Editorial taint on Time expose and Irving’s con
Editorial argues Time magazine was fooled by Irving in a sham biography of Howard Hughes. It defends Irving’s earnings as earned through devoted, even tedious, research and notes the lackluster subject matter he profited from. The piece mocks Hughes’s dull exploits and jokes about boredom in the publishing world.
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Time Magazine
Clifford Iving
Irving
McCuan-Hill
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Long Beach
James Phelan
Phelan
Reagan Says Plan to Build California Governor’s Mansion
Governor Reagan outlines a plan to construct a state executive mansion for successors. He blames decades of political hassling and says he can get the project done, noting a prior $750,000 appropriation vetoed by him and a donated site on the American River. He hints at organizational funding but offers few details, urging public disclosure and caution about narrow contributor groups.
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Reagan
California
Plea for basic rights provokes strong fears on tolerance
Letters from Long Beach readers attack George Robeson s defense of homosexual rights as a threat to a normal society. They equate advocates with extremists, urging restraint and portraying calls for equal rights as destabilizing while urging continued minority respect and social cohesion.
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Duolt
George Hobeson
America Society
Long Beach
Paub Clegg
SCAG debate shows too little action for regional reform
Los Angeles City Council members question SCAG’s purpose and vote on reorganizing the Southern California Association of Governments. The piece argues SCAG’s approach is too little, too late, urging the legislature to craft a genuine regional government plan rather than accept SCAG as final.
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Los Angeles
SCAG
County Boards of Supervisors
Association of Bay Area Governents
Fivo
Association of Bay Area Governments
Metropolitan Water District
California
Summit on open government question stirs White House briefing
A briefing by White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler touches on whether Americans would be fully informed about Nixon’s talks with Chinese leaders. The piece contends the people’s right to know is not a constitutional guarantee and recalls Kennedy Khrushchev discussions and Berlin tensions as context, noting omissions and contested claims.
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Crescent
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Chou
Man
China
Ziegler
U.S
Supreme Court
United States
People’s Republic of China
Kennedy
Vienna
Vikita S. Khrushchev
Jason
Charles Bollen
Moscow
Paris
Inquist
Bohlen
Khrushchev
Berlin
Any Second Thoughts 7 President Kennedy and quiet diplomacy
The text argues Kennedy relied on quiet diplomacy before the Cuban missile crisis and suggests the public could not be told all details. It notes the Vienna talks foreshadowed danger, warns officials must avoid misleading rhetoric, and observes the political pressure from Democratic contenders in an election year without amplifying speculation.
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Pentagon
Anderson
Nixon
Hot meals program for elderly set for 1973 approval
President Nixon backs a bipartisan measure to fund hot meals for Americans 60 and older, with up to 90 percent federal support. Sponsors expect a March signing ceremony. The program targets 28 million seniors, relying on churches, schools, and community groups to serve meals. Transportation and home meal options are planned, with teens and students invited as volunteers.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Litton
White House
Lyro Demerats
Glatde Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Federsl
Thames
Congress
Eig
Mood and Nutrition Board
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council
Irvey
White Nose Conference On Food, Nutrition and Health
Force On
Richard M. Nixon
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San Francisco Bay
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