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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1967
Page
8
Fragments show names and roles from a 1987 Calfornia newspaper page, listing publishers editors and staff such as Ridder Wilkes Hines Bemis and editors Maltole Eniey Dea OF. Page extitos Daniel Sh Redden Co-Publisher Harold Hines Astra Publisher manager Ridder Tr. June 18 1987.
In Champ Missouri and Warrenton Oregon small towns voted bonds to lure industry by building plants leased to private firms. Yawata Iron & Steel of Japan backs the Oregon project, all under municipal bonds tax exempt to attract renters and lower interest. Critics warn of shifting tax burdens as development bonds rise to near one billion dollars nationally.
President Johnson’s nomina tion of Thurgood Marshall to be the first Negro justice of the Supreme Court will not please two kinds of people diehard white rationists and dissident No 3 extremists To the first group no Negro would be acceptable even one as distinguished as Marshall As for the radicals in the second category the selection will be irrelevant They are uninterested in the kind of power that emanates from the High court.
The text traces Marshall’s career from 1935 civil rights advocacy through a DC Court of Appeals judgeship to serving as solicitor general since 1965. It notes his role as a key figure in the 1954 Supreme Court decision against school segregation and frames his appointment as aligning the court to desegregate itself.
Letters from Kent and readers criticize use of condemnation to aid a private hospital. Mary Meehan argues against taxroll removals and private profits from public power. Editor notes St Marys will compensate the property, condemning only to force sale per state law.
Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach, a Kennedy liberal and Johnson ally, gave a commencement address at Smith College. He linked Middle East war context to a call against McCarthyism and the Big Lie, urging steadfast foreign policy.
Ralph McGill argues that idealism falters against calculated force, urging critics to ask how they can be so sure about actions in Vietnam and the Middle East. He compares complacent dissents to a Denmark tale, praising Nick Katzenbach for challenging certainty and warning of rising dangers in the Gulf and broader regional tensions.
The piece urges Israel to explain its attack on the USS Liberty, suggesting prior monitoring of messages, preplanned coordinated action by air and torpedo boats, and possible retaliation against U.S. concerns over shipping access and the Strait of Tiran. It questions Israeli civil control and proposes congressional scrutiny of the incident.
Drew Pearson reports the CIA controlled the Liberty failed to notify Israeli authorities of its location while the U S Sixth Fleet followed policy not to inform local naval authorities. A Navy crew was aboard but CIA directives prevailed. Israeli authorities confessed error after the attack, and a House committee debate followed over secrecy during a prior session with State and Defense chiefs.
Book critic Bill Shelton highlights Dr Henry C King s The World of the Moon from Crowell 395 tracing lunar beliefs from ancient myths to modern telescope science It notes the author s credentials at the London Planetarium McLaughlin Planetarium Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto and praises accessibility for general readers as exploration nears reality.
The NYT piece weighs the chances of Soviet Premier Kosygin meeting President Johnson during his United Nations visit. It suggests the leaders face divergent aims in Vietnam and the Middle East yet may find value in private talks to reduce risk, despite Kosygin’s public push against Israel and Johnson’s intervention stance.
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