Public dissent in New Haven final days of board
A scathing critique of the New Haven Unified School District's defeated trustees Julia Denny Gail Pagan John Samarron and Syd Furman for railroading policies in their final days. The piece highlights the Alvarado school site purchase and extended administrative contracts including a 10 percent raise for Supt Duane Bay as acts undermining public confidence and democratic virtue. It condemns their contempt for opposing views and notes a Bible verse closing the column.
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Commodore William Vanderbilt
New York Central
New Haven Unified School District Board of Trustees
Commodore
Julia Denney
Gail Pagan
John Samarron
Syd Furman
U.S
Alvarado
Duane Bay
New Haven
Commodore Vanderbilt
Letters to the editor vote of confidence
A reader praises democratic process at a board of education meeting noting petitions and applause as parents and teachers urged reconsideration of four appointments. The letter thanks the board and cites a community vote of confidence as essential for democracy and education. It also includes a separate note praising Fremont firefighters for timely resuscitation service.
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Board of Education
Carr
Camara
Donald Rogers Fremon
Federal seal hunt on Privoloff Island draws officials
Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans and six veterinarians will go to Alaska to observe the annual seal hunt on Privoloff Island and judge if slaughter methods are humane. The piece questions why seals are killed while comparing animal rights arguments with meat consumption.
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Alaska
Privoloff Island
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Stans
Privololf Island
Nora Angle
Washington representatives named for South County areas
A listing of U S senators and congressmen with South County constituencies. It notes Senator Alan Cranston and Senator John V. Tunney with New Senate Office Building addresses in Washington DC, and Congressmen George P. Miller Don Edwards with their Capitol office addresses and district covers including Hayward Castro Valley Newark Fremont and parts of Alameda Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
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South County
Alan Cranston
Senate Ofice
Washington, D.C
John V. Tunney
Senate
Washington, DC
George P. Miller
Ray
San Leandro
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore- Amador Valley
Noriy Hayward
Alameda
East Oakland
Don Edwards
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo
CBS documentary debate signals long range impact
Washington debates over CBSs Selling of the Pentagon center on whether the networks distort news to fit editorial aims. The issue widens to public trust as critics allege bias while CBS defends its directives as protecting journalism and truth amid strong newsroom passions.
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CBS
Bing
Daily Press
Pentagon
Vietnam
America
Agnew
White House
Congress
Eds
Comtempt
New York Times
Washington Post
CBS News
Inside story of a long and dirty war exposure
Paul Harvey voices a critical, unnamed source led critique of the Vietnam conflict. The piece cites alleged atrocities by South Vietnamese forces in Cambodia, quotes on the “security curtain” and prisoner mistreatment, and questions official narratives while invoking Nixon’s Cambodia policy and broader wartime controversy.
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Pentagon
Main Street
Cambodia
Nixon
Phnom Penh
Foreign Ministry
Saigon
G15
Cong
Heath in turmoil as Labour gains in by elections
A London based briefing notes Labour gains in three by elections, including Bromsgrove, threatening Heath's Conservative government. Public polls show Labour surging to about 13.7 percent, eroding the Conservative lead since January 1970.
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Labor
White House
Labor Party
Heath Party
Heath
Conservative
Harold Wilson
Wilson
the Economist
Bromsgrove
This Day in History Highlights Major 19th and 20th Century Events
The snapshot notes John D. Rockefeller born July 1839 and the Liberty Bell cracking during Chief Justice John Marshall’s funeral in 1805. It also recalls MacArthur’s UN Korea command appointment in 1950s, Paris’s 200th anniversary, US troop withdrawal from Vietnam in 1969, and a John Burroughs quote.
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Philadelphia
United States
John Marshall
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Richard Wilson
Britain
Paul Harvey
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Henry J. Taylor
London
Goole
Hayes
Bromagrave
Birmingham
Chaitin
Peter Thomas
John D. Rockefeller
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Paris
McCord Air Force Base
John Burroughs
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