Editorial questions Agnew on Connally as VP pick
Editorial notes Spiro Agnew dismisses John Connally as a plausible Nixon vice presidential candidate calling the idea totally unrealistic. It suggests Nixon could still surprise with an unknown running mate, while Agnew understates his own secure position and hints at possible vacancies. Arthur Hoppe offers another view on Connally’s resignation.
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Big John
John Lindsay
George McCovern
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Vietnam
Middle East
Connally
Oval Office
Arthur Hoppe
California Proposition 1 Yes Vote Urged for Veteran Loans
The June 6 ballot asks voters to approve a $250 million bond for farm and home loans to California veterans. It notes 50 years of loans without taxfunded interest, a 4 percent rate, and residency requirements, with no profit motive and a pledge of responsible borrowing. The paper urges a Yes vote.
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California
Armed Services
Letters to the Editor on Bias and Public Policy
A collage of letters critiques May 2 editorial All in the Family and discusses bigotry, race, and the Public Employment Program. Contributors from Long Beach Cerritos and nearby urge nuanced views, defend workers, question welfare ties, and advocate voting for experienced, elder leadership amid social change.
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Archie
Robeson
Stte
Long Beach
Phil Rilleen
Mary Forhan
Letter to editor praises Jordan High coverage and urges Ninth District focus
Joanne Roberts of Long Beach writes that the paper provided strong coverage of Jordan High School but criticizes the lack of North Long Beach reporting, citing the absence of ninth district candidate meeting coverage and urging more local focus in future editions.
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Jordan High School
North Long Beach
Long Beach
Anti establishment vote shapes California primary narrative
Observers call California voters seeking major changes the anti establishment vote as Wallace and McGovern gain Honest Man praise for taking stands against the current order. Debates heighten exposure for McGovern Humphrey and Wallace while Republicans monitor and prepare末
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California
George Wallace
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
Wallace
Humphrey
McGovero
Edmund
Minnesota
Flight of the Dove in Congressional Flight of Clark Clifford
A column critiques Clark Clifford’s House Foreign Affairs Committee testimony on Vietnam. The dove metaphor frames his remarks as swift but misleading, arguing the author sees deeper aims such as preserving freedom against Communist expansion while Clifford emphasizes pulling all U S forces from Indochina and recovering prisoners.
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Clark Clifford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Evening TV News
Dove Country
Blue Ridge Mountains
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Vietnam
North Vietnam
Russia
China
Southeast Asia
Clifford
Indochina
Nixon aims at keeping a Thieu regime in Saigon
The passage argues Nixon’s goal is indefinite support for Nguyen Van Thieu and a secure Saigon regime, contrasting rhetoric with actions like mining harbors and intensified bombardment. It critiques Clifford’s testimony suggesting surrender of Southeast Asia to Communists as a misreading of the U.S. stance and calls it an implausible solution.
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Saigon
Defense
Clifford
Nixon
United States
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Nixon cabinet secret? mystery unmasked by columnist
A sharp satirical column claims to reveal President Nixon's cabinet members and their aliases. It jokes about hidden lists and misfit agencies, naming William Rogers as secretary of state, George Romney in HUD, Paw-Paw Sycamore as Commerce Interior and HEW secretaries, Volpe as transportation, and Butz as agriculture, while denying a labor secretary.
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ITT
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Sycamore
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Rogers €. B. Morton
Health, Education and Welfare
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