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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1971
Page
6
Editorial argues colleges must provide due process in disciplinary actions with charges timely disclosed and impartial hearings. It notes Long Beach students seeking open hearings face legal questions about confidentiality and public access, and urges resolving the issue through legal channels rather than campus confrontation.
Students in Oregon plan to allocate college fees to finance consumer and environmental watchdog work through OSPIRG with about 150000 dollars yearly for lawyers scientists engineers and lobbyists. A national expansion could mobilize eight million students in two thousand colleges if allowed by administrators and lawmakers. The piece urges voluntary contributions rather than mandatory funding to ensure accountability and integrity in student activism.
Editors critique the stalled national environment effort, noting seven bills submitted with none passed, leadership doubts at Interior and EPA heads, and the failure of the 1969 act to deter pollution. The piece warns that rhetoric outpaces action, with rivers imperiled and future costs rising while priorities remain unchanged.
Jonathan B Gingham and Alfred Mc Bingham Warku examine crime drugs racism and youth problems urging creative innovation and participatory democracy for a better system in a 1971 almanac yearbook. Includes articles by Muskie Pankin and Commager on environmental housing and foreign policy.
Washington notes the Romney housing speech sketches a future where two thirds of homes are factory produced, costs fall through shorter building times, and land tax changes ease prices. Charts show land and construction costs rising 30.8 and 21.7 percent 1967 70, while monthly ownership rose 56.9 percent. mortgage interest drove much of the jump.
National Bureau Chief William Broom notes that while 1967 and 1970 house prices rose modestly, mortgage interest costs climbed sharply, nearly doubling. He argues that borrowing costs, not land or construction, drive housing inflation and critiques HUD for not pushing rate restraints. Romney cites lack of appropriation steps for a 7 percent loan subsidy program.
White House staff describe President Nixon with pleasant, generous talk on his 58th birthday while insiders reveal a mix of sadness and insistence in official praise. George Shultz, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is cited as a symbol of integrity in the administration.
James Reston notes a split view on Nixon: insiders see a calm, diligent leader pursuing ideals, while outsiders witness public contradictions and partisan rhetoric. The tension arises from differing perceptions of ends versus means, with trusted aides believing in him yet public doubt persisting.
Long Beach writer argues education is a cornerstone of free society and supports a small tax to improve conditions. The writer, Katherine Tingler, criticizes past Democratic presidents and contrasts war and prosperity under Democrats with deflation and recessions under Republicans, predicting voters face a choice in 1972.
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