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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1968

Page

11

L A C Says Your Social Security Safe and Sound

A reader argues against upheaval of Social Security, noting broad support and the shared burden across generations. He defends payroll funding, warns private plans risk misused funds, and says Medicare expansion and taxes must remain under a stable system funded by workers.

Self-Interest Drives Hope for Detente in East West Talks

In comments made before Pan American’s New York to Moscow flight, UN delegates from two European nations foresee Soviet willingness to curb tensions. Realism shapes the view that shifts in power, Middle East leverage, and economic needs demand a detente, with calls for more aid and less arms as the path forward.

Moscow New York Pan American Copenhagen United Nations Soviet Union United States Egypt Nasser Israel Middle East Hanoi U.S Humphrey

Word Power Challenge Vocabulary Quiz

A word power quiz tests knowledge of colors linked to livid anger and nuanced meanings of terms like discomfort versus discomfit. It covers topics from leap day status to nidificate and nosology, plus Latin phrases describing dichotomies and plural forms of seraph, cherub, stigma, dogma, index, and appendix.

Bureaucrats Clash Over Training Program Policy

From Our Washington Bureau Washington there is a belief among federal functionaries that the capital’s bureaucratic warrens hold wisdom feeding distant regions. The Labor Department opposes a bipartisan manpower training program in a notable policy dispute shaping national labor efforts.

Washington Labor Department

California job agents plan meets federal resistance

Baxter Omohundro discusses a California program using federal manpower funds to create state level job agents. The plan aims to track jobless trainees through remedial education health services and placement, but faces opposition from Labor Department officials led by Robert Goodwin who warn of losing over 600 million in federal funds. Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and minority leader Robet...

California Labor Department Robert C. Goodwin Assembly Jesse Unruh Rob Unruh Monagan Labor Willard Wirtz Health, Education and Welfare Department

Cold bath therapy boosts cancer drug tolerance

A cold water bath lowers body temperature to allow higher doses of anticancer drugs with less impact on blood cells. Studies from London’s Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital and Matsumoto Japan show temp reductions enable intensified radiation with focused tissue destruction. The piece links federalism issues to slow regulatory responses and state efforts to improve public service.

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital London Shinshu University Medical School Matsumoto Japan Yoichiro Umekaki Medical Tribune Physicians

Post Office Needs New Forwarding Address

Washington report on the Presidents special study commission on postal organization contrasts government service with business methods. It notes a campaign pitch to run government like a business often fails in practice. The discussion highlights systemic differences and suggests reforms.

Washington Special Study Commission On Postal Organization

Commission urges public corporation for postal service

James Kilpatrick, ed by Frederick R. Kappel, says the commission found the post office run as a patronage system not a business. They propose a publicly chartered corpora tion to modernize personnel practices and allow mobility of postmasters, with Congress still setting rates and funds.

Frederick R. Kappel American Telephone & Telegraph United States Mail Congress Commission Kappel New York San Francisco United States Capitol Hill

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