Editorial on college speech freedom and public debate
The piece argues that American democracy is best defended by allowing adversarial voices like Eldridge Cleaver and William Shockley to speak on campus. It notes Cleaver faced no riots and Shockley was driven from a Sacramento State platform, urging colleges to be peaceful battlegrounds for ideas and warning against restricting speech.
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California
University
Max Rafferty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sacramento State College
Cleaver
Karl Marx
William Shockley
Stanford University
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Shackley
Nabel
James Brinham
National Review
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Mr. Tehnquist
Editors weigh comeback of corsets and girdles for women
The pieces across publications debate a revived demand for foundation garments as fashion trends push toward fitted dresses. Editors note a potential clash with shifting female independence, while a Newsday survey shows many women across ages resisting a return to restrictive attire.
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New York City
Seventh Avenue
Shidson
Newsday
Dummy middlemen drain off profits from federal housing
A Senate subcommittee finds that identity of interest subcontracts enable builders in federally funded low cost housing to siphon profits through artificial firms. The scheme raises mortgage costs, inflates debt, and shifts most risk to taxpayers as the program expands nationally. Interior Secretary Morton apologizes to the Paiute Indians over an Reno meeting disruption tied to water rights.
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Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Florida
Cial
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tampa
George Romney
Interior
Rogers Morton
Morton
Robert Stitser
Reno
Interior Department
Pyramid Lake
Stitser
R. J. Paiford
John Findley
Justice Department
Campaign-fund bill deemed unsound in Senate debate
Washington observers note the debate over a tax funded presidential campaign amendment reveals deep distrust between Republicans and Democrats. The Pastore provision seeks to clarify voluntary political spending limits while leaving enforcement weak, potentially advantaging incumbents and failing to curb corporate influence. The bill now heads to a House-Senate conference with critics predicting broader disrepute for national financing.
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Magnuson
Mr. A
Nixon
Senate
Hense Senate
Washington
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Democratic
Conservatives Split On Prayer Amendment And Other Issues
Conservatives disagree on issues like the prayer amendment in public schools and the SST subsidy. Some strong, credentialed conservatives oppose, while others support. The split reflects independence in applying principles to specific cases within shared beliefs.
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China
Central Board
Congress
House
Letters defend Jordan High School pride and sports merit
A Long Beach reader praises Jordan High School amid boundary disputes, arguing football is not the sole measure of value and highlighting Jordan's recent championships in wrestling, track, tennis, and baseball, plus academic honors and invitations for Lakewood visitors.
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Jordan High School
Lakewood
Jordan
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