Proposition 13 Could Raise Tuition and Cut Summer School
Voter approval of California Proposition 13, which caps property taxes, prompted concerns in higher education. Reports indicate efforts in up to 25 other states to place similar tax limits on ballots, with officials warning of budget cuts and fewer programs like summer school.
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Beverly T. Watkins
Chronicle of Higher Education
California
House of Representatives
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
California State University and Colleges
Glenn S. Dumke
Brown
Jarvis Gann
Leges
Wilson Riles
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Riles
William G. Craig
California Community Colleges
John T. McCuen
University of California
University
Dumke
California State System
Health care access and doctor shortage across America
The article argues the U.S. must move health care where needed, highlighting rural and urban poor shortages. It notes rising medical schools and teachers hospitals, but persistent gaps in prevention, vaccines, and care for the immobile. It calls for incentives, funding shifts, and new policies to expand access. It also covers California’s Prop 13 impact on higher education funding, tuition, and summer sessions, with state budget tightening and lawsuits pending.
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Illinois
Tennis rises in popularity across America
Confessions of a tennis fan note a shift from fringe status to national passion. Bjorn Borg dominates Wimbledon, Connors and Navratilova become international figures within American pro tennis, and foreign players join U S clubs adding glamour. Tennis, with jammed courts and rising prizes, signals a distinctly American era.
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Bjorn Borg
Borg
America
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
United States
Nets
U S should condemn Russian repression
The piece argues the United States must openly condemn Soviet repression of dissenters like Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg, noting Jews face persecution, and that Soviet justice is a farce despite Western protests. It warns diplomacy and symbolic acts are ineffective, urging frank official protest and arms negotiations without self-superiority.
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U.S
Russia
Anatoly Shcharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Carter
There will be another election says editor
A Southern Illinoisan reader urges Illinois to mirror California and protest tax burdens. The letter criticizes politicians for abroad travel, high energy costs, and overseas aid, urging lawmakers to attend meetings and oppose rate hikes. The writer foresees a forthcoming election and hopes for conscientious candidates focused on American needs.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
California
United States
Boston
Summer Is the Place We Live for Part of the Year
Larry Van Goethem reflects on how summer is not a season but a hometown of the mind. The piece links childhood memory, romance, and family moments to a lifelong longing for a carefree place beyond maps, urging readers to return to summer in memory and feeling.
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Larry van Goethem
White Lake
Wis
Larry Var Goethem
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