Final TV blitz shapes Ford and Carter as statesmen
A long campaign ends with a TV driven shift in image for Ford and Carter, likened to 1977 car ads. The piece argues the televised blitz exposed flaws, offered broader lessons from Watergate era finance, and compares the race to past outsiders while praising the campaigns’ impact on voters.
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New York
Times Square
Madison Avenue
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Doe Garagiala
Carter
Jimmy
Wallace
Reagan
Kennedy
Willkie
Eisenhower
Doleis
Ohio
Iowa
Europe
Editorial endorses three new state senators in reapportioned districts
The newspaper backs Robert Beverly in the 27th District Wilmington to El Segundo, Bill Campbell in the 33rd District Artesia to West Covina, and Paul Carpenter in the 7th District Buena Park to Anaheim. Each candidate is profiled with party, background, and key committee roles.
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Long Beach
Robert G. Beverly
Eiliam Campbell
Paul B. Carpenter
Wilmington
San Pedro
Lomita
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Torrance
el Segundo
Robert Stevens
Bob Beverly
State Assembly
Senate
Manhattan Beach
Assembly
Artesia
Cerritos
Downey
la Mirada
Norwalk
