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Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change

August 25, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government. NY Times 08/24/23 Isabel Crook, a China-born daughter of Canadian missionaries who became one of her adopted country’s most … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries Tagged: advocate, anthropologist articulate, Beijing, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, Chinese Communist Party, Communist, Communist state, David Crook, Isabel Crook, Sichuan Province

Qian Xuesen

April 29, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

(From Wikipedia) Qian Xuesen, (11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009), was a prominent Chinese aerodynamicist, cyberneticist and politician who contributed to rocket science and established engineering cybernetics. Recruited from MIT, he joined Theodore von Karman’s group at Caltech.[1] Later, he returned to China and made important contributions to China’s missile and space program. During … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Faits Divers, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: aerodynamicist, atomic bomb, Caltech, Chinese, Communist, cyberneticist, fission-to-fusion, hydrogen bomb, Korean War, Nuclear Weapons, politician, Red Scare

1950 – Prop 10. Public Housing

November 19, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

This editorial is a glimpse at the views of the 1950’s. You can see where some conservative values have not changed a bit in 65+ years. In 2015/16 many counties in Northern California are desperate for “affordable housing.” The free market system does not provide for affordable housing and we are back to discussing rent … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1950, ballot, bureaucracy, California, Communist, Fair Deal, Housing, initiative, Proposition 10, Socalist, Socializer, Warren

JAMES EDWARD JACKSON, Jr. THESE COMMIE LEADERS …

January 5, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sausalito News, 23 August 1951 page 3  http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19510823.2.6&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——-# THESE COMMIE LEADERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI JAMES EDWARD JACKSON Jr.. Southern Regional Director of the Communist party, USA age 36, born November 29, 1914. Richmond, Virginia; height 5 feet 6½ inches; weight, 160 pounds; build, medium; hair, black, curly, bald in front; eyes, brown; … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1951, Communist, Jackson, Sausalito

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