Stanford suspends English professor amid campus clashes
Stanford University chief Richard Lyman suspends associate professor H Bruce Franklin with pay after he allegedly urged disruptive acts. A court order bars 16 others from similar conduct as Stanford endures a tumultuous February 10 marked by occupied facilities, injuries, and calls for tenure protections amid ongoing debate over free speech and campus dissent.
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Stanford University
Richard W. Lyman
Hayakawa
H. Bruce Franklin
Franklin
Lyman
Stanford
Henry Cabot Lodge
Stanford Nitwit Corps
Peking University
California principal splits fourth to sixth grades by gender
Elk Grove Unified School District principal Donald Cooks separated 65 boys from 65 girls in grades four to six citing behavior gaps in coed classrooms. He says girls stay quiet and attentive while boys are restless, arguing single sex groups give girls more attention and better freedom to learn.
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California
Education U
Boyle's Column: Miscellany on Health Spending Elephants and More
HAL BOYLE collects quick flashes on modern life from hospital stays to rising costs, dental cavities, and a Smattering of quotes. The column riffs on federal spending, records, wildfowl decoys hobbies, and playful anecdotes about elephants and space dust.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U. S
Congressional Record
Uncle Sam
U.S
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John F. Kennedy
John Philip Sousa
James Thurber
Lord Byron
Joseph Addison
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mary Wortley Montagu
Winston Churchill
Africa
India
Earth
Space
TWU Researchers Help Set Mattress Fire Standards
Dr. Esther Broome of Texas Woman's University leads 16 textile specialists in a National Bureau of Standards and ASTM study to develop fire resistance standards for mattresses under the Flammable Fabrics Act. Tests compare urethane latex and cotton core mattresses with various surfaces using five cigarettes to gauge ignition.
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Denton , Tex
Texas Woman’s University
TWU
Esther Broome
U.S
National Bureau of Standards
American Society For Testing and Materials
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Broome
Washington
TWA
Ress
New Stature for Word Training
A Census Bureau report shows explosive growth in education among Americans over 30 years. College degree holders among young adults rose from 6 to 16 percent since 1940, while those with any college rose from 13 to 31 percent.
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Census Bureau
U.S. Office of Education
Irving Goldstein
Charron-Williams Systems, Inc
Southeast
Goldstein
Behold, Happy Is the Man Who God Reproves Quote
A devotional line cites Job 5 17 on divine reproval and the secret of happiness. It adds a James Barrie quotation about finding joy in duties. The two quotes frame moral reflection on acceptance and resolve.
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Job
James Barrie
A New Attack on Old Bureaucracy by Ray Cromley
Cromley argues for a Federal Executive Service proposal tied to Nixon that would place 7 000 supergrade officials under three year contracts allowing shifting across posts. The plan preserves Civil Service protections while enabling executive turnover though it faces congressional amendment and delayed impact.
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Washington
NBA
U.S
Congress
White House
Nixon
Congress Manly
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Civil Service
U.S. Supreme Court
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State Supreme Court
Cameron County
High Court
Harris County Iron and Metal
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lubbock
Texas
John Tower
City of
Austin
Travis County
San Antonio
Bexar County
Tax plan eyes big sales hike in Texas budget battle
Lawmakers push first major tax showdown as House Revenue and Tax Committee advances a revenue sharing measure. Proposed boosts include sales tax to four percent, plus new taxes on repairs, amusements, hotels, phones and more to fund a record budget.
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Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
House Revenue and Tax Committee
House
Senate
Gus Mutscher
Revenue and Tax Committee
Rep
Ben Atwell
Dallas
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