Editorials All City Needs Is Time Money
Jon Van Til argues that major funding and time are required for city revitalization and housing, predicting suburbanites will not return and federal subsidies are essential. Other officials echo tax-based solutions, urging Congress to boost model city and manpower programs to prevent decay.
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Jon van Til
Chester
van Til
Swarthmore College
PMC Colleges
Joint Center For Urban Affairs
John W. Hopkirk
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Gardner
United States Conference of Mayors
Johnson
New York Times
Congress
van Arsdale
Urban Schools Fail Deprived Urban Schools Fail Deprived
Dean Theodore R. Sizer of Harvard criticizes national policy and local practice for failing urban and deprived students. He argues federal cuts and political timidity hinder reform, while schools often offer babysitting rather than meaningful learning and remain riven by prejudice and inefficiency.
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Theodore R. Sizer
Harvard
Graduate School of Education
Nathan M. Pusey
Sizer
United States Office of Education
Dean B. Sizer
Dean Sizer
Civics Citizenship Lesson From Korea Cites Pride as Cure
A commentary notes Korea reduced corruption through civics and citizenship education from grade school to college and suggests the United States should study the program for juvenile delinquency. Researchers link pride in heritage to lower crime, urging balanced critique of American history to preserve youth patriotism.
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Washington
Korea
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
Garbage strikes reshape Rockefeller image and labor power
New York report on Nelson Rockefeller facing a sanitation workers strike led by John DeLury. The clash tests Rockefeller’s conservative labor stance as DeLury wins wage gains, sparks a public showdown, and sets a precedent for municipal labor politics amid Republican national ambitions.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Rockefeller
Bantam Street Cleaners
John DeLury
John Lindsay
Gov. Rockefeller
Manhattan
Sanitation
Dick Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Hotel Plaza
William Miller
Len Hall
Construction Trades Union
Peter Brennan
Electrical Workers
Harry van Arsdale
N.Y
National Guard
Lindsay
Censorship compared to traffic rules argues for order not control
Sydney J. Harris argues censorship of books mirrors class legislation rather than public safety. He contrasts stop signs with moral censorship, saying traffic rules enable freedom by orderly movement while censorship enforces one group’s standards, citing Prohibition as a ruinous example.
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Sydney J. Harris
Ste
Ford
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DeLury
Teamsters
Civil Service Union
Victor
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