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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
5
Independent Herman Ridder lists publishers and editors including Herman Hridder Rueniel Ridder Cameron Ridder Jr Polisk Bruce Epley Dow Ailes Sines Bemis and Golliar with page designation B.2 and an editorial column.
City councilman Thomas J. Clark proposes appointing a nine member citizens panel to select Tournament of Roses floats instead of relying on the Public Relations Committee. The editorial urges viewing the parade as regional showmanship and good taste rather than a fierce prize chase.
A Fortune Magazine report highlights a New York program where freedam courses help Black and Puerto Rican graduates pass building trades tests mocked as screening. Despite union intimidation and selective tests, disciplined apprentices gain entry, aided by Labor Department support. The program credits the students’ persistence and education beyond high school.
The letter recounts a Long Beach woman F E Johnson describing her husband’s heart attack cancer scare and eventual lung surgery during a move to the desert and coast. It also includes a critical reader comment by Rev Raymond Broshears calling for reform in dealing with young offenders toward treatment rather than prison.
An English barmaid’s umbrella defense against four muggers prompts comparing U S gun culture with Britain’s near disarmed police. The piece argues Americans fear guns, crime rises despite armed police, and questions if outlawing or limiting firearms would reduce violence.
Sydney Harris argues that criminals are universal, guns and fear fuel repression, and only a swift fair certain jurisprudence can check crime without escalating violence, drawing contrasts between American policy trends and British crime. The piece emphasizes measured justice over punitive arms race dynamics.
Saigon battle lines hold and artillery roars at night yet corruption threatens South Vietnam more than communism. Journalists report that U S taxpayers fund nearly 30 billion dollars annually for the war effort, a sum aiding both sides and fueling systemic graft and inefficiency amid a war economy.
Drew Pearson alleges siphoning of U S aid by South Vietnamese officials and military commanders. He notes rice shipments tripled amid stable production, refugees underfunded, and inspectors blocked by provincial war lords who control four army corps areas. He cites the Ky premiership and widespread misallocation of relief.
In Concord a sample Democratic ballot advises voters to write in "President Johnson" since LBJ is not on the March 12 presidential primary ballot. The yellow legend directs New Hampshire Democrats and some independents in both congressional districts to mark a Johnson write-in.
Bruce Biossart notes the New Hampshire primary centers on delegate selection with 35 contenders for 24 seats. Bernard Boutin leads Establishment Democrats with 2,000 organizers aiming to mobilize voters for March 12. McCarthy campaigns show growing confidence as Johnson fans reckon with past Kennedy totals and protest votes.
FAST LIFE LYNDON likens himself to Abra ham Lincoln. 'We' hadn't thought about the resemblance, but it's true he's tall and lean. IF DEAN RUSK can achieve a diplomatic understanding with Hanoi the President believes the Viet Cong are going for broke. Lyndon recently briefed The of the Vietnam war in case you'resyondering about that dazed look in the general's eye. Things we have with us always the poor the common cold termites and Ed Sullivan.
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