Long Beach City College Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Editorial congratulates Long Beach City College on 50 years of service from a 503-student start on Wilson High School grounds to an enrollment over 31,000. It recalls Dr. John L. Lounsbury’s praise of LBCC as a major educational advance, notes tuition-free two-year study aided many students, and wishes continued success as LBCC enters its second half-century.
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Long Beach City College
Borrofved
Wilson High School
LBCC
Long Beach Junior College
Long Beach
John L. Lounsbury
Southland
University of California
Lounsbury
Governor hints at statewide water rationing aim
The text argues against broad cuts, noting Southern California uses only nine percent of state water while housing over half the population. Howard Hawkins of the MWD says a 25 percent cut would devastate the Southland economy if applied to agriculture and industry, and northern communities would gain nothing.
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Southern
California
Southland
California Coastal Plain
Hawkins
MWD
Procrastination Week Not Written Editorial Declined
National Procrastination Week is noted by the Procrastinators' Club of America Inc. The editorial planned to address it but was postponed intentionally and not completed at this time.
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The
Procrastinators’ Club of America, Inc
Military unions draw mixed signals from Carter talk
President Carter told defense workers he opposes military unionization and saw no strong move toward it, though AFGE has authorized military locals. Critics warn unions could erode discipline and constitutional limits, while supporters point to Europe as precedent. public opinion appears largely against such a move.
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Carter
Pentagon
Defense
J. Carter
American Federation of Government Employees
AFGE
David Cortright
Center For National Security
Cortright
Europe
Sweden
Defense Review
American Enterprise Institute
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Congress
Sen. Thurmond
Half a Million for Senate Study Sparks Mock Outrage
A Washington column rails at the Senate for spending $500000 on a Commission on the Operation of the Senate study. It mocks the 49 page booklet Legislative Activity Sourcebook as trivial, notes blank sections and dubious co authors, and questions why taxpayers fund such work while calling for more accountability.
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United States Senate
Commission
Never Pay Cash A Rant On Credit Card Inflation
A writer muses on credit cards turning money into ghost figures, arguing inflation rises with easy spending. He recalls first BankAmericard and warns that cash users may lose out financially, while high rollers print more money than government inflation estimates.
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