Open Eye In The Smog Promotes Car Exhaust Controls
Guest editorial notes Los Angeles faced severe smog as the auto industry resisted exhaust control devices for 15 years. California passed the first smog law, now two years in effect, with tests showing a 70 percent drop in carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons on new cars. Ford and American Motors report improved cheaper controls, but nitrogen oxide remains unregulated. The piece urges vigilance as federal rules expand.
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Los Angeles
California
California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board
Seventeen California measures loom over voters on ballots
Voters face seventeen statewide propositions plus many local measures across cities and counties. The items cover changes in law and government, some so complex only seasoned students of government can grasp them. The piece notes California’s extensive initiative and referendum use and calls for constitutional revision to curb this power and restore legislative control.
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California
Countdown politics and cabinet reshuffle in Indonesia
Sukarno is released from the new cabinet while a spot remains on the closet shelf. The Soviet Union establishes a Crime Ministry. Russians claim the profit system contains checks and balances. Barry Goldwater says he could beat LBJ by 1968, and his rhetoric often rivals radical statements.
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Sukarno
Soviet Union
Barry Goldwater
LBJ
America Wins Prestigious Silver Cup in Cowes Race
On this day in history 1851 the American yacht America defeated the British Aurora off Cowes England to claim the silver trophy named after its win. The note recalls subsequent historic events and a Mencken quote on dullness and certainty.
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America
Aurora
Cowes
England
Wake up America call warns of Communist influence
The letter cites 1940 California Communist votes and 1966 Los Angeles County tax assessor candidate Dorothy Healey, arguing growing Communist influence nationwide. It urges a revival of Americanism and asserts freedom of Americanism must prevail over communism, urging readers to act.
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Communist Party
California
Dorothy Healey
Los Angeles
Travel for Soldiers editor raises taxpayer secrecy concerns
In testimony before the House Armed Services Sub Committee Rep Richard Ickord probes air travel subsidies for service members on leave amid Viet Nam. The piece cites about 14 000 Job Corps members flying home last Christmas with incidental housing costs pushing total near 290 000 dollars. A soldier quotes the era as seeing government support as a “claw in the night” while standby fare limits leave many veterans unable to secure reservations.
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House Armed Services
Richard Ickord
New Gun Law Debate Echoes Across Nation
Editor notes a spectrum of violent crimes cited to oppose firearm restrictions while arguing for personal responsibility and faith based reform. The piece contends criminals obtain guns regardless of laws and urges repeal of Supreme Court filings, urging revival of Ten Commandments and sobriety to curb rage and despair.
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Supreme Court
Birchers And Inquiry Editor Analyze Reagan's Condemnation
The piece argues Reagan should condemn the John Birch Society, noting Califor nia Senate Fact Finding Subcommittee on Un American Activities did not condemn it, as did J Edgar Hoover and ex FBI officer W Cleon Skousen. It claims Communists sought to destroy the Birch Society after a 1962 bill defeat aimed at limiting House Un American Activities funds.
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Ronald Reagan
John Birch Society
Senate
Subcommittee On
State of California
J. Edgar Hoover
W. Cleon Skousen
FBI
Police
Birch Society
Communist Party U.S.A
House Committee On’ Un-American
A Prayer For Today Dear Saviour of our World
A prayer asking guidance to live by Thy ways and not lose heart at wickedness. It seeks an enlarged world to embrace others as brothers and unite in a spirit of oneness and love. It pleads for protection from being overcome by the world.
Inflation Critics Blame LBJ Policy For US Economic Woes
A writer accuses President Johnson of fueling inflation through expansive spending while arguing inflation bites Americans harder than in other nations. The piece contrasts US policy with Britain and continental Europe, calling for reduced government spending and action by elected leaders to restore economic sanity.
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Johnson
United States
America
Era of equalization has run its course
Washington notes a shift as the 1966 civil rights bill moves from House to Senate. The column argues laws and programs have failed to lift Negro Americans from ghetto to middle class, urging imaginative follow-ups like expanded Head Start, better teachers, make-work jobs, and city-school reforms, warning of police-state backlash if reform stalls.
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House
Senate
America
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