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...enthusiasm Proffitt recently expressed at a youth rally in Niagara Falls, N.Y.: "When an awakening takes place, we see 50, 100, 1,000, 10,000 come to Christ. Can you imagine 100, or 300, come to Christ in your school? We want to see our campuses come to Christ." Watchdog organizations like Americans United for the Separation of Church and State report cases in which such zeal has approached harassment of students and teachers, student prayer leaders have seemed mere puppets for adult evangelists, and activists have tried to establish prayer clubs in elementary schools, where the description "student...
Even before he dubbed himself an official press watchdog, Brill kept a close eye on his own presses. He gave corrections in his magazines prominent play, printing the names of staff members responsible for errors. And he routinely checked with people mentioned in stories to see if they found the reporting fair and accurate. A Florida real estate man once said he loved the story but not the quotes attributed to him; he had never been interviewed. Brill fired the reporter...
...anybody who wants to know how the watchdog of college sports really feels doesn't have to read much more...
...possible bribery charge isn't the only bad news DeBartolo has received. Last week a citizens' watchdog group sued officials of the city of San Francisco in order to invalidate last summer's referendum in which voters agreed to help fund DeBartolo's proposed $525 million stadium/mall at Candlestick Point, a move that could delay the venture and cause problems for DeBartolo's beloved 49ers...
DIED. JOHN MOSS, 84, watchdog California Congressman, 1953-79, who authored the 1966 Freedom of Information Act; in San Francisco. Ever on the lookout for government misdeeds, Moss also rigorously defended the First Amendment, the environment (the 1970 Clean Air Act) and consumer rights...