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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1970
Page
7
The text covers Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience on June 1 1950 and again in 1970, urging moderation to resist McCarthyism and campus violence. It critiques media sensationalism, calls for reason over extremism, and warns against condoning panic or repression in democracy.
The congressman of the week is Clarence E. Miller of Ohio after a Congressional Record speech headlined Take Pride in America. The full speech praises American achievements and cites oil production facts including 9,119,000 metric tons in 1966, with Japan second at 1,178,000 tons.
A survey of Col. Thomas W. Higginson’s Army life in a black regiment with Gen ie S. Gray edited abridgment detailing the formation of the First South Carolina Volunteers at the end of 1861. The diary highlights their discipline and effectiveness as soldiers including enslaved and runaway men. The volume also notes broader African studies and rock art by Burschard Brentjes.
The Senate passed the Cooper Church Amendment on Cambodia and overrode Nixon's veto of the Health aid bill, 76 to 19, delivering a powerful political setback. The action signals Congress will not fund unilateral presidential war measures in Cambodia and outlines options for funding foreign troops, including Thai forces, amid ongoing veto battles and shifting power dynamics on Capitol Hill.
The article notes Khrushchev’s 1970 claim that Russia would overtake the United States in industrial output and notes remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Arthur Burns during a Korea visit. It contrasts Cold War era alarms with eventual outcomes, mentioning the Apollo moon landing and a shift in Asian economic progress amid China and North Korea. Burns remarks flag a broader caution, with South Korea marking the 20th anniversary of its invasion and regional economics accelerating among non Communist states.
Richard Burns contends that six to ten percent annual growth in non Communist East Asia contrasts with centralized planning in North Korea and Vietnam. He notes free market elements propel prosperity, while Communist systems falter in food, clothing, and housing. He likens Vietnam’s path to a future South Korea or Thailand.
A letter questions a columnist’s raise, suggesting inflation stance and condemning a raiser, while another reader recounts a May 27 incident at a laundry where a nude man with a paper bag over his head appeared. The writer criticizes police response and queries city services, followed by a public arts planning letter praising downtown Long Beach reform plans and urging city officials to adopt the Gruen report with Cabrillo AIA support.
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