Long Beach News masthead and staff listings 1968 edition
The column lists the Independent publisher and Ridder family owners along with key executives at the Long Beach newspaper. It names Daniel H. Ridder co publisher Samuel C. Cameron general manager and other editors and staff, the paper’s address on Pine Avenue, and contact telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Bernard ]. Ridder Jr
Mana
Walter H. Polak
William W. Broom
Malcolm Epley
Don Obs
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
AMA President urges robust Medicaid expansion nationwide
Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur argues Medicaid should be activated in all states to extend health care to over 20 million Americans deemed medically indigent. He pushes local medical societies to implement inclusive programs, defends Medicaid as humane, and calls for punishment of administration flaws without abandoning the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Dwight L. Wilbur
California
AMA
U S and USSR urged to form pact to cool Near East tensions
The piece argues for a pragmatic ad hoc US USSR alliance to pressure Israel and Arab states toward peace. It criticizes Washington and Moscow for symbolic actions and calls for a united, good faith effort spanning administrations to avert a broader war in the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near East
United States
Soviet Union
Pravda
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
Pacific
Washington
State Department
U.S
Nixon plans nationwide TV cabinet and listening posts
The piece imagines President-elect Nixon using listening posts to capture feedback from the 80 000 Who's Who readers to aid cabinet formation. It warns of potential issues if everyone responds or if advice is ignored. It notes the risk of an insular elite feeling they run the country and the complications of unpaid public input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Democracy
Nixon Rockefeller White House Meeting Asges Cold Tone
The Nixon Rockefeller encounter was cool and brief, triggering effort by Ron Ziegler to hide the session from reporters. Rockefeller, leading the liberal wing, left unhappy but silent about public reaction, signaling tensions within the Republican party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Ron Ziegler
Gov. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Feud Shapes GOP Crisis Over Nixon Strategy
The piece details New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s rift with President Nixon amid cabinet snubs and failed coalition hints. It notes Thurmond’s vetoes of northern liberals, Nixon’s approach to Rockefeller, and the governor’s frustration with not being consulted on strategy while Agnew campaigned with conservatives. Rockefeller’s rejection of a U.N. posting underscores tensions as Nixon seeks urban votes to curb crime and unite GOP liberals.
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East
Nixon
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Gov
Rockefeller
Thurmond
Mark Hatfield
Charles Percy
John Lindsay
New York
Miami
Humphrey
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
New York State
Rocky
Hotel
Pierre
Republican Party
White House
Ike
Rockefeller Brothers
HEW
Housing and Urban Development
Eisenhower
Nelson
United States
U.N
GOP
Faith and politics mingle in letters to Nixon
A collage of quotes and imagined letters to Richard Nixon features figures like J Edgar Hoover George Wallace Curtis LeMay Spiro Agnew and Nelson Rockefeller. The pieces probe faith law order unity and cabinet roles amid a transition period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
George Wallace
Wallace
P.S
Gen
Curtis Lemay
Washington
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Extreme remedy is bad one
Washington column argues Solzhenitsyns The First Circle speaks to fears in America today and warns against equating US dissent with Soviet repression. It notes parallels and cautions that McCarthy era figures would face arrest, while invoking current activists and casualties in a nightmarish Lubyanka analogy.
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Washington, D.C
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Stalin
Kosygin
America
Soviet Union
Russia
Senator McCarthy
Tom Hayden
Mark Rudd
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Harrison Salibury
Harry S. Ashmore
Hanoi
Lubyanka
Death Valley
Solzhenitsyn
Richard Wilson on dissent and repression in Russia and America
The piece argues Solzhenitsyn depicts state repression under czars and czars and the Soviet regime. It warns the New Left seeks elite rule over democratic norms. It condemns extremism and urges respect for the Bill of Rights while noting clashes in cities and campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Solzhenitsyn
Chicago
Justice Black
Naples boat-slip crisis prompts call for balance
Long Beach resident Joseph M. Phelps urges support for Councilman Paul R. Deats as Naples waterfront faces mooring shortages. He warns parking and sanitary facilities strain from nonresident boat owners threaten the area's residential quality amid booming marina development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Deats
Naples
Peninsula
Belmont Shore
Long Beach Marina
Deats
Long Beach Residents Blessings Amid Strife
Sidewalk survey captures diverse Long Beach residents praising health, citizenship, and freedom. Aljean Rae, Clifford Schreiner, Hugh Harlan, and others reflect on blessings, education, and national satisfaction despite economic or social challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Harlan
Long Beach
Max Rafferty
Aljean Rae
Cal State
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Miles E. Lines
Israel
Jordan
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Cabinet
New York Times Service
Ed Sullivan
James Reston
Drew Pearson
Jesus
Mark
Sir Arthur Clutton-Brock
David
Bank For the Treasury
Laurance
Interior
Czechoslovakia
Richard Wilson
New Left
Town Meeting
Virgil
Bay Front
Inner Canal
Marine Department
Joseph M. Phelps
Myrtle Akre
Salvation Army
Fifth Street
Clifford Schreiner
John Coleman
Wilmington
Glenda Rustick
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