Abolishing tenure long overdue in education reform
Activists urge ending teacher tenure in public schools and colleges across California. Governor Reagan cites tenure as rewarding incompetence and risking student outcomes. The State Board of Education plans action, led by student members including Bruce Lymburn, to push for legislative momentum to end lifetime job protection for teachers.
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California
Reagan
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Bruce Lymburn
Newport Beach
State Board of Education
New Books at Library by Sharon Cantrall and Others
A library list showcases Culture is our Business by Marshall McLuhan, Gold Mines of California by Jack R. Wagner, Greased Samba and Other Stories by John Deck, and volumes on technology, wildlife, and art. Notable titles include Papillon by Henri Charriere and Oil Painting Techniques by Joseph Mugnaini, with summaries of content and historical context for each work.
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Marshall McLuhan
McLuhan
California
Jack R. Wagner
Hus
Mother Lode
John Deck
Maurice Daumes
Norah
Mendocino County Hears Plan for Recreation Department
Three Mendocino County planning commissioners Ella Butler Walker B. Tilley and John Philbrick will draft an ordinance to create a county recreation department. The group discussed Lake Mendocino and other projects while hearing Tilley and Thomsen extol recreation director benefits. The Barney Show road is now a public highway per the board of supervisors. A surprise move in a special session appointed William G. Golden county welfare director starting Nov 1, 1940 at 225 dollars monthly. A fire on School Street caused by incendiary origin drew crowds as the Ukiah fire department saved adjacent property and hay and tools were lost. Repeated barn fires with animal losses have occurred recently.
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Mendocino County
Tilley
Thorkild Thomsen
Lake Mendocino
Barney Show
Board of Supervisors
William G. Golden
School Street
Ukiah Fire Department
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Black Sea
U.S
NATO
Thrower
Treasury
Live versus true in political campaigns
Bruce Biossat argues television dominates campaign budgets yet real impact comes from candidates' personal presence. He cites Kennedy Rockefeller and Sargent as exemplars who blend TV with on‑the‑ground engagement, predicting growing use of news and talk shows over polished production.
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Bruce Bioss
Washington
NEA
Fred Dutton
Kennedy
New York
Charles Guggenheim
Alfred Hitchcock
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nelson Rockefeller
Francis Sargent
Rockefeller
Rocky
Mlinois
Naval clash risk in Mediterranean amid Cold War tensions
Secret U.S. estimates warn of a potential Soviet American clash in the Mediterranean if another Middle East flare up occurs. Plans ready for Sixth Fleet responses emphasize local actions to avoid a broader war while both sides’ forces escalate risks from misidentification and rapid naval deployments.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Middle East
U.S
Russia
Latakia
Egypt
Sixth Fleet
Lions Club Halloween Parade Moves Indoors If Rain Falls
Rain may push the Lions Club Halloween parade and party indoors but a sunny forecast for Tuesday October 31 could move the costume parade to State Street with judging and prize giveaways at the ball
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Lions Club
State Street
City Draft Horse Killed in Barn Fire at North Site
A draft horse owned by the City died Sunday night in a fire that destroyed a city barn located behind the former electric light plant in North. Firefighters battled the flames but could not save the animal or the barn, with investigators focusing on the rear structure as the blaze origin. The incident occurred at the North district site, prompting city officials to assess equipment storage and safety measures at the remaining facilities.
Migratory geese disrupt city with late night flight
Fifty years ago on October 19, 1920 a slumber disturbing downpour was accompanied by a band of wild geese that flew over the city just before midnight. The confused birds fluttered near housetops for about half an hour. It was the third migratory flock to pass over the city that week.
Campaign 70 Youth Challenge Dellums in Berkeley Race
A 28 year old Republican John E Healy aims to upset 34 year old Democrat Ronald Dellums in Berkeley California with a campaign linking Dellums to the Black Panther Party. Healy seeks Democratic turnout shifts aided by mailers while Agnew attacks Dellums as a radical ally of Cleaver Newton and Davis. Dellums denies Panther ties.
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Robert Strand Berkeley
URI
Ronald_ Dellums
Spiro Agnew
Spiro
John E. Healy
Healy
Dellums
Jeffrey Cohelan
Cohelan
Eldridge Cleaver
Huey Newton
Angela Davis
Agnew
Arkansas
Edward McCarthy
George McGovern
Black Panther Party
Panther
Painless tax payment and political clashes in 1960s Berkeley
The text mixes a 1883 White Plains tax barter notice by Elijah Purd Purdy with modern Berkeley politics. It details tax payment by barter ideas, moonshine law talk, and commentary on Panthers and Dellums. Dellums is described as a new breed of politician with rent strikes and Vietnam withdrawal support.
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White Plains
N.Y
Elijah Purd Purdy Purdy
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Dellums
Agnew
Healy
Vietnam
Berkeley
Constellation Crux on Australia Flag
The Southern Cross also known as Crux is the only constellation depicted on a national flag. Australia places Crux in the outer portion of its flag design.
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Australia
Reflections on Grace and Age in a Royal Life
A playful monologue on Princess Grace turning 40, noting jests about age, fashion, and beauty routines. It riffs on titles, cosmetics, and the social pressures of aging, ending with a teasing nod to fashion trends and a final, uncertain flourish about a dowager.
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M. D. Glover Dean Devries George Hunter
B. A. Cober
Mendocino
Library
Sharon Cantrall
Man In Motion
Michael Mewshaw
Mr. Mewshaw
Joseph A. Mugnaini
Henri Charriere
Belbenort
Joe van Wormer
Reno Bartolomie
George Smith
Swan Sjoberg
Bonfire
Lou Stransky
Albertinum
Sam Ray
Fred Valette
Bev Broaddus
Lou Loosley
Panthers
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NEA, Ta
Grace
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