Fremont Council Faces Water Waste From Quarry Pits
Alameda County Water District warns that a year’s imported water has been wasted to the bay by quarry pits over three months. Fremont must act now to assert the community’s right to protect the underground supply, balance quarry needs, and avoid future legal fights or state regulation.
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Sacramento
Countdown to new weapons after Vietnam war ends
Former Defense official Roswell Glipatric says the administration plans many new weapons to exhaust the peace dividend after Vietnam. Secretary Robert Finch orders a surgeon general study on TV violence and mental health, likely using a scream test.
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Voice Of The People Parents Should Control Schools
A reader argues that parents must control school policy including sex education, contending schools are public servants under parental authority. He reflects on personal experience with California schools, laments bureaucratic standardization, and vows to leave for a region where parental will governs education.
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Bay Area
United States
Paul Harvey on war policy and civilian leadership
Paul Harvey argues the United States should stop letting military experts dictate strategy and push for decisive victories. He criticizes Korea and Vietnam as half wars, warns that the new nuclear era requires courageous civilian leadership and credible commitment to win to deter future conflicts. He urges clear intent to win to avoid further wars and casualties.
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United States
Nixon interest in grand design for Pennsylvania Avenue
In Washington, D C columnist DON MacLEAN argues President Nixon's mild interest in a proposed National Square near the White House should fade. He criticizes plans to level the Treasury block to extend ceremonial avenues, warning it would harm merchants and produce more protests along a heavily park-filled city.
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Is Materialism Our Greatest Affliction in World View
Russell Kirk argues that materialism erodes moral and social foundations. Dr. Howard B. Holroyd, a retired physicist, contends that exclusive reliance on physics and chemistry misreads human nature and society. He warns that denying spirit risks destructive, self-imprisoning beliefs and urges recognizing a moral order beyond mere matter.
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Howard B. Holroyd
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This Day In History Highlights 1935 WPA Founding
A concise look at notable historical events on this date. In 1935 Congress established the Works Progress Administration to provide work for the unemployed. In 1997 the German airship Hindenburg exploded at Lakehurst New Jersey, killing 36 passengers.
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WPA
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Lakehurst
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Stalin
W. M. Mountoy
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