Long Beach Press 1968 Staff Roster and Contact Line
The Long Beach California newspaper lists key staff including publisher Herman H Ridder co owner Daniel Ridder and general manager Samuel Cameron with editor Malcolm Epley and editorial page editor Cox Obs. The paper notes a 604 Pine Avenue address and a December 17 1968 date with page B 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Bernard J. Ridder Jr
Walter H. Polak
William W’. Broom
Malcolm Epley
Cox Obs
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
Dirksen Eyes National Constitutional Convention Revival
Senator Everett M Dirksen pursues a national constitutional convention to overturn the one man one vote ruling upheld in 1964 The plan draws support from some states while legal experts question feasibility and risks The piece argues Dirksen should instead aid the new Republican administration and avoid plans that threaten democracy.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Sen. Dirksen
Italy’s New Coalition Premier Rumor Faces Turbulent Start
The center-left bloc led by Premier Rumor includes Mariano Rumor and Pietro Nenni as foreign minister. Italian politics face student unrest and labor protests, with frequent government turnover and a volatile parliamentary scene amid a backdrop of rapid events.
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Rome
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democrats
Vatican
Pietro Nenni
Giovanni Leone
Public voice to be heard on freeways
Secretary Boyd holds hearings to set policy giving the public the right to influence freeway routing. He aims to change past practice where states largely decided routes without broad public input, leaving future thruways open to ground floor scrutiny.
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Washington
Alan Boyd
Florida
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Boyd
Two-Step Hearings Proposed For Highway Routes
federal engineers fixed routes before public input prompting Secretary Boyd to urge two hearings one before route finalization and one after engineers tentatively fix it. The move faced highway lobby opposition and echoes California practices amid DC and Nashville disputes over roadway projects and economic impacts on Black businesses.
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Boyd
California
Highway Lobby
Tire
Oil and Gas
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Transportation Department
District of Columbia
Potomac
U.S. Court of Appeals
Congress
William Natcher
Kentucky
Natcher
Nashville
Tenn
Revenue sharing in Nixon era reshapes welfare debate
The piece discusses potential Republican led revenue sharing with states under Nixon. It highlights Melvin Laird and Pat Moynihan advocating decentralizing social programs to states and cities. It notes Moynihan's push for income maintenance including possible guaranteed work and family allowances, and considers federalizing welfare as a path to broader income supplementation and looser eligibility.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Council On Urban Affairs
Pat Moynihan
Johnson
Nixon
Americans For Democratic Action
Pople
Moynihan
America
Nixon White House
Agnew
Gov
Rockefeller
New York
Milton Friedman
Prompt action over hasty judgment cited by Louis Napoleon
A biblical line from II Kings 7 15 notes rapid acts leave garments and equipment scattered as Syrians retreat. Louis Napoleon warns that error lies not in quick deeds but in quick judgment, reflecting on haste versus prudence.
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Jordan
Louis Napoleon
Emperor of
France
Town Meeting On Christmas Meaning Inspires Gift Dispersion
Letters from Long Beach readers urge recapturing Christmas meaning beyond shopping. A family plans a gift basket for those in need, carols and prayer, arguing love is the true gift and should be shared rather than oversized gifts. Other notes praise education and humane values.
Christmas requests and dreams from Long Beach residents
Round of brief interviews at Fourth Street and Long Beach Boulevard reveals residents asking for practical gifts. A sewing machine, a car, a home, money, and general stability are named by a fashion clerk, a student, a nurse, a service station attendant, and a student.
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Sheri Fitzgerald
Long Beach
Vietnam
Here
Honolulu
Leslie Dawson
Long Beach City College
The
Independent
Press-Telegram
Fourth Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Kristiana Nielsen
Larry Cortez
Karen Cardinals
Judy Byrd
Islands of Destiny A History of Hawaii by Olive Wyndette
A complete historical narrative of Hawaii from prehistory to 20th century modernization. It covers Captain Cook’s 1778 voyage naming the islands, interisland wars, New England missionary influence, annexation to the United States in 1898, and Hawaii’s social and economic progress driven by education and growth over 150 years.
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Sen. Dirksen
Congress
GOP
California Assembly
New York
Walter Annenberg
Philadelphia Inquirer
TV Guide
Seventeen
Navy
Annenberg
Palm Springs
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Bill Paley
CBS
England
Jack Whitney
New York Herald Tribune
Ike
Paley
William Shakespeare
Nixon
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Islands OF Destiny
Hawaii
Olive Wyndette
Tuttle
Capt
James Cook
Earl of
Sandwich
United States
Bill Shelton
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Sterling Bemis
L. A. Collins, S
Italy
Drew Pearson
R, and Tribune
Ablacyek Independent, Press-Telegram
New York Times Service
Tom Wicker
Republican Papers
Laird
Friedman
Town Meeting
Sally Green
Lakewood
Virgil
Sams
Spark of Knowledge
Peggy R. Smith
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