Postal Rate Hike Won’t Cure It
President Nixon proposes a one cent increase on first class letters and cards as part of long range postal reforms. The piece argues reforms must curb rate hikes, improve efficiency, and reduce political influence by creating a federal mail corporation. The author critiques post office performance, pay, and the spoils system as impediments to better service.
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Nixon
America
Post Office Department
Congress
Johnson
U.S
Department
Alameda residents face high per capita property tax burden
Alameda County now ranks 20th among California counties for per capita property tax levies, with total local government taxes reaching 252.46 per person this fiscal year. The California Taxpayers Association notes a 10 percent year over year rise from 1568 and highlights wide county differences, urging local budget discipline and economies across all levels of government to ease the tax load.
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Alameda County
California
San Francisco
San Mateo
California Taxpayers Association
Lax
San Diego
Sacramento County
Robert C. Brown
Sacramento
Barry Goldwater and the Peace Prospects in Vietnam
Barry Goldwater notes an unusual optimism about peace in Vietnam emanating from the Nixon White House. Officials avoid timetables, but Paris talks and U S moves signal shifting diplomacy. The Cambodian initiative, welcomed by Prince Sihanouk, hints at new boundaries recognition and a more private negotiation approach.
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Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Latly
Cambodia
Sihanouk
U.S
Nixon pace on Vietnam peace offensive praised
President Nixon and his advisers move deliberately toward ending the war while balancing military pressure. The approach avoids detailed public blueprints, seeks steady progress, and earns cautious support from those most involved, as peace hope grows amid life and death stakes for American youths and families.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Don't Call It McCarthyism on Campus Says Kilpatrick
James Kilpatrick argues that current campus unrest exceeds historical McCarthyism in threat to intellectual freedom. He traces McCarthy era limits on Left opinion, contrasts campus violence at Berkeley and Cornell with past quiet, and warns against campus administrations appeasing radicals. He cites Navy recruiters blocked, Dow spokesperson harassed, and building seizures as beyond McCarthy-era incidents.
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Berkeley
Cornell
McCarthy
San Francisco
Dean Acheson
Wheeling
W.va
Communist Party
McCarran
Senate
Owen Lattimore
John Carter Vincent
John Stewart Service
Irving Peress
Slochower
Joe McCarthy
Navy
Dow Chemical
Harvard
SDS Readies Convention Aims For Midwest Campus Site
Washington reports the Students for a Democratic Society seeks a Midwest college for a June national convention after last year’s gathering at Michigan State University. The Austin Texas council meeting featured clashes among PLP pro Chinese faction and CPUSA aligned members, with leaders Klonsky and Dohrn at odds with PLP and a push to radicalize schools and fight imperialism. The event drew about 1,000 members, with only around 10 voting delegates and strict press bans.
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Washington
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Midwest
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Austin
Tex
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Russia
Communist Progressive Labor Party
PLP
Communist Party of the U.S
CPUSA
Mike Klonsky
Bernardine Dohrn
Princeton University
Uoetrine
Demonstration gaps noted from schools to Army War College
The piece cites demonstrations at many schools and hints the Army War College lacks action while Russia protects East Germany. It notes calls to extend the surtax and excise taxes, suggests Nixon readiness, and reports J Edgar Hoover warning of daily progressive revolutionary steps of anarchy amid bomb threats.
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Army War College
East Germany
Congress
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Public apathy in California school elections prompts crises
A California writer notes low voter turnout in Sacramento County and across districts, averaging about 20 percent statewide. He highlights Richmond Unifieds 66 percent turnout election to defeat a tax hike tied to a busing and integration program, and observes broader public indifference to electing school boards while criticizing recurring school crises and executive dissatisfaction.
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California
South County Legislators Address Capitol Letters to State Officials
List of state senators and assembly members with districts and areas including Alameda County cities Castro Valley Livermore-Amador Valley Hayward Union City Fremont Newark and Oak land portions. Names include Nicholas Petris Lewis Sherman Clark Bradley Carlos Bee Robert Crown and March Fong with party and district details.
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Alameda County
San Lorenzo
New Haven Unified School District
Castro Valley
Newark
Fremont
Hayward
Senate
Assembly
State Capitol
Sacramento
Calif
Nicholas ©. Petris
Livermore-Amador Valley
Lewis F. Sherman
Clark L. Bradley
Santa Clara County
Carlos Bee
Union City
Robert W. Crown
San Leandro
Alameda
Oakland
March K. Fong
Ashland
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