Education report faults California schools for waste and lack of goals
Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post asserts in a 165 page Legislature report that public schools waste funds by unclear objectives and missing data to measure progress. He warns that more spending may not solve problems and calls for performance contracts and vouchers while urging educators to lead reforms.
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A. Alan. Post
California
Post
Supreme Court ruling on juveniles and trials without juries
The decision holds that juveniles may be tried without a jury under state laws, emphasizing state competence in adjudicating youth. It notes the republic structure of the U S, and that while youths lack full maturity, they may retain rights such as voting, highlighting irony in contrasting adult franchises and juvenile responsibility.
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United States Supreme Court
He. Hosea
United States of America
Supreme Court
New Books at Library and Notable Titles Glimpse
A catalog of new books including American Art Pottery by Lucile Henzke, The Birds of the Trees by Nina Bawden, The Bay Area at Your Feet by Margot Doss, Drawing with Ink by Norman Laliberte, The Emerging Personality by George Gardner, Max Brand by Robert Easton, Decorating Cakes and Party Foods by Louise Spencer, Squandering by Dorothy Monet. The list notes authors, topics, and publishing scope for readers.
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Lucile Henzke
Autho
Weller
Dedham
Nina Bawden
Toby
Bay Area
Margot Doss
San Francisco Bay
Norman‘Laliberte
George Gardner
Max Brand
Robert Easton
Frederick Faust
Easton
Faust
Louise Spencer
Dorothy Monet
Agriculture environment study pushes for oversight board
Sacramento lawmakers prep a post session study on whether farming harms air, water and land and how to curb it. The Assembly panel deferred a bill creating a seven member Agriculture Resources Standards Board, arguing it may duplicate work and urging interim review by Agriculture or Environmental Quality committees.
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Joe Brooks
Copley
Sacramento
Assembly
Assembly Environmental Quality Committee
Ernest LaCoste
Modesto
State ‘Agriculture Resources Standards Board
Board
State Water Quality Control Board
Environment
LaCoste
Agriculture
Johnsgn
California
Assembly Democratic
James L. Anderson
Anderson
State Agriculture Department
Space agency joins California team in smog study
In a joint NASA Ames and California pollution research effort, researchers will fly 12 times a year for three years to trace smog ingredients such as nitrogen oxides hydrocarbons and ozone. A Cessna 401 will collect data over San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles areas to locate sources from factories auto emissions or natural causes.
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Frank ‘Macomber Copley
Mountain View
Calif
Space Agency
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ames Research Center
University of California, Riverside
Ronald F. Reinisch
Hermilo Gloria
Materials Research
Ames Astronautics Directorate
James N. Pitts Jr
California Center
Ames
Air Pollution Control Office
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
California State Air Resources Board
Subsidized Frustration In Political Mail Rates Debate
The piece argues no proposal for direct taxpayer subsidies to political candidates has gained traction due to lacking broad public support. It contends the postal rate commission is urged to grant a special low rate for political publications as a backdoor Treasury subsidy, forcing recipients to fund their own political mailings.
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U.S. Postal Rate Commission
U.S. Treasury
Russ influence eroding in Asia as Moscow loses grip
Washington reports that new analyses of the 24th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union show a deep erosion of Moscow’s influence across Asian nations. Mongolian delegates remain pro Soviet, others attend on limited terms, and China’s splintering strategy weakens Soviet reach amid rising U.S. leverage in the region.
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Washington
NEA
Communist Party of
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nixon
U.S
Yugoslavia
Peking
Mongolia
Indira Gandhi
C.P
Ussr
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
Archelaus king of Macedonia from 413 to 399 B.C. seized the throne by overthrowing his uncle cousin and half-brother the legitimate heir. He was assassinated by a follower 14 years later. Mexico claims the first printing press in the New World. In 1436 craftsmen in Mexico City were printing books less than a century after the press was invented.
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United Press International
Archelaus
Macedonia
B.C
Umur
Mexico
New World
Mexico City
Boyle finances union re election with hired help says subcommittee
Senate Labor subcommittee alleges United Mine Workers chief Tony Boyle funded his 1968 re election largely with payments from hired officials who later received equivalent salary increases. The probe also flags an ongoing Labor Department review of irregularities in Boyle's union, with trial expected in July.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
United Mine Workers
Tony Boyle
Boyle
Jack Yablonski
Labor Department
Subcommittee
Rank and
Jerry Feder
Edward L. Carey
UMW
Federal Auto Safety
Legislators faced over trading stamps bill in committee
Assemblyman and colleagues joked about being told by spouses to vote against a bill that would require stores to offer cash or trading stamps. The nine member Senate committee on business and professions split, with only one aye, as opponents warned of checkout confusion and regulation. The trading stamp debate resurfaces regularly, with supporters arguing shoppers prefer stamps and can choose stores accordingly.
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Frank Belotti
Senate Committee On Business and Professions
California
Quiet Neighbor Feuds Over In-Law Talk Sparks Tension
A neighbor quarrel arises from gossip about a spouse and in laws. The dispute highlights interpersonal strain and strained community ties amid daily life.
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