Editorial favors new shoplifting law for retailers
An Alameda county editorial argues a proposed bill allowing detention of suspected shoplifters without penalty if later cleared is beneficial for merchants and police. It warns of private rights concerns but praises deterrence and reduced losses, noting San Leandro police endorse the measure and retailers seek relief from rising shoplifting activity.
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Texas
Alameda County
San Leandro
Steve Lagomarsino
A New Look at U S Policy Toward China
A PAGE ONE story notes rising U S Senate sentiment to reevaluate the American ban on trade with Red China while Britain lowers trade barriers with the Communist state. The piece links U S policy shifts to Japan’s impending Washington visit and explores UN admission questions amid broader economic and geopolitical factors.
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U.S
China
Daily Review
U.S. Senate
England
Companunist
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Washington
Britain
United Nations
U.N
Russia
Security Council
Secret Senate talks with Adenauer on disarmament plan
Washington report on a secret meeting of Senate leaders with Chancellor Adenauer after his Senate address. Key figures including Johnson Knowland Green Bridges Wiley attended. discussion yielded no concrete disarmament details. Adenauer emphasized German unification as vital to Soviet sincerity and urged negotiations from strength.
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Washington
Bip
Senate
Adenauer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
William F. Knowland
Calif
Theodore Green
Styles Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Wiley
Wilsonsville
Iim
London
Knowland
Germany
U. S
Addresses of U S Senators and state assembly members
The note lists contact addresses for federal and state lawmakers including U S Senator Knowland in the Senate Office Building Washington D C U S Senator Kuchel in the Rand Office Building Washington D C Rep George Miller in the Ines Office Building Washington D C State Lee Arthur Breed at the State Capitol Building Sacramento Assemblyman Carlos Hes 13th Dist State Capitol Building Sacramento Assemblyman Arthur Crown 14th Dist State Capitol Building Sacramento
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U. 8
Wm. F. Knowland
Senate
Washington
D.C
U. S
Thomas F. Kuchel
D, DC
George ‘P.miller
Ines
Washington, D
Lee
Arthur Breed
State Capitol
Sacramento
Carlos Hes
Man Made and Natural Wonders by Eugene Burns
Eugene Burns surveys wonders from the Palomar telescope to Adélie Land Antarctica. He notes the telescope’s enormous power, the wind speeds in Antarctica, Antares’ vast size, osmium’s density, and the white dwarf companion star’s extreme density. He places La Paz high above sea level and sketches surrounding topography.
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Eugene Burns
Mt. Palomar
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Adelie Land
Antarctica
Earth
Antares
Sirius
la Paz
Bolivia
Lhasa
Tibet
Yyright
McClure Syndicate
La Follette’s Legacy Shapes Ike Era Modern Republicanism
Eisenhower sees in the late Robert La Follette Sr. a model for modern Republicanism as reform currents cross party lines. The piece recalls La Follette’s stand against war in 1917 and his battles with Coolidge era conservatism, noting shifting views on taxation, public returns, and reform.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert Marion la Follette Sr
Senate
Wisconsin
Congress
Caw
la Follette
Lonely LA Follette
Old Bob
Germany
Ike
Curtain Call Fables Behind the Glitter of Ziegfeld
The tale recalls Florenz Ziegfeld and a star writer who lived lavishly yet faced creditor pressure. A $500 advance for a Follies sketch led to concealed debt and a late night confrontation in the theater. Ziegfeld discovers a figure at his door and a sheriff downstairs, then turns on the lights to reveal the truth. The quip lands as the writer learns the danger was aimed at him.
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Florenx Ziegfield
Ziegfield
Dagan
Carlos Ber Reports From Sacramento Assemblyman notes education and tax shifts
Carlos Ber reports from Sacramento on the 1987 legislative stretch ending June 12. He cites possible education funding, a revenue bill aiding oil areas, welfare benefit boosts, and the Senate committee's rejection of an anti reading-stamp bill. He supported prescription tax relief and a tax program review commission for California.
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Jandd
Senate
California
State College
Assembly
Sacramento
State Assembly
Tae
Tov
Carlos Ber
Assemblyman
Thirteenth District
Glancing Back Through 15 and 25 Years Ago Highlights
A look back chronicles a 15 year period with wartime dread of labor shortages for cherry growers and apricot crops, plus civic changes as Orland Crose resigns Civil Defense, Alfred Frager takes over. A railroad rescue saved two lives near Sunset Boulevard. A 25th wedding anniversary in Oakland and Memorial Day rites in Lone Tree Cemetery are noted, along with school salary cuts and curricula.
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Orland Crose
Alfred Frager
Oakland
Howard Bacon
American Legion
Alameda County
Lone Tree Cemetery
150Th “Infantry
Clyde Voorhees
Alan
Carrie Pestdorff
Hayward
Rose
Pest Dorff
Anna Haar
Christina Kahlke
San Lorenzo
Walery
Clyde Lawson
Approach To Truth By Sydney J Harris
STRICTLY PERSONAL. The essay argues truth and happiness come not from direct pursuit but from negative discovery. Youths seek answers while elders show roads not to take, via negative experiences learned through trial and error. Personal truth emerges from collecting non answers and navigating false paths.
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SYDNEY J. HARRIS _ Just
Sach
Heaven
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