Labor Department scraps Youth Corps approach in favor of broader services
Federal officials abandon the old Neighborhood Youth Corps model, shifting to counseling medical and vocational training for 16 and 17 year olds with reduced stipends. Long Beach and Los Angeles officials debate age goals and funding, seeking compromises to keep the program accessible to the neediest youths.
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Name Change Debate Sparks North Dakota Style State Names
An opinion piece suggests dropping North from North Dakota to ease regional tension and compares it to California’s imagined shift to South Oregon. It warns such changes could spark divisiveness, notes using Dakota as a unifier, and playfully proposes semantically minded study by I. Hayakawa. It also jokes about renaming a North Dakota city, South West Fargo, if the state keeps its current name.
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Green light for travel or more highway spending debate
Washington argues over a planned growth of interstate funding to 75 billion dollars and a broader highway bill. An expanded freeway system costs 320 billion over 15 years per state highway officials, prompting calls to balance road spending with rail options like the Metroliner to relieve highway congestion.
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Cities too big and towns too small proposal
Washington dispatch reports Dr. Karl A. Fox of Iowa State University advocates functional economic areas as governing units. Each area would be self-contained as a labor market with 100000 to 500000 population, varying by density and commuting range across counties.
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Towa State University
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A Vision of Functional Communities by Fox
Louis Cassels discusses a plan to divide the United States into about 500 functional communities. Each would govern itself with powers partly upward to counties and downward from states, aiming for human scale living. He warns current urban sprawl and rural fragmentation erode self government and local responsibility.
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Letters to the Editor and Education Grievances
Readers condemn a police chief's stance on crime and reprints, demand better news sources, and debate abortion. Evelyn Coleman argues school funding yields real gains only with reform, while others praise police service, condemn insults to officers, and question education spending.
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