Hashinger Hall hosts Garbage Night at Chapman College
Editorial notes Chapman College in Orange heralds Garbage Night, a film showcase by the Great Films Guild featuring the worst Hollywood titles. Free admission with sliding fines for leaving early, escalating through the night, plus prize incentives for staying. The piece parries pay television and free newspapers with sharp satirical lines.
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Chapman College
Orange
Hashinger Hall
Great Films Guild
Hollywood
Tiny Town
Free Bus Rides Fail to Move DC Workers to Transit
Washington DC Metro employees can ride the bus to work for free, yet about 125 drive to work and pay $23.25 to $32 monthly for parking. When parking fees rose to $40 to $59, Metro offered a $10 monthly subsidy, but the move did little to shift commuters from cars. The episode shows that even free bus rides struggle against costly autos unless bus service is unusually convenient.
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Southland
Washington, D.C
Metro
Letters Debate Self Serve Gas and Abortion Controversy
Readers discuss self service gas stations urging careful use to save fuel and prevent wear while criticizing abortion coverage as biased. A neighbor urges equal time on controversial topics and a resident asks funding be diverted to feline control and shelter programs.
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WEIN
Long Beach
E.curtis Smith
Teachers voice support for sanctions in Long Beach
Patricia Parish, a Long Beach teacher of eight years and Peace Corps alum, writes that two thirds of teachers voted for sanctions while central administration ignores long standing policy requests. She cites grievances on class size policy discipline and preparation time and criticizes the car mileage concession as misaligned with teachers' needs.
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Long Beach
Peace Corps
Africa
Cypreas
Patricia Parish
Conflict over Nixon press conference policy resurfaces
Inside the White House a policy clash over Watergate coverage pits Charles Colson against a revived attack group. Colson presses for a full press conference after Dean's testimony, backed by many party officials, while others fear a harsh, defensive stance. Melvin Laird, new to the White House, could push Nixon toward a wide public briefing.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Colson
Goldingight
Mr. Nixon
Dean
Nixott
Melvin R. Laird
Watergate reflections on sports, power and nature
Red Smith muses on sports as a neutral standard amid Watergate lore. He contrasts batting averages with political honesty, notes suburban drift and a cowbird and blacksnake incident as lessons about corruption and instinct, urging vigilance that good is not written down as bad.
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Smith
America
Watergate
L. Patrick Gray
Cowbird
Podhoretz
Joe Louis’s Fall From Fame And A Life Of Charity
The article recalls Joe Louis Barrow Jr. reflecting on his father’s rise and fall, noting his $5 million earnings but no money left, his IRS debts written off, and a 02 hospital stay. It chronicles his later Richmond wrestling tour, public sympathy, and Louis’s quiet philosophy on life and justice. Louis’s conduct and finances illustrate a precarious decline amid public adulation and charitable support.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Joseph Louis Barrow Jr
Willie Loman
Willie
Joe Louis
America
Barney Naglee
Richmond
Joe
God
Billy Conn
Louis
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Conn
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