Peacemaker Ridder Chosen to Lead California College Board
Ridder, copublisher of the Long Beach Independent Press Telegram, is named chairman of the California State College Board of Trustees. The 47 year old Princeton graduate is described as a moderating force balancing student unrest with Reagan era governance. He frames the colleges as corporate entities facing rapid growth and fiscal pressures while urging peaceful change and restraint from dissidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State College Board of Trustees
Sacramento Bee
James Wrightson
Long Beach
Daniel H. Ridder
Long Beach Independent Press- Telegram
Ronald Reagan
Folsom
Ridder
Edmund G. Brown
William A. Norris
William O. Douglas
Victor H. Palmieri
U.S. Riot Commission
Reagan
Dudley Swim
American Legion
William C. Weissich
Marin County
Nixon
Princeton University
United Way
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts of America
Bing Crosby
Pebble Beach
Bernard H. Ridder
Ridder Publications
St. Paul
Daniel Ridder
Los Angeles Times
Dorothy Chandler
University of California Board of Regents
California
Ridder Faces Trustees Board Harmony Challenge
Ridder, heir to a Chicago publishing family, takes the California State College trustees chair and must unite a split board, improve student trust, and balance public and academic governance amid legislative pressure. The article notes his media connections and plans to visit Sacramento as needed.
Twilight Time riot at rest home shocks town
In spring 1970 violence erupted at Twilight Time Rest Home and Health Club as staff and residents clashed. SDS members demanded more say in administration and menus while protests included a dodder-in and disrupted activities. Police contained the disturbance after glass was shattered and residents used improvised weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twilight Time Rest Home
SDS
Senile Dementia Society
Enoch Crutch
Thoughts on land and opportunity from Hebrews to Babson
A reflective quote set notes several thoughts on opportunity and action. Hebrews 11 15 speaks of longing for a homeland while Babson cites success as choosing to seize a chance. The pair contrasts aspiration with decisive risk taking.
New Books Reviewed: McLuhan and More
The Gutgenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan argues media reshapes society like the printing press. The Negro Revolution by Robert Goldston surveys slave era and protest history. The Labyrinth of Language by Max Black analyzes language as bridge or barrier. Eskimo Prehistory by Hans Georg Bandi traces Arctic peoples across millennia.
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Robert Goldston
Signet
United States
Max Black
Black
Hans Georg Bandi
University of Washington Press
Siberia
North America
Greenland
Progress and sports wrap from playful columns
The column praises progress from Jack Armstrong to Neil, jokes about moon rocks and space travel, mentions a Flat Earth Society award for Apollo photos, notes a bar room quip about leagues, reports the Tiny Tigers finishing the season with 500 runs against, and warns that early sex education is needed to understand movies at eighteen.
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Flat Earth Society
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University of Utah College of Medicine
Cancer Chemotherapy Reports
U.S
State College
Dumke
State College System
George Robeson
Crutch
Harvey Lorenorder
Twilight Time
Melvin Therapy
Balderdash
Roger Babson
Statistician
Senator Soaper
By Bill Vaughan
Jack Armstrong
Neil
Fuseloyle
Sea of Tranquillity
Erin Bar and Grill
Tigers
Ae Sra
Ay Ag Syma
Singer
Summit
Singer Center
Veo Oratees
Singer Today
Elvis
Tredemart
THE
Singer Company
Garden Grove
del Amo Center
Los Altos
Bixby Knolls
Bellflower
Paramount
Buena Park
Lakewood Center
Anaheim
Costa Mesa
Huntington Beach
South Coast Plaza
San Pedro
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