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4 Muscatine, Iowa, Journal Tuesday, March 18, 1980 It's our basic industry What right of access? Muscatine County, residents, will join By JAMES J. KILPATRICK yotner lowans in observing Agriculture Day this Thursday. Among other activities, members of the Farm, Bureau women's organization will be in the banks of the county to hand out refreshments and I information on Iowa's basic industry, Muscatine County had 950 farms in 1979, according to the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Those farms averaged 270 acres, with the value of the land well over $2,000 per acre. prior restraint fromagencies of the state, protect our confidential sources, and to gather the news itself None of these areas of iconcern offers greater difficulty than the question of access.

In the landmark case of Houchins vs. KQED, decided in June of 1978, three members of th Supreme 'Court "(Burger, White and Rehnquist), held flatly that the First Amendment implies no such thing: Reporters have no right of access "to government information or sourcesr of Jnformation within the government's control." Three others (Stevens, Brennan and Powell) seemed to disagree: gathering is entitled to some measure of constitutional beyond mere planting and harvesting "of crops and the breeding and feeding of livesloclc7Ih itself, farming involves production, processing, manufacturing, servicing, utilization and marketing; And, one need only to look at the industries in the Muscatine, area to see that farm products also are essential to a host of "non farm" industries such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, alcohol, and dozens of other products. About 40 of. the workers in Iowa depend directly on" agriculture for their jobs, and nearly 807o of all jobs depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Iowa is the heartland of.

AmeHcahiculfiirer-That's-a" basic" fact" we need to always remember not only on Agriculture Day. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Supposeto be supposing, that Jour 'die when their private home burns down. Does a newspaper reporter have any right to wander at will thrugh the ruins, searching for the "color" that might improve his story? y. The answer is clearly no.

Nothing in the First Amendment conceivably endows the press with any right of access to wholly private property. Suppose the fire is in a hotel or a restaurant. These are places of public accommodation. The death toll is large. Do reporters have any right of access, superior to the rights of the general public, to enter the smoldering premises in order to gather news of the tragedy? Here the answer is not quite so clear And to be further sup-" posing, that the news involves a public institution a prison, a hospital or a public school? Is there a constitutional right of access in instances such as these? For the past several dap, a First Amendment Congress of journalists has been examining such questions here- irr WHliamsburgrA better spot could not have been found.

It was here in 1776 that George Mason, in his JVirgmia Declacat protection." One justice (Stewart) rame-down in "the MarshaH'and The farms of Muscatine County, in 1978, produced more than 10 million bushels of corn and 1.5 million bushels of soybeans. These farms also marketed ,170,000 hogs and.sold.14,500 grain-fed "cat--'tie. '7 ,1 Modern farming, of course, goes far assertedlrrlghrtrfreel "and of the press." Twelve years later The issue thus remains uncertainly James Madison wouldricktMascm'sy whatever it may be worth, is that a language in drafting what, would become the First Amendment to the Constitution. From that day to this, editors, scholars, lawyers and judges have been arguing about the nature of this right. For a variety of reasons, stemming chiefly from opinions of the Supreme Court, the past 15 or 20 years have seen the debate develop with new scope and urgency.

The resources of television right of access goes hand in hand with a right to publish. The latter is meaningless without the former. In a time of pervasive government involvement in our lives, the press maybe denied the very freedom promised by the First Amendment if access to public institutions may be blandly forbidden to us. How do we cover the news and serve the people if any county have created dimensions not perceived sheriff can keep the press from in ari. 18th century, era of print pramininp conditions in a countv iail? I cannot accept the view that ourna The Constitution hasn 't changed, but society has changed, and judges have changed, and conflict have arisen that never were foreseen between the rights of the press and the powers of government.

The Williamsburg Congress provided an exceptional opportunity for those of us in the news business to take a fresh look at our business. It was a useful exercise, if not an encouraging one. Participants were concerned with Such rights as these: to cover the courts, to freely comment upon public officials and public figures, to publish without freedom of speech and freedom of the press are constitutionally all the same thing. -Freedom -ofewhX'every-' person's right, but 'he press" is an institution. It is indeed the only private institution singled out by the Constitution for special protection; As such, I will argue, "the press" has a right though surely not an unlimited right to gain access to public institutions.

