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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1971
Page
3
A columnist argues for a home owner version of the Williamson Act to shield those who stay in place from rising assessments. The piece notes rising Alameda County residential values driven by sales, asks who benefits, and suggests a five to ten year stay-put pledge with repayment of tax savings if the owner reneges.
Russell Kirk argues urban schools have become arenas of disorder with truancy, street violence, and racial tensions. He cites Grand Rapids and Boston as examples, where integration and discipline conflicts disrupted Central and Union high schools, arguing that schools should focus on learning, not sociological experiments.
A group led by Rep Parren Mitchell and Rep Bella Abzug seeks to compel a federal court to order a declaration of war or ceasefire from President Nixon within 80 days. The piece criticizes partisan bias, notes past wars without declarations, and warns against frivolous lawsuits while condemning public exhibitionism and calls for constitutional balance.
Washington scene surveys a rising neo isolationism shaping debate among Democratic hopefuls and Republicans. The piece traces how Nixon doctrine and Fulbright led critiques frame calls to withdraw from global commitments, arguing the cost and feasibility of vast domestic goals under waves of disillusion from Vietnam and Cold War era thinking.
Short Takes reports that Rep Sherman H Tleod of Utah mailed a high school graduation scroll to Dan Sherwood using official business stationery and no postage. The father criticized the move as taxpayer funded, noting the family moved from Utah to Colorado, which would prevent Dan from voting for Mr Lloyd when he graduates. The item questions whether such political gestures constitute work worth doing.
Supporters of Vice President Agnew worry Treasury Secretary Connally may threaten their bid for the No 2 spot. One backer says Connally’s true test would come if Nixon asks him to help with Republican fundraising dinners next year.
A high-ranking official who served under both Nixon and Johnson says Nixon enjoys greater Cabinet loyalty than Johnson did. The informant believes Johnson erred by keeping Kennedy holdovers, who then worked against him as he entered the White House. U.S. News and World Report.
The United States and Panama restart negotiations on a new canal treaty with Panama demanding some talks on Panamanian soil. Brig Gen Omar Torrijos, the strongman, shows no sign of repeating past failures. Washington expected to concede guarantees against anti American demonstrations during sessions. The 6,000 member national guard has enforced strict political limits since October 1960.
A US plan to relocate atomic weapons and Voice of America facilities from Okinawa to South Korea draws backlash from Japan while Seoul signals strong support for the move.
French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d Estaing seeks a united European front at the OECD ministerial session in Paris in early June to attack the US balance of payments deficit as the cause of recurring dollar speculation. The session will be chaired by American secretary of state William P. Rogers.
A 13 in a cless by itself phrase hints at a hit-and-run case where a motorist must stop after an accident. The U S Supreme Court narrowly preserved the law requiring involved drivers to identify themselves, ruling there is no constitutional right to evade legal responsibility.
A jumbled entry recalls Walt Whitman birth on May 81 119 and cites a 1900s Boer War ending with a peace treaty. It mentions Mary Margaret McBride’s anniversary in New York City and a hanging in Nazi Germany. An earthquake in Peru reportedly kills sixty thousand. The note ends with a Whitman quote about seeing God in faces.
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