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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
10
The document lists Daniel H. Ridder as CoPublisher Bernard J. Ridder Jr as Business Manager Miles E. Lines as Executive Editor Sterling Bemis as Managing Editor A Collins as Editorial Columnist. A note shows a $1 amount.
County prop B seeks a 24.85 million bond to add 961 beds via two new halls 800 beds one boys camp 100 beds plus 161 expansion rooms to ease overcrowding in Los Angeles County juvenile facilities. Supporters urge a two thirds vote while opponents stay silent but powerful.
Regional Planning proposes new rules for walling and paving junk yards to improve appearances. Yard operators must keep business inside walls and comply with landscaping while avoiding forced closures of existing sites.
A reader letter defends George Wallace as a voice for the silent majority amid political turmoil over Fortas. The second letter criticizes the Fortas nomination and cites constitutional interpretation and predicts how Senator Griffin would be remembered for a filibuster. Seal Beach USA
Washington debate spotlighted farm aid policy as Congress cut food stamp funds for impoverished cotton pickers while approving higher subsidies for millionaire ranchers. A proposed $20 000 cap on individual farmer government payments was discussed amid partisan clash.
The House by 230 to 160 approved a one year extension of farm programs removing the $20 000 subsidy cap after a back room deal between Agriculture Chairman W R Poage and Senate counterpart Allen Ellender Both Poage and Ellender pushed the package ignoring amendments and conference norms while critics note large subsidies to cotton growers and state poverty statistics in Texas and Louisiana.
In Chapel Hill North Carolina Humphrey and Nixon are largely sidelined by Wallace as the campaign focuses on avoiding alienating his supporters. The state’s candidates steer clear of provoking Wallace and the election feels defined by an unexpected dominant figure rather than the two main contenders.
James Reston traces a crowded field from Kennedy to Wallace amid the Kennedy assassination and Chicago politics. Spiro Agnew and Daley loom large as Humphrey remains blamed for Chicago fires and campus debates at UNC.
A newspaper column argues the 1968 race is muddled by diversions that favor Nixon. It notes campus liberals back from Johnson and McCarthy disputes, while Humphrey struggles to gain focus amid debates and media distractions. The North Carolina House race hints at similar themes.
A Dallas surgeon argues that religious sentiment by families often blocks organ donation, noting the stark organ shortage with about one heart available per 50 needy patients. He contends sentimentality, not true religion, drives reluctance to donate by treating hearts as private property.
The essay discusses extending life through heart donation as a form of limited immortality that taps religious instincts. It argues most lives seem meaningless beyond self and frames organ donation as a way to give life, urging generosity even at death to keep others alive and potentially more creative. It critiques religious misuse of belief, noting sins committed in the Maker's name.
The book Russia A History by Sidney Harcave from Lippincott is a revised sixth edition with updates through fifty years of the Soviet Union. It follows the transformation of Slavic tribes into a nation and covers Peter the Great to Khrushchev era developments.
Mrs Claire Carmody of Long Beach, a housewife, comments on discipline as a virtue and asserts support for deserving individuals.
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