Editorial on Seal Beach oil well zoning and city control
An editorial argues that Mayor Morton Baum seeks to zone an offshore oil island near Seal Beach to restrict Standard Oil drilling. It contrasts with Waxey Gordon’s tax case and urges the city to exercise direct zoning power or seek state legislation, while rejecting treating a well as a nonconforming use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Baum
Seal Beach
Standard Oil Co
State Lands Commission
Baum
Standard Oil
Waxey Gordon
Waxey
Lands Commission
Bank backs new Barber work for Philadelphia Orchestra
American industry funds live music and composers, with Girard Trust Bank commissioning Samuel Barber for a new Philadelphia Orchestra piece. Bank says price is modest. Barber declined another commission due to time constraints. The piece aims to broaden support for American composers beyond academia and museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Trust Bank of Philadelphia
Samuel Barber
Philadelphia Orchestra
Barber
Girard
the Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh Symphony
Seamy side of it hints at fashion woes and rain gear needs
The piece laments decline of white collar workers, noting bright raincoats and vivid umbrellas could reduce car strikes. It urges waterproof, attractive coats and longer rainwear while fashion shifts inside out. It emphasizes practical outerwear needs for American men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
John L Lewis biography and Upmanship book reviews
A Saul D Alinsky biography on John L Lewis titled Todays books praises Lewis as a powerful force in American labor and coal miners hero, while Stephen Potter collects his complete Upmanship with volumes like Ganemanship Lifemanship One-upmanship and Supermanship in a Holt Rinehart Winston edition priced at 8 95. The reviews note the dramatic yet humane traits and the satirical guide to cunning in governance and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Stephen Potter
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Budget and language puzzles in Nixon era budget briefing
Washington reporters carried the nation's money around in shipping bags to cover the release of The Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 1972 and the budget appendix. The piece notes budgetese, translation efforts by Caspar Weinberger, Parkinsonian deadline pressure, and the public’s confusion over large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Buy Ziegler
Internal Revenue Service
Office of Budget and Management
Caspar Weinberger
George P. Schulte
Money Wagging The Nation In Campaign Tides
Lou Cannon notes Washington ideas of high finance strain the mind as Sen. John V. Tunney discusses raising a half million dollars for a campaign deficit in California. Reagan's reaction to Rockefeller's fundraising hints at a broad presidential money scramble, with reporters boasting the nation’s cash moved in shipping bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
John V. Tunney
California
Reagan
Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Down with clog the smog letter to the editor
A Long Beach reader laments smog poisoning calling it the clog. She urges citizens to join Stamp-Out-Smog and public action, citing health effects and urging letters to editors, PTAs and churches to push pollution reporting. The piece threads through local efforts and calls for community response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Gilbert Bailey
George Robeson
Burton Chace
Robeson
Meals for Millions Clarifies Hunger Aid Funds Role
An independent student group conducts a March on Hunger fundraiser and Meals for Millions states it did not sponsor organize solicit or designate any funds raised. The foundation emphasizes only as a recipient of aid rather than organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Meals For
Meals For Millions
Founda
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Thomas E. Dewey
Brooklyn
Dewey
BANK
Saul D. Alinsky
Vintage
Schmeer
Honald Reagan
Ronald L. Ziegler
Schultz
Scott’ Pitegerald
Lou Cannon
Department of Social Services
Santa Monica
F. Saunders
Meals For Millions Foundation
Long Beach Unified
Long Beach Unified School
George H. Hackney
Press-Telegram
Fang Beach
E.C. LE Chasseur
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
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