NAACP Plans Appeal Over San Fernando Valley State Convictions
The NAACP will appeal the 20 of 21 students convicted on conspiracy and felony charges for seizing two buildings during the November 1968 Los Angeles campus protests at San Fernando Valley State College. Roy Wilkins called the verdict unprecedented and said similar cases saw fines or reduced charges.
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San Fernando Valley State College
Roy Wilkins
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Mark Brandler
Crisis in College Enrollment Blocks 10000 Youth
Education editor Ralph Hinman Jr. reports a California State Colleges enrollment crisis with about 10 000 qualified students turned away this fall. Legislative subcommittees hear testimony urging immediate action to admit students in spring and discuss funding reforms, class sizes, and campus resource use.
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A. Alan Post
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Reagan Names Four to Education Council
Gov Ronald Reagan appointed two business executives and two college officials to the Coordinating Council for Higher Education. Named were Charles F. Horne of Pomona, Robert G. Tuck of Hillsborough, Elton D. Phillips of USC, and Dr M Norvel Young of Pepperdine. Patterson N Hyndman of La Mesa was renamed to the council.
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Coordinating Council For Higher Education
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Pomona
Robert G. Tuck
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Elton D. Phillips
University of Southern California
Dr. M. Norvel Young
Pepperdine College
Patterson N. Hyndman
la Mesa
Council
Militant Students Threaten New Conformity, Hitch Warns
UC President Charles J. Hitch told a San Francisco audience at a Hoover Institution event that student militancy could push campuses toward conformity. He argued that academic freedom is limited to integrity and not free rein to indoctrinate or present private opinions as university policy.
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UPI
University of California
Charles J. Hitch
Hitch
Ousted UC Leader Aims to Resume Office at Berkeley
Dan Siegel, 23, UC Berkeley law student, says Chancellor Heyns will reinstate him as student body president elect. Siegel was acquitted of inciting riot after being barred from office due to the People’s Park riot on May 15 near Sproul Plaza. Siegel seeks a meeting with Heyns as the chancellor considers disciplinary probation recommendations.
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Dan Siegel
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Heyns
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Misreading of American history on reform and violence
A quoted line argues that asserting violence, or its threat, was the sole path to reform is a fantastic misreading of American history. It contrasts reform movements driven by nonviolent means with violent methods.
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