Editorial Page Unequal Education System Under Fire
The nation debates whether public school funding by local taxes violates equal protection. Suits in several states claim school quality hinges on district wealth, urging state takeover of financing to ensure uniform support, salaries, and accessibility for all children amid resistance to leveling.
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Supreme Court
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Michigan
Illinois
Virginia
California
Julian H. Levi
University of Chicago
Woodlawn
Chicago
Winnetka
James B. Conant
The
Education Commission of the States
American School Board Journal
Superintendent of
Education Commissioner
Massachusetts
American Legion Back In Front Lines On Home Front
Paul Harvey urges the American Legion to renew its 50th anniversary resolve to defend the republic, bolster internal security, and grow membership. He notes past missteps, commends quiet reformers, praises auxiliary state police efforts, and calls for renewed civic participation and patriotism.
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Legion
United States
American Legion
Supreme Court
Ramsey Clark Under Scrutiny In Crime Debate
Washington column argues Ramsey Clark faces unfair criticism in the crime debate. It cites DOJ indictments, Johnson crime messages, and federal support for state law enforcement while detailing Clark’s focus on police communications, recruitment, training, and court system strain. It notes budget battles and Dixiecrat and Republican opposition to funding crime initiatives.
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Johnson
Congress
United States
George Wallace
Stael
Clark
New York
Ramsey Clark
Ohne
Republican-Dixiecrat
Atlanta
Herbert Jenkins
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Nixon
Psychic News hints at mind reading and world fears
A humorous digest cites Duncan Middleton of Rhodesia speculating that telepathy could reveal secrets, making duplicity vanish and wars fade. The piece notes political chatter about the electoral college, Nixon versus Goldwater contrasts, and various quirky government notes, including fungus research costs and a joke about customs duty with a wrestler.
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Washington
Psychic News
Duncan Middleton
University of Rhodesia
Community letter urges vote against school district dissolution
A long letter to The Journal argues against dissolving S A D No 71 Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. It promotes continuing the two towns in a single district as cheaper and more efficient, cites a yearlong study, and lists signs supporting a NO vote with polling details and signatures of local parents and citizens.
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Kennebunkrt
S.A.D. No
S.A.D
Kenne
Kennebunkport
Nol
Sad Baer
State Board of Education
William Avison
Constance Belyea
Ethel G. Gonneville
Shirley Martin
Fred J. Conroy
Barbara J
Susan York
Helen Clark
Carol Holmberg
Julie Miller
Bernice Chlamauskas
Joan Gales
Frances M. Harrison
Lorraine G. Riley
Roberta Seeley
Patricia FE. Graham
Joyce J. Dowd
Mary W. Simpson
Nancy Cole
Judy Merrow
Paula Moulton
Barbara Ray
Shirley Lawrence
Nancy Cummings
Alice Conway
Three Minutes A Day The Age of the Dialogue
A discussion of dialogue as a global shift from hostility to communication. It cites Reuel Howe and his book The Miracle of Dialogue, describing dialogue as through and word, a life blood restoring relationships and fostering sincere respectful exchange.
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Reuel Howe
The Intemperate Professor in American Colleges
A conservative observer laments intemperate professors shaping student politics. He recalls Harvard lectures that demagogue Vietnam policy, urging small liberal arts colleges for steadier education. He cites student confrontations, Berlin Wall questions, and echoes of totalist indoctrination abroad versus cautious discourse at home.
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United States
Vietnam
Academy
Harvard
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Dean Rusk
California
Californialifornia
Europe
Berlin Wall
Washington
Berlin
Wall
State Department
East Germany
Ssar
Momeiel
China
Cuba
America
Mao
Fidel
Lyndon Johnson
Castro
White House
Nixon bases slum attack on raising Negro hopes
Washington columnist outlines President-elect Nixon's plan to reduce riots by fostering hope in slum areas through home ownership aids and credit access, stressing flexible administration, targeted codes, and private sector training while warning of bureaucratic drift and raised expectations as progress unfolds.
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Nixon
Ray Cromley
South Vietnam
Nixon Group
Local Biddeford Saco Journal billing and masthead listing
The Biddeford Saco Journal publishes daily except Sunday from Adams Street Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant publisher and E P Ingalls editor. Subscription rates show one month 2.60 and one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and entered as second class mail.
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Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E P Ingalls
Associated Press
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