Long Beach backs Deukmejian Wenke in California primary
The Long Beach editorial endorses George Deukmejian in the Republican race for attorney general and Robert Wenke in the Democratic lieutenant governor contest. It urges voters to back Wenke’s juvenile delinquency prevention plan and notes Wenke’s party switch and legal background. The piece also supports Jess Unruh for governor and Hugh Burns for secretary of state, citing their records and Long Beach ties.
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George Deukmejian
Superior Court
Robert Wenke
Sen. Deukmejian
Long Beach
Sacramento Press Corps
California Trial Lawyers Assn
Florida
California
Assembly
Robert Monagan
Senate
Howard Way
Wenke
Sacramento
Washington
Thomas H. Kuchel
GOP
Kuchel
Max Rafferty
Jess Unruh
Reagan
Assemblyman
Unruh
Hugh Burns
Burns
Lakewood
Sharon Lassers
Letters to Editor and Local Fire Heroics
Readers urge support for Proposition 8 to fund California schools and note national and domestic policy concerns. A Long Beach reader credits an off duty policeman with saving elderly neighbors from a house fire, hoping for recognition.
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West 9Th St
Long Beach
Holland
San Diego
Marjorie Kemp
Civilians Rule Our Military Says Former SAC Commander
Ed note quotes Gen Thomas S Powers US Air Force ret., once chief of the Strategic Air Command. He argues civilians hold military authority, stresses nuclear deterrence, warns against nuclear disarmament delusions, and urges voters to test goals of Soviet and Chinese expansion against the need to prevent war.
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Thomas
Powers
USAF
Strategic Air Command
Tokyo
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Spiro Agnew
United States
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs
Postal strike leaders face possible federal prosecution
Behind the scene, leaders of the postal strike may face charges for illegal strikes with penalties up to one year and a day in prison and a $1000 fine. Postmaster General Winton Blount and Attorney General John Mitchell reportedly seek the main troublemakers while rank and file carriers are considered immune. Cap Hill focuses on McGovern’s rebound and the era’s antiwar mood as NAACP official Roy Wilkins quips about Supreme Court pick Harry Blackmun. Transportation Secretary Volpe touts air bag safety with a seven year target of halving highway deaths indicating a bold promise.
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Washington
Winton Blount
John Mitchell
Capitol Hill
George McGovern
D-S.d
Cambodia
Sion
McGovern
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Supreme Court
Antiquing rules shift as customs redefine age limits
The article notes a new 100 year old threshold for antiques, with 80 year old ethnographic pieces possibly qualifying duty free. It revokes the prior 1930 rule. rugs pre 1701 and string instruments pre 1801 were required under the old standard.
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Bureau OF Customs
Customs
Bureau
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Kent State
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Earth
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Brad Blankenship
Press-Telegram
New York Times
South Vietnam
Nixon
Guam
Harry Blackmun
Volpe
Ecology
Sierra Club
Ecology Action
San Francisco
Sierra
William Butler Yeats
Matthew
Lyman Abbott
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