Letters to the Richland School District Board Controversy
A parish member protests the Richland School District Board for denying an interdistrict transfer for Matthew Gray a six year old with mild retardation. The letter questions criteria used for transfers and urges consideration of the child’s welfare and safety. It also voices support for two board members and criticizes reliance on ADA funds.
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Richland
Matthew Grayson
Matthew
Shafter
Carmen Jacobsen
John Dobbs
E.M.R
Kern County
Larry
Judy Grayson
Wasco E.M.R
Richland School Board
John Do
Watergate figure Liddy and other busy, bizarre notes
The piece profiles Watergate figure G Gordon Liddy once dubbed Watergate’s tough guy, detailing his prison life, a fund to bail out his family, and a letter of thanks from ally Donald Santarelli. It touches on unrelated items: Project Max probe, Budget Director Bert Lance, Army Engineers bass study, and Hollywood show ideas involving presidential sons.
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Bert Lance
Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Jimmy Carter
United States
Mr. Lance
Atlanta
Carter
Weseinies
G. Gordon ‘Liddy
Watergate
Liddy
Groucho Marx
I¢ Jeb Magruder
CIA
Santarelli
Fran
Nix
Max
Congress
Air Force
John Moss
California
Charles Rose
North Carolina
Army
Allegheny River
Kinzua
Warren
Hollywood
Jack Ford
Chip Carter
Young Ford
Billy Carter
Billy
Jobs, welfare and the push for work among Black youth
Paul Harvey critiques public policy as 16 to 21 year olds reach record employment while Black youths face 34.8 percent unemployment in July. He argues the incentive to work is missing and urges strong leadership to move kids off welfare toward real jobs amid scarce drivers and domestic help.
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Jesse Jackson
Labor Department
Chicago
Washington
Ao Yeas
Casual Faith Amid Storms In Biblical Lesson
A sermon-like reflection cites Jesus resting in a boat as disciples fear a storm. It contrasts casual sayings such as take it easy with the need for calm faith. The piece urges readers to seek steady trust during peril and references scripture for guidance.
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Jesus
Son
Caspal
California's bilingual roots fade as history shapes present policy
The article traces California’s bilingual and bicultural roots from 1850 admission with a bilingual constitution to its decline by 1879, detailing Spanish-English rights, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, discriminatory laws, and a 21st century push toward renewed bicultural schooling in Kern County.
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California
United States
Kern County
Mariposa County
Canada
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico
Bureau of Public Instruction
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Dana O. Howard
Saint Mark’s Church
Richland School District
Grayson
Steven J. Richardson
Pat Richardson
Bill Sheldon
Dine Sheldon
J.C. Bishop
Mary Mettler
Louise Jones
Was Anderson
Dana O Howard
Don Mettler
Gary Wilson
Laraine Fletcher
Darrell Fletcher
Mary Anderson
Norman Lum
Ecial Liddy
Jack Anderson
Joe Spear
Donald Santarelli
Justice Dept
Paul Harvey News
Kern
Eugene Burmeister
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