Editorial: Valleys Boom Spurring Public Growth Plans
The editorial notes rapid growth in the WIVERMORE AMADOR area with two key developments. Supervisor John Murphy recommends studying a new county complex on publicly owned land near Santa Rita to avoid duplicating Oakland or Maywood facilities, while Valley Memorial Hospital in Livermore plans a 2 million expansion adding 66 beds and ancillary services.
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Valley Memorial Hospitil
Livermore
UN Charter Display Draws Sparse Bay Area Viewers
The 20th anniversary display of the United Nations charter in San Francisco drew only 73 visitors at the Veterans Memorial Building. A U.N. official remarked on the muted public interest as citizens question the organization’s evolution since its founding.
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U.N
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Veterans? Memorial
United Nations
Contemplating Immortality Through Cryonics and Legend
A Detroit writer promotes preserving the body after death for future revival, arguing immortal possibility via medical science. Critics note flaws in the argument and question the feasibility of such revival.
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Detroit
Francine
Immortality discussed as hellish prospect and moral question
A writer argues against freezing and reviving the dead as a form of immortality. He cites social, medical, religious, and ethical objections and warns eternal life would be hell for flawed beings. The piece references Christian views and quotes Marcus Aurelius and Saint Peter as contrasts.
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Marcus Aurelius
Peter
Dodd warns media bias shaping Viet Nam coverage
Senator Dodd cautions that biased reporting by certain U S press figures distorts Vietnam war coverage. He argues reporters sympathetic to antiwar sentiment boost stories of anti communists while downplaying Viet Cong atrocities and Chinese Communist influence, risking a loss of public support and policy derailment.
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Sen. Dodd
Algiers Shake Up Ties Guevara to Ben Bella and Red Crisis
A historical analysis links Che Guevara to Ben Bella through a web of Soviet Chinese aid and Algerian revolt, noting Ben Bella's overthrow and Castro era ties. It describes Geneva Swiss intermediaries, large Red China funds, and Mao's evolving support, with Western diplomats questioning the Guevara Ben Bella connection and Moscow’s stance.
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Boulaid
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China
Ussr
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Mao
Kremlin
Ben Bella
Federation of Chinese Students
Mahmoud Kemisti
Algiers
GOP fund-raising woes shadow 1966 campaign
The piece notes that the GOP struggles to raise money for its 1966 campaign and may rely on anti-poverty funds after the prior election. It critiques education math and parental homework help, recalls astronauts McDivil and White skipping LBJ Ranch visit, jokes about LBJ’s driving, and mentions the Astros' attendance and the GI A-weapon Davy Crockett being scrapped.
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McDivil
White
LBJ
Outer Space
Great Scandals of Cheating at Cards in the 19th Century
Sydney Harris surveys John Welcome’s book on three famous cheating trials in whist baccarat and poker across the Victorian era. The piece discusses motives like arrogance megalomania and fear of defeat, and notes the challenge of proving dishonesty in court and in high society games.
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John Welcome
British Isles
Sirilliam Cordon Cummings
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