Editorial warns against breaking up big oil firms
The piece argues that punishing integrated oil companies through breakup would raise consumer prices and hinder production. It warns antitrust action could threaten the Alaska pipeline and other ventures, urging government to watch but not dismantle these firms.
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Hosts Ethnic Music Festival
The Los Angeles Philharmonic dedicates a day to an Ethnic Music Festival featuring free performances by dancers and music groups from American Indian Asian Black and Spanish speaking communities. The program includes pieces from Japan Mexico Argentina Israel Czechoslovakia and Scotland with a 150 voice choir and American Horse Ceremonial Dancers. Admission for the evening program is $2 to $8.
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Sidney Harth
Music Center Pavilion
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Argentina
Israel
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Scotland
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Zubin Mehta
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Schlesinger Attacks Mahon on Defense Budget Cuts
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger publicly attacked House Appropriations Committee Chairman George Mahon over defense funding. He called the committee’s cuts to the defense appropriation punitive and warned they would harm national security. Mahon defended reductions as necessary to curb waste while preserving essential defense programs.
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Letters to the Editor Voices on gays in police and gas policy
Readers argue against allowing gay individuals in police or state roles, claim global changes would erase society, and critique a federal natural gas advance payments program. One correspondent praises Grand Prix coverage, citing Long Beach events and parking improvements. Jeff D Wilkins of Long Beach commends local reporting.
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ARCO
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Jeff D. Wilkins
Resource diplomacy reshapes world power balance
Knight News Service report outlines how oil price shocks and OPEC influence push nations to pursue resource diplomacy. It notes U S leverage limits in raw materials, calls for interdependence to avert economic crises, and cites officials like France's Jean Pierre Fourcade warning against isolation.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ford
OPEC
America
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United States
China
Reform debates in Lakewood agency law and visitation rights
Editor Russell Shafer of Downey comments on Redevelopment Agency of Lakewood governance under Brown Act, correcting Leanna George’s claims about closed meetings. He notes Montoya’s mislabeling, cites Fathers Demanding Equal Justice, and urges joint parental visitation rights while criticizing welfare authority over visits. Contact info for the organization is provided.
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Ralph M. Brown
la Puente
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Overland Ave
Angeles
Russell Shafer
Downey
Objections to campus group events at Long Beach State
William G. Lockwood objects as Long Beach taxpayer to any group using a tax funded campus facility to promote biologically unacceptable philosophy. The letter criticizes scheduling activities at Long Beach State University and urges reconsideration of facility use.
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Long Beach State University
Long Beach
William G. Lockwood
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