All Districts Need Good Education in California
California schools show gaps with larger class sizes and cuts to foreign language music health services and textbooks. Low wealth districts like Garden Grove Bellflower Norwalk La Mirada and Orange face rising costs and staff loss while Assembly Bill 52X seeks 529 million for unified districts though short by 17 million. The bill would slow erosion of educational quality and should pass.
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California
Ronald W. Cox
California Teachers Associaion
Garden Grove
ABC
Arlesia
Bellflower
Norwalk-La Mirada
Orange
Cox
Long Beach
Assembly
Senate
Youth Conference in Washington Highlights Positive Teens
The piece praises the majority of teens as decent and responsible and cites about 500 youths from all 50 states attending the National Youth Conference on Natural Beauty and Conservation in Washington. Attendees come from Boys' Clubs of America, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, 4-H, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Girls Clubs of America, YMCA and YWCA. It urges adults to support such groups through giving and participation.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Boys’ Clubs of America
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Girls Clubs of America
YMCA
YWCA
Gant
Open Forum Editor Voices Views On Long Beach Growth
Samantha Penn argues for housing, jobs, and services amid slums and hunger in Long Beach. Blanche Collins, city librarian, commends the League of Women Voters voters guide for impartial, detailed election information guiding residents.
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Long Beach
Mrs. Waters
Samantha Penn
Edgeley Place
League of Women Voters
League
Reagan Should State He Won't Run in 1968 if Governor
Washington dispatch reports strong conservatives urge Ronald Reagan to declare he will not seek the 1968 presidency if he wins California governor. They fear Brown’s portrayal could hurt his term. others argue 1968 is too soon and he must prove himself as a big state governor before pursuing national office.
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Reagan
Washington
NEA
Ronald Reagan
California
Edwnd G
Pat) Brown
Sacramento
Tom Stagg
GOP
Louisiana
Stagg
Waters
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
National Committee
Brown
New York
National Press Club
Spectator Dares to Define Washington Political Figure
An odd column notes a unique Washington figure who could shake hands speak and beg yet remain outside politics. It riffs on presidents first ladies and public life with satirical quips about golf hobbyist culture and a Las Vegas supermarket giveaway.
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Washington
United States
Our School System Now is Obsolete
A blunt statement argues the U S public school system is obsolete and cannot perform its founding mission. The article notes ongoing work to abolish the old framework, asserting the system has failed to meet expectations for several years.
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U.S
RALPH McGILL on schooling reforms and IQ testing
Ralph McGill argues that rigid tracking harms 10 to 15 percent of students with learning handicaps and urges early intervention with special instruction. He condemns IQ tests as biased toward middle class environments and calls for integrated vocational and formal education to prevent dropouts and modernize the public school system.
King's Visit a Real Diplomatic Flop
The Saudi king Faisal's U.S. journey sparks backlash over remarks about Jews, cancellations of dinners by New York leaders Lindsay and Rockefeller, and a strained tie between the State Department and local hosts. The episode leaves diplomats wary of future head of state visits and highlights regional tensions involving Egypt and Arab unity.
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John V. Lindsay
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
State Department
Lindsay
Rockefeller
New York
Donneybrook
Faisal
Nasser
Egypt
United States
U.S
Middle East
Gov
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Open Forum
Virginia Waters
Voters’ Guide
Big Help
Blanche Collins
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FRM
Erate
Bruce Biossat
Bill Farmer
Kom
Miss Dooly
Las Vegas
Detroit
Ralph Nader
Ralph McGill
Saudi Arabia
President Johnson
John S. Knight
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