Editorial: Eclipse of Black Studies Across Colleges
Editorial argues black studies programs thrived on student demand but now face decline as interest wanes. It criticizes aims as vague and notes student hostility toward university controls, claiming the field fragments curricula and misuses academic effort.
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American Association For Higher Education
Truth in lending for student loans urged by editorial
A Nixon administration bill exempts student loans from truth in lending rules claiming federal terms negate cost disclosure. The piece argues computations are time consuming but crucial for borrowers to compare APRs across federal and private loans. It urges Congress to keep disclosures for students, noting early big loans deserve clear cost information.
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Federal Credit Union
Farmers Home Administration
Veterans Administration
Congress
France outselling U S arms in Latin America worries editors
The Montagon argues France now leads in selling warplanes to Latin America while the United States remains a major arms merchant. France has secured Mirage fighters for Chile and Colombia and jets for Brazil and Argentina amid congressional pushback on arms aid. The piece notes U S credit terms and Pentagon involvement, urging prudence but accepting continued merchandising of weapons.
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France
United States
Latin America
Chile
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Defense
Laird
United Shires
Trance
Pentagon
Bat
Congress
Books on race history and jazz figures reviewed
The notice lists volumes including To Serve the Devil by Paul Jacobs Saul Landau and Eve Pell and Mighty Lives in Jazz by Rudi Blesh. It describes colonial and sojourner themes with documents from Indians Blacks Chinese Japanese and Mexicans and praises vivid portraits of Armstrong Hechet Neagarden Young Holiday Krupa Chaney Christian Blake and others.
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Servie the Devil
Paul Jacobs
Saul Landau
Eve Pell
USA
Mighty
Rudi Blesh
Chilton
Jaza
Lash
Louis Armstrong
Sidney Hechet
Jack ‘Neagarden
Lester Young
Ithe Holiday
Gene Krupa
Chaney Christian
Tobie Blake
China wary of Vietnam war risks but eyeing intervention
Reported Chinese officials warn they could enter Indochina if Hanoi is near defeat, while claiming no current evidence of immediate invasion. Beijing and Moscow quietly boost arms to Hanoi, aiming to stall US advances and keep strategic balance, even as Washington stresses slowed supplies and timed withdrawals.
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New York
China
Peking
North Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
Korea
Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
U.S
Iaitiers
Indochina
Indocesina
Saigon
Russia
Byrd Expands Role as Senate Democratic Leader
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia broadens the assistant Democratic leader post. He now handles discipline, public address system management, and keeps the Senate in order during the morning hour. Byrd enforces quiet with the new electronic mike system, even prompting rivals to conform.
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Steve Gerstel Washington
UPI
Jess Lan
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
White House
Byrd
Warrow
Robert P. Gritfin
Michigan
Charles H. Percy
Minos
Palen
Percy
Congress
Otter
Viecord
Griffin
Sony Democratic
Mike Mans- Field
Mansfield Howemt
Mike
Mansfield
Letters on LSD debate and clinic support in Long Beach
Editor letters discuss LSD in medical research and treatment, with critics urging suspension until safety proven, and supporters detailing Long Beach Free Clinic funding, volunteer labor, and community backing from Los Angeles County, the city of Long Beach, and private donors. The exchange questions the risks to unborn children and the ethics of establishment aid.
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Ben Zinser
Long Beach
Carol I. Love
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