Editorials Questions on override raise concerns in Long Beach
A flood of letters endorsing and opposing the Long Beach school override tax proposal prompts questions about the present rate and site. The panel argues the current rate, planned increases, and potential state aid, urging voters to approve the modest override to prevent economic decline and preserve strong schools.
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Long Beach
California
Ronald Reagan
Long Beach Mars
Winifred Waters
California lawmakers face per diem shifts and tax quirks
Californians who grumble about higher per diem for legislators from 25 to 30 should be grateful the allowance didn’t reach 21.25. The State Board of Control briefly set it at 30 in August 1969, then reduced to 25 to avoid federal tax accounting. Congress later raised to 31.25 with no accounting, reinstating a 5 boost costing about 100,000 annually statewide.
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State Board of Control
Supreme Court
Sacramento
Board of Control
Letters to the Editor on Long Beach schools tax and reform
Readers raise concerns on school taxes and inflation in Long Beach. Floyd Gills, Paul Klonsky, and others urge honest accounting, student voice, and reform rather than merely increasing funding. They recount access to channels, governance by principals, and calls for peaceful change.
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L. A. Collins
Long Beach Floyd Gills
Long Beach Unified School District
Board of Education
LBUSD
John F. Kennedy
Long Beach
Paul Klonsky
Millikan High School
America
Lakewood
William B. Conerly
Lakewood High School
Midterm report cards for famous political offspring
The lettered notices review midterm performance of several notable youths including Dick and Teddy Kennedy Spiro and Hubert. It quotes headmasters advising better social engagement study tutoring and closer parental guidance while noting a few students varying attitudes toward class and public life. The missives reference families in Washington D C and Minnesota and mention broader concerns about future careers and conduct.
Henry Kissinger at Harvard A playful faculty note
A satirical classroom item describes Henry Kissinger at Harvard with classmates calling him Professor Kissinger. It jokes about his high placement in government circles, daily lunches with a pretty girl, and a mock debate over changing his major from diplomacy to sanitation.
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Rose Kennedy
Teddy
William P. Rogers
Bill
Wiliam P. Rogers
Muskies
Maine
Edmund
Russia
Arabia
McGoverns
South Dakota
George
United States
Henry
Kissinger
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Katherine Cranston
State
Helene Carlson
City College
William M. Hendricks
Congress
Educaion
Youngstown
Ohio
Albert H. Harris JR
Long Beach Vets Hospital
Surgeon General
American Cancer Society
American TB Association
American Heart Association
American Medical Association
Iowney
Dick and
Hubert
Washington
Franky
Henry Kissinger
Baltimore
Spiro
Minnesota
Russell Baker
Harvard
Hitchhiker
Lovers Lane
Independent, Press-Telegram
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