Endorsements in Alameda County School Board Races
The Argus urges Southern Alameda County voters to support a slate of incumbents and challengers across Fremont Unified Newark Unified New Haven Unified and Fremont Newark Junior College. Endorsements reflect stricter discipline, prudent funding, independence from employee groups, and robust education in law and government.
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Alameda County
Fremont
Alviso
Donald G. Glankler
Niles
Harry R. Sheppard
Centerville
Mary G. Rodrigues
Herbert L. Riley Jr
Newark
Anne Graf
Countdown Murray Chotiner Leaves White House Post
Murray Chotiner, longtime adviser to Nixon for 25 years, departs the White House staff to join a nearby law firm in the capital. The move follows a lengthy career shaping campaign strategy and policy.
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Murray Chotiner
Nixon
White House
Letters to the editor urge cancer bill and park bond
A citizen asks readers to write Senator Alan Cranston to support bill 834 for conquering cancer and describes personal hardship due to cancer and polio. The same letter promotes a park assessment bond vote on April 20 to fund enlarging Central Park for youth recreation, urging turnout and calling for continued wholesome recreation.
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Sen
Alan Cranston
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
Sen. Cranston
4. L. Platry
Reseda
Calif
Central Park
Vote yes EDITOR-Mr and Mrs. Tax payer, Mr. and Mrs. Voter
A concise editorial style notice urges a yes vote. It names readers as Mr and Mrs Tax payer and Mr and Mrs Voter, signaling civic participation and collective responsibility in a local ballot matter. The fragment emphasizes endorsement without detailing specifics.
Letter to the editor on capital punishment and war crimes
A reader challenges Lt. Calley and the paper's stance, arguing capital punishment for murders is harsh and criticizes editorial cruelty toward inner city youth. The letter condemns the Vietnam War as a crime and calls for national opposition to the conflict, labeling Americans involved as murderers.
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Vietnam
Paul Harvey Advice for Public Speaking Sponsors
Public figures draw crowds but demand careful handling. The speaker should have water, a neck microphone, a comfortable podium, timely meals, and a city visit to feel engaged. Avoid pre event fatigue and rushing them between engagements. respect expertise while avoiding sensationalists.
Migration shifts as South gains move North warns writer
Public speaker Holmes Alexander cites Census Bureau data showing nearly 2 million ex-Northerners moved into the 16 Southern states over the past decade. He notes retirees and workers relocating for industry, while poorer Blacks head North to welfare states at about 140,000 annually. California added over 2 million in population with welfare implications. A reader from Eugene, Oregon criticizes Paul Harvey’s Arizona broadcasts, recounting Oregon’s earlier paradise now polluted by debris and crowding.
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Census Bureau
Lkely
South
California
Eugene
Ore
Arizona
Paul Harvey
Tme
Oregon
Nixon faces risky endgame as Vietnam withdrawal nears
Washington analysis questions whether Saigon can stand alone after the end of 1972. Nixon pushes Vietnamization to exit while fearing recriminations if Saigon falls. The article notes credibility issues for the United States and Israel’s reaction to U.S. security assurances in the region.
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Washington, D.C
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
Indochina
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Meir
Israel
Far East
America
South Vietnam
Seaton
California AB-102 school bill condemned as utopian
The proposal would require graduation only if students and adults achieve marketable employment skills, placing broad training duties on schools. Critics warn it would drain enrollments, curricula, and budgets, making AB-102 a soft, indefensible bill that should be rejected.
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California
Ee San Diego Union
Fishermen’s lure insight from Konrad Lorenz's King Solomon’s Ring
A passage by Konrad Lorenz compares water shrews and penguins in gloss and underbelly color, noting light undersides aid aquatic life and camouflaging in water. He urges fishermen to reflect on lures with white or silvery bottoms that mimic minnows to avoid detection.
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Konrad
Lorenz
Solmon
Bail for Angela Davis Questioned Amid Calley Release Debate
The text questions Angela Davis bail, contrasting with Lt. Calley’s release, and argues Nixon lacks authority in her case. It notes Davis’s disappearance after the Maris County murders and her status as a fugitive rumored on the FBI’s wanted list.
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Angela Davis
Lt. Calley
Nixon
Calley
Mise
Davis
Maris County
FBI
Los Angeles Dinners Row Over Earthquake Relief Funds
Councilman Kinson faced calls to reimburse $967.10 for chicken dinners given to firemen and city workers after the February quake. The council removed the charge from city funds and now seeks federal reimbursement under the Disaster Benefit Act, amid debate over federal budget burden.
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Los Angeles
Robert M.kinson
Ma Wilkinson
Brezhnev Birthday Years Show Many Dates in Russian Calendar
Atlas notes Brezhnev is tied to multiple birthday dates due to calendar differences and political shifts. The piece observes how Soviet leaders have varied public birthdays over time, with predecessors Khrushchev and Malenkov becoming sidelined in Kremlin history.
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Atlas
Leonid Brezhney
Cui
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Mr. Khrushchev
Mr. Malenky
Kremlin
Wall Street J
Children's Book for the Revolution to Come Warns of Mischief
Der Spiegel reports a provocative New Left set of children's picture books with titles urging children to overpower elderly figures and chase away adults. The WSJ notes the scare follows no credible syndication and questions the impact on youth behavior.
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der Spiegel
Wall Street Journal
This Day in History Highlights Slavery Abolished in DC 1862
The 1862 act freed enslaved people in the District of Columbia. Also on this date 1852 conscription of white men 14 to 35 was ordered by the Confederate States. A 197 fatal nitrate explosion rocked Texas City when a French frigate burned at the dock. In 1962 Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated three Louisiana segregationists over efforts to block integration of parochial schools. In 1968 novelist Edna Werber died in New York City.
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Congress
Colombia
Texas City
Tex
Louisiana
Joseph Rummel
New Orleans
Hig Ordor
Edna Werber
New York City
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