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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
12
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A British Empire reduced to few loyalists on Western European isles faces dwindling spirits as a Soviet fleet stabilizes in the Mediterranean and the USSR moves toward greater sea power. An ancient China reels with revolution yet holds its first significant gains.
Long Beach faces rising youth drug use with marijuana amphetamines and hallucinogens. City Manager Mansell backs a community committee and the school district offers resources for an immediate study involving pot. The aim is an objective analysis guiding enforcement and prevention for parents and youths alike.
The budget rests on uncertain assumptions about new taxes, continued prosperity, and higher revenues. It makes no allowances for Asia risks or domestic disorder from cutbacks. The critic notes possible war costs in Korea and greater federal intervention as events outpace fiscal planning.
The passage argues that if LSD and similar mind expanding drugs were regulated medically and prescribed for elderly depressions, their appeal to the young would disappear, altering seen psychological dynamics and societal interest. It frames drug control as a means to reduce youthful curiosity and risk.
The passage contrasts older and younger readers escaping reality and engaging with the world. It argues pedantry versus genuine education, critiques note taking as distraction, and notes love and status dynamics. It also reflects on Kennedy pragmatism affecting Rab and Ted Kennedy, and ends with gendered wishes about aging and wealth.
Ralph McGill surveys how universal change reshapes Christianity from revivalist roots to social action. He cites National Council of Churches and Catholic bishops filing briefs on open housing, noting legal strides push churches toward incarnate Christ and communal reform amid sect splits and court rulings.
President Johnson expressed disappointment with Moscow's leaders at Glassboro citing limited direct access to Brezhnev and Kosygin's rigid guidance. He remained hopeful a nuclear nonproliferation treaty and limits on antiballistic missiles could be reached, but negotiations stalled.
Drew Pearson assesses a split inside the Kremlin over cooperation with the United States amid a push for a nuclear pact. Suslov drives hardline policy, pushing Brezhnev and sidelining Kosygin, while Johnson studies intelligence reports on the stalled treaty and hawks in Congress threaten to block ratification after the Pueblo incident.
Long Beach ANNA M. BACHE and Hawthorne STEVEN F. CAMPER lament a perceived pattern of fiscal irresponsibility among governors. The piece cites past remarks by ex Gov Brown and Speaker Unruh blaming Reagan era deficits and questions the administration's will to retrieve a pirated U.S. Navy ship crew, relating to Vietnam victory attitudes.
Levi L. Smith writes from Lakewood urging J.A. County officials and the state to curb rising property taxes. He argues tax shifts burden onto the elderly sick and poor while wealthy newcomers boost values with improvements, calling for taxation based on property and not neighbor actions.
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