Editorial An honor and a challenge for Atlanta schools
The piece congratulates Dr. Alonzo A. Crim on becoming Atlanta’s first black school superintendent after his impactful Compton tenure since 1969. It praises his leadership in restoring order and tailoring programs to pupils, acknowledges the city’s tension amid demographic change, and notes Crim’s Harvard recognition and imminent challenge to advance peace and educational success in Atlanta.
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Alonzo A. Crim
Atlanta
Crim
Georgia City
Compton
Assemblyman Objects to Student Fee Spending Across Campuses
San Pedro Assemblyman Vincent Thomas denounces mandatory student fees as spent on an ultraliberal economics center in San Diego, a student-run experimental college in Long Beach, and a patio boat incentive plan for dining staff. He argues funds are not illegal but misallocated and suggests baring mandatory fees. students could control or abolish them via electing officials.
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Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
San Diego
Long Beach
Assemblyman
Thomas
Assemblyman Thomas
West Coast
Dean poses new threat to Nixon
Washington reports that John Dean’s testimony added gravity to Watergate revelations, showing direct White House involvement in the cover up. Senators Ervin and Baker pressed for the President’s own account as the committee sought answers.
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Washington
John Dean
Dean
White House
Sam Ervin Jr
North Carolina
Howard Baker Jr
Tennessee
Nixon
Ervin
Baker
H.R. Haldeman
John
Ehrlichman
Senate
Dean testimony fuels White House probe and spurs multiple inquiries
Dean’s sworn statements accuse the White House of directing political spying and pressuring the IRS to target opponents. Senators Ervin and other investigators press for constitutional violations amid revelations of a White House intelligence unit linked to Watergate. Further probes target tax audits and potential intimidation of witnesses as the Nixon era investigations widen.
California Senators seek cost data on Navy closings
California Senators Cranston and Tunney plan to ask Roy Ash for the price of closing California Navy installations, transferring ships from Long Beach, and related costs including housing for San Diego based families and schools for Navy children. They recall testimony saying decisions were made with input from the Office of Management and Budget.
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California
Alan Cranston
John V. Tunney
Roy Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Navy
Long Beach
San Diego
Ash
Defense
William Clements
Craig Hosmer
Glenn Anderson
Cranston
Tunney
Jerome Waldie
Barry Gollwater, Jr
Jane Tolmach
Oxnard
Frank Sanders
Naval Operations
Elmo Zumwall
Robert C. Gooding
Ships Systems Command
Walter D. Gaddis
Congress
Rep
Waldie
Defense Department
Waldic
White House
Cranston and
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Symington
Rep. Hosmer
Refense
Chief of Naval Operations
Sen. Cranston
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Gurney
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FBI
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Bebe Rebozo
Joint Tax Committee of Congress
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Lowell Weicker Jr
Connecticut
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D.ney
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Massachusetts
Mr. Sanders
Alameda
Pearl Harbor
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Navy Department
Rep. Hossier
Long Beach Naval Base
Naval Station
Adm. Zumwalt
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Zumwalt
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Chaffee
Warner
San Bickony
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Melvin Laird
Laird
Syntvgton
Hunter's Point
Japan
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