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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
3
The U S Office of Education funds experimental education programs under the Cooperative Research Act. Districts may propose kindergarten through 12th grade models with 2000 to 5000 students, fully operable in five years, hoping for radical ideas to improve public education despite high costs.
The piece argues for quality education through reading, writing, and math, plus science. It notes society's distractions, the need for experimentation, and adaptive methods like open and year round schools, cooperative research, grassroots proposals, and even private companies testing schooling models. The public awaits results.
Nine member YPSL delegation met with Sen. Henry M. Jackson in Washington. They praised his liberal pro-labor stance and anti-Communism while noting doubts on Vietnam and civil liberties. Jackson claimed he is not a Socialist and urged flexible troop withdrawals while maintaining global obligations.
Reviewers decry the film Dusty and Sweets McGee as glamorizing drug addiction in Los Angeles. They say close ups of shooting, a rock soundtrack, and syrupy narration serve as a how to manual for junkies. The piece argues government action blocked a similar Doomsday Flight film to avoid harmful influence.
The essay notes that space travel remains hazardous and unreliable yet Apollo 15 astronauts are celebrated for a successful mission. It contrasts heroic survival of machine failure with historic space deaths, praising the crew for their decisive achievement while acknowledging risks and costs of taming space.
The Census Bureau reports the Washington D C metropolitan region had the fastest population growth during the 1960s driven by government as a growth industry. Other regions show declines while demographic shifts raise concerns for the 1970s.
Washington report on John V. Lindsay's dramatic party switch, critiqued as inadequate and inconsistent. It notes Lindsay's long standing civil libertarian stance and attacks on Washington while contrasting support from Javits and other Republicans urging him to remain in the GOP.
The piece argues Nixon maintained a consistent position from 1968 onward, blaming HEW for overreach on busing in Austin and citing a go slow approach to housing and federal mandates. It contends liberal reforms require court action, not Congress, with potential for more Supreme Court influence through future appointments.
In Abidjan and across West Africa France maintains vast sway through finance, banks, airlines, railways, and defense ties. Paris controls education funding and diplomacy while promoting Francophone leadership and gradual Africanization amid growing demand for reduced French influence.
The Monroe News-Star details its classification as an independent daily published in Monroe Louisiana with offices on North 4th and Olive Streets. It lists past publishers from 1929 to 1952, executive editors, and Associated Press affiliation, asserting a stance of independent editorial judgment and advocacy.
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