Editorials Five new counties proposal merits serious study
Los Angeles County, with over seven million residents, is too large to govern effectively. Splitting into five counties could improve local control but hinges on boundaries and formation. The editorial urges careful consideration and legislative action while opposing more county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Cullen
Los Angeles County
Canyon County
New York
Cullen
Los Angeles
Ashe urges balance for Black youth to study over sports
Arthur Ashe argues that a tiny fraction of Black Americans reach pro sports and urges youth to invest in education. He notes only about 3,170 major pro spots exist and many fail to transition to lifelong work, stressing two hours in the library for every hour on the field.
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Arthur Ashe
Independent
Press-Telegram
UCLA
Ashe
United States
Carter Toughens Stance on Soviet Rights Test
Before his presidency, Carter faced a Soviet push to test his resolve with expulsions and arrests of dissidents. The U S responded by expelling a journalist, issuing a critical statement, and sending a personal reply to Sakharov. The administration frames human rights as central to credibility and arms talks, linking repression to U S credibility and future negotiations.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
Associated Press
Moscow
George Krimsky
Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
Washington
Aleksandr Ginzburg
State Department
Andrei Sakharov
Kissinger
United States
U.S.S.R
Vane
Benefe
Paul Warnke
Aleks
Ginzburg
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Lakewood letters rail at local committees and inflation
A batch of reader letters attacks a new quasi independent committer in Lakewood and a "research committee" for spreading half truths and misstatements. Writers accuse officials of misunderstanding state general plan rules, praise local code updates, and call for reforms to auto insurance laws while venting on taxes, welfare, and city leadership.
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Lakewood
Planning Commission
Akewood
Massachusetts
New York
John L. Holmes
Atm
Rom
Record of Volunteers in Gary Gilmore Case
Barbara Swain states no one was compelled to be a rifleman in the execution of Gary Gilmore. She notes volunteers were paid for the job and many other requests were received.
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Barbara Swain
Gary Gilmore
Milt Nalibow
Long Beach
Life saver team praised for lifesaving effort
Glenn and Dorothy McLean thank Ralph Titus Bill Dean and Rick Lockman of Cypress Fire Department for prompt action February 1 in front of Los Alamitos High School that saved their 17 year old son Scott. May God bless the paramedics. Rossmoor Los Alamitos.
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Ralph Titus
Bill Dean
Rick Lockman
Cypress Fire Department
Los Alamitos High School
Scott
Glenn
Dorothy McLean
Rossmoor
Los Alamitos
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