Roanoke Times

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Editorial: Thursday, May 30, 1996

• FOREIGN INVESTMENT TRAVELS ABROAD: ALLEN SELLS HIMSELF AND VIRGINIA
• PAY OR PARK JERKING THE JERKS' LICENSES
• WHITEWATER HEAT IS TURNED UP
• SCHOOL WAS RIGHT TO TAKE CHILD'S BOOK THE RECKLESS RESPONSE OF THOMAS GARDNER TO THE REMOVAL FROM HIS CHILD'S PRESENCE BY A MONTVALE SCHOOLTEACHER OF A BOOK SHE FELT NOT SUITABLE READING FOR A FOURTH-GRADER WOULD SUGGEST THAT GARDNER MAY BE ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL PATRONS WHO IS PREPARED AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION - IN THIS CASE, A PERCEIVED VIOLATION OF HIS CHILD'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS - TO EMBARRASS THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM (MAY 24 NEWS ARTICLE, ``FATHER UNDERTAKES `RUSH' TO JUDGMENT'').