Teens Gain Vote Rights and Juries Debate
The 26th Amendment grants 18 to 21 year olds voting rights, with millions newly eligible, potentially altering 1972 elections. Sen. Tunney proposes allowing 18 year olds on juries, raising concerns about judgment, justice, and the need for education of young jurors before they sit in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
America
John Tunney
D-Calif
Morrie Ryskind
Alameda County
Sen. Tunney
Critics ask why doves didn't push Vietnam halt measures sooner
A column questions liberal leaders and advisers from Johnson era for not urging a troop withdrawal or deadlines in Vietnam. It argues current antiwar voices align with former supporters and presses Nixon policy, noting Clifford’s past critiques and warnings of a bloodbath if a cease date were set.
San Diego schools warned over administrator excesses
A California Department of Education study shows San Diego schools exceeded state administrator ratios by 7 and 83 in different years, with the state share of excess salaries totaling $500,816 this year and $576,605 previously. Across 75 districts this year the state faced $1.79 million in excess payments, while districts paid about twice that amount. The 1972 deadline to comply sits against a policy to ensure funds favor teachers, prompting county and statewide audits of districts like Oakland and Alameda County schools.
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San Diego
California Department of Education
California
Los Angeles County
San Mateo County
Alameda
Santa Clara
Riverside
Tulare
Oakland
Alameda County
Amador Valley
Berkeley
Emery
New Haven
San Leandro
Burke on faith politics and Presbyterian meddling
James Kilpatrick argues that faith, morals, and doctrine are private matters for Presbyterians while noting a 1970s Gulf Oil proxy vote in Atlanta. The Southern Africa Task Force proposed pro Angola candidates and a Frelimo study panel, backed by church funds, but the four resolutions failed and Angela Davis received 45,489 votes.
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Edmund Burke
France
Burke
London
America
Episcopal Church
Tacoma
Anchorage
Roger Price
Gulf Ol] Corp
Atlanta
Gulf
United Presbyterian Church
Southern Africa
Commission On Ecumenical Missions and Relations
Angola
Mozambique
Agostinho
Neto
Amilcar Cabral
Angela Davis
Popular Liberation Movement For Angola
MPLA
Cabral
Party of Independence For
Guinga
Miss Davis
California
Tatoma
Angela
Davis
Cabra
Miss Davia
Gull
Presbyterian
Mozambique Liberation Front
Frelino
The Pentagon papers and press freedom clash
A Washington column questions if the New York Times can publish classified Pentagon papers while arguing for press freedom. It contrasts declassification with national defense needs, cites Sumner Welles and McNamara, and notes objections to leaking and handling sensitive government information.
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Washington
Pentagon
N.Y. Times
Times
Alger Hiss
Sumner Welles
England
London Times
Downing St
McNamara
McArthur
Inchon
LBJ
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Otto Otepka
Senate
the Times
Ott
Clilfford proposes POW release in a Vietnam withdrawal deal
Former Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said June 8 he had reason to believe North Vietnam would release all American prisoners within 30 days of a U.S. withdrawal by Dec. 31. He warned the move could be a propaganda ploy to pressure Nixon, noting 690 POWs preferred to stay in captivity.
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Johnson
Nixon
Doves
Vietnam
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Proxmire
U.S
America
Congress
White House
Clifford
Indochina
Sen. Goodell
South Vietnam
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
United States
International Red Cross
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Thieuw Ky
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
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Gardner
L.B.J
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Morrie Ruskind
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