Debate on Black Studies and Apartheid Echoes Across Campuses
A debate on black studies questions militant demands for segregation while acknowledging its value. Princeton professor Arthur Lewis notes only 2 percent of top jobs are held by Blacks and 4 percent in middle posts, arguing studies must remain an academic pursuit. John Hatch warns that extreme demands resemble South African apartheid rhetoric, urging Black students to push for legitimate scholarship and avoid dead ends.
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Arthur Lewis
Princeton
Lewis
TIHS
America
Black Studies Crusade
John Hatch
Hatch
United States
South Africa
Long Beach Beaches Draw Millions and City Pride
Long Beach beaches attract an estimated 17 million visitors this summer despite cool early season weather. The city’s shoreline improvements, free public parking, and well maintained sands support statewide benefits and mass appeal. Oil discharges and shipping traffic threaten water quality, urging stricter contractor oversight. Thousands of residents have not visited the beach in years, missing the city’s renewed front yard.
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Long Beach
Navy
Letter to the editor a tardy stringer James Reston replies
James Reston replies to editor Bemis defending late hour copy and clarifying his Executive Editor role. He jokes about being executed daily and notes he oversees daily news seven days a week and various sections. A separate note from Long Beach thanks the Fair Housing Foundation for a $23,000 donation.
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James Reston
New York Times
Reston
Times
Daily News Report
Fair Housing Foundation
Long Beach
Jenkins
Letter Policy Requires Full Signature for Letters
The rule states that any letter to the editor must be signed with the writer’s full name and address. If printed, initials may be used only where a full signature would endanger the writer’s safety or risk serious crank calls.
Guess how big trucks will grow
A fragmentary early mid sentence passage discusses the challenges drivers face passing a tractor trailer in foul weather. It hints at the growing size of trucks and the impact on motorists on the road. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or named entities.
Interstate highway truck size limits debate resumes
A House subcommittee revisits a bill to raise width and weight limits for interstate highways. Proponents say larger trucks reduce freight costs while opponents warn of safety and bridge impacts. Current norms and state usage vary, with 65 to 75 foot length comparisons. advocates seek a permissive federal act allowing state decisions.
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House
Tay
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
American Association of State Highway Officials
AASHO
Oregon
Nevada
Iowa
Bureau of Public Roads
McCarthy’s quiet bid shifts 1968 Democratic race
In 1968 the Democratic contest shook the nation as Nixon neared the nomination while Johnson faced Vietnam policy doubts. Minnesota’s Eugene McCarthy emerged with a low key challenge that unsettled the White House, even as Robert F. Kennedy’s momentum intensified the party’s division and peril.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Chicago
United States
Minnesota
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert #. Kennedy
Humphrey
Martin Luther King
Republic
George Wallace
Nixon
Teddy White's 1968 History Seen Through Biases
The Making of the President 1968 is examined for Teddy White's bias and passion. It notes White leans toward Nixon and Kennedy while critiquing McCarthy and Johnson has a sad figure, with Rockefeller and Humphrey favored by the author. The Oregon primary and the overall 1968 election arc are discussed.
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Teddy White
Teddy
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
McCarthy
Kennedy
White
Seaboard
Hamsphire
California
Oregon
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Nelson Rockefeller
Hubert Humphrey
Rockefuller
Teddy White’s 1968 Nixon portrait earns fair treatment
The review praises Teddy White for his narrative skill in the 1968 account, noting he treats Nixon with growing fairness. It highlights White’s conflicts over sources and claims about Nixon and Chennault, adds that the author’s mounting respect shifts toward peace as a goal.
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Teddy White
Nixon
Robert Finch
John Tower
Orlando
Fla
Sen
Stromp Thurmond
Atlanta
White
Spiro Agnew
Miami
Agnew
America
Richard Nixon
Sidewalk Senate Opinions on Tans and Attractiveness
A group including Linda Martinez and Robert Palcon discusses tanning and its effect on appearance. Responses vary by person, with some praising tanning for enhancing features and confidence while others caution about crowding out pale complexions. Several interviewees note summer tans, personal preferences, and varying beauty standards across skin tones.
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Times Square
Mr. Bemis
James Kilpatrick
Senate
Shes
Nick Thimmesch
Bobby Kennedy
Cross
Boston
Kennedys
Sir Harry Lauder
Rockefeller
White Clams Hummshrey
Amma Chan Chennault
China
South Vietnam
Paris
Linda Martinez
Robert Palcon
Swecter
Marcio Potta
Igo
With Don Kirkland
Pat Coelho
Bulalan
Patricia Bullard
Richard Johnson
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