Neighborly Effort Affects Olympic Bid and Fair Ties
Long Beach and the California World’s Fair organization aided Los Angeles in the bid for the 1968 Olympic Games by avoiding competitive events during the Games period. Detroit was chosen later, with Long Beach Mayor Ed Wade traveling to New York to assist LA. The gesture drew attention to the California Fair in Long Beach and is hoped to boost LA interest in the Fair.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Detroit
Fair
Fair Organization
Ed Wade
New York
Loyal Cubans in Exile Strikes at Cuban Port
The excerpt portrays armed exile groups shelling a Russian camp and ship at a northern Cuban port in a hit and run raid. The U S State Department calls the attacks irresponsible and ineffective forays while implying no U.S. laws are violated. The piece questions the brusque official stance toward patriots aiding detained fellow prisoners.
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State Department
U.S
McNamara under watch over fighter plane contract
Washington reports Defense Secretary Robert McNamara faces Senate scrutiny amid questions on the 6.5 billion dollar Tex/ fighter plane contract. The Kennedy administration margins his business background as a factor in defense policy while McNamara maintains a steady stance under growing political pressure.
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Washington
Defense
Robert BcNamara
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Fleeson
Feems
NecNamara
Ford Motor Co
New Frontier
McNamara
Pentagon
Roosevelt
McNamara Faces Criticism Over TFX Contract
McNamara largely hovers with broad control over about six billion dollars annually, but critics flag his handling of the TFX program as overly dictatorial and harming morale. Senator Proxmire defends him while noting political ambitions may influence views. The record shows mixed signals on party support and prior political encounters.
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Ers
McNamara
Semitars
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
McNawwa
Eisenhower
John Sherman Cooper
Citfors P.case
Paul Bagwell
Michigan
B&namara
Antha
Herve Alphand
Paris
Prince Peter
Greece
de Gaulle
Teddy Kennedy
William H. Bennett Jr
Jacksonville
Fis
Rochester
el Dorado
Ark
Massachusetts
FCC
Dean Rask
Earl Warren
Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
Haiti Exiles in Cuba Pose Regional Turmoil Threat
DREW PEARSON reports about 60,000 Haitian exiles training in Oriente Province, Cuba under Rene Depestre amid rising tensions with Haiti's Duvalier regime and potential U.S. intervention calls. The piece sketches Haiti's politics, U.S. stance, and regional instability near Cuba.
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Haiti
Cuba
Washington
Caribbean
Kennedy
Americas
Pearson
University of Michigan Medical School
Castro
Oriente
Rene Depestre
Sen
Ken Keating
D-Ny
Town Meeting Promotes Long Beach Culture Center
Editor notes a Long Beach need for a shared culture center and rooms for all cultural groups. It cites Mrs A D Hater and urges a shared building for arts groups reflecting the city’s size and prominence. The piece also highlights the California Music Teachers Association Long Beach Branch co sponsoring a Youth Music Festival with the Long Beach Symphony.
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Long Beach
Culture Center
A. D. Hater
Music Teachers’ Association of California
Long Beach Symphony
California
States
Meaning of Red Square and disarmament debate items
Reader questions the meaning of Krasnaya Ploshad Red Square in Moscow and the term Fortification in political language. The column discusses cultural development plans for Long Beach and reviews U S disarmament plans noting references to militia and defense not used in the document.
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Moscow
Seitemental
Ete Bts
Bill Boca
State Department
Arms Control Agency
Rousselot
Ronsvelot
Tce
United Nation
Srt
Setilerdal
Anti-Communist Bookshop Seen As Foolish Venture
In Fort Tanda last month a sign for an Anti-Communist Bookshop drew attention. The piece argues that fighting communism should be through education and living up to American ideals, not persecution. It warns against anti-Communist zealots and stresses understanding the founding fathers and open debate.
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Francois Duvalier
United States
Port Ag Prince
Duvaler
State Department
Duvalier
Organization of the American States
OAS
Jose Mora
Peiog Dima
Fort Tanda
Movida
Orf
Harris
American Commonwealth
America
Reid
Pias
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