulation is the bill's calling card in nearly every area but one: protecting children from the alleged harmful effects of media exposure. To allay concerns about violent TV fare, the bill requires that new TV sets be equipped with a V-chip--a device that allows parents automatically to lock out programs labeled as high in violence. And computer pornography is targeted by a provision that sets criminal penalties for anyone caught sending indecent material over the Internet without ensuring that minors won't have access to it. Civil-liberties groups objected to the measure as a violation...
...will enter local telephone markets by this summer, while local phone giant GTE said it will team up with the nation's fourth-largest long-distance provider to market services under the GTE name. Another section of the law requires television manufacturers to install in every set a "V-chip," which parents could program to block programs they find objectionable. Clinton, who hawked the technology during his State of the Union address, calls the chip a tool for "parents who want to take more responsibility for their children's upbringing." Prominent Republicans have given the chip a lukewarm response, favoring...
...Jones rose 47.33 points to close at 5,539.45, breaching 5,500 for the first time. The blue-chip index is up 8.25 percent this year. The Dow spent most of the day at slightly depressed levels but shot up in the final hour on the strength of computer-driven buying programs. Trading was fairly heavy at 469.65 million shares. The NYSE composite index rose 2.83 to 349.15, and the Standard & Poor's 500 composite was up 6.13 to 656.06.The AMEX market value index climbed 2.07 to 564.66. The Nasdaq composite index rose 8.29 to 1093.17 breaking its record high...
Heavy trading in blue chip stocks drove the New York Stock Exchange to another record high. The Dow jumped 32.51 points to close at 5459.6 with trading at a muscular 455.32 million shares. The NYSE composite index was rose 1.64 to 346.32. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index climbed 3.58 to 649.91, and the AMEX value index gained 2.63 to close at 562.59. The Nasdaq composite index dropped 5.07 to finish at 1,084.01. Gold closed at $413.15 in London...