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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1968
Page
2
In a stern assessment Californians blame the Regents for Prop 3 defeat and funding cuts to education. The piece warns that professors have overstepped, students misbehaved, and the Regents failed to show courage. It urges the Regents to assume responsibility to protect students and the future.
A critical view of college leadership, naming Edridge Cleaver, George Murray, Robert R. Smith, and Chancellor Dumke. It argues administrators choose two closures of campuses: violence or funding failures, highlighting arbitration and Murray’s suspension as part of systemic retreat and weakness.
The Internal Revenue Service notes weapons such as bazookas mortars anti tank guns grenades and poison gas bombs require registration by December 1 a real target date. Major league baseball GMs agree players should not wear beards mustaches or goatees linking to shaving ads.
Holmes Alexander argues that Soviet actions in Czechoslovakia sharpen Western resolve and set the stage for Nixon to show decisive leadership. He notes NATO partners rally, West Germany’s position shifts, and domestic crime control will be a focus as the new administration confronts foreign and urban challenges.
Spiro Agnew, rising from local government to Vice President in three years, signals interest in Maryland governor’s office. He notes limitations in advancement and begins public comments on the vice presidency. The remark frames a rapid ascent and political ambitions in America.
Paul Harvey argues Nixon should resist liberal pressure from the East after a close election loss for liberals striving to influence his appointments. He notes conservatives winning key states and warns Nixon to stay true to his personal principles amid calls to shift left or cater to Humphrey supporters. The piece contends funeralism was rejected by voters, favoring the Nixon-Wallace turnout.
In a satirical column Don Maclean compares NFL TV cutoffs to Washington high school games and riffs on the Nixon inauguration. He jokes about secrecy around scheduling and suggests a covert, even comic alternative venue for the ceremony to avoid mob disruption.
The essay argues that presidents never receive a formal mandate. voters elect a chief administrator, not a ruler, and constitutional power rests with Congress. It contends Nixon's win shows a broad electoral majority, questions mandate talk, and calls Electoral College reform to allow electors to choose the best candidate rather than follow pledged votes, noting the indirect nature of democracy.
This Day In History notes 1783 British forces abandon New York after the peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War. It also recalls 194 American War Refugee Board charges Germany with mass murder in World War II and quotes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on vigilance against boasting.
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