Oppose expanding Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
A proposal to increase the board from five to seven is criticized as costly and inefficient. Supervisors Chace and Hahn oppose, Debs and Dom support, Bonelli undecided pending ballot action. Critics warn of centralization favors downtown Los Angeles and political ambitions.
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County Charter Study Committee
League of California Cities
Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach
Kenneth Hahn
Ernest E. Debs
Warren M. Dom
Frank Bonelli
Chace
Chace and
Hahn
City backs 1966 World's Fair effort in Long Beach
Long Beach officials from the City Council and Harbor Board voiced enthusiastic support for the 1966 World’s Fair. They attributed past friction to communication gaps and incomplete information, urging closer cooperation to ensure a successful contract that protects city, state, and public interests.
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Long Beach
Harbor Board
Council
Elections Becoming More Important Vote Tomorrow
California voters are urged to cast ballots in the upcoming primary as government expands, with Gov. Edmund G. Brown and candidate Richard Nixon stressing democracy and citizen participation. The piece underscores voting as a duty and its impact on bonds and policy.
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Henry C. MacArthur
Sacramento
California
MacArthur
Edmund G. Brown
Broan
Richard Nixon
Bribery and Slugging Taints U S Grain Trade
A Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry reveals an Argentinian Bunge Corp scheme mixing Canadian hog feed with top grade U S wheat and exporting it abroad. Texas officials and elevator managers accepted bribes to place substandard grain, damaging foreign markets and exposing lax enforcement in Galveston and Houston.
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Washington
Fountain Committee
Texas
Bunge Corp
United States
West Germany
Switzerland
E. H. Thornton
Galveston
Thornton
D. J. Sweeney
S. P. Perich
Stone Forwarding Co
W. G. Kellogg
Bange
Minneapolis
R. E. Bailey
Fort Worth
Cargill
Gulf
Bunge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Transit Grain Co
Houston
William Fellrath
God and free will in a skeptic’s lens
Sydney J. Harris argues that God lacks free will while humans possess it, urging readers to abandon a magical, omnipotent deity. He praises negative theology per Thoman and suggests atheists and agnostics may be closer to truth than believers who cling to superstition.
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Sydney J. Harris
God
Michael
ST. Thosias
Town Meeting Denounces Soviet Educator Visit
The State Department faces criticism for using public facilities at Orange Coast College and Newport Beach City Hall to host Soviet educators. The editorial argues such displays insult taxpayers, clash with freedom and truth, and depict Cold War era hostility toward Communist figures as not true educators.
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State Department
Orange County
Orange Coast College
Newport Beach City Hall
Americans urge action to defeat Communism and free press
Letter writers attack State Department for appeasement with Cuba Laos and Katanga while urging a standing action group of students and parents to peacefully protest the department in public buildings. They call for faster action against communism and preservation of free speech along with reader support and continued newspaper coverage. George Dolan Costa Mesa and Nallie Nye Los Angeles area signatories praise the paper and its columns.
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Hungary
Cuba
State Department
State
Laos
Katanga
George Dolan
Wake Forest
Costa Mesa
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Ersctve Co
Miles E
Sutter
Sarrane Ave
Wahgon
Wwe
Drew Pearson
Agriculture Department
Canada
E. F. Thomton
Bunse Co
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
US. District Court
Justice Department
Brownell
E H. Thornton
E. H. Thorton, Jr
Gov
Shivers
Uncle Sam
Billie Lot Estes
E. H. Thorton
White House
Henry Ford II
Ford
Berlin
Fred Smith
Air Force
Curtis le May
Smith
Pearson
Pubficity Department
Town Meeting
Lans-Thailand
Sabaj di Bo
Phooak Han Maen
Dee Laeo
Nyin Dee Dai Phob Thahn
Southland
Nallie L. Nye
Linden Ave
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