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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1968
Page
14
Miler B. Sines, executive editor, steeling remit, managing Easter TA. Collins, st. editorial columnist.
Gov George Romney's withdrawal prompts moderate Republican leaders to unite behind a candidate from their school or risk a Nixon coronation. The piece argues Rockefeller could unify the party against Johnson, with moderates urged to decide soon and Rockefeller to state his intentions clearly.
Leap Year Day marks a quadrennial moment when wooing rights were once believed to favor unmarried women. Scotland legally sanctioned a punished suitor if he refused wooing during Leap Year, a relic now seen as outdated. The piece links Leap Year nostalgia to political campaigns and the sexual revolution.
A Wilson High School student criticizes a published narcotics rate claim citing attorney Phillip E. Poppler. He argues the 50 percent usage and 80 percent trial figures are unsubstantiated estimates from a few students and urges facts via a broad poll rather than headlines.
The United States fights a revolutionary warfare system, requiring political, diplomatic, and economic as well as military action. The author argues Washington misreads the nature of the conflict, relies on heavy weapons, and fails to build parallel hierarchies, recommending a broad, multi-faceted counter strategy.
Calendar opinion piece argues for a new world calendar with 13 equal months and four weekly cycles. It critiques the current system as cumbersome and calls for sweeping reform to reset timekeeping, noting parallels to past calendar reforms.
Sydney Harris argues for a World Calendar where each year starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Holidays align annually, eliminating Leap Year adjustments and simplifying payments and planning. He notes current drift of weekdays and dates, cites Christmas and New Year on Wednesdays in 1968, and laments human inertia blocking reform that would benefit all without harming anyone.
Jack Anderson reports from Da Nang with Drew Pearson’s colleague on a brief mission to Khe Sanh. James Milonas orders a rapid exit as cargo unloaded, then troops sprint for a bunker amid heavy enemy action and beleaguered defenses.
Drew Pearson reports on the Khe Sanh plateau held by Marines despite heavy North Vietnamese pressure. Mortars and rockets target the air strip as commanders weigh withdrawal. Westmoreland vows to defend as Giap looms, while Marines promise costly defense and to force costs on any attackers. The lifeline airstrip remains essential as pilots circle Ba Nang.
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