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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
12
Miles E Sines is executive editor with Larry Allison as managing editor and Don Ohl as editor editorial page Bert Resnik serves as assistant managing editor.
The piece condemns California bills taxing oil firms and exploring a Public Oil and Gas Corporation. It argues the measures raise federal and domestic energy risks, likening them to threats to free enterprise and warning they could invite broader industry state control. It cites Warren’s bill and the 6-2 committee vote as evidence of a socialist tilt.
Hubert Humphrey and Barry Goldwater push a bill to make election day a national holiday. They argue many Americans did not vote in November 1972 because it was a regular work day. The editorial cautions that a holiday might shift turnout to leisure outings rather than voting.
Governor Edmund Brown Jr. pursues liberal sex laws and marijuana penalties reductions, backs mandatory secret ballot farm labor elections with Chavez, signs a tax measure ending a $43 million oil company break, and pushes teachers and state employee bargaining. His agenda contrasts Reagan’s eight year approach.
Readers commend Long Beach gas company crews for efficient service during new line installation and thank foreman Ray Galaz and cement crew leader Mr. Rittman. A second letter playfully notes a Channel 11 quiz and lists prizes won for obscure knowledge.
Don Watson argues that high crime and lenient sentencing by judges and prosecutors deter downtown shopping and threaten a new Long Beach mall project, urging accountability and penalties for probation breaches.
Mrs. E M Miller argues a conspiracy behind the Kennedy assassinations, challenging readers to consider who benefited from John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy's deaths. She urges reporters and law enforcement to ask who profits from such acts.
A lifelong retiree, born in 1884 in Boston, recalls a no weapon stance and travels from Augusta to Los Angeles County. He notes five wars witnessed and his hope for a 1976 presidential leader to repeal military commitments outside the Americas.
A provocative idea surfaces suggesting a single name Calasia for a transformed Asian federation spanning Vietnam Cambodia and Thailand with the rest of the region potentially joining. The proposal imagines a unified cultural political entity emerging from current states.
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