Editorial urges override of veto on venereal disease education
The piece argues legislators from both parties should override Governor Reagan's veto of Assembly Bill 950 allowing venereal disease instruction in schools without advance parental consent. It contends such education serves public health and should be taught in disease context rather than family life studies, noting broad endorsements from health groups and educators. It calls readers to contact legislators this week.
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Assembly
California
Senate
Reagan
State Board of Education
State Department of Public Health
California Medical Association
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
Oakland Budget Bonus Plan for Student Skill Gains
Oakland school board approves a pilot paying parents up to 100 dollars and teachers up to 1200 dollars if 600 students meet arithmetic and reading benchmarks. Supt Marcus Foster defends incentives while acknowledging risks of pressure and patronizing attitudes and questions about rewards for parental involvement.
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Oakland“school Board
Marcus Foster
Oakland
Guardians of environment letters raise coastal protection views
Readers in Cerritos Fountain Valley and Long Beach respond to environmental reporting and policy. They praise coverage, urge support for AB471, critique development impacts, and joke about social norms in a series of comments to the editor.
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Guardians of Environment
British Viet Nam hawk discusses Northern Ireland problem
A London expert on Viet Nam argues that while a large backlog of terrorists behind bars could improve security, politics in Northern Ireland would still matter as long as the Catholic minority remains unhappy. He warns against solving Irish conflict solely with security measures amid past Vietnam lessons.
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London
Vietnam
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
United
IRA
Cyprus
Palestine
Oster
Britain
Yorkshire
U Thant to Step Down as U N Secretary General
The U N faces a leadership transition as U Thant, after 16 years, plans to leave the post described as one of the most difficult. The piece outlines required qualities for a successor and notes ongoing financial strains, political divisions in Northern Ireland, and wider U N budget pressures.
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United Nations
U Thant
Trygvo Lie
Thant
U.N
Senator Soaper By BILL VAUGHAN
Shakeups in the President's official circle prompt cabinet address changes and general delivery routing hints. The piece notes scant planning, contrasts two cars with four speaker stereo sets, and touches on hijacking countermeasures and a bold theft incident.
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Stanford
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Br. Bailey
Cerritos
Ruby Boyd
Long Beach
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Tienry I
England
PAL Newsom
United Press ‘International
General Assembly
Congo
Mideast
Soviet Union
France
China
U.S
United Kingdom
Down Town
Daily Mirror
U.K
Ray
Heath
Unionist
Brian Faulkner
Irish‘ Republic
John Lynch
Faulkner
Gerry Fitt
Thime
Fitt
Hume
Northern’ Ireland
Senator
Soaper
Bill Vaughan
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