Word: californiaisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...earned a political science degree from Occidental College and received a law degree from U.S.C. in 1951. Shortly thereafter, he entered and lost two congressional races. But between these beatings, Finch developed a lucrative law practice and a solid grounding in California politics. In 1956 he was named chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Los Angeles County. He did well for two years, but after the G.O.P.'s debacle in the 1958 congressional elections, he needed help. At Nixon's request, Finch came to Washington, where he showed his gratitude by running a magnificently organized convention drive...
After the election, there was little doubt that Finch, if he wished, could become a member of the Cabinet. The question that remained was one of his own political ambitions. What he really wanted was to return to California and succeed the ailing Senator George Murphy in 1970. But Murphy told Finch that he intended to run for a second term. Blocked at home, Finch decided to cast his lot once more with Nixon...
Believing as he does that too little federal money has been put into scientific research in recent years, Dr. Lee A. Du-Bridge, 67, is sure to be popular among his professional colleagues. Named last week as Science Adviser to the Nixon Administration, the articulate president of the California Institute of Technology will need all the teaching and administrative experience he has gained at five universities. His responsibilities will include keeping the President abreast of scientific developments at home and abroad, selling the Administration's policies to the academic community, and intensifying the nation's federal and private...
...CHARLES TOWNES, 53, of the University of California at Berkeley, is the inventor of the laser. His area of study is to determine what should come after the Apollo program. His ideas will be coordinated with those of DR. HORTON GUYFORD STEVER, 52, president of the Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who will look at the whole field of science policy...
scription of the school's condition. Bands of pickets roamed the campus, seeking to prevent nonmilitant students from entering classrooms. Although his predecessors had been reluctant to use police to restore order, Hayakawa-backed strongly by a majority of the trustees of California's state colleges and by Governor Ronald Reagan-had no such compunction. On Tuesday, police arrested 32 protesters, ten of whom were injured in a melee; two days later, 23 more were carted off to jail. The maintenance of order was helped by a Committee for an Academic Environment, organized by proadministration students. Wearing blue...