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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
12
Air travel has grown rapidly, pushing railroads from passenger service yet facing bottlenecks. Scheduling, air traffic control funding, and airport capacity lag behind tech gains in aircraft, risking delays and ground jams. Coordination among government, carriers, and manufacturers is urged to sustain future growth.
The 1968 69 cultural agreement cuts five major performing arts exchanges to three per side and lowers professor research visits from 15 to 10, student exchanges from 40 to 30, while expanding weather control and pollution related exchanges. The move aims to curb exposure to bourgeois ideas as Soviets push for tighter cultural control.
A roundup of new books includes Maine themed anthologies edited by W. Storrs Lee with poets like Longfellow and Millay, plus Western memoirs by Baylis John Fletcher, Archibald Campbell’s voyage account, John R. Cook’s frontier buffalo hunting, and Castaneda’s Don Juan teaching, with prices and publishers noted.
Nixon and Agnew are nominated by Republicans and the Democratic party voices doubt. The party leaders in Washington show uneasy resolve as they face the hot political climate and internal disagreements.
James Reston notes heat and political strain as Democratic leaders battle internal splits before the Chicago convention. Humphrey seeks alignment on Vietnam but distrusts Johnson, Wallace, and Nixon loom as potential rivals, with polls showing Humphrey trailing Nixon 52 to 48.
Readers debate gun registration, crime, and government reform arguing registration may not curb homicide rates and that lawmakers should legislate for better conditions. The column shifts to national politics focusing on Nixon, Wallace, and Democratic strategy in Miami Beach and Chicago.
The piece analyzes Democratic nerves ahead of the Chicago Convention, noting divisions over Vietnam welfare and centralization, while Nixon’s unpopularity and Wallace’s potential aid shape the race. It contrasts McCarthy with Roosevelt and warns the party risks further fractures and defeat.
In Washington Congress adjourned amid a near fist fight between John Dingell and Fred Schwengel over trucking lobby contributions of 75 000 dollars. Schwengel urged ethics probes while Dingell charged unproven influence and the two clashed on the floor and in the Speaker’s lobby.
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