All we hive to do is to sell our case to the Supreme Court and so far, we've failed. tljnjversal Press Syndicate) Legislative report just womom nw mi' Who's minding the store? Today By TOM BRADEN By BETTY HOFFMANN State Representative 75th District House File 2491, which passed the House recently, would establish foreign trade zones in Iowa. A foreign trade zone is a geographical area that is considered outside the United States for customs purposes. Foreign goods may be shipped into a foreign trade zone free of import duties, but if they are shipped to another part of the United States, custom duties are collected. Foreign trade zones are used by American companies as assembly points for foreign materials that later will be exported to other countries.

The bill would allow the companies to save money because they would not have to pay import duties, and Iowa workers would benefit because the goods would be assembled in the state rather than abroad which would result in jobs being produced. This concept has been utilized by the. Volkswagen assembly plant in Pennsylvania and the Kawasaki motor assembly plant in Nebraska. In both cases, foreign and American parts are assembled by American Although most of the cars and motorcycles are sold in the United States, the companies benefit because import duties are not collected until the finished product is ready to be sold. At a recent meeting with the Iowa Department of Transportation we discussed the problems of county roads and of road transfers.

Members of the legislature indicated that they Were hearing significant complaints from their counties on road standards and road transfers. Counties are complaining that the standards for bridges set by IDOT explained that where federal money is used for roads or bridges, federal standards must be met. However, where the secondary system is concerned, while the county is to submit the bridge plan to the state, state approval or disapproval is not required and IDOT cannot impose bridgg 'standards. The department representatives also indicated that all roads needed strong (40 ton) bridges in an agricultural state transporting grain. Members of the House indicated that counties were also unhappy with the transfer of roads to the county.

They indicated that counties felt pressured into taking roads because they were so badly maintained by the state. IDOT explained that the transfer of roads was done on the basis of the classification of the road by the County Functional Classification Board. This board, composed of a county representative, a city representative and a representative of the state, decide what the function of the road is Abased on traffic patterns and traffic nature. When a board decides to reclassify, a transfer is to take place. However, any of the jurisdictions involved have the right to appeal to the state board.

Additionally, prior to the transfer, the road must be in good repair. If the road is not in good repair either the jurisdiction with current control must repair the road or provide the money necessary for the repair of the road. question was apparently handled among U.N. Ambassador Donald McHenry, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and the president. McHenry had just returned from the Middle East where he found near unanimous conviction that Mr.

Begin's settlement policy was a disaster for the U.S. hope of achieving the "autonomy" on the West Bank which is called for in the Camp David accords. McHenry found both Vance and Carter receptive to his view that Begin's policy should be rebuked. But that was where everything began to go wrong. Working with ambassadors from other nations, McHenry got the best langi agehecouldget.

Unfortunately the language went far beyond a rebuke to Begin. It rebuked our own announced policy. Yet Carter bought the language and only when the Israeli ambassador protested did he change his mind. -j The change of mind may or may not have saved Jewish-votes for Jimmy Carter, but of course it infuriates the Arabs as much as the resolution itself infuriated the Israelis. The result is a victory for zealots on both sides and a setback to peace.

Who's minding the store? It's a fair question. WASHINGTON Campaigning against Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, Adlai Stevenson made a speech in Los Angeles which contained the reiterated refrain, "Who's minding the store?" Considering the events of the last few weeks, Edward Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, John Anderson, George Bush somebody ought to borrow that theme and stick with it. The Carter Administration's performance is becoming a joke, embarrassing to Democrats and Republicans alike. Put inflation aside for a moment even if it is at 20 and rising. Economists don't agree on what to do about it, so maybe it's not fair to blame the president for seeming to be indecisive.

But what about the successive failures in foreign policy which last -week's headlines trumpeted? First the Pakistanis announced that they didn't our aidlKhg goes the most important plank in the new Carter doctrine for the defense of the oil area. Next the president approves a United Nations resolution denouncing Israeli occupation of Jerusalem, including it seems almost unbelievable but it's true West Jerusalem, and calling the occupied territories "Palestinian." Bang goes" the hope for movement on the Camp David accords. We look silly. We look careless. More when yon examine how we -made these mistakes, it's impossible not to come to the conclusion that we are both.

