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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1977

Page

8

Editorial on porpoise kill compromise in tuna fishing

The House approved a compromise allowing 68 910 porpoises to be killed in 1977, up from current levels but below earlier caps. Environmentalists decry the quota, yet supporters call it better than proposed. penalties tighten and incentives aid skippers under the plan.

House John Murphy D-N.y Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Department of Commerce William A. Butler The Environmental Defense Fund Ac Assembly Labor, Employment and Consumer Affairs Committee Art Agnos San Francisco Assembly Ways and Means Committee Assembly Way and Means Assemblyman Boatwright

Senators seek fee relief for taxpayers in IRS disputes

Senators Cranston and Allen proponed legislation to reimburse legal fees to winning taxpayers in IRS cases. The bill would let judges decide fee reimbursement, aiming to lessen the IRS advantage and deter frivolous challenges while not rewarding weak claims.

Alan Cranston D-Calif James Allen D-Ala Congress IRS U.S Cranston-Allen

Carter faces critique on human rights stance in politics

The piece argues President Carter uses human rights as a political weapon to unite left and right while Brzezinski defends the tactic. It notes Moscow’s dissident arrests unsettling the administration and questions whether domestic gains drive tone and policy, urging moderation in rhetoric.

Washington America Carter Zbigniew Pzezinski Brzezinski Iether White House Moscow Winston Churchill Coventry Budapest Prague Leonid Brezhnev

Blame and Middle East policy spark editor letters

A May letter blames TALB and the district for no spring election on certificated em leyes. It argues TALB blocked negotiations, notes secret talks, and cites AFT positions while criticizing President Carter and advocating informed public input on Sacramento legislation. It also defends gun ownership and brands the Carter plan as a modern Munich for Israel.

Long Beach Unified TALB Teachers Association of Long Beach Untion Hts AFT American Federation of Teachers EERB Long Each TALE Chimera Middle East B. R. E. Dir Harper's Magazine Israel Munich Chamberlain

Nixon guilty debate sparks letter to the editor

In a June 1 letter, L G Baglietto rebuts Luella Phelps, arguing Nixon was guilty for lying to Americans and should have been punished, though he acknowledges Nixon aided stopping Vietnam intervention and that Truman started it.

Luella Phelps Nixon Truman Phelps L.G. Baglietto Tare

Notice of thanks to Kaiser Permanente and Harbor City nurses

A grateful husband thanks the doctors and nurses at Kaiser Permanente Hospital of Bellflower and Harbor City Permanente Hospital for loving patient care during his wife Laverne Davis’s final days. He particularly commends the doctors and nurses for their kindness and patient, genuine concern.

Kaiser Permanente Hospital Bellflower Laverne Davis Harbor City Permanente Hospital

Bellflower City Council Ends Bellflower Transit Service

Bellflower voters report the City Council voted unanimously to discontinue the Norwalk area transit extension after Councilman C Wilson introduced the motion. Residents dependent on Dial-A-Ride and Norwalk buses fear hardship and seek reconsideration of the decision.

Bellflower Norwalk C. Wilson Rapid Transit District Rosecrans BellNower Norwal Tam

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