Editorial backs six hours yearly race relations training
The editorial supports Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's plan for all service members to receive at least six hours of race relations instruction annually. It criticizes Rep. John Rarick for calling it brain washing and racism training, urges broader support, and highlights Col. Edward F. Krise's remark that those in need often do not participate.
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Defense
Melvin Laird
John Rarick
Louisiana
Laird
Rep. Rarick
Edward F. Krise
AIA
AMIA
National Association of Independent Insurers
Richard M. Markus
American Trial Lawyers Association
Nofault” Automobile Insurance
Los Angeles
William P. Camusi
California Trial Lawyers Assoc
Nomination goes to commerce department for top award
Editors praise the Department of Commerce as a standout yet the running for top award is not followed by a runner-up. A boast about a trillion dollar clock unfolds into a comic lapse when the clock is unplugged during a move. An economist shrugs off the mishap saying he does not know what happened. The piece questions whether humans still pilot progress over machines in this automated era.
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Department of Commerce
John
John Espee
Pacific Coast
Studebaker
Long Beach Public Transportation Co
Press ‘Telegram
Long Beach
C. R. Humkig
What can you do What can you do in transit delays
Washington commuters in rain faced a late express bus from Maryland suburbs to downtown at 8 48 am none. A lawyer lamented being late and asked what can you do The line captures a broader mood of powerlessness and frustration among 20th century travelers amid unreliable public transit.
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Washington
UPI
D.C
Maryland
City life frailties and poems review in one column
The piece argues modern city living breeds dependence and daily frictions from transit delays to power outages. It notes helplessness amid strikes and outages, then shifts to literary reviews of Parra and Brecht with brief publication details and translations. It mentions Neruda as a giant and praises translators Merwin Merton Williams Levertov.
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Chile
Pablo Neruda
Nicanor Parra
Parra
W.S. Merwin
Thomas Merton
William Carlos Williams
Denise Levertov
Credibility Gap in News Under Agnew Critique
San Francisco editorial comments on Agnew's attack on national media and CBS. It argues the credibility gap between press and public widens amid disputed Laos reports and a controversial CBS documentary on hunger and Vietnam. The piece urges reporters to pursue unbiased, clearly labeled news without political interference.
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San Francisco
Boston
Agnew
Columbia Broadcasting System
Nixon
Chronicle
Examiner
Laos
Associated Press
CBS
Incumbents favored in Long Beach school board race
Readers defend stability under Long Beach Unified School District leadership. Letters praise incumbents Jerald Jacobs and James Crawford for fiscal steadiness and programs while urging re election. Other letters comment on public transportation, POW bracelets, tax limits, no fault auto insurance debate, and Francis Sinatra humanitarian award.
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Long Beach Board of Education
Long Beach
Long Beach Unified School District
California
James Crawford
Jerald Jacobs
Sophite L. Servance
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The
Toledo Times
Louis Cassels
Power Company
Homos Urbanus
Miller Williams
New Directions
Bertolt Brecht
H.R. Hays
Harvest Books
Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich
Wiks
Mr. Agnew
Pentagon
James Kilpatrick
New York
Chicago
Daley
America
F. Edward Hebert
Vietnam
Richard
Charles G. Davis
Huffman
David N Hammond
Lakewood
Gordon Whittey
Anthony Beilenson
American Insurance Assoc
Beilenson
Francis
Francis Albert Sinatra
Peace Corps
Sinatra
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