California freshmen show higher GPA than national peers
Freshmen entering California state colleges in fall 1968 posted a mean high school GPA of 2.27 and scored 22.3 on the ACT composite. National norms were 2.58 for similar colleges and 2.76 for universities with doctorates, with 19.7 for comparable institutions nationwide. Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke cited the Division of Institutional Research findings.
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Glenn S. Dumke
California System
Colleges’ Division of Institutional Research
California State Colleges
Dumke
L A closes school after unrest at Jefferson High
Jefferson High School with a 2700 student body will be closed today after violence following last week’s Jefferson Crenshaw football game. Dr. Julian Nava said students opposed police on campus claiming pressure from officers. The Los Angeles Board of Education will meet with Police Chief Edward M. Davis to discuss faculty and student concerns.
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Los Angeles
Julian Nava
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Nava
Jefferson- Crenshaw
San Bernardino High Sees Massive Black Boycott
More than half of the 2,350 students at San Bernardino High North were absent on the first day of a Negro boycott sparked by clashes between black and white students. At a Sunday meeting, over 150 black parents supported pulling their children from classes amid ongoing community tensions and school unrest.
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San Bernardino
San Bernardino High
San Gorgonio High School
San Bernardino High North
Vandals Strike Indian Artifact Museum in Los Angeles
Vandals hit the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles for the second time since Wednesday, stealing Indian artifacts valued at 50000 dollars. Police said the breach occurred between Sunday evening and Monday morning, with display cases smashed and alarm wiring bypassed. Items stolen include shrunken heads beads leggings guns tomahawks leather goods and poisoned darts.
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Southwest Museum
Los Angeles
Carl Dentzel
Dixie Diocese Donates 45000 to Black School
In Raleigh North Carolina Episcopal bishop Rt Rev Thomas A Fraser announced that the National Episcopal Church will donate 45000 from its Urban Crisis Program to Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham. The school plans Oct 27 classes in a renovated warehouse with about 40 students ages 15 to 40 pursuing food science architecture engineering teaching and medical fields.
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N.C
National Episcopal Church
Africa
Thomas A. Fraser
Diocese of
North Carolina
Malcolm X Liberation University
Durham
State Employees Vote to Drop No Strike Pledge
California State Employees Association delegates vote 630 to 192 to drop the no strike pledge, a move amid dissatisfaction with Gov. Reagan. Ratification by 188 local chapters is needed to amend the 1960 constitution, with leaders insisting a strike is not imminent and collective negotiations could follow.
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Sacramento
UPS
California State Employes Association
Ronald Reagan
CESA
CSEA
Reagan
Robert Carlson
No Strike Clause Fight Warns of Bold Labor Tactics
John MacKenzie of the California Highway Patrol led opposition to removing the no strike clause. He warned against aggressive tactics and cautioned that leadership must show real muscle or risk losing leverage in negotiations.
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Carlson
Department of Public Works
Sacramento
John MacKenzie
California Highway Patrol
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