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...state and federal courts, prisoners have won the right to form cultural and educational organizations, to complain to newspapers, to correspond with their attorneys without officials opening the letters and to have less censorship of other mail and reading material. Last week even the Supreme Court put its stamp of disapproval on such censorship, saying that it was constitutional only in limited situations that substantially affected "security, order and rehabilitation...
...once took half a dozen or more vacuum tubes, crammed into a bulky cabinet, to make an ordinary household radio. Today, postage-stamp-size electronic "chips," or integrated circuits, contain all the parts needed for far more complex electronic devices ranging from pocket calculators to missile guidance systems. But even these miracles of miniaturization may look gargantuan alongside the circuitry of the future. Scientists are now talking about turning individual molecules into electronic components...
...When we [the members of this year's panel] decided not to send representatives to the CGE, it was because we felt that the panel was being used as a rubber stamp for administration policies," Vaughan said. He said he felt the large turnout for the meeting showed a broader base of support for the idea than either students or administration thought...
Whoever wanted to send the Senators that message certainly could not be characterized as a spendthrift. The envelopes carrying the blast were franked with a privately printed stamp picturing a pair of hands held in prayer, the American flag and the inscriptions...
...owners in Texas have shown singular flair. For their 1974 plates, 56,000 Texans decided to stamp their characters on their cars, a personality display so fascinating to Houston's Harriett Adams that she has brought out a book on the subject called Who's Who on Texas Highways & Bi-ways. A dermatologist selected SKIN for his plate, a surgeon chose CUT UP, and a dentist picked SAY AHH. The owner of a mattress shop took SLEEP, a salvage contractor used JUNKIE, and a pharmacist chose PILL. Various Volkswagen owners have labeled their beetles...