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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1968
Page
5
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City dwellers face growing odds of municipal income taxes within years. Tax Foundation projects over half of big-city residents could be taxed by 1875 if trends from 1960 to 1966 continue, with 18 million Americans in over 170 cities already under such levies.
A UPI dispatch from Madison notes Harold E. Stassen at 60 with a small Capitol crowd, once youth movement leader, now sporting a toupe. The piece also mentions George Romney at 60 and compares campaign hair to the Dodgers drawing big crowds in freezing weather. The columnist urges focus on issues over appearance as Stassen and Kennedy contend for nomination.
Readers criticize an editorials spread on Leap Year and the social page's bachelor feature as biased. In Long Beach letters, Lorraine Carlson defends Reagan coverage, urges fairness, and notes editor's note on editorial neutrality.
Jack Anderson and Drew Fearsmi's colleague report from Korea about American troops along the 38th parallel, recalling a history of attacks starting Nov. 2, 1966, the day President Johnson concluded his visit to Seoul. The piece highlights outposts behind sandbags, patient guards, and a silent, elusive enemy.
Drew Pearson reports that North Korean patrols have killed 24 GIs and wounded 78 as nights along the 38th parallel see constant firefights. Soldiers complain of ammo fuel and spare parts shortages while awaiting orders and lacking combat pay or ribbons, despite promises to investigate.
A compendium of shaping American documents with commentary by Boorstin's editors and historians. It covers from the Mayflower Compact to Johnson's 1965 voting rights address, including the Declaration, Constitution, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and lesser known yet pivotal writings.
Washington reports the 11th commandment is breaking as George Romney attacks the Johnson Nixon Vietnam escalation policy in New Hampshire. The slogan once steadied the GOP but proves fragile as Nelson Rockefeller and William Scranton faced Goldwater, and Thyng challenges Thyng in a Republican Senate bid.
In New Hampshire Romney challenges Nixon on Vietnam as the 11th commandment fades. The split among Republicans over war policy grows visible, with Romney and Nixon cast as competing figures while Rockefeller looms as a future disruptor. The piece analyzes party unity dangers and the difficulty of defining a winning stance on Vietnam.
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