School Aid Bill Fits The Need
The education aid bill passed its final legislative test amid debate over funding equity. The piece highlights how suburban districts contrast with inner city needs, citing tax bases in Oakland San Francisco Castro Valley Fremont and Los Angeles and noting equalization aid. It argues suburban restraint and inner city responsibility are both required.
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California
Jesse Unruh
Unruh
Assembly
Iremont
Hayward
Livermore
Castro Valley
Oakland
San Francisco
Fremont
Los Angeles
San Lorenzo
Newark
Horror Weapons Merit An Inquiry
The piece argues broad public support for Senate scrutiny of the U S chemical and biological warfare program amid criticism of armed forces. It emphasizes the need for transparency about why such weapons exist and the dangers of gas and germ warfare to a free nation.
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Senate
U.S
Congress
Patman backs party line on inflation and rates battle
Barry Goldwater rails against Democratic inflation politics as Rep. Patman persuades House Dems to back a rollback of high interest rates. He argues Nixon's restraint and deficit financing fuel price rises, urging a united Dem stance to curb rates and curb inflation amid eight years of profligate spending.
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Wright Patman
B-Tex
Democratic House Caucus
Patman
Nixon
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The People's Schools Sex Education Protested
Hundreds of letters protest sex education flow to Washington agencies. The missives blame right wing groups and compare Denmark and Sweden, arguing sex education is debated, with claims of pornography exposure, shifted morals, and concerns over suitability for children.
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Washington
White House
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Mo.t.o.r.e.de
Movement To
M.O.M.S
Mothers
P.A.U.S.B
R.E.D.E
The
John Birch Society
Sweden
Denmark
Wisco
Ambitious Ballot Reform Faces Political Debate
Washington panel flags a push for direct popular election of the presidency, risking a constitutional transformation. Critics warn the plan would shift election power from states to Congress, undermining federal union while proponents call for decisive reform.
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House Committee
Congress
John Dowdy
Texas
David W. Dennis
Indiana
Dennis
Somerville Syndrome and Moon Measurements
Bill Vaughan reflects on uncertainties in precise measurement from lunar distance estimates to a home shade fit. He mocks exactitude with the Somerville Theory of Measurement Decay, proposing E equals MC squared as a tongue in cheek relation and urging caution for moon measurements.
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Somerville
John R. Somerville
Jumbere
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Moon
Earth
Barry Goldwater
Leary
the People’s
Walter Trohan
Chicago Tribune
Washington Bureau
West Coast
New York City
James J. Kilpatrick
Wallace
House Judiciary Committee
House Rules
Alabame
George Wallace
Humphrey
North Carolina
Mississippi
Maryland
Bill Vaughan
Sea of Tranquility
Ardmore
Akron, O
Wichita
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