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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1967
Page
6
Disputes over Social Security funding remain unresolved as future projections run into hundreds of billions. Elderly advocates push for stronger benefits while welfare provisions threaten to restrain aid to dependent families. The piece condemns biased political actions and favors equal respect for the elderly and needy mothers amid national policy debates.
A group calling itself the Long Beach Area Community for New Politics urged the City Council to place a Vietnam war ballot proposition before voters. It would declare U S favor an unconditional halt to bombing, immediate cease fire, and withdrawal of troops so the Vietnamese people can chart their own future. The piece argues such municipal foreign policy is meaningless amid ongoing conflict and cannot force an immediate cease fire while fighting continues.
A Long Beach correspondent challenges Johnsons war policy and protests while questioning allied loyalties and media tactics. Another reader rebuts Reagan era welfare critiques, arguing over medical aid costs for the elderly and the burden on middle class families.
The Eastern Establishment Press calls the California redistricting a gerrymander while defenders argue the legislature and Acting Gov Robert Finch acted sensibly given practical constraints. The dispute centers on the state Supreme Court involvement and the map’s alignment with political realities.
The 38 districts must align within five percent of the 1960 population norm, a process that reshapes boundaries from 1962 with an eye to keeping partisan balance and avoiding advantages in upcoming elections. Open conferences and voter alignment are noted as key factors, with California’s post-1970 census redrawing seen as a future prospect to stabilize representation.
Henry M. Reed profiles a $20 Tuttle volume compiling A B Frost illustrations from Dickens Carroll Twain and Uncle Remus. The critic praises Frost as the sportsman artist with authentic sporting scenes and Brer Rabbit images, describing the book as visually splendid and a fine slice of American literary art.
In a secret Senate Finance Committee move during late Congress, Sen Eugene McCarthy joined conservatives to bury a drug amendment that would have let Medicare buy drugs by generic names, potentially saving taxpayers at least 100 million yearly and lowering prices for the elderly. The move exposed why drug firms post high profits and drew warnings from George Squibb of E R Squibb and Sons. The amendment, supported by drug groups, was disowned by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and Squibb despite McCarthy's past ties to the industry.
DREW PEARSON reports that generic drugs cost about one tenth of brand names, with McCarthy and others complicating the vote. The Senate narrowly approved the generic drug amendment, despite heavy lobbying from Pfizer and other drug firms.
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