Legislators urged to use roll calls over voice votes
Editorial argues voice votes conceal individual positions and erode accountability. It cites State Senator Holmdahl accusing Randolf Collier of letting preferences bias counts on smog bill votes, while Collier denies the charge. The piece calls for roll calls to restore public trust.
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California
John Holmdahl
Oakland
Senate Finance Committee
Tayo
Nicholas Petris
Holmdall
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Holmdahl
Collier
Holmdahl-Collier
Loss of judicial flexibility over 18 year olds in California law
California lawmakers move to raise the legal age in statutes from 21 to 18, removing judicial discretion to commit 18 to 21 year olds to the California Youth Authority. Critics warn confinement in county jail or state prison reduces access to counseling and risks harsher outcomes. The Youth Authority is urged to remain an option, and the Senate urged to amend the bill to restore judicial flexibility.
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California
Assembly
California Youth Authority
Youth Authority
Senate
Militants' Reparations Demand Rejected at NSA Congress
The National Student Association voted 209 to 25 to reject a demand by militant black activists for 22000 in reparations. The incident followed two previous disruptions as black militants stormed the stage, threatening the convention. The parent group had pledged 50000 in reparations two years earlier but paid 28000 due to financial troubles.
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National Student Association
Fort Collins
Colo
National Association of Black Students
Mississippi voting power shifts Southern politics
The Washington Star notes a dramatic rise in Black voter registration from 23,000 to 207,000 in Mississippi and over 3.6 million across the South. It observes Blacks voting within parties, not for separatist aims, and credits federal action in the 1960s for these changes while warning of backsliding if federal enforcement eases. It urges swift Justice Department action against moves to block Black registration.
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Mississippi
Roarin
Ross Barnett
John Bell Williams
Congress
Mississsippi
Justice Department
Long Beach
California
Constanced
Attica Uprising Visuals of Hostile Prison Yard Scene
The article paints Attica Correctional Facility during a major revolt with convicts in No Man's Land near D-Block. Visitors, guards, and inmates mingle under flickering lights as leadership figures address the crowd, while guards and hostages remain behind barriers. Tensions rise with tear gas, helmets, and looming risk as inmates assert control and insist on humane treatment.
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Attica
N.Y
No Man's Land
Attica Correctional Facility
D-Block
HHS
Herb
Cileek
Humon
C-Block
Brother Tip
Cranston argues for selective defense spending and policy clarity
In a letter to the editor he defends measured defense expenditure, urges restraint on wasteful military costs, and asserts that many defense proponents share the goal of U S security and world peace. He cautions against overcomplex rhetoric that obscures the core aim.
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United States
Alan Cranston
U.S
Internment camp letters sought for study book
Editor requests readers’ archival items on World War II relocation camps and Japanese Americans. Seeks correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photos, and newspaper articles to copy and study. materials returned or kept for library use. Mail to South San Francisco Senior High School, 400 B Street, South San Francisco, CA 94090.
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Jaay
U.S
Japan
Military
War Relocation Authority
South San Francisco Senior High School
B Street
South San Francisco
Calif
Ray
Ferguson
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