Editorial on Teamster strike fallout and antitrust push
A week-long California cannery strike caused heavy losses for 78 canneries and growers with reduced harvests and higher consumer prices. The piece argues unions abused monopoly power, supports Thurmond SB926 to subject unions to antitrust laws, and predicts widespread political impact if enacted. Consumers, canners, and growers bear the cost while Teamsters face future pressure.
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California
Everbody
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Teamster
U.S. Senate
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Sen. Thurmond
Nation weighs national flower as Congress mulls bloom
A humorous survey asks which bloom should be the national flower as Congress debates options. Poppy, rose, goldenrod and mistletoe are mentioned with playful notes on states and politicians. The piece teases reactions from Dirksen, Hay s, and public polls, noting the Bicentennial year and lingering garden politics.
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Uncle Sam
California
Kansas
Michigan
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Debates On Downtown Long Beach Redevelopment Deadline
Letters argue the September 30 deadline marks a pivotal moment for the Ernest Hahn Company plan to build a two level mall on a six block area bound by Long Beach Boulevard Pavific Avenue Broadway and Ocean Boulevard. Rumors swirl of store commitments and extension moves.
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Long Beach
Ernest Hahn Contracting Company
Long Beach Boulevard
Pavific Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Hahn
Targetment
Oder
Project Area Committee
Randy Verrue
Verrue
Ernest Hahn
Ernest Hahn Company
Citizens urge tax relief and watchdog role for officials
A reader letter advocates residents inform officials to cut property taxes and seeks newspaper help listing officials’ names and addresses to hold them accountable. The writer recalls wartime hardship, criticizes media ethics, and questions electric cord safety and consumer costs.
World Shock Over Soviet Nuclear Test Treaty Breach
Washington reports world shock as a Soviet underground test beyond treaty limits provokes fury among U.S. scientists and military leaders. Debate rages inside the administration over Kremlin bad faith while some see no chance for early Senate ratification of any new pact.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Kremlin
Soviet Union
U.9
Speman
Should lawyers advertise rates in a changing era
Washington notes shift in legal advertising as the Department of Justice sues the American Bar Association to stop price advertising while the ABA eases rules. Court decisions on pharmacist and funeral ads frame this debate. The piece highlights potential benefits of consumer access and competition, urging allowance of simple fee ads and practical disclosures.
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Goldfarb v. Virgina State Bar
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Jere
Washington
American Bar Association
ABA
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
Sims
Ageney
Virginia Bar
Rofkatic
Independent Press Telegram staff and editors list
The Independent Press Telegram notes its leadership with Herman H Ridder as publisher and Samuel C Cameron as General Manager. Miles E Lines serves as Executive Editor with David Levinson as Managing Editor and Don Ohl as Editor Editorial Page.
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Miles E. Lines
David Levinson
Don Ohl
Bert Resnik
Tarry Sattorla
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