Cooler look at colleges sparks debate on unrest
California and national higher education faces tempers and tests as governors leaders and educators debate policy. Reagan uses sharp rhetoric while Sperling threatens statewide actions. A panel proposes merging UC and state colleges, opposed by Hitch and Dumke. Overall unrest is real but not a nationwide revolution.
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Postscript on the Post Postscript on the Post
The imminent death of the Saturday Evening Post marks a sad moment for an aging generation who bought it for nickel a copy. The magazine shaped tastes for capitalism, fiction, and popular writers, from Sinclair Lewis to Clarence Budington Kelland, until Madison Avenue displaced it with louder, glossier rivals.
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Thomas Beer
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Filibuster Debate Reopens in Senate By Washington Star
Washington readers face another filibuster cycle as the Senate debates Rule 22 and its limits. The piece notes partisan tensions and ritual lobbying as lawmakers prep for the clash, with analysts weighing impacts on legislative timing and minority rights.
The Filibuster and Rule 22 in American Debate
The piece argues Rule 22 requires two thirds for Senate debate halts and defends minority protections. It cites Franklin on republics, notes majorities cannot govern in key state matters, and asserts two thirds can end filibusters via cloture. It praises constitutional balance and criticizes majoritarian rule as myth.
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Washington Post
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Congress
Black moderates push back in split over autonomous black studies
The New York Times Service reports a division in the Negro civil rights movement as moderates oppose militant calls for autonomous black studies departments and separate black dormitories at San Francisco State College Brandeis University and Queens College. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP warns against autonomous departments funded by tax money, suggesting potential lawsuits. The dispute highlights the demand for student control of curricula budgets and faculty appointments.
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Brandeis University
Queens College
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
University clashes over autonomy and militants split campus leaders
James Reston notes university administrators are trapped between resisting militant demands for autonomy and yielding to moderates seeking peace. He links San Francisco State and Brandeis to a wider national debate, warning that acceptance of black separatism on one campus could trigger similar demands elsewhere, while white leaders also oppose local control in schooling.
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Brandeis
Negro Public Schools of
New York
House votes go computerized to shave time and curb ghost voting
Rep Chet Holifield of California pushes a $250000 plan to install a computerized vote recording system in the House. The system would instantly record roll calls and present a printed record minutes later, using keys or punch cards to reduce counting noses. It could save about 252 hours of staff time annually and cut roll call duration by a third.
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Chet Holifield
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Sidewalk Senate dating survey at Cal State Long Beach
English major Laura Choate and others discuss computer dating. Some say it helps lonely people but many resist matching strangers, preferring traditional dating and personal connection.
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Long Beach
Laura Choate
Fin
Cathy Austin
Helen Hartney
OPEN FORUM LET me quote from a letter L re ceived
A reader cites a December 20 1968 collection notice about paying a medical bill and seeks clarification about owing money. The writer also shares a personal note about social medicine and a separate store purse recovery in Lakewood highlighting honesty and community trust in Long Beach.
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The snippet discusses small squid fisheries concentrated in California and export processing, noting public unfamiliarity with squid’s preparation. It mentions an inaugural committee at the Smithsonian Institution listing hotel assignments for visitors from ten states, but the balls were misinterpreted as accommodations with a brontosaurus. Rep Ray Madden, 80s era, shares a home remedy about gargling whisky to kill germs, warning not to overdo it.
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