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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1967
Page
7
A 1960s regional analysis notes California and United States growth decelerating from previous highs. Researchers warn immigration shifts and environmental limits curb rapid expansion, urging sustained effort to maintain livability and economic progress amid slower gains.
The Supreme Court declined to review a conviction for burning a draft card, signaling no change to the Second Circuit ruling. The court’s silence implies agreement with the appellate decision, stressing draft card destruction as improper and harmful to the Selective Service system in times of national peril.
Letters from residents critique student tuition funding and policing in Long Beach. A 60-year-old tire repairer argues for work paying own education and questions taxpayer duties. Margaret Frederick applauds vigilant officers and notes two women violating a crosswalk rule, urging prudent enforcement.
The piece reflects on juvenile political clashes in Chattanooga Tennessee between Democrats and Republicans at an old Fourth District school. It laments the lack of dynamic youth engagement in politics, critiques adult leadership, notes aging unions under Walter Reuther as an exception, and warns of a growing gap between young and older Americans living in a world they did not create.
Ralph McGill analyzes how the South defies a single party pattern, separating factions within Democrats and Republicans. He notes rising youth awareness amid partisan divides, advertising tapping teenage and youth markets, and a broad shift in civic discourse.
United Nations warnings flag renewed Cyprus tensions as American arms reach Greece and Turkey. The Pentagon's overseas sales drive, led by Henry Kuss, profits firms like General Dynamics Lockheed and McDonnell with deals in Morocco Latin America and beyond.
The article links Crown to a profitable building supplies firm with city contracts in Cool County, plus a large TFX deal for General Dynamics amid criticism. It notes Dora Stern suing Crown for a share of her mother Mrs. Greiver’s investment from 1819, with Crown winning earlier court battles. Also mentions Sen Fulbright’s push to halt weapons shipments and recounts FDR’s warning about the military industrial complex.
A humorous critique of slang and clichés in public speech. The speaker lampoons expressions like on the ball whats up and know-how while calling for curbs on slang usage and against verbose phrasing in everyday discourse.
The early 1967 period sees Washington shaken by a wave of policy and moral doubt. The central issue centers on the CIA's covert funding of universities, student groups, labor officials, and private organizations, adding to a string of troubling disclosures about secrecy and influence.
A sweeping portrait recalls 1960s scandals from Adar Powell and Bobby Baker to FBI wiretaps and Kennedy assassination controversies. It notes California politics involving Ronald Reagan, campus funding battles, and tensions between the White House, Congress, and the press, concluding with public pushback against clandestine methods.
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