New commission meets to tailor California schools
California state schools chief Wilson Riles opened the newly formed 36 member Commission on Reform of Intermediate and Secondary Education in Los Angeles. The panel will seek to identify problems and propose fast solutions to meet the needs of the minority of students not being served, including exploring outside learning experiences and student as client concepts. The Board has not authorized the commission yet, and rapid implementation is urged.
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Grand Jury urges reform of school curricula to boost reading
The County Grand Jury calls for major curriculum changes in four inner city high schools after a report showing more than half of 1873 graduates were nonreaders. It cites 1398 nonreaders out of 2495 and urges enrollment cuts, better teachers, and expansion of remedial and alternative programs to raise reading skills and reduce dropouts and crime.
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Balky SLA witness sent back to jail
In San Francisco a 24 year old Oakland woman Cynthia Garvey and 20 year old San Francisco man Paul Halverson faced contempt charges before U S District Judge Alfonso J Zirpoli for defying grand jury questions about the Symbionese Liberation Army SLA case The judge ordered Garvey back to jail and allowed Halverson to remain free after he agreed to answer questions ahead of a Thursday reconvened grand jury session The pair had been jailed in May for contempt and freed pending appeal which was rejected on June 27 The grand jury probes the SLA April 15 San Francisco bank robbery and February 4 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst
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Simpson 94th Birthday Ends With 294th Arrest at Capitol
SACRAMENTO UP I Robert H Simpson the wispy gray haired dean of state Capitol protesters marked his 94th birthday with another arrest after a tense exchange with two state police officers He vowed to keep fighting and raise hell in the year ahead while cake bearing a dedication to him was shared with curious tourists Simpson has long staged picketing protests at the Capitol railing against state officials and political candidates in a ritual that ends in his transport to jail and release the cycle repeating over the years
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Four Bay Area Firms Targeted in Antipollution Suit
The federal government filed lawsuits in U S District Court against Allied Chemical Corp Imperial West Chemical Corp General American Transportation Co and Willard Schoenfeld Inc over discharges into San Francisco Bay. The actions seek injunction penalties and corrective steps with potential 10000 a day fines for past discharges and separate complaints for each incident.
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