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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
9
The Long Beach California edition dated Thursday August 5 1968 lists staff positions including publisher editors and managing editors with names such as Hermen H Ridder Samuel Camerta Walter He Willian W Broom Malcolm Epley and Daniel H Ridder. It shows the page 8-2 designation for the edition.
A Kerr inspired plan urges a federal program to grant $500 yearly to 1 million poor students, plus $500 in part time earnings and affordable loans. The piece argues that improving elementary and secondary schooling is essential before mass college access can be achieved, noting persistent disadvantaged education in cities.
The article notes California leaders spar over UN Day with Governor Reagan saying no proclamation due to legislative inaction. Senator Milton Marks proposes a UN Day resolution met with committee opposition. Teale accuses the governor of unwillingness, while aides cite foreign affairs as a factor. observers suggest the clash reflects Sacramento politics and summer heat.
A reader urges officials to use vacant freeway land for free commuter parking to encourage car pooling and reduce traffic and smog. The idea echoes San Francisco pilots with a dollar weekly maintenance fee.
New York report by retired Major General Edward G. Lansdale argues that internationally supervised one man one vote elections in South Vietnam would not deter a Communist victory. The Lansdale assessment, presented to the State Department, says South Vietnamese nationalists are divided and unable to unite against the Viet Cong, with roughly 3.3 million under Communist influence and 4.5 million government employees and dependents shaping the political balance.
A declassified Lansdale report portrays South Vietnam’s power structure as corrupt and divided, with elite leaders swayed by fortune tellers and personal ties while provincial chiefs lag behind Communist rivals. It notes weak mass support, uncertain policy execution, and lingering distrust within the U.S. ally’s leadership, forecasting a long, difficult road to elections despite hints of accepted recommendations.
The piece reflects on Woodrow Wilson and Tomas Masaryk shaping Czechoslovakia in 1918 by breaking up Austria Hungary. It notes the creation of Yugoslavia and Poland's independence as outcomes of that policy. The author recalls a 1923 visit to Czechoslovakia with Edouard Benes and Edouard Henes.
Drew Pearson recalls Czechoslovakia's fragile alignment with Russia, its 1938 Nazi occupation, and postwar shifts. He notes Ike’s troop withdrawal in 1945, Yugoslavia’s break from Moscow, Khrushchev’s belated apology, and the enduring lesson that freedom endures despite imperial pressure.
War ren G. Harding was nominated by the Republican Party at Chicago in 1920, as William Allen White reflected on the debacle with a melancholy note about the pull between martyrdom and self-preservation in politics.
An editorial denounces Richard Nixon at the Miami Beach gathering for courting crowds with divisive rhetoric while promising unity. It notes Thurmond’s presence, accuses Nixon of prior rhetoric, and argues true leadership requires upholding the Constitution and civil rights. The piece questions Nixon’s commitment to national unity and secure governance.
A string of brief remarks from Mrs Adrien Christie of Saugus and Mrs Henrietta Comisar in Long Beach about life, city changes, climate, and travel. Shelton Eaton recalls St. Louis and old hometown ties while Elizabeth Jaffe praises New York museums despite dirtiness and variety.
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