Archive for April, 1973


School Board Considering Plan to Help Minority Achievement

Archive Entry Date: 04/25/1973

The school board and their audience "had harsh words for the report"

1500 Women at UCLA Hold Lesbian Conference

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

The 1973 National Lesbian Conference was a consciousness-raising event for three of the BWMC's founders

The Split Between Hetero Feminists and Lesbians

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

An explanation of feminist movement splits

LA Underground Newspaper on Beth Elliott Controversy

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

Beth Elliott continued to get flack

Beth Elliott

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

A photo of Beth Elliott performing as a musician

Schools Hiring Policy Unchanged

Archive Entry Date: 04/20/1973

Director Samuel Markowitz's bid to end formal affirmative action hiring policies fell short

“Berkeley’s ‘Under-Educated’ Blacks”

Archive Entry Date: 04/19/1973

Harriet G. Jenkins, assistant schools superintendent, submits a list of recommendations to improve the district's record on minority achievement.

Only One Council Radical; Pot Wins, Split on Police

Archive Entry Date: 04/18/73

The results of the 1973 election as announced by The Berkeley Daily Gazette.

Chamber of Commerce Voter Pamphlet

Archive Entry Date: 4/17/1973

Part of the Chamber of Commerce's campaign against the NRO: a "voter's handbook" that looked city-endorsed

School Board Advertisement

Archive Entry Date: 04/16/1973

More conservative school board candidates were touted as the only candidates with the right "intellectual capacity" for the job

Berkeley’s Outlook Hardly Promising

Archive Entry Date: 04/13/73

Three columns of discontent from moderate and conservative Berkeleyans.

Berkeley City Council Voting Record

Archive Entry Date: 04/11/73

A curated account of city council voting records prepared by the Berkeley League of Women Voters.

April Coalition Materials Plastered on Mailboxes

Archive Entry Date: 04/10/73

"The Greater Berkeley Community" shook its fist at radical candidates for City Council

The Berkeley Daily Gazette Endorses Fraenkel-Conrat and Roh

Archive Entry Date: 04/09/1973

"A broad base of citizens supports the candidacies of both Mrs. Fraenkel-Conrat and Gene Roh."

School Board Must Face Four Major Issues Here

Archive Entry Date: 04/9/73

The School Board Director laid out the critical problems the new school board would face

Group Presses Its Fights for New Neighborhoods

Archive Entry Date: 4/9/1973

The Daily Cal's coverage of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance captured the heat prior to the election

“Neighborhood Preservation” Flyer

Archive Entry Date: 1973

The Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance, succinctly explained

Gene Roh Fights For Quality Education

Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973

Candidate Gene Roh, probation officer and concerned citizen, threw his hat in the ring.

YES on Charter Measure

Archive Entry Date: 04/05/73

The Gazette supported a salary increase for school board directors

Teacher Here Says Berkeley Schools Won’t Hire Whites

Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973

Beatrice Tobias predicted "the end of decent public education"

School Labor Agreement to Wait for Election

Archive Entry Date: 04/04/1973

The status of certified employees and of black principals made for a very hot school board meeting

Zoning—A Brief Berkeley History

Archive Entry Date: 4/1973

The co-author of the NPO cast the initiative as part of the fight to save Berkeley's "struggling flatlands"