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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
18
The piece urges a YES on Proposition 3 to raise monthly council pay from 200 to 500, arguing the higher rate will open the seat to ordinary workers and small businesspeople. It notes no organized opposition and cautions against voting NO as a protest of crime or beef prices.
Giorgio Almirante, Italian nationalist, defends American soldiers in Vietnam as obeying country orders, while acknowledging wars can be unjust. He notes bravery on both sides, citing Hector and Achilles to illustrate complex patriotism and the costs of conflict.
A set of letters from Long Beach readers discuss political divides between old and young, reactions to Humphrey and Nixon, views on council pay, taxation, policing, UAW leadership, and a local market dropping returnable bottles as a trash problem.
The article notes Russia reassures allies as Nixon set to meet Brezhnev, with Moscow boosting Egypt’s arms and courting Sadat. It cites Cairo’s rising Soviet military support, possible MIG23 jets and TUIG bombers, and calls for scaling down aid to Mideast combatants while warning a miracle solution is unlikely.
Whalen, a former Nixon speech writer, recounts nine months inside the Nixon campaign from late 1967 to after Miami Beach 1968. He details disillusion with Nixon's salesmanship, the strain of inside access, and his abrupt departure, culminating in a candid memoir to be published by Houghton Mifflin.
Sacramento reports the California Senate Rules Committee has blocked floor action on ratifying the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Assembly bills to widen protective labor laws to men and extend minimum wage could unlock support, while opponents warn of legal and social upheaval from repealing protections. Strong interest groups press for ratification amid divided lawmaker views.
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