How to Protest Property Tax Assessments in Los Angeles
Readers learn the official process to appeal increases before the three citizen Assessment Appeals Boards. Applications due September 16, hearings begin September 23 in the Hall of Administration, with regional offices providing forms and any written appraisals requiring the appraiser to attend.
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Burton Chace
Board of Supervisors
Citizens’ Equalization Board
Superior Court
Hall of Administration
Long Beach
West Ocean
Appeals Board
Progress on Rubble of the Past in New York Critique
A roaming columnist laments the city’s fondness for demolishing old architecture. He cites Toronto and Montpelier debates, notes Richmond's past preservation, and argues Americans neglect memory as bulldozers erase Victorian heritage. He warns New Yorkers overlook long-term value amid modernization.
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New York
57Th Street
Toronto
Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Historical Society
Richmond
Virginia
Parthenon
New L-dopa Drug Shows Benefits in Parkinsons Patients
A study of 38 patients at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons reports dramatic improvement with L-dopa for Parkinsons disease. One patient fully reversed symptoms, twenty three showed marked improvement, and four had moderate gains. Patients previously limited by tremors and rigidity regained basic self care.
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Yahr
Baseball loyalty or mercenary teams echoes a regional betrayal
The writer compares modern professional baseball to mercenaries lacking local roots arguing that genuine civic pride comes from hometown players and regional teams like England’s cricket. The piece questions moves such as Chicago White Sox considering Milwaukee, and laments the money driven, peripatetic nature of modern rosters.
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Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee
Chicago
Greece
John Allan May
Yorkshire Cricket Ethos and Bucks Questioned
Sydney Harris argues that cricket loyalty means players must be true Yorkshiremen born and bred, not transferred to Bucks. May notes naturalization would take five years, challenging the idea of playing for Bucks. The piece rails against college football recruiting high school players and touts genuine sportsmanship.
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Yorkshire
Yorks
Bucks
May
Free Talk or Fake Money The Toll Call Tale
A Long Beach man paid 25 cents to hear a store recording from White Front in Orange County and asked for his money back after being told no price or brand details would be given over the phone. General Telephone kept the refund but the columnist blames the system. The story also recounts Harold Thordarson’s encounter with a hitchhiker who turned out to be an escaping counterfeiter, leading to a police stakeout and arrest.
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General Telephone Co
General Telephone
Orange County
Long Beach
Harold Stassen
Harald Thordarson
Ocean Boulevard
Los Angeles
Thordarson
John Dillinger
Biograph Theater
Chicago
Thorndarson
Thoughts on life and diligence from Confucius
A concise reflection cites Confucius on how life’s outcomes hinge on effort and preparation. It likens progress to a mechanic sharpening tools before work, underscoring discipline and readiness as prerequisites for success.
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Confucius
Columnists on opinion pages reflect diverse viewpoints
The columnists selected for the opinion pages represent a range of perspectives and do not imply the newspaper's editorial stance. Readers are invited to consider contrasting voices and form their own judgments.
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Berry's
Hubert
James Kilpatrick
Richard Whalen
James Morris
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Manhattan
John Ruskin
Melvin D. Yahr
American Neurosurgical Association
By Ben Zinser
Medical Science Editor
England
Buckinghamshire
Sydney Harris
George Robeson
PSA
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California
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Supe
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