Editorial staff and city edition details for Beach, California
The snippet lists key newsroom personnel and office roles including Miles E. Lines as Executive Editor Don Ohl as Editor and Bert Resnik as Editorial Page, with advertising, circulation, and production staff named. It is from the Beach, California edition dated Monday November 17, 1975.
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Miles E. Lines
Don Ohl
Bert Resnik
den Nuter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
Ing Beach
California
Editorial Lessons on Congress Lobbying Bill
An editorial warns against a rushed federal lobbying bill. It parallels California propositions and argues that a $256 three month spending threshold would redefine many groups as lobbyists, creating burdensome records. It warns about an eight member enforcement commission and extra paperwork, urging Congress to study Proposition 5 before acting.
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House
California
Congress
Saving lives and gas under 55 mph speed limit
The U S Department of Transportation reports 3 percent fewer traffic fatalities in September than a year earlier and 16 percent below September 1973. Officials credit the 55 mph limit for fewer and less severe accidents while conserving fuel, with an estimated 300 million gallons saved this year and a goal to save 6,000 lives.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Beame targets Times Square massage parlors with new rules
New York Mayor Abraham Beame proposes a law classifying massage parlors as physical culture or health establishments and requiring facilities that meet national sports standards. Parlor operators would have a year to comply, potentially closing others after next year’s Democratic National Convention. The plan aims to clean up Times Square while facing uncertain enforcement and possible loopholes.
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Times Square
New York City
Abraham Beame
New York
Beame
The Court a life of its own
The piece examines how Supreme Court dynamics shift with Justice Douglas’s departure, noting that court independence resists simple prediction. It discusses Nixon’s four prior appointments and Ford’s forthcoming pick, suggesting a modest right-of-center drift without a full political realignment.
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Supreme Court
Supreme
Douglas
Washington
Gerald Ford
Ford
Justice Douglas
Nixon
Yord
Citizens debate district elections for Long Beach city government
The letter writers urge electoral reform arguing district elections improve local representation and reduce citywide campaign money. They challenge the editorial stance, warn against voter confusion, and defend divisional governance over ward politics, while affirming open, district based elections for a more locally oriented city government.
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Citizens For District Elections
Long Beach
East
CIA probe twists amid Pike Church clash in DC
In a sharp clash over intelligence oversight Rep Otis Pike rejects claims CIA is rogue. Church faces internal push over focus on sensational plots while Pike criticizes the Senate panel as politics driven. Officials note Pike’s stance questions Church leadership and heightens debate on intelligence costs and effectiveness.
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Washington
Otis Pike
New York
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Pike
House Intelligence Committee
Sen. Church
White Church
Pike Committee
New Orleans
Capitol
Praise and Respect for Justice Douglas Sparks Ford Critique
The writer from Lakewood, Sophie Bingham, urges citizens of good will to remember the praise for Justice William C. Douglas and to count against Gerald Ford his efforts to remove the justice. The letter stresses bipartisan decency and lasting recognition.
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William C. Douglas
Ronald K. L. Collins Downey
Gerald Ford
Sophie Bingham Lakewood
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