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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1971
Page
6
Editorial lauds Long Beach Chamber of Commerce as the engine linking private initiative with public concerns. It urges members to join and expand efforts to attract new industry, improve transportation and schools, revitalize commerce, and develop convention facilities, hotels, a stadium, and international trade.
Spray paint vandals tag building sides with slogans such as Off the Pigs and Free Angela in Long Beach. The piece argues these messages won t reach goals, notes only a judge can free Angela, and suggests sending a letter to the editor as a cheaper, legal alternative to gain attention.
The essay questions the harsh seal hunting trade by Canadian workers, blaming market forces for cruelty while noting calls to shift the region to tourism or subsidies. It argues the blame should rest with demand and industry, not the hunters, as young seals endure brutal harvesting.
The SST vote reflected fiscal priorities over environment and technology. Economic policy, not opposition to progress, drove the decision as five Republican House members defied leadership to help defeat the program. The reform ending anonymous voting framed the close result and may reshape future House accountability.
The piece discusses how the American public perceives the Laos operation as a war movie. It notes no clear victory or defeat, the need for Vietnam to operate in Laos again, and mixed presidential adviser assessments about Chinese intervention and North Vietnamese reaction.
Richard Wilson notes that Laos supply trails north of Route 9 were not held as long as hoped but were not caught in a Dien Bien Phu style operation. He reports significant reduction of Communist supplies moving into the South, though measuring the exact drop is difficult. The Pentagon claims a drop to one fifth of last year, with seasonally supplied convoys and timing around a Vietnamese election shaping assessments. May was not a formal deadline for South Vietnamese withdrawal, and success hinges on impeding supply flow into the South.
A letter from several California alumni and civic figures urges a public vote of confidence for William French Smith Edward Carter and Edwin Pauley, all University of California Regents, amid state coverage of potential conflicts of interest. They praise their service and gifts to the university while defending their ethics in leadership roles. A separate note from residents questions a reported LAPD badge used by Jack Webb as authentic. Reseda.
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