Newspaper Rights and Public Responsibility in Campaign Seasons
In a presidential season readers face biased letters and calls from both sides, but the press has a noble duty to inform. Newspapers, while biased by business needs, must maintain accuracy and taste, preserving free speech while resisting censorship by courts or officials. A disciplined press serves the public’s right to know and avoids losing readers to harsher media.
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Stors
Republic
Americanewspaper
California Voters Face Propositions on Disabled Veteran Tax Exemption
Six years after a $5,000 tax exemption for veterans with total disability, voters will decide Prop 3 and Prop 11. Prop 3 extends the exemption to any home owned and inhabited by a totally disabled veteran who relocates. Prop 11 tightens residency rules for the exemption and adds other constitutional provisions. If both pass, the higher vote will prevail. Prop 11 is argued as more adequate.
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California
Nixon Pushes Appeasement Charge In Kennedy Clash
The Nixon campaign portrays Kennedy as soft on Communism citing appeasement in foreign policy. Nixon argues Kennedy would endanger national honor, and he claims Reagan era anecdotes misstate the U2 summit. Kennedy counters by stressing testing and disarmament talks amid Cold War tensions.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Russia
Independent editorials spark national security debate over Quemoy rocks
The piece cites Atomic Energy Commission concerns about Soviet cheating and questions Nixon's stance on Quemoy and Matsu. It notes Bowles and Stevenson urging policy re‑examination without Peiping input, and criticizes Nixon’s position as potentially risky. Kennedy counters, warning of a possible global conflict. The column frames the two contested rocks as campaign centerpiece and foreign policy pivot.
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United Nations
China
Kennedy
Chester W. Bowles
Adlai E. Stevenson
Peiping
Nixon
China Lobby wooed friends with profitable oil leases
Drew Pearson reports a China lobby network using oil ventures to win US allies. Chinese-backed Cheyenne Oil Co controlled leases in Oklahoma and Texas with partners including George Allen and Louie Kung, linking to prominent figures from politics and media. Investments spanned cash deals and stock stakes, drawing in and later replacing some participants amid tensions.
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China Lobby
Washington
United States
Soong Dynasty
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Louie Kung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nixon
California
Charley Chien
New York
Cheyenne Oi Co
Magmatrust Co
Westland Oil Development Corp
Atoka Drilling Co
Cheyenne
Eric Johnston
Producers
Assn
Freeman Gosden
Bert. C. Gross
Amug
Andy” Fame
Ellsworth Alvord
George Allen
James Bruce
Truman
Argentina
Sam Rosenman
Alvord
Cheyenne Co
Louis King
Charlie Chien
Dr. Boren
Chien
Lovie Kung
Formosa
San Francisco
Prop 15 Local Court Appeals Debate Preview
League of Women Voters presents Prop 13 on appeals from municipal and justice courts. Pro argues uniform statewide interpretation and added access to District Courts of Appeal. con warns of higher costs, court overload, and need for more judges.
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League of Women Voters
Judicial Council
State Bar
District Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court of Appeals
STRICTLY PERSONAL True Goodness Praises Fortune
A reflection on envy and genuine admiration. The piece argues that true character lies in celebrating others success not just feeling sorry for misfortune. It notes people struggle to celebrate peers who rise, citing Wilde and Shaw, and contrasts generosity to the unfortunate with envy toward the successful.
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Shaw
Demember Rep Wixon backs state ownership at Long Beach rally
Rep Richard Wixon toured Sixby Park delivering a speech endorsing state ownership of sidelands and met with the Paralyzed Veterans Assn and American Legion Post 728 leaders at the Veterans Hospital. Harbor Dept. to issue a federal permit for Terminal Island to Long Beach ferry service. Pacific Water Taxi Co to inaugurate under revocable permit. Southern California master plumbers elected leaders with Louis Remy as district president and Clyde Hickman as vice president at Hotel Virginia.
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Richard Wixon
Long Beach
Sixby Park
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Assn
Post 728
American Legion
Terminal Island
Harbor Department
Pacific Water Taxi Co
Master Plumbers
Southern California
Federation of Merchant Plumbers of
Virginia
Louis E. Remy
Clyde Hickman
Quotes from capitals report world leaders and figures
United Press rounds up quotes from Vienna Moscow and New York. Kamin, an American teacher expelled from Russia, recalls fear after prison. Hoover urges Legion to defend founding fathers while warning on Cuba. Sisouk Na Champassak criticizes Reschin over UN finance policy. Casey Stengel comments on age lawsuit and wife’s support.
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Mark Kaminsky
Russia
Miami Beach
Fla
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
American Legion
Cuba
United Nations
Sisouk Na Champassak
A. A. Reschin
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
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New York
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
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Harold M. Hines
Samuel G. Cameron
Larry Coltina Jr
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Malcolm Epley
Miles E. Sines
Harry Fulton
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Democratic Advisory Council
South Korea
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Okla
Cheyenne Oil Co
Baruch Mattingly
Missouri
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American Broadcasting Co
Teed Products Corp
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Randolph Scott
John Daly
ABC
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