Los Angeles teachers strike sparks calls for pay raise
The month-long UTLA walkout leaves pupils with a lost month of schooling while raising public awareness of school funding. UTLA forewent a 5 percent raise, yet the school board is likely to grant it. long-term effects depend on state action and fair pay to attract quality teachers.
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Los Angeles
United Teachers of
UTLA
Long Beach
Sound effects in political addresses by Castro noted
The piece imagines how politicians might use musical instruments to accompany speeches. It suggests French horns for Nixon, violins for Reagan, a penny whistle for Les Ter Maddox, and a calliope for Spiro Agnew, inspired by Castro's bongo drums.
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Fidel Castro
Castro
Nixon
Reagan
Lester Maddox
Spiro Agnew
Courage under pressure defends flag at San Diego State
The piece lauds San Diego State College student Bill Pierson for halting a mob of about 150 campus demonstrators as they tried to lower and disrespect the flag. It contrasts his actions with political rhetoric on flag burning and stresses reverence for the flag as a symbol of national ideals.
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San Diego State College
Bill Pierson
Reagan
San Diego State
Books in Brief: Through the Ages Chronicles and Persia Montage
Book notes 소개. TRE GOY THROUGH THE AGES and THE GIRL THROUGH THE AGES by Dorothy Stuart from Singing Tree priced $7 each review praises lively chronicles of boys and girls from caveman times to the present with vivid illustrations. A vivid bank on Persia by James Morris Roger Wood and Denis Wright details Persepolis Isfahan and nomad tribes. Sir Walter Scott's LETTERS IN DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT from Ace Books 75 cents paperback offers a readable history of beliefs about communication with the dead.
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Tre Goy
Girl
Dorothy Stuart
Singing Tree
Gale
Egypt
Roger Wood
Iran
Denis Wright
Persia
Persepolis
Isfahan
Sir Walter Scott
Ace Books
Free clinic in peril in Long Beach plea for funds
Editor notes the Long Beach Free Clinic nears bankruptcy with only 100 in bank and 2000 plus clients seeking medical and psychological aid. appeals for tax-deductible donations to 1043 Pine Ave, Long Beach California 90813 to save the clinic run by Ron Lofstrom and staff.
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Long Beach
Free Clinic
Tax Rebate Critique Cuts Through Education Spending Debate
The reader challenges editorial proposals to redistribute property tax receipts to poorer districts and divert $338 million from an income tax windfall to schools. He argues high property taxes drive home losses, cites teacher pay, class sizes, and alleged inefficiencies, contending more money does not assure better education and warns against one-time windfalls.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Capital in turmoil as Vietnam war spills into politics
Washington faces gloom as April production falls and stocks dip to 1963 lows. Casualty lists rise, provoking protests and calls for ending U S involvement. Analysts warn the nation is fraying, with Congress and universities turning against the war and the President’s grip weakening.
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Washington
Vietnam
Cambodia
Senate
Gardner
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Nixon
White House
Congress
Indochina
Middle East
Supreme Court rules tax aid to parochial schools constitutional
A Missouri parents group sues to strike down Article IX and ban on public aid to church schools arguing it violates First and Fourteenth Amendments. If successful, other states with Blaine-style provisions could face state subsidies or voucher plans for nonpublic schools, including tax credits and vouchers.
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U.S. Supreme Court
William C. Couglas
Missouri
Federal District Court
St. Louis
New York
California
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