Letters on dolphins protests and social issues in New York
A jumble of letters urges Rep Murphy and Carter to protect dolphins amid tuna fishing. Citizens critique boxers dogs city workers and Long Beach tourism. Debates on sexuality, prejudice, and education follow with calls for rational dialogue and factual scrutiny.
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Greenwich
Conn
Americean
New York
House Committee On Fisheries
Laban le
Rep. Murphy
Ashinton
D.C
Carter
Editorial on government overreach and personal freedom
Garden Grove Florist Thomas Petrosine resigns from the Planning Commission arguing government should let individuals decide how to live. He cites rule saturation and non elected appointees shaping life choices, urging widespread public effort to curb bureaucracy and restore citizen control.
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Thomas Petrosine
Garden Grove
Petrosine
Planning Commission
Iive
Publicity minded supervisors snag headlines over Sirhan Sirhan case
The Los Angeles County supervisors Kenneth Hahn and Baxter Ward again push into the Sirhan Sirhan murder matter. A March final report by special counsel Kranz concluded Sirhan acted alone with eight bullets fired from his revolver.
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Los Angeles County
Kenneth Hahn
Baxter Ward
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Thomas F. Kranz
Sirhan Sirhan
Kranz
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Ted Charach
Sirhan
Kennedy
Hahn
Ward
Board of Supervisors
Hahn and Ward
Fraternity House Dispute Prompted CSULB Meeting Proposal
A Valley letter criticizes Mr Matich for unfairly labeling Theta Chi as a club. It describes a campus incident at the fraternity house with property damage and an arrest, notes 8 percent of brothers work to fund schooling and taxes, and calls for a meeting with CSULB administrators to resolve tensions as the fraternity plans a new campus house.
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United States
Canada
Mobility options within the free enterprise framework
A reader criticizes an editorial praising current automobile transportation. The letter argues the present system lacks long term guidance, worsens energy use and pollution, harms cities and neighborhoods, and calls for broader mobility options within free enterprise that are already available but underutilized.
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Triation Week
Demonstrators in logs fuel-waste protest sparks fuel concerns
Reader R E Ogden cites costly Washington demonstration driving heavy log trucks from California, estimating three to five miles per gallon. He questions fuel waste and tire costs, urging alternative protest methods amid fuel shortages.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
California
R.E. Ogden
Long Beach
Honest shopper returns billfold at Lucky's Market
Customer at Lucky's Market Lakewood promptly returned a lost billfold left in a cart. The act saved fishing trip funds and irreplaceable photos along with credit cards and license.
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Lucky's Market
Lakewood
Veto on Death Penalty Sparks Calls for Executions
The writer argues Governor Brown should not veto the death penalty claiming executions would deter murder. They urge public executions to deter killers and say capital punishment is not mere revenge. They also suggest boycotting coffee to force price drops, deeming tea a nonessential product.
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Brown
Dog litter on Ocean Boulevard prompts council letters
A reader recounts sending letters to the City Council, health officer, and city manager in 1973 and again later about dog litter on beaches and requests enforcement of leash laws. The note questions fines, seeks action, and criticizes a May editorial.
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My Town
Ocean Boulevard
Frese Honors and Risks in CIF Playoff Stand
A letter commends Hank Frese, Neff Hi School baseball coach, for withdrawing his team from CIF playoffs to protest disrespect and irresponsibility in public schools. The writer questions administration attendance at games and praises Frese for teaching responsibility and respect through the action, urging him as a coach if they had sons.
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Hank Frese
Neff Hi
Wil
Neil
Frese
Public thanks for Long Beach Senior Citizen Center support
Testifying before the Assembly special subcommittee on aging on October 8 1976 the writer cried and a photographer captured the moment. She publicly thanks the Senior Citizen Center staff and funders including Rachel Downing Karen Kahn Judy Meyer and others for helping her aphasic husband and her. Dial a ride finally provided extra time enabling her to do more and drivers were kind. She endorses the center's value in Long Beach and hopes others in need learn of it.
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Assembly Special Subcommittee On
Senior Citizen Center
Rachel Downing
Karen Kahn
Judy Meyer
Fot
Donna
Hussonger
Diaka
Long Beach
Letter to Carter on Social Security and elderly plight
A reader thanks the Independent Press Telegram for a Jon Carter TV interview opportunity. They regret the lack of concern shown for elderly Americans with low Social Security who struggle to afford basics and resort to scavenging for food. They urge others to write to President Carter at the White House.
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Independent
Jon Carter
President Carter
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
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Robert McNalty
Jacquelyn Hayser Lynwood
Queen Mary
Anza
P-Taglr
Matt Weinstock
Independent Press-Telegram
Daniel H. Ridder
Miles E. Sines
Dor Oh
David Levingon
Bert Resnik — Amount
Hom Pine Ave
Nixon
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