Editorial on IQ tests misuse by CRLA lawsuit in California
California Rural Legal Assistance sues to end group intelligence tests in schools arguing bias favors middle class white children. The piece warns against discarding tools and urges teacher education to use IQ scores correctly rather than eliminating tests.
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California
CRLA
Declining logorrhea and a silent campaign era
A columnist critiques modern discourse noting graphorrhea as excessive writing by omission. It contrasts politicians and public figures like Duane Thomas and Howard Hughes with a media landscape that favors saying nothing while ink flows. The piece urges authorship and accountability amid springtime distractions.
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America
Eugenia Macdonald
Independent Press- Telegram
Duane Thomas
Dallas
Shirley Povich
Washington Post
Maovies in Paris spotlight Maoist cinema from China
Paris critics assess three Communist China films led by The Construction of the Nanking Bridge on the Yangtze River. The works present Maoist education over Western style storytelling, praising revolutionary themes, with limited cinematic value and notable political propaganda.
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Mao
Leo the Lion
MGM
Tse-tung
Nanking
Yangtze River
China
Paris
West
Mac
Nanking Bridge
Jean de Baroncelli
le Monde
Reform Stirs Grumbling in Congress
Washington based report notes that a year of voting reform in the House has cut absenteeism and forced members to attend and vote on amendments. Critics say the change intrudes on routine practices, requiring more time in the chamber and exposing members to debates they consider irrelevant. A House study group finds most teller votes last year covered major issues like war, school busing, the draft and appropriations.
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Yarville
Hainan Island
Hollywood School of Choreography
Ayol
House
Hose
Boston Globe
Muskie
Muskie Faces Tough New Hampshire Test in 1968 Primary
In Manchester New Hampshire the Muskie campaign faces a fragile edge as polls show potential rivals McGovern Yorty Mills Kennedy and others could claw into his expected win. Analysts warn Muskie may win poorly or lose ground in his own backyard, threatening his frontrunner status across the early contests.
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New Hampshire
Ed Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Vance Hartle
Indiana
Loeb
Edward Kennedy
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Florida
Lindsay-McGovern
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Inllinois
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