Conant Seeks State Role in Public School Financing
In Our Opinion Ten years after Dr James B Conant issued a major report on American education he has written a second book resurveying the scene. He says real improvements exist but overall achievement remains far from satisfactory. Only about ten percent of schools meet his minimum standards. He argues for shifting primary financing to the state level with federal aid via tax sharing, warning the payer who controls funds also controls education.
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James B. Conant
America
Conant
Harvard
West Germany
Washington
Dr. Conant
Agency For International Development
Department of Defense
U.S
CIA
Congress
White House
State Department
Texans shrink the self in Inez noted in humorous column
In a playful Texas themed column, the author riffs on Texans’ gun pride and bounty claims, revels in being size reduced by Texas social scenes, and vows to attend Mitzi Newhouse’s height capped party while defending Edna Ferber’s fan mail.
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Texas
Lone Star
Commonwealth
Houston
New York
Truman Capote
Samuel I
Mitzi) Newhouse
Adler
iAdler
Edna Ferber
Three Minutes A Day Warns About Small Plane Crashes
FAA study cites human factors as the main cause of general aviation fatalities with 20 times higher crash rates than other sectors. It urges personal responsibility and simple preventive steps, noting that drink before flight and bad weather push trage dies.
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Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Office of Medicine
Kennedy naming Bobby head of family heir to Kennedy clan
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Joseph Kennedy naming Robert F. Kennedy as family head and political heir, with Edward Kennedy expected to wait. The column also covers GM’s antitrust memo, Hoover on gun control, and Johnson’s renewed White House religious outreach and drink habits.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
Robert
Sen
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
White House
Edward Kennedy
Mass
Teddy
Bobby
Massachusetts
Johnson
New York
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Harvard University
General Motors
Yale
W. S. Bowman
Justice Department
Donald Turner
Ftreight
Lloyd Cutler
Yale Law
Cutler
Bowman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Neal Smith
Iowa
House Appropriations
Hoover
Smith
Fed ‘Eral
Congress
Kremlin doctrine archaic in Kerensky interview
New York 86 year old Alexander Kerensky argues both sides seek change in the Cold War not escalation. He warns against repeating old Communist formulas and notes agrarian reform and a shift toward better life in Russia while cautioning about China and Mao Tibet.
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Bob Considine
New York
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Park Avenue
Oaks
Nicholas II
Lenin
Bolsheviks
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Germany
Moscow
Washington
Vietnam
Stalin
Two-Country Roles Split CIA Hampering U.S. Aims
Washington columnist Ray Cromley argues the CIA’s dual mission of intelligence and covert action creates trouble. He urges a separate agency to handle nonintelligence programs with strict political oversight to protect American principles.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Enterprise
Assn
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Cuba
Vietnam
Reform in Textbooks Prompts Local Choice Debate
Dr. Max Rafferty argues California should stop printing uniform textbooks and allow local districts to choose from commercial publishers to boost intellectual diversity. The piece notes limited state monopolies in some states, the welfare state's limits on capitalism, and highlights the Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland as a model producing concise, stimulating materials used with real books.
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California
Max Rafferty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rafferty
United States
Department of Public Instruction
Open Court
Lippincott
Educational Research Council of
Greater Cleveland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Council
Rockefeller Building
Cleveland
Ohio
GCERC
The Needle Hippie and Hipster Slang Reflections
A quirky note on hip slang from beatniks and hippies, contrasting hipster attitudes and social behavior with playful nostalgia for the past. The passage highlights terms like hippie and hipster, showing how language frames counterculture identity and sociability.
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Inez
Lenny Bruce
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Iave
C.L. Hale
Bryan
Herald - Post
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James Keller
Job
Bobby Kennedy
Luci
LBJ
Humphrey
Democratic National Committee
Cairo
Viet Nam
Saudi Arabia
Najran
Pentagon
Kremlin
Europe
Africa
Asia
Mao Tse-Tung
China
Kerensky
West
Kosygin
Washington News
By Russell Kirk
Biddeford
Saco Journal
Adams Street
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
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