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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1968
Page
9
The piece argues Western voters may abstain if results are known early and supports simultaneous nationwide polling with extended hours. It highlights the impact of time zones on turnout, urges resisting early projections, and backs abolishing the electoral college in favor of the popular vote. Rep Craig Hosmer advocates these reforms.
Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society addressed a small crowd at California State College at Long Beach urging students to fight demonstrations across the country. He described a Marxist view of events and urged participation in election day rallies, noted as part of a broader campus protest movement linked to Columbia's 1968 actions.
Jerry W. Finefrock a 24 year old Long Beach Telephone Co. employee said he would seek reinstatement with back pay after being suspended for testifying at a State Public Utilities Commission hearing on a 46 million dollar rate hike. He claimed the company abused its authority to squelch free speech and cited high charges on long cords and the Starlite telephone as profit sources.
Neighbors for Residential Preservation organize 50 property owners to protest expansion at Long Beach Airport. H John Eastman named chair. Mrs. Walker vice chair. About 200 petitioners to canvass within 2.5 miles of the airport ends and file petitions with the PAC by December 1 against PAC terminal rights for Pacific Southwest Airlines Air California and Pacific Air Transport.
The column lists endorsements for federal, state, and local offices including Nixon for president Alan Cranston Chet Holifield George Deukmeijian Vincent Thomas and others. It also notes multiple state measures and local bonds and asks voters to approve tax relief education bonds hospital loans sales tax sharing and transit district bonds and juvenile detention facilities.
Dr Edwin Shneidman spoke in Long Beach about recognizing a lump in the soul as a warning sign of suicide. He outlined a three part approach to prevention, including raising public awareness to recognize distress cues and reducing stigma around seeking help.
Sheriff's detectives hunted three burglary suspects after a fourth was shot by Norwalk deputies during an attempted boxcar burglary at the W. Grant Store yard in La Mirada. Levance Tarver, 40, is hospitalized in fair condition after swerving toward deputies as 22 TV sets were recovered.
Psychiatrist Dr James Brussel foresees genetics guiding crime prevention by inoculating carriers against violent impulses. He notes research on genes and chromosomes may produce a drug to neutralize a dangerous trait, counts mental health spending as a priority, and discusses his work on six major cases including the Coppolino murder saga and his book Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist.
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