Editorial calls for tackling hidden racism in state jobs
The piece argues that indirect discrimination against Negroes persists in California state employment, with higher job qualifications and slow promotions. It supports Assemblyman Hayes’s report and recommends data reporting, test revisions, broader minority recruitment, and removal of barriers to create a fair system for all Californians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hayes
Long Beach
Greene
Hayes
Alayes
Congressman's plan to shield birds with refuge at Seal Beach
Huntington Harbour residents join Anaheim Bay supporters in opposing the Pacific Coast Freeway through Southern California marshlands. Rep Craig Hosmer backs federal wildlife refuge at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to block highway access, arguing for environmental protection and public welfare.
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Craig
Hosmer
Pacific Oast
Anaheim Bay
Huntington Harbour
Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
Craig Hosmer
Navy
Letters to the editor on pesticides and schooling policy
In a controversial letter, Dr Norman Borlaug is cited arguing for heavy pesticide use and government funding for research while warning against environmental collapse. The writer questions this stance, cites cancer and developmental risks from pesticides, and asks if such use truly prevents famine and chaos. A second reader from Lakewood urges delaying schooling to age 10 amid concerns about early indoctrination by young radicals.
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Norman E. Borlaug
Mar
Borlaug
America
Bionetics Laboratory
National Cancer Institute
Defense Department
Vietnam
Dan Robbins
A. C. Berkeley
Lakerwood
Les
Lakewood Mre
Mary Cassel
LAWRENCE M. JUDD AND WAWAIE An Autobiography
Lawrence M Judd Hawaii governor 1929 to 1994. memoirs recount Hawaiian history including 80 pages on the Massie murder case. notes on grandparents and father as chief justice. Also lists Tomorrow a Science Fiction Anthology and Man Across the Sea edited volumes with brief descriptions of contents and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Judd
Wawaie
Tuttle
Judds
Hawaii
Lawrence Judd
Supreme Court
Massié
Robert Hoskins
Signet
Poul Anderson
Clifford D. Simak
William Tenn
James H. Schmitz
John D. MacDonald
Viet Cong peace gambit moves Nixon toward talks in Paris
Washington notes that a new Viet Cong peace push in Paris breaks the stalemate of Nixon era negotiations. The plan aims to pressure Nixon to end the war by year end if prisoners are released, with options including staged withdrawals or a residual force. Hanoi seeks to stretch time via propaganda to force total withdrawal and continued POW leverage.
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Washington
Paris
Nixon
Amer
Ican
Administration
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Tanol
South
North
South Korea
North Korea
South Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Japan
Germany
Truman
Hiroshima
Leaders misjudgments across wars expose tough choices
The piece argues leaders including Rusk and Gray misjudged risks, yet pursued defendable aims. It surveys World War I misreads, appeasement, Roosevelt and Truman wartime decisions, Korea’s entry risks, and Khrushchev memoir claims, framing US altruism amid secrecy and complex policymaking.
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State Division of Highways
Southern
California
Highway People
Gil Bailey
Riles
Fife
Carroll L. Riley
Univ. of Texas Press
Pacific
The
Society of
Richard
Wilson
Rusk
Mr. Rusk
Sir Edward Gray
Kaiser Wilhelm
France
Belgium
Grey
Russia
Balkan
London
Woodrow Wilson
Colonel Honse
Breland
Lusitania
Andre Malraux
China
Asia
Free Nations
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Poland
Churchill
Eden
Red China
Khrushchev
Stalin
Virginia
Weldon
Kelly
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