Riles says California slips on school racial balance
California state schools chief Wilson C. Riles warns the state lags in racial integration, trailing some southern states. He cites a Board of Education survey of 1,110 districts showing blacks as the most concentrated minority while Mexican Americans outnumber them, with over 150,000 Negro pupils.
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Max Rafferty
Berkeley
San Francisco
West Coast dock strike issues stay on table in negotiations
The Dispatcher lists union demands for work guarantees and jurisdiction over container handling as the key points. Talks between the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union and the Pacific Maritime Association proceed at a regular pace with no public report.
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Lompoc Adult School Opens With Broad Course Offerings
The Lompoc Adult School begins next week with classes in art, business, language arts, math, music, civics, safety and vocational subjects at Lompoc High School. Courses include auto engine tuneup aviation ground school electronics and woodworking with options at Vandenberg AFB and UC Extension. Instructors Hal Singer and Bernard McGivney lead the computer courses at Vandenberg and Lompoc USD Edusystem with BASIC programming and Digital Systems Design.
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Dear Abby column highlights deafness and hearing aids
Readers praise Nanette Fabray for sharing her hearing aid use and urge clear speech for the hard of hearing. A nurse recounts a near tragedy from mishearing medication and a teen shares ongoing struggles with hearing loss and social misunderstandings.
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Hamlet to head Solvang Danish Days in 1971
Hamlet the Prince of Denmark will headline the 1971 Danish Days in Solvang September 15 to 18. The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and Solvang Merchants Association stage four open air performances at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $2 and available at Solvang motels, the Hancock College box office, or by mail.
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Hancock College
Fern Storm Weathers Inland Across Texas Returns Heavy Rain
United Press International reports Tropical Storm Fern moved inland over Corpus Christi Texas with winds up to 59 mph and extensive rain. Palacio Texas saw over three inches in six hours while Corpus Christi neared three inches. San Antonio received over an inch and a half. Showers extended along the North Pacific coast with storms in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for parts of Illinois Missouri Kentucky and Indiana. Temperatures ranged from 44 in Grand Forks North Dakota to 96 in Blythe California.
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Accident injuries in bicycle car collision near North Avenue
Rosie Marie Dye, 7, of 817 E Lemon Ave, suffered minor injuries in a collision with a car driven by Jerr Dee Babcock, 16, of 4148 D St. The incident occurred shortly before 7:30 p.m. near North Ave and A St. both vehicles undamaged and Dye returned home without treatment.
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Lemon Ave
Jerr Dee Babcock
D St
North Avenue
Rosie
Rangers clash with Communist forces near DMZ
South Vietnamese Rangers and Black Panther troops engaged North Vietnamese units near the DMZ in Saigon's offensive. The Rangers killed five enemy soldiers in two skirmishes and suffered no casualties. A nearby infantry unit found a dirt track from Laos toward Khe Sanh, with tracks resembling a Soviet T41 tank.
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U.S
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Explosions Cut Power to Belfast as Pylon Falls
Four explosions toppled a 75 foot pylon on Belfast city limits disrupting power across parts of the capital. Police sealed the Donegal Road area after the blast and reported no injuries. British troops clashed with snipers in Ardoyne, wounding two men amid ongoing sectarian violence.
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