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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1971
Page
3
Lawmakers weigh school funding reforms as public concern over education grows. Bills favoring all year schooling and 12 month attendance advance, while tenure protections face potential change. CTA reluctantly backs hearings shifts. real estate tax plan for schools fades amid feasibility concerns.
Holmes Alexander surveys shifting public mood as Gallup polls show Americans feel the nation regressing under Nixon. The forthcoming book by Cantril and Roll cites anxiety over leadership, institutions, inflation, crime, and foreign entanglements, yet notes personal life satisfaction and a desire for a unifying heroic figure.
Fragmented text lists Benators and Assemblymen for Alameda County regions including Livermore-Amador Valley and Castro Valley. Mentions Wichalas C Patris Democrat and Rob art W Crown Democrat with districts 11th and other seats. Notes addresses at the State Capitol Sacramento.
The Burger Court rules governments may not grant direct aid to non public schools, citing excessive church state entanglement and potential religious indoctrination. It unsettles programs in several states, urges alternatives like voucher plans, and warns of broader impacts on private and religious instruction.
Washington analysis argues Mansfield resolution hinders a negotiated settlement in Vietnam. It says Nixon opposes a fixed withdrawal deadline, seeks a Korea style force presence, and warns Senate action could derail progress with Le Duc Tho’s return. Prisoners are portrayed as bargaining pawns to pressure withdrawal.
Turkey plans a formal end to opium poppy cultivation to curb heroin supply, backed by aid to farmers. The piece notes Asia as a secondary source via Red China, and hints at arid-adapted animals aiding future exploration. It also covers California air purity links, tobacco smoke legislation, and Western hopes for reducing Soviet forces in East Germany amid shifting Southeast Asian alliances.
The Environmental Protection Agency restates a policy from December under President Nix requiring factories to file permit applications to discharge waste into waterways by July 1. Only a few hundred firms have submitted, with estimates suggesting up to 100,000 may be affected. The REA emphasizes the seriousness of the new regulations.
The piece notes Soviet diversions from computers and motor vehicles to obtain Western tech. It mentions U S agreement to sell trucks to the USSR and British belief the computers will aid civilian research only, likening it to a gun used for hunting.
On this day in history 1933 a new industrial code fixed a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour in the United States. The same day 1941 saw German forces breach the Stalin Line as they moved toward Moscow. In 1961 a Czechoslovakian plane crash killed 73 people in Africa. Henry Thoreau offered a thought on wealth and simple pleasures.
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