Concludes that the three Chicago daily newspapers gave race more coverage than all the traditional campaign issues combined in the mayoral race of 1983. (FL)

Described are the basic functions of the International Council of Scientific Unions, with emphasis on the union's efforts to resolve the conflict of the People's Republic of China's opposition to Taiwanese membership. (SL)

Describes the impressions and experiences of 17 high school student journalists at the 1976 Republican National Convention. (KS)

Information is provided on the 1976 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates' positions on issues related to conservation and the environment. This information was drawn from public statements, official administration positions (state and federal) and candidate questionnaires prepared by the National League of Conservation Voters. (BT)

Teacher control of public education is a possibility. If it eventuates, the concept of local, lay, public control of the schools is going to be severely shaken. (Author/WM)

An interview with an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles reviews approaches to solutions to environmental problems. (KM)

Political indoctrination in the People's Republic of China has permeated all school subjects, even the previously sacrosanct fields of mathematics and science, to the extent that future national scientific output may be jeopardized. (Editor)

Special issue dedicated to discussion of the European Common Market. (DS)

Nuclear technologists can offer an all but infinite source of relatively cheap and clean energy" but society must decide whether the price of eternal vigilance needed to ensure proper and safe operation of its nuclear energy system" is worth the benefits. (Author/AL)

The last of eight parts of a history of the American Institute of Biological Sciences describes some of the problems of achieving unity in the diverse membership and discusses methods of assisting the membership to express their collective views on public issues. (AL)

The author suggests ways to overcome the conceptual and methodological limitations of studies involving campaign speaking and voting behavior. (Author/MF)

Presents a case study concerned principally with the manner in which a given issue is dramatized, simplified, and offered for public consumption. Authors' point is that history must not overlook the contextual dimensions of political discourse. (DB)