Long Beach Taxpayers Fund Opposition To Local Health Tax Break
An editorial argues that Long Beach taxpayers finance lobbying against Assemblyman Vincent Thomas’ bill to exempt certain cities from county health department taxes for services they do not want. Opponents control county funds and fear reduced influence, jeopardizing the measure’s passage in the Senate Local Government Committee.
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Long Beach
Vincent Thomas
California
Los Angeles
Thomas
Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
United States
The Test of a Principle in Diplomacy
The piece argues that withdrawing diplomatic recognition from oppressive small states like Haiti tests a principle, while ignoring Soviet Russia shows two moral standards in modern diplomacy. It claims the State Department discusses such steps for Haiti but not for Russia, highlighting selective ethics in foreign policy.
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State Department
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Soviet Russia
Kennedy Steps Up Race Talks After Birmingham Violence
Washington views the Birmingham violence as a setback to Kennedy era race relations strategy. The administration will renew the outreach with urgency, using media and public opinion to bridge factions while church leaders and federal power are mobilized to calm unrest and push for legal and social reforms.
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Washington
Birmingham
Alabama Rules Fight Shifts as Elliott Withholds Support
In Washington congressman Carl Elliott of Jasper has publicly sided with Alabama on key issues, delaying a Rules Committee vote on Kennedy backed youth employment camps. Elliott’s stance against integration risks harming Kennedy allied measures, signaling how Alabama politics shape national legislation.
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Washington
Alabama
Carl Elliott
Jasper
Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Elliott
Abe Bams
Rules Committee
CCC
Birmingham
Youth Corps
Hell
Capitol Hill
Mosk Says All MVD Under Probe
California Attorney General Stanley Mosk announced a statewide probe of the Department of Motor Vehicles after a Los Angeles grand jury indicted 23 auto dealers and an advertising firm. He said the investigation aims to uncover irregularities across the entire DMV. The charges included a chain letter scheme offering free cars for new customers and falsifying odometer readings on used cars.
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Sacramento
UPS
Stanley Mosk
Department of Motor Vehicles
Los Angeles
Department
Edmund G. Broan
Mosk
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Motor Vehicles Department
District Attorney’s Office
Ketter
Pew
The Ten Commandments and Man's Fateful Interpretation
A compact critique argues that believers and unbelievers alike bend the Decalogue to fit aims. It contends that people justify killing in self defense, punishment, and war, eroding the simple injunction Thou shalt not kill into a flexible rule. The piece laments the rise of a self serving Eleventh Commandment that lets the Decalogue bend when it hurts.
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Cain
Socrates
Jesus
Town Meeting No One Safe From Electric Cars
Editor voices sympathy misplaced for the physically handicapped as electric cart operators drive erratically and unsafe, pursued with impunity. Cites George Flowers article from May 10, 1963, noting carts rarely have serious accidents but questions how often they do occur.
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George Flowers
Languages in the News and Civic Safety Call
The column reviews language queries from readers on how to say common terms in multiple languages and critiques driving behavior and road safety. It urges strong civic action to enforce traffic laws and protect all road users amid chaotic cart drivers and unsafe streets. A reader also proposes using Cuban refugees to share stories across Latin America to aid public understanding.
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Margaret J. Martin
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