CCHS advisory panel faulted for closing meeting
Editorial blasts Carbondale Community High School advisory committee for a six hour closed session on subcommittee reports. It argues open meetings laws require public access to the process and notes the district faces nearly $1 million deficit this year. Teacher Charles Leming, who voted against the secret session, called it asinine.
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Carbondale Community High School
Reid Martin
Charles Leming
CCHS
Billy Carter's Defeat Reflects Plains Growth Debates
Post election analysis in Plains Georgia cites Billy Carter's defeat over growth and culture issues. Town concerns include parking, restrooms, traffic lights, zoning, and signs as developers and tourists reshape the town. The piece notes opponents cite preservation, while Carter warned of overreach into local life.
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Billy Carter
Plains
Billy
Miss Lillian
Jimmy
Illinois
Shawnee National Forest
Carlyle, Shelbyville
Rend Lake
The Legacy of Cyril Burt and the IQ Debate
A critical examination of Cyril Burt and his followers argues that alleged data faking undermines claims that heredity governs intelligence. It notes the global tracking system and test biases, the rise of meritocracy rhetoric, and the harm to students unjustly placed in lower tracks.
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Cyril Burt
Burt
Arthur Jensen
University of California
Richard Herrnstein
Harvard
William Shockley
Stanford
United States
Europe
Iron Curtain
Siberia
Herrnstein
Van Dyke Ends TV Run as Ratings Wars Hit Talent
Critique notes Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cosby canceled by NBC and ABC amid ratings pressures. Warns that Nielsen and other metrics drive mediocrity, sidelining top performers while viewers lose quality programs from Omnibus to See It Now.
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Dick van Dyke
van Dyke & Co
National Broadcasting Company
Charley’s Angels
Gibbsville
Mr. van Dyke
Danville
Bill Cosby
Mr. Cosby
ABC
Wyatt Earp
Sid Caeser
Imogene Coca
Paddy Cheyefsky
Rod Serling
Ed Murrow
Fred Friendly
Newton Minow
Suburban editor urges wider view beyond neighborhood views
Alvin P. Sanoff describes a Dayton suburb as typical Middle America with mixed incomes and cultures. He notes strong fear of taxes and government cutting into personal wealth, 73 percent voting Ford, and his own Carter-supporting stance. He argues for broader societal outlook beyond suburbia.
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Tam
Dayton
Middle America
Old Country
Gerald Ford
Class of 68 social engineers seek role under Carter
Former Great Society activists, dispersed after 1968, return to influence as Carter takes office. They urge job creation and urban reform, arguing new tools and modest aims are needed while acknowledging public weariness with old ideas. Key figures include Haar, Schorr, Green, Kravitz, Ylvisaker, and Boone.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Great Society
Charles Haar
Harvard
Alvin Schorr
Community Services Society
New York
Office of Economic Opportunity
Gerson Green
National Center For Urban Ethnic Affairs
Sanford K. Kravitz
School of Social Welfare
Turing
Ylvisaker
Richard Boone
Santa Barbara
Calif
Poolside chair buyout linked to stock exchange seats
Club committee weighs replacing pool chairs by purchasing seats on the New York Stock Exchange. Pisa tourism officials report the Leaning Tower is tilting less each year, alarming the local Chamber of Commerce.
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New York Stock Exchange
Tower
Pisa
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London
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Nielsen
Roper
Howard Cosell
Ilinois
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
By Alvin P. Sanoff
Dayton, Ohio
Bank
Ford
Alvin P. Sanoff
Dayton Journal Herald
Suburbia
Bronx
Boston
NEA, Inc
Chick
Joseph Leleyveld
New York Times
Roger Stauback
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
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