Long Beach Pushes Underground Utilities In spite of cost
The city of Long Beach supports moving pub lic utilities underground to clear pole and wire jungles. A 10 page city filing by City Atty Leonard Putnam and deputy Phil Shafer argues even full adoption won not rapidly clear skylines. Costs run to billions and customers would pay through rates, with windfalls from tax relief added to conversion funds. The plan seeks state review and a fair distribution of funds among communities while coordinating multiple companies to avoid repeated street disruption. It frames improvements as more than cosmetic, aiming for a visibly improved urban environment.
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Leonard Putnam
Phil J. Shafer
State Public Utilities Commission
State Commission
Long Beach
Thursday Quarterback on Reagan Leadership Realities
The column argues political quarterbacks overpredict Reagan’s first term, noting the difference between a nominee and a leader in office. It says leaders must operate day by day within team realities, sometimes yield, and that Reagan will learn the limits of what is possible over four years.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Town Meeting and Letter Policy Change Sparks Debate
A Lynwood area reader laments school neglect and argues annexation to Lynwood lowers taxes, questions perceived discrimination by Compton, and urges acknowledging residents’ concerns about Janie Abbott School and local district alignment. The letter notes policy changes for print names and initials in the letters column amid harassment concerns.
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Janie Abbott
Ural the Independent and Press- Telegram
Lynwood
Do We Overdo Things Like Moon Photos and LBJ Bits
New York Times Service criticizes excess in media coverage of space and President Johnson. Moon surface pictures flood headlines and broadcasts, with costs escalating beyond initial estimates. Johnson’s surgery also receives disproportionate attention, highlighting a national penchant for overdoing major stories.
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LBJ
Texas
White House
America
The Presidency in the Spotlight and a Football Fever
The piece mocks media overkill around presidential news and a Notre Dame vs Michigan State game. It cautions against chasing sensational headlines while noting the obsession with defining moments and figures. It questions Reagan’s seriousness as a presidential prospect.
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Ronald Reagan
People and the Manila Conference final day broadcast
On the final day of the Manila Conference a television cut to an NBC correspondent in a Saigon public square offered a breath of fresh air amid official rhetoric.
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Manila
NBC
Saigon
Reactions of Vietnamese to the conference in Manila
Sydney Harris notes that most South Vietnamese villagers are indifferent to the Manila conference. They see it as political theater used to prop Ky and military leaders, while fearing for survival as villages burn and crops fail. They doubt democracy or communism solves their plight.
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Manila
China
U. S
Reagan selects policy advisers as California Governor elect
A report notes Ronald Reagan choosing his policy advisers as California governor elect. Republican leaders in Congress promise alternatives to Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. A Gemini 12 dispatch says pilots got a good view of the southern United States, flipped as flying upside down.
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California
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Lyndon
United States
Warren Commission Named With Care
President Johnson formed a bipartisan Warren Commission to investigate Kennedy's assassination. He selected two Republicans John Sherman Cooper and Gerald Ford and two Democrats Richard Russell and Hale Boggs, plus elder statesman John J. McCloy to lead the inquiry with broad credibility.
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John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Richard Russell
Georgia
Rep
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
John J. McCloy
Germany
Chase
Court Chief Justice Reluctant to Lead Warren Commission
Lyndon Johnson pressed Chief Justice Earl Warren to head the commission probing Dallas. Warren resisted, citing Supreme Court rules, but agreed after Johnson reminded him of wartime service. The commission heard Mrs. Oswald recount her husband’s attempt to kill Nixon, a claim later questioned as Nixon was not in Dallas. Johnson was in Dallas, as Warren Commission concluded Johnson had escaped assassination.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Leo Oswald
Dallas
Police
Underworld
Lincoln
Johnson
Dewey
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
Jackson
U.S
Frank Murphy
Lee Oswald
Richard Nixon
Warren Commission
Nixon
Oswald
Russia
Moscow
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Jame P. Abbott
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Compton
Lynwond
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Notre Dame
Michigan State
Washington Sports Pages
People
Sydney Harris
Mme
Associated Press
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South China Sea
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