County votes to require use permits for new stores
Alameda County Supervisors approve an ordinance requiring use permits for bookstores theaters and taverns in unincorporated retail districts despite ACLU opposition and looming court challenges. The board argues zoning updates curb pornographic material while defending progressive planning principles.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ernest Besig
California Teachers Association doubles dues to fund expanded lobbying
In Burlingame the California Teachers Association agreed to raise annual dues from 38 to 77.4 dollars, doubling revenue to support broader services for local chapters. CTA President Margaret Lemmer outlined plans for labor negotiations, public relations, school finance, political action, school law, and teacher welfare under a reorganization, signaling a stronger, more militant stance in Sacramento and at the local level.
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CTA
Burlingame
State Council On Education
Sacramento
Margaret Lemmer
House Defers Long Term Jobs Plan With 5 Billion Subsidy
House passes a bill authorizing 5 billion dollars in outlays to state and local governments over four years to subsidize hiring of the unemployed. Critics note payrolls rose by 500 thousand from April 1970 to April 1971 and urge tax relief to spur private sector job growth and permanent employment.
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House of Representatives
The
Wall Street Journal
Barry Goldwater Welfare Fears State’s Rapid Growth
A HEW report warns welfare rolls will top one million additions before 1971 ends. AFDC recipients near ten million in February, up from under five million four years prior, with costs potentially surpassing $10 billion. Sen Curtis cites 85 new spending proposals totaling $190 billion for 1972, risking inflation and national decline.
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Health, Education and Welfare Department
Elliot L. Richardwon
Health, Education and Welfare
Richardson
Congress
Senate
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Sen
Curtis
Sen. Curtis
United States
The people's schools Defining 'accountability'
President Nixon framed school accountability as responsibility for results aligned to each school's context rather than a national norm. California’s Wilson Riles and NEA figures echoed this, proposing district specific goals judged by outcomes, while teachers share responsibility with taxpayers, parents, and policymakers. A nationwide poll found 67 percent favor holding teachers and administrators more accountable for student progress.
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Bryce W. Anderson
Nixon
Congress
United States Congress
Wilson C. Riles
California
Anna L. Hyer
National Education Association
Educational Technology Division
NEA
Association of Classroom Teachers
George Tallup
College student poll shows leftward shift on security
James Kilpatrick notes a National Review survey from 12 elite colleges finds rising indifference or hostility to national security among seniors and juniors. Only 135,000 of 18 to 25 year olds in higher education sampled. results caution due to limited sampling and time.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
America
National Review
Boston University
Brandeis
Davidson, Howard
University of Indiana
Marquette
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Sarah Lawrence
University of South Carlina
Stanford
Williams
Yale
Soullina
Indians
Howard
Ige
Republican Party
Liberal editorial lines and police in 1967 mixed
A nostalgic column notes the era of interpretive reporting blurring news and opinion. It cites debates over editorial pages, trust in media, and public reaction to policing and politics, recalling Daley, Nixon, and Kennedy, with a Nixon press conference and a 1967 column tone.
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City Desk
Liberal Gazette
al Jolson
Spiro Agnew
Medis
Liberaldam
Chicago
Daley
Philadelphia
Nixon
Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Kelly
Ted Kennedy
Ted
Robert
Bulfe
American Civil Liberties Union
Pacifist Scientists Target Dr Foster Over Nuclear Arms
General Ira C. Baker cites pacifist scientists attacking Dr John Foster Jr director of research in the Defense Department amid warnings that the USSR spends far more on science and technology. Foster had supported safeguards for ICBMs, urged new weapons programs, and warned of national peril and opportunity as he defended defense modernization and space research.
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John $. Foster Jr
Department of Defense
Dr. Foster
Russia
United States
Rg&e
Congress
U.S.S.R
A&e
Space Laboratory
Foster
Kennedy
Robert McNamara
Kremlin
Johnson
North Vietnam
al Paria
Soviet Union
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Barry Goldwater
the People’s
James Kilpatrick
Morrie Ryskin
Ira C. Baker
Pacifists
John Foster
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