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, March 78th day of 1980. There are 288 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 18, 1776, Gen. George Washington and his revolutionary army took control of Boston after forcing out the British. On this date: In 1937, more than 400 people, most of them children, died in a gas explosion in a New London, Texas, school.

In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state. In 1965, a Soviet air force officer became the first man to walk in space." In 1974, the Mideastem oil-producing states, except Libya and Syria, ended their oil embargo against the United States. Ten years ago, Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk was deposed as chief of state while on a visit to Five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that live stage shows are entitled to the flame First-Amendment protections as books and movies. Last year, Iranian revolutionary officials rousted American feminist Kate Miilett from her Tehran hotel room and took her to the airport for deportation. Today's birthday: Musician Charley Pride is Thought for today Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) base at Karachi. Congress, would be asked to lift its restrictions on aid to nations which were not abiding by the Non-Proliferation Treaty. At that very moment, the foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan's president 1 was in Washington, staying at the Pakistani embassy. He and the Pakistani ambassador to this country read the news in their morning papers. Nobody at the White House or the State Department thought to advise them or to ask their opinion.

There followed the much heralded visit of Zbigniew Brzezinski to Pakistan in which Brzezinski suggested a. $400 million aid package. The Pakistanis were astonished. There were no specifics. What was the aid to be for? What arms would be supplied? What arms were needed? Nobody had thought about those questions.

And when, during the course of the conversations, it became clear that the aid package was to be for two years only and that while Brzezinski was in Islamabad, Clark Clifford was in India, offering long-range fighters to Madame Gandhi, the Pakistanis simply threw up (Lo Angetei Timet Syndicate) 7. Blumed budget proposals Yesterdays their hands. As lor the mistake' at the United. Take Pakistan first. The moment the Russians invaded Afghanistan the president announced that we would come to Pakistan's aid.

there was talk of a security treaty. There was talk of a Nations, nobody in this town believes that Jimmy Carter didn't know what that. U.N. resolution contained: The 7H guidelines can be And, in the short run, they xannot be. Many economists now look toward even worse inflation this spring.

Over a longer time such measures conceivably can cut the rate of price increases. That is, if oil taxes reduce if interest rates discourage borrowing, and if wage increases encourage productivity. However, the three items shouldn't be grouped at all. The oil tax is aimed at raising revenues as much as ft is intended to cut consumption. Higher wage guidelines are meant primarily to ease the burdens Of inflation rather than to lower it.

Only the higher interest rates are aimed solely at cutting uif lationary demand. And that presents another puzzler: -Why should a government whose debts have risen from less than $410 billion in fiscal 1971 to nearly 1 trillion in 1981 presume to telljpeople how to handle their moaey? By JOHN CUNNIFF AP bushiess analyst NETW YORK True or false: Since the administration has concluded that government outlays beyond income can produce inflation, the newly-revised .1981 budget proposals will reduce federal outlays. False. Federal spending will rise. The revised budget proposal would increase outlays by at least $42 billion, from $568 billion to $569 billion in fiscal 1980 to 6U billion to 613 billion in 1981.

If you thought federal spending was to be cut you may have failed to distinquish between the President's proposals to spend, which are to be cut, and actual spending, which will hot. The cuts are in proposals. The distinction has been blurred, but so has much more of the new set of budget proposals, Worse iiflatiog in spring? Puzzling many people is how higher oil taxes, borrowing costs and wage ri, the small society lit Years Ago People run a great risk, both in person and property by using ordinary kerosene lamps. Now a safe lamp can be had. The Harris and Smith lamp is for sale everywhere.

75 Years Ago H.G. Thompson, R.V. Thompson and W.B. Thompson, Commerical, criminal and real estate lawyers. Office over.U3W.

2nit St; 5t Years Ago Hit. and Mrs. Lemeul Burrows, 710 E. 7th annouce the birth of a son Saturday. He has been named Donald Ivan.

25 Years Ago John Coffin of Conesville has been chairman for 'the cancel1 control program in Muscatine Ccaty. fcff Driehman WMNnten Star Cynckcm, me..