Editorial Questioning CHP Ticket Quota at San Leandro
An editorial argues against a traffic ticket quota for San Leandro CHP patrols. It warns quotas may bias policing toward issuing more tickets near shift end and could undermine driver safety while inviting abuse and unequal treatment of motorists.
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Hayward Mayor Proposes Motel Tax to Aid Culture
Tax bug spreads through agencies as Mayor Dan Cooper considers a new motel tax on tourist rooms. Proceeds would fund cultural events and attract tourism, mirroring San Francisco’s model, though Hayward revenue would be modest and place extra burden on motels.
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High rise building boom and reform effort in 1960s era
The piece notes a booming high rent high rise construction trend in the U S economy. It mentions a New York school offering witchcraft and sorcery courses for housewives and jokes that wives already master these arts. It cites Census Bureau data showing women’s average age at 29.4 versus men 27.1 and questions how ages were obtained. It also references Rep Benjamin Rosenthal’s efficiency efforts and relates Vice President Humphrey to charting big business as part of LBJ’s liberal business discount.
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Laughing at a rent subsidy plan in housing debate
Washington pundits mock the Great Society rent subsidy as goofy and unfair. The piece argues the plan redistributes costs between neighbors, harms incentives, and invites government overreach, with critics citing $40 billion cost and questionable oversight.
Back pain advice from friends and specialists lampooned
Sydney Harris jokes about semi annual back pain in a theater lobby and skewers the flood of advice from doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors, masseurs, and quick fixes. He warns readers to see an orthopedic surgeon and mocks sensational cures while noting home remedies and medications.
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Back Pain Remedies Mock ailing Faithful Answer
A satirical riff on back pain cures and miracle cures. The speaker scorns corsets injections and supposed miracle workers while mocking pseudoscience. The piece closes with a wry confession about helping a friend after a back injury.
Supreme Court drowns in post‑conviction habeas flood
James J. Kilpatrick compares the courts to a sorcerer’s apprentice as Gideon and Fay expanded trial rights, prompting a flood of habeas corpus petitions from prisoners nationwide. The May 25 decision praised Nebraska and other states for post‑conviction remedies, warning that protections may soon reach misdemeanors and pretrial questioning.
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Passing Comment and Quotations Roundup
A collage of quirky quotations and brief aphorisms sourced from various papers. Notable lines touch on baseball amid wartime fatigue, procrastination, thrift, work, conscience, Khrushchev retirement, philosophy on human nature, drivers license, and undeveloped space. Authors include Goshen News Sacramento Bee Waynesboro Wayne County News, Luverne Star Herald Ottawa Journal Mobile Register Windsor Star.
Rights and limits in Taft-Hartley 14B repeal clash
Barry Goldwater weighs in on the civil rights vs union shop debate as the Johnson administration seeks to repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act. The piece argues the move undermines workers freedom to join or refrain from unions, critiques political motives, and warns that targeting right-to-work laws risks inflaming disputes in a free society. It notes Johnson’s history with labor leaders and questions the economic rationale for repeal.
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Tayndon B. Johnson
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