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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1971
Page
6
An editorial contrasts newspapers not selling space with a magazine that funds stories by selling copies. A publisher profits by charging 450 copies at a dollar each for a one page article and granting a third of magazine revenue to the writer. The magazine, however, is distributed free, hinting readers may be misled about value.
Courts in Long Beach and San Francisco dismissed charges against street musicians who played gospel tunes with a cup in Long Beach and classical pieces in San Francisco. The editorial supports free public musical expression and warns against criminalizing sidewalk performances.
Dr Maxwell Rafferty the new dean of education at a small Alabama university outlines task forces to address educational problems. He supports standardized reading and arithmetic tests an intelligence testing program and special training for the handicapped and mentally retarded. He also recalls his California election bid noting the difficulty of a third term and mentions an American heritage course for Alabama schools.
Canadian portrait contrasts with the United States as a mosaic of British French Indian and other bits. A NYT correspondent and his wife present the journey to deepen American understanding of Canada. Nuruddin Farah’s From a Crooked Rib is a Somali tale of Shila a country girl’s adventures in a little known land.
Readers commend two articles on solving sex problems and sex therapy, praising Hartman Fithian and Zinser for dispelling myths. Others criticize antiwar dove rhetoric, discuss Long Beach dog license stamps, jail reading material, and juvenile behavior profiles, with a veteran officer praising a servicemen editorial.
Washington reports 36 billion one way containers used last year in beer and soft drinks. Critics claim supermarkets dislike returnable bottle redemption and consumers avoid returning bottles for a 5 cent deposit, boosting disposal rates despite recyclability efforts.
An editorial argues for a nationwide push to ban no deposit beverage containers and require returnable bottles with a 5 cent deposit. It contends producers and retailers push for convenience while households would save money and nature would benefit. Standardized bottles would ease sorting and recycling, reducing litter across beaches parks and roadsides.
The piece argues veterans face a split postwar country with five million unemployed and housing shortages, inflation, and social tension. It calls for rapid federal and local action to provide jobs, education, and medical care, warning neglect will raise welfare costs and long-term social harm.
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