Burns and Combs End Long Crusade Against Communism
Editorial recalls State Senator Hugh Burns and investigator Richard Combs tracking alleged subversives from 1950s to 1960s. They cite cases on telephones, Black Muslims, John Birch Society, campus activity, and medical recruitment. Authors urge end of Burns subcommittee after 15 years, noting FBI efforts meanwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Burns
Fresno
California
Richard E. Combs
Visalia
Combs
Burns
Subcommittee On Un-American Activities
Burns-Combs
Telephone Company
Sacramento
Reds
UCLA
Berkeley
Stanford
San Jose State
San Francisco State
Chico State
SDS
Black Panthers
FBI
No Knock to Quick Entry and Refined Rhetoric debated
St Louis Post-Dispatch editors critique Attorney General Mitchell for polishing his image by renaming harsh terms in crime policy. They note his push to replace no knock with quick entry and to drop mafia labels in favor of organized crime, while predicting headlines will ignore the shifts. They observe Italian-Americans protesting FBI characterizations and suggest Mitchell aims for improved public relations.
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Mitchell
District of Columbia
Mafia
Cosa Nostra
Justice Department
Particuarly
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Letters on campus suits and migrant issues in Long Beach
A Long Beach reader questions campus litigation at Ohio State and Washington University arguing students and parents should defend tuition rights against disruptive protests. The letter praises and critiques the NBC Migrant White Paper and Cesar Chavez’s efforts to improve farm workers’ wages, housing, and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
The
National Observer
Washington University
St. Louis
NBC
Florida
Texas
Cesar Chavez
Civil rights hearings show heat and indignant rhetoric
Senate hearings on equal opportunity reveal sharp charges from Leon Panetta and Ruby Martin accusing the White House and southern officials of blocking desegregation. Senators critique IRS rulings on white segregation academies as the hearings stretch through spring rain toward August.
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Washington
Senate Select Committee On Equal Opportunity
Leon Panetta
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
Ruby Martin
Johnson
Nixon
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Internal Revenue Service
Panetta
Gary
Ind
J. Stanley Pottinger
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Sen
Edward A. Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Richardson
Massachusetts
Good earth as viewed at Fiery Run
Fiery Run Virginia residents shift from plowing to grazing on Blue Ridge hills, arguing conservation must be ethical as well as economic. The piece cites Aldo Leopold on viewing land as a shared community and warns current law and incentives still favor destruction unless a broader philosophy of land, property rights, and stewardship changes.
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Fiery Run
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock
Aldo Leopold
University of Wisconsin
Sand County
Pike
Washington
Audubon Society
Aldo Lepold
Books: The African Dricam and The Great Pursuit
Two book notices review The African Dricam by Brian Gardner Putnam 7.95 and The Great Pursuit by Herbert Molloy Mason Jr Random House 8.95. Gardner covers Africa’s imperial race wars explorations and feats. Mason chronicles the Pancho Villa pursuit and US Mexico invasion with bungling heroism and dramatic episodes.
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Brian Gardner
Putnam
Stanley
Livingstone
Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr
Random House
Wilson
U.S
Mexico
Pancho Villa
John J. Pershing
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John Birch Society
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mr. Mitchell
Agnew
Los Alamitos
Walter F. Mondale
Long Beach
McClellan
HEW
Elliot Richardson
Spong
Lou Cannon
Mason-Dixon Line
Mondale
Pottinger
Deep South
James Reston
Gulf
Pacific
Wramaein
Gulltnelfel
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