Bicycle Safety Rules Spark Local Debate In 1971
A letter and editorial discussion rally for cyclists to follow traffic laws, urging riders to stay on the right and face forward. It notes bicycle rodeos organized by Fremont and Mission Peak Optimist Clubs to teach safety rules to youths. The piece also reports Berkeley crime rising about 10 percent in 1971, amid political conflicts over police manpower and policy shifts.
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Inn
Bell
Fremont
Mission Peak
Ohief
Bruce Baker
Warren Widener
Senators and Assembly Members Named for Alameda Areas
The document lists lawmakers for Alameda regions including Petris Halmeath Bradley Bee Crown Ki Fong, covering districts 6 7 13 14 and parts of Oakland. It notes coterminous 6th and 7th districts excluding Livermore-Amador Valley and Casira Valley, to be addressed at the state capitol in Sacramento 93814.
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Michalas C. Petris
Lthslrigt
John W. Halmeéaht
Emocrat
Clark L. Bradley
Repub-ligan
Alameda County
Livermore-Amador Valley
Casira Valley
Vth
Carlos Bee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Campus portraits skewed by a professor’s pride
Russell Kirk critiques Mark Graubard’s Campustown USA at Midcentury as a thinly veiled fiction about a breed of self important academics. He labels them sick yet creative, reforming, or helpful, noting their tenure backed power fuels alienation from society and campus politics.
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Mark Granbard
University of Minnesota
USA
Campus Scope Press
Minneapolis
Hilaire Belloc
Tootoe
Greenwich Village
Watts
Dr. Graubard
Graubard
Charles Lam Markmann
The
Nation
Music revival bids fair across nation as classical returns
A nationwide surge in classical and romantic music takes hold from Miami to Fairbanks and Honolulu to Barre. More symphonies, operas, and concert attendance rise as budgets grow and education expands, while rock revisits Bach and Brahms. critics note a broad cultural upsurge and a shifting audience.
Peking Review critique on Nixon era normalcy and foreign policy
Holmes Alexander weighs the March 24 Peking Review calling U S relations since Nixon’s visit unchanged. The piece argues that despite rhetoric normalization yields no real shift, with anti American diatribes, defense of Middle East aggression labels, and graft accusations against U S mining firms. It includes analysis of Latin America and Japan’s role, noting a bias and propaganda aims.
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Peking Review
Brazil
Guatemala
Panama
China
Middle East
Hardizig
Nixon
Nixon and Moscow loom over Vietnam war strategy
Richard Wilson argues in Washington that a temporary North Vietnamese occupation of Quang Tri could shape Nixon’s Moscow visit. He warns Moscow may press for Thieu’s removal and a new South Vietnamese government, forcing Washington to negotiate from weakness unless a broader strategy is found.
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Washington
Vietnam
Quangte
Nixon
Moscow
South Vietnan
Leonid Srezhnev
Nix
Thieu
South
Thiet
Ariden
Selfishness Versus Transit Tax Debate in Tri Cities
A reader laments selfishness and urges action on transit access for the elderly, students, and ill or injured residents. Another letter defends AC Transit taxes supporting Fremont, Newark, and Union City, urging officials to secure service or challenge the tax.
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Tricity
Fremont
Newark
Union City
AC Transit
Hayward
Alameda County
Paw
W.a.bernieim SR
Bernheim
Tri-Cities
Little League Rules Prompt Editorial Reply
Reader argues in favor of enforcing Little League rules and replacing rule-breakers. They believe many boys want to play but must follow standards. They also recommend baseball caps to protect players from sun and critique hairstyles.
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T Dust
EDITON Filler Claims Census Lie and State Control Motive
A reader argues population growth is inflated and seeks to undermine rights claiming government overreach. The letter questions Nixon era birth policy, women’s roles, and government child care as pathways to totalitarian control, invoking fear of change to traditional family life.
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Editon -Filler
Nixon
Russia
Marian Handucli Fremont
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National Symphony Orchestra
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