Four senators urge broad reform to curb rising crime
California policing has expanded with higher pay and new tech, yet crime rises. Senators Eagleton, Brooke, Saxbe, and Mondale propose federal funding to standardize police pay and training, speed trials within 60 days, and rehabilitate prisons. They argue courts are clogged and prisons often harden offenders, calling for a full overhaul of the judicial system.
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California
U.S
Congress
U.S. Senate
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Brooke
Saxbe
Eagleton
Mondale
Sen. Mondale
Bay Area
Senate
Countdown Contests Miss Soviet Union Title Amid Salad Controversy
A kindergarten teacher unofficially wins Miss Soviet Union as her herring salad scores heavily in the contest. The comment references a solar system passing through a hydrogen cloud, reflecting a humorous, surreal newspaper tone.
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Soviet Union
Holidays lose meaning in a mock history classroom
A PAUL MERZ feature satirizes date shifts for US holidays in 1984 style, with a teacher quizzing students on Washington's Birthday and Armistice Day. The piece notes proposed changes to Columbus Day Thanksgiving and Memorial Day, implying political manipulation of holiday dates and the saying all holidays are equal but some are more equal.
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Paul Merz
Coplay
Washington
Jeannie
Christopher Columbus
Fred
George Washington
Columbus
Kenny
Horse Feathers
Foe Doakes
Jackass
Lawmaker addresses for Southern Alameda County vot ers
Readable text lists U S Senators Congressmen and state legislators for Southern Alameda County including Cranston Tunray Miller Edwards and Be bonds. It notes districts and areas: San Leandro Castro Valley San Lorenzo Livermore Amador Valley Hayward Alameda East Oakland plus addresses at the State Capitol Sacramento and House and Senate offices in Washington D C.
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South County
Alan Cranston
Senate
D.C
John V. Tunray
Washington, D.C
George P. Miller
Rayburn
San Leandro
Castro Vadhey
San Lorenzo
Livermore-Amador Velley
North Hayward
Alameda
East Oakland
Alameda County
Nicholas C. Parris
John W. Holmdahl
Clark
Bradley
Livermore-Amador Valley
Castro Valley
Carlos Bee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Livermore-Amator Valley
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenco
Oakland
Merch K. Fong
Casto Valley
Ashland
State Capitol
Sacramento
Three Day Work Week Warns Against Its Glare
A satirical column argues the proposed three day work week would disrupt routines, spur men to idle mischief, and shift burdens to women. It mocks the plan as a fad and predicts loyalty to four and five day norms, while noting the public’s mixed reactions and potential social upheaval.
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W. Tm
Duck
Tate
Joe Dowkes
Mr. Doakes
Nixon war plans face new Senate challenge in Indochina
Richard Nixon faces renewed opposition as Senate doves push for a fixed withdrawal date from Indochina. Protests grow amid massed U.S. forces and leaks, with figures like George McGovern and Mark Hatfield leading the antiwar effort. The piece argues Nixon will press military action to secure South Vietnam and widen the war into Cambodia and Laos, while opponents demand defeat or withdrawal.
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Washington, D.C
Nixon
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Senate
Indochina
Laird
Rogers
Washington
George McGovern
Mark O. Hatfield
U.S
Laos
Eugene McCarthy
Sen
Fulbright
Javits
South Vietnam
Daves
Nort
Gravel proposal risks peace by courting Red China
The piece critiques Senator Gravel of Alaska for a Senate resolution reversing U.S. policy toward Red China. It argues his plan, likened to a dream of reunification of the two Chinas, would cede influence, oust Nationalist China from the UN Security Council, and threaten Formosa. The author warns such steps could invite war and erode U.S. Pacific power. The column frames Gravel as repeating a dangerous idea and mocks it as insincere political posturing.
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Gravel
Senate
U.S
China
Peking
Security Council
Formosa
Mainiland
Owen Lattimore
Mao
Sen. Gravel
Formosa Oy
Eisenhower
Red China
U.N
Asia
Early 20th Century upheavals and wartime losses
This day in history recalls 1912 China becoming a republic after the fall of the Manchu dynasty, wartime maneuvers as Scharnhorst and Gneisenau fled Brest in 194?, Soviet-Israeli relations ruptured after a Tel Aviv blast, and a 1963 jetliner crash in the Florida Everglades that killed 43. A thought links to Jean Rousseau’s claim that nature never deceives.
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Bolmes Alexander
Mike Gravel
Alaska
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Benedict Arnolds
America
Moscow
Samuel Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Graval
Orient
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
French
Brest
North Sea
U.S.S.R
Israel
Tel Aviv
Florida Everglades
Jean Rousseau
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