Oregon Primary Saga Highlights Painful Odds for Carter and Brown
The Oregon presidential primary, a long standing test in state political lore, resurfaces as Carter faces Brown in a race shaped by Oregon’s historic role. Brown campaigns in Portland while Carter shifts from Georgia rest plans. Oregon’s past upends Kennedy and Lodge showdowns as volunteers pledge to push write in for Brown.
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Jimmy Carter
Oregon
California
Jerry Brown
Carter
Georgia
Brown
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Maryland
Yes on Proposition 2 to aid veterans housing program
Proposition 2 would authorize a 600 million bond by the California Department of Veterans Affairs to buy homes and farms for veterans. Homes and farms are resold to qualified veterans with low interest loans, funded by their payments. The program costs the state little, covered by bond interest and admin costs, boosting home building and ownership. Independent Press-Telegram urges a Yes.
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California
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Propositions Aim To Limit Residency For Officials
The Los Angeles County Charter and Long Beach City Charter impose residency requirements for candidates. Courts have ruled that one year is unconstitutional with 30 days as the longest permissible. Two noncontroversial propositions on June 8, County Proposition A and Long Beach Proposition XX, would enforce a 30 day residency. No ballot arguments against either proposition were submitted. Supporters recommend votes for both propositions.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
I, PT
Josephine M. Trainer
California
San Jose
Brown Skeptical Governor Brown Persuades Washington Crowd
A Washington visit by California Governor Jerry Brown sparks mixed reactions among locals. The piece outlines his skeptical view of economic planning and government intervention, his persona, and remarks on amnesty for draft evaders, foreign policy curiosity, and a playful regional reaction to his words. Brown comes across as thoughtful, skeptical, and intellectually lively, with a focus on federal action to spur work while doubting broad economic fixes.
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Washington
California
Jerry Brown
Washington Star
Maryland
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Ning
Tam
Eugene McCarthy
Mary McGrory
Biiff
Hoisting engineers head to Jeddah to ease Saudi port backlog
One hundred forty nine Local 150 operating engineers from Illinois and Indiana fly from O'Hare to Jeddah with a stop in Athens to help clear a four month logjam at the Red Sea port. They will work four months at twelve dollars per hour plus room, board, and benefits, earning at least twelve thousand four hundred dollars.
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Jeddah
Operating Engineers Union
Olinois
Indiana
Saudi Arabian
Red Sea
Chicago
O'Hare
Athens
William Martin
Tacal
Middle East
Martin
Saudi Arabat
Saudi Arabin
Washington
Saudi Arabia
Aramco
Tanger
Damman
Parsian Gulf
Rale
Dammam
Middle West
Readers press for accountability in Long Beach city affairs
Letters criticize mayoral leadership and Mayer Jr. bribery charges, compare reactions to police officer cases, urge recall and resignations, defend tobacco health warnings, praise integrity, and advocate English as the shared language for U S citizens with mention of Angie Vincente Gonzalez in Wilmington.
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Long Beach
Ernest Mayer Jr
Long Beach Vidzens
John Mansell
Mr. Mayer
Obsolete cost and need haunt bomber battleship plan
The piece argues that modern bomber battleship construction faces obsolescence at completion and that cost estimates become outdated before work begins, reflecting the era's strategic and fiscal uncertainty.
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Larry Allison
Jon Ohl
Bert Resnik
Don Hastings
Don Nuter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
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James da
Bob Wiedrich
Knight News Service
Gray MacKenzie Co. Ltd
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Arabian American Oil Co
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American Cancer Society
Mr. Lewis
Cancer Society
Fagerton
Mansell
Renee Simon
U.S
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