California committees proliferate. chamber urges records
A California State Chamber of Commerce survey finds 308 boards and commissions with 2,663 members in the executive branch, plus hundreds of advisory panels. It notes 112 new proposed groups, 1,050 members for most, and few with termination dates or cost figures. The chamber urges no new committees without need, a central public record, time limits, and cost accounting.
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California
California State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Indians claim Lassen Natl Park land in warpath stance
The Pit River Indians say they own Lassen National Park and surrounding counties. After a failed takeover attempt, park superintendent Richard Boyer delays the summer opening amid questions of U S government deeds and a disputed 1853 land seizure.
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Pit River
Shasta
Lassen
Modoc
Richard Boyer
United States
Student Speakers Program at CSCLB Campus
Larry Sosowsky, CSCLB Public Relations Commissioner, announces a Student Speakers Program to highlight positive campus activities at Long Beach State. He invites community members to contact the Associated Students Building for involvement and ideas to improve campus community relations.
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Long Beach
CSCLE
Experimental College
Ated
Associated Students
CSCLB
East Seventh Street
Californer
Larry Sosowsky
Nixon loses foothold with GOP in House after veto override
The House veto override of the Hill Burton hospital bill marks a potential turning point in Nixon administration relations with Congress. Republican leaders show cracks and questions about White House communication as Democrats unite on welfare and other issues, signaling tighter presidential control may be harder to sustain.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Congress
Supreme Court
Clement J. Haynsworth
Senate
Gerald Ford
Hill-Burton Hospital
Rep
H. Allen Smith
Calif
Rules Committee
Smith
Glendale
California
Charles 8. Gubser
Gilroy
White House
Gubser
Eisenhower
Nixon administration labeled a paper tiger on desegregation
In Senate testimony NAEs George D Fisch er accuses the Nixon administration of delaying desegregation policy. Paul Billing cites district delays, Mississippi tax exemptions for white academies, and unclear White House policy. Leonard vows action on 60 southern districts while HEW cites 183 compliance gaps amid a volatile national debate.
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Washington
George D. Fischer
National Education Association
Senate
Nixon
South
Paul Billing
HEW
Atlanta
Mississippi
White House
Leonard
Arkansas
Florida
North
South Carolina
Texas
Fourth Circuit Court
F of Appeals
Charlotte
N.C
Supreme Court
Merhige
Sudden Endings and Other Excerpts From Notable Books
Book notices review several works including Sudden Endings by Vin Packer, Baseball An Informal History by Douglass Wallop, A Certain World by W H Auden, An Eye for an Eye by Griswold et al., and The Characters of La Bruyere translated by Stewart. The excerpts summarize themes of death, sports history, autobiographical diction, prison life, and French satire.
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Vin Packer
Fawcell Gold Medal Books
Ernest Hemingway
Virginia Woolf
Hart Crane
Marilyn Monroe
Defense Forrestal
Diana Barrymore
John Barrymore
Douglass Wallop
Bantam
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Mets
LA Bruyere
Jean Stewart
Penguin
Jean de la Bruyere
Louis XIV
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Lassen National Park
Boyer
Disneyland
Neyland
Lou Cannon
Eyadiente
Vella Dent
Tom Wicker
John Mitchell
Rasputin
Jerris Leonard
State of
Fischer
R. R. Merhige
W. H. Auden
Viking
Auden
H. Jack Griswold
Mike Misenheimer
Art Powers
H. Tromanhauser
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Indiana State Prison
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