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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1964
Page
5
The county may be right to plan a flood control channel for Rustic Canyon but Hollywood figures buy time on a documentary to save the stream. The piece urges public review of progress plans and a shift toward preserving trees and the spring fed brook rather than replacing them with concrete and steel.
A Soviet magazine poem falsely depicts American children playing a game called Kill the President after Kennedy's assassination. The piece, authored by a member of a Russian goodwill delegation touring the U.S., is condemned as propagandistic and misleading. The author questions how peaceful cross border ties can emerge when writers see only state propaganda.
George Meany, head of AFL-CIO, urged unions to apply economic pressure on employers not ensuring equal employment opportunities for Negroes. He said unions must lead at the bargaining table and form community committees to fight all discrimination, including bans on Negro members and barriers to hiring.
A personal meditation on being midlife, torn between youth and old age. The writer, under a heat lamp after tennis, reflects on the oscillation between adolescence and senility, the misfit of middle age, and the reeducation needed to pace oneself. He cites Schopenhauer on life’s text and commentary, noting middle age revises the self while others point out flaws.
Hartford report by New Hampshire safety engineer Andrew H. White finds American made compact cars with front engine structures more crashworthy than rear engine foreign models. He notes about ten dollars extra upfront structural strength reduces injury potential, with tests in Connecticut showing rear engine small cars twice as risky as front engine cars.
In Athens, 24 year old King Constantine I of Greece outlines a Cyprus solution that favors independence with Turkish minority protections and UN presence. He stresses NATO and UN support, explains Greece's crowned democracy role, and notes Greece's strong NATO commitments and military spending.
Sacramento reports on the Rumford Fair Housing Act of 1963, its supporters led by Assemblyman Byron Rumford defend it as a step against housing discrimination while foes from the California Real Estate Assn argue it threatens property rights. The piece outlines enforcement steps, penalties, and mixed FEPC outcomes, noting broad voter decision pending in November.
The Rumford Act bans racial housing discrimination in properties with five or more units and public assistance housing. FEPC handles complaints, can dismiss, conciliate, or order remedies with penalties. courts may review FEPC outcomes. The initiative would constitutionally bar denial of sale or rental and, if approved, repeal the Rumford Act pending court approval.
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