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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1963
Page
8
CALIFORNIANS face stark costs of statewide campaigns as sixteen candidates for eight offices in 1962 report more than 3 million dollars in expenditures and the gubernatorial race surpassing that amount. The piece argues for voluntary citizen funding to dilute influence, urges public support for low level donations, and rejects leaving financing to politicians and “big boys.”
States push classes on communism for high school students but Florida results show only half of seniors passed a six week course. A quiz item asking if it is possible to be loyal and a true Communist revealed a third marked true, suggesting the teaching failed to convey the message. Lesson: content and method both matter.
A Detroit Edison nuclear power plant near Lake Michigan faces a critical Atomic Energy Commission hearing about its operation after earlier accidents. The review compares the Laguna Beach incident to Windscale as officials debate safety, design choices, and plutonium production amid broader atomic stockpile concerns.
Alice Widener argues that the U S military industrial alliance is vital and misinterpreted by critics like Drew Pearson Pearson’s Skybolt critique is rebutted by details on Jupiter and Telstar programs noting DoD manuals and private sector roles Western Electric and AT&T are praised for supporting defense through subcontracting and small suppliers Kennedy McNamara and Byrd are referenced in defense spending debates emphasizing varied weapon systems and steady progress through professional collaboration
The excerpt cites J Robert Oppenheimer on a world transformed by unity of knowledge and global interconnection. It notes the dissolution of authority and the need to recognize change, urging readers to imprint his ideas and assess whether the coming year yields wisdom or ends civilization as we know it.
In his World of Art Sets Example Harris questions unchecked profits and suggests society shows little concern for how much capital individuals accumulate. He implies a limit on wealth is worth discussion amid business and trade in America.
Readers ask about the origin of the phrase By Fiminy tied to Gemini the twins Castor and Pollux and Rome. Other questions cover German alphabet letters and Gothic history with notes on Latin printing after the war. Frank W. Chavez cites individualism versus collectivism, staking rights under the U S Constitution.
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