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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
10
The piece questions Attorney General designate Griffin Beil's membership in private clubs that exclude blacks and women. It argues his stance to resign now but rejoin afterward undermines trust and highlights a logic flaw in his reasoning about public service versus private affiliation.
State and federal legislators from Long Beach back bills banning mandatory retirement at 65 and allowing workers to stay employed past the age. Senator George Deukmejian authors SB 130 to bar any employer from forcing retirement before age 70. Rep. Mark Hannaford cites a Lou Harris poll showing 86 percent oppose mandatory retirement and urges equality for capable workers.
A witness testifies before congressional investigators that a CIA agent introduced him to Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas three months before the Kennedy assassination. The witness, identified as Mr X, says the agent was nicknamed Morris Bishop and describes a meeting in a downtown building with Oswald present. He asserts Oswald matched a close physical double and notes broader anti Castro ties in play.
Congress weighs foreign aid amid clash over continuing funds to nations with poor human rights records. State Department released six nation reports Argentina Haiti Indonesia Iran Peru Philippines, urging continued ties for strategic reasons while citing abuses. Debate centers on the 1976 law linking aid to rights progress and extraordinary cases.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld argues the United States trails the Soviet Union in manpower and tech. He warns continued defense cuts raise future risk, decrying parity as insufficient deterrent and urging sustained R&D investment amid a shrinking Navy and growing Soviet armed forces. He notes political decisions shape capabilities years ahead.
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