Ruling on Bakke Highlights Limits of Quotas in Admissions
The Supreme Court upholds the Davis plan violated Bakke's rights while endorsing narrow affirmative action. The decision splits justices, showing no simple universal rule for race in admissions. It urges schools to weigh character and effort over rigid quotas amid broader social debates.
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Supreme Court
Bakke
University of California
Davis
University of California At Davis
Allan Bakke
Powell
Buckley’s Stained Glass Challenges Readers with Archaic Terms
The Gazette review notes William F Buckley employs terms like fice prolegomena latitudinarian zeugma and vermiform in Stained Glass. The reviewer says Buckley remains erudite but may confuse readers who seek plain language.
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the Gazette
Buckley
Equal yield formula eulogy pronounced
Ohio lawmakers praise the failed equal yield school subsidy formula as it is phased out after decades of uneven aid. Gov Rhodes signs a bill to guarantee 100 percent shares for most districts with added welfare-need bonuses through 1978, while the legislature rewrites the method this summer. The stay on a constitutional challenge gives time to craft a new system.
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Lee Leonard Columbus
UPI
Myrl H. Shoemaker
House of Representatives
Shoemaker
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
Ohio Supreme Court
Carter Should Get Executive Act Together
Washington column critiques President Carter for cabinet discord weakening policy, from energy to environmental fights. It notes Bell’s snail darter dispute with TVA and Interior, Powell’s questions on cabinet unity, and calls for a unified White House message and clearer leadership amid vast national challenges.
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Carter
Interior Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Powell
Congress
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Departments of Commerce and Housing
Urban Development
Cenl
Capitol
Bureau of Land Management
Federal
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Welfare cheaters targeted by New York official
Dr Blanche Bernstein, head of New York City Human Resources, reports a major welfare fraud drive. Mail questionnaires prompted closure of 8,293 cases saving about 21.5 million annually. 11,756 people were found working while on welfare. Total recoveries near 11.4 million. program costs about 1 million yearly with estimated 30 million annual savings.
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John Pinkerman
Blanche Bernstein
Ms. Bernstein
New York City
Human Resources Department
New York
Animals are animals by Jim Fiebig
The essay argues against anthropomorphizing animals after incidents with a trained elephant in Quebec and Orky the killer whale. It humorously notes humans name pets, yet acknowledges animals act on instinct, not affection, and reflects on welfare fraud and the push for accountability in public aid programs.
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Jim Fiebig
Walt Disney
Quebec
Orky
AFS
Harry and
Puff
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CNS
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Griffin Bell
U.S. Supreme Court
Bell
High Court
Tennessee
OF Covast
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