State Department briefings outline global stance and aims
A San on the West Coast briefing presents U S positions on Vietnam Cambodia Africa the Middle East and Asia. Officials stress nonterritorial aims support for self determination and willingness to accept a Communist victory if democratically chosen. They note China Soviet influence and economic growth as key factors and call for a flexible long range diplomacy with less forceful promotion of democracy.
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State Department
Sanala
Cambodia
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Africa
Ussr
Red China
W. Beverly Carter Jr
Mideast
Mediterranean
Churchill
Europe
NATO
Fit Guihed
Oll
Western
China
South
South Africa
Lisbon
View of Society and Works by Herman Hesse
A roundup of cultural items notes Robert Owen and his New Harmony colony influence, along with Hesse poems translated into English and recent writings on race by Stanley Garn. It highlights books from Farrar Straus and Giroux and Charles C. Thomas with brief blurbs on content and themes.
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Robert
Owen
Pelican
Stanley M. Garn
Charles C. Thomas
Letters to the Editor: No fines preferred in schools
Readers debate fines for library books and critique municipal inspectors. Clara B. Josselyn argues overdue fines are wasteful and ineffective, while Roy E. Babcock condemns safety inspections as costly coercion. Joel Rogers defends U.S. policy in Cambodia and recalls historical context.
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Massachusetts
Freeman argues education gains vs defense in US policy
Roger Freeman, Nixon aide and Hoover Institution economist, cites data to urge that American education funding has grown far faster than defense. He notes education spending expanded fivefold in real terms over 18 years, while defense cuts and social spending rises boosted HEW funding, arguing education secures priority even amid fiscal tightening.
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Roger Freeman
Nixon
Hoover
Stanford
Freeman
Seattle
Mr. Freeman
Calls for smarter funding over bigger school budgets
Russell Kirk argues that rapid expansion of school spending risks national security and fails to improve standards. He cites failed federal programs, notes districts like Washington and Los Angeles vary in results, and recalls a rural bond vote for an expensive pool that was rejected.
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Los Angeles
Rational English reform and the to be conjugation
A commentary arguing substandard language is more efficient than standard forms. It praises a single universal conjugation for be and mocks English spelling irregularities. Cites Roosevelt Taft reforms and historic press reactions as examples of public resistance to spelling changes.
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Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Government Printing Office
Taft
New York Sun
Roosevelt
THE
Chicago Tribune
R. McCormick
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Farstar, Straus and Giroux
James Wright
America
Hesse
Garni
White House
Long Beach
Johnny
Clara B. Josselyn
Department of Building and Safety
George Robeson
Benjamin Spock
Robeson
Sihanoukville
Gulf of Siam
Laos
United ‘States
Pham Phieh
Kennedy
Johnson
Joel Rogers
Crry
Russell Kirk
New York
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Dren
S. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
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