Prop. 9 Watson Amendment would raise taxes state wide
The Watson Prop 9 would cap property taxes at 1 percent of fair market value and shift school welfare and other programs to state financing. It would require large increases in sales and income taxes, likely doubling some taxes, while reducing local control and exposing small property owners to higher overall tax burdens. Voters should analyze the savings on property taxes against higher state levies and total spending.
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California
Watson
Aunt Fannie Wills: Long Beach’s revered elder of the Negro community
George Robeson profiles Aunt Fannie Wills, a 92 year old matriarch revered in Long Beach's Negro community. Once called the female equivalent of an Uncle Tom by militants, she remains a secular saint whose wisdom grows with age. Wills, born in Michigan to a Civil War veteran cooper, was the first Negro to graduate from high school.
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Fannie’ Wills
Uncle Tom
Long Beach
Fannie
Miss Wills
Cooper
Michigan
Arkansas City
Kan
Hayden
Okla
Compton
Rapp Browns
Fannie Wills
Lafayette
Moderately Hopeful Signs on Viet War Settlement
Washington reports cautious optimism about Vietnam peace moves due to Hanoi deciding not to endure another six months of attrition. Since August 18 U S forces confirm 18 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in action. B 52 attacks and Abrams hunter operations have kept the so called third offensive from launching, shaping Hanoi choice between confronting the Johnson administration now or later.
No simple end to Vietnam war in sight says analyst
The piece argues Hanoi will not settle within six months and forecasts troop withdrawals depend on 1969 readiness of South Vietnamese divisions and ongoing communist pressure. It notes Westmoreland and Thieu hints of future American divisions, Johnson's caution, and Wiggins' prowar stance as reinforcing Johnson policy amid Nixon and Humphrey atmospherics. It also profiles Aunt Fannie Wills in Long Beach as a community teacher and mentor.
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Humphrey
Vietnam
Johnson
Defense
McNamara
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
Thieu
Nixon
South Vietnam
Wiggins
First Day in Reign of President Wallace
An imagined account of George Wallace becoming president in 1968, detailing a chaotic first day. It claims Wallace kept campaign promises with dramatic actions and a harsh policy directive to cut aid to segregated states, as he drafts Orville Crackers as Secretary of State in Tallahassee Georgia.
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Wallace
George Wallace
White House
Potomac
Orville Crackers
Tallahoassee
Orville
George
New artificial lung eyed for newborns and adults
Government researchers report a new artificial lung that maintains adequate blood oxygen in newborn lambs for up to four days, avoiding prior damage from separate blood pumps and promising use in respiratory distress in newborns or adults. The work appears in Transactions of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.
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National Heart Institute
American Society For Artificial Internal Organs
President Wallace Ends War and Resigns in Absurd Presidency
The satirical scene imagines President Wallace remaking U.S. policy and ending the Vietnam War, then resigning after a leisurely lunch. He orders jail for crooks and a purge of elites, accidentally knocks over a Russian ambassador, triggers a Soviet nuclear response, and remains cheekily confident that anyone can be president.
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P.D.Q
U.S
Vietnam
Wallace
Melvin Murd
Pinole
Miss
Supreme Court
Melvin
Pinko
Mr. Wallace
Potomac
Moscow
United States
Columnists Represent Diverse Viewpoints On Opinion Page
The paper selects columnists to reflect a range of perspectives and to present angles that mirror the newspaper’s editorial stance. Readers encounter a spectrum of voices through opinion features on the page.
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George Ball
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Orient
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