Editorial on History Teaching and Presentism in Schools
The piece argues that many high schools neglect history for current events and practical subjects due to legislators and boards prioritizing practicality. It cites presentism, funding shifts, and a lack of historical context, urging university historians to align with high schools and lawmakers to preserve the past as essential to understanding the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization of American Historians
Winois
Humphrey Nelson to hold hearings on federal form pollution
Senator Hubert Humphrey and Senator Gaylord Nelson plan hearings on what they call a federal form of pollution. They cite annual costs of 18 billion dollars to small business and to government for filling out and processing forms. They argue excessive paperwork threatens small business and overall economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Gaylord Nelson
Humphrey
United States
Three cheers for the beautiful Orange County buses
A letter praises Orange County buses as attractive and comfortable with free rides for seniors and courteous drivers. The writer recalls a helpful driver who retrieved schedules, praising courtesy still alive amid modern indifference.
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Orange County
Leisure World
Orange Mall
Long Beach
Coral A. Hart
Fouling the air by smokers and nonsmoker rights
A viewpoint argues that nonsmokers have a right to clean air while smokers should smoke in designated areas. The writer criticizes smokers for not considering others and notes frustration in public spaces like coffee shops and restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrence Fitzpatrick
Long Beach
Controversy on patriotic stamps and space age devices
The letter writer ridicules stamps claiming Made in USA for guns and warheads aboard space satellites and ponders historical relics from plywood planes to antique ships. He questions British humor and notes a mock title Queen City while imagining a public Spruce Goose as a stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ford
Europe
United States of America
U.s.9.a
Queen City
Mao Invites Nixon to Visit China as Private Citizen
Former president Richard Nixon has received a private invitation from Mao Zedong to return to China for a visit in Pek ing. Nixon, writing his memoirs at San Clemente, has not accepted, aiming to finish the manuscript before any trip.
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Washington
Mao Tse-tung
Richard Nixon
China
Mao
Grand Panjandrum
Nixon
Old Forbidden City
Imperial Court
Peking
Post Mao Chinese power struggle tests Helsinki pledge
The report outlines rising tensions in China as post Mao leadership struggles unfold. It notes Hangchow clashes, army purges, and shifts toward Teng’s influence, while concerns grow about Soviet and Chinese frontier realignments and the Baltic region diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngatt
China
Russia
Peking
Moscow
Paria
Kremlin
Mao -Tse-tung
Chou
Defense
Lin Piao
Wang Hung-wen
Feng Haiao-ping
Hangchow
Nanking
People's Libération Army
Tangus
Shanghai
Miilitiasa
Wang
Teng
Choi
Great Tall
Lin
Uss.s.r
Bastern
Bov
Helsinki
Senator Soaper and the missing restaurant paper mat
A fragment notes a boy and his parents visiting a restaurant that lacked a paper place mat showing franchised units. The text hints at details about location and branding but provides no clear facts or names beyond a generic reference to a senator and a restaurant.
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Glee Club
Feds
Park Estates
Bixby Till
Board of Education
R. M. Johnson
ERI
Kelley
CIA
ITT
FBI
Patty Hearst
Patty
Pally
Stalin
Hitler
Louis A. Marcotte
Agriculture’ Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Susan
Topeka
Susan Ford
Topeka Daily Capital
Congress
Hoover
National Park Service
Herbert Hoover
Park ‘Service
West Branch
Iowa
Des Moines
Je Wagner
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Cere
Stockholm
Ae Boal
Senator Soaper
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