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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
11
A UPI essay notes Congress will adjourn after July 31 as required by the 1946 Congressional Reorganization Act yet has never enforced the deadline. It argues lawmakers violate the law daily by staying in session without arrest or reprimand and highlights past failures to adjourn on time in 1952 and 1956.
Reminiscence of early California travel along the San Diego Freeway and coast from Long Beach to La Jolla. The writer contrasts slow nostalgia with faster modern routes and recalls Oil pumps, tents on Huntington Beach, Newport Balboa yachts, Laguna coves, and family trips recalling 11 summers ago.
The column recalls scenic detours from Laguna to Dana Point and Oceanside, contrasting old routes like the 101 with freeways financed by tax money. Personal memories of coastal trips, Long Island Sound journeys, and nostalgia for transport modes accompany reflections on slow travel versus modern speed.
The piece cites a 1940s study from Newark College of Engineering where 67 engineering firm presidents tested predicting IBM printed numbers via a punchboard. It notes two thirds felt ESP influenced major decisions and contrasts business leaders with strong profits to those in the red. It likens ESP to the expert intuition seen in bridge players at top levels and questions whether the table feel is a form of ESP.
A compilation of quick questions with concise answers including maulstick, Sultana disaster details, 1899 Kentucky Derby date, frank meaning in frankincense, New York auto speed law of 1904, Harvard endowment, lobster claws, and duck hatchling swimming. Editor Ben Zinser reports illness in Medicine and You column.
A satirical tale recounts three oil executives on a Los Angeles to Pittsburgh trip and a Newark to Los Angeles flight, criticizing stewardesses for nagging and wife like behavior. Karen Dyer of TWA is singled out as a standout, while the others receive playful ribbing.
Signet Books releases New American Review No 6 priced at $1.25. Contents include Jane Jacobs on urban stagnation Eric Salzman on musical revolution fiction by W S Pritchett and Robert Coover poetry by Denise Levertov and Michael Benedikt.
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