Editorial on pensions and teacher funding burden
A state editorial analyzes the $5 billion shortfall in the State Teachers Retirement System and proposed teacher contributions of 8 percent of salary funded by taxpayers for 30 years. It critiques legislators’ pension generosity, including reapportionment bonuses of $6.6 million, and urges raising lawmakers’ own pension contributions to level the field with teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Schmidt
State Bureau
Assemblyman
B. Richard Barnes
San Diego
Barnes
Legislative Pension Plan
California
Penny post card crusade spurs renewed debate in Congress
Rep. Gonzalez proposes returning to the penny post card to ease rising rates for the poor. The plan recalls Vice President Marshall’s quip that a five cent cigar would help the country, suggesting Gonzalez may not achieve quick success in reviving the one cent card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Gonzalez
New Era of Opportunity in Nixon State of the Union
Manchester Guardian editors weigh Nixon's State of the Union as a bid for a future two years. They note welfare reform, government reorganization, national park improvements, and revenue sharing, while doubting Congress will pass measures and blaming a Democratic majority if they stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Drawings of William Blake 92 Pencil Studies
Book feature listing two titles from Collier Books and Dover. Blake drawings span sketches to drafts with notes on Job, Divine Comedy, Milton and Shakespeare. Nat Turner slave narratives anthology presents confessions and slave life stories from 1788 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blake
Geoffrey Keynes
Dover
Blake
Job
Milton
Shakespeare
John I. Bayliss
Collier Books
Nat Turner
Moods rise and fall like skirts in national politics
The piece argues that despite shifting moods among universities and communities, fundamental policies of Washington and rivals remain steady. It notes the war and economy persist, with propaganda adjusted but goals intact, and mulls the impact of new voters aged 18 to 21 on the 1972 election, urging youth mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moscow
Peking
Nixon
Saigon
Hanoi
Indochina
Wall Street
Supreme Court
John Kennedy
Long Beach Letters Discuss Theater Plans and School Policy
Readers comment on Noel Swann's Fracy Theater piece and the Civic Light Opera dream in Long Beach. They contrast a new Downey Theater visit with a bid for regional cultural growth, urge tax and welfare reform, and critique local editorial stances on education, governance, and public policy. The letters mention Long Beach, Bellflower, Governor Reagan, and Lakewood with references to cultural funding and school curriculums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Swann
Fracy Theater
Jacqueline MacFadden
Long Beach
Civic Light Opera
Downey Theater
Angela Davis
Reagan
Nixon
Long Beach Unified School District
Mike Wheeler
Lakewood
Tom Cosgrove
Rafferty
Wogan
Purcinski
Biddle
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Thomas Riley Marshall
U.S. Senate
Henry FB. Gonzalez
Texas
Thomas Marshall
Manchester Guardian
England
TRE
New York
United States
Senate
Laos
James Reston
Vietnam
Downey
Bellflower
George Robeson
Barry F. Singer
Patrick Henry
Harry Frishman
IPT
Pucinski
Assemblyman Biddle
Riverside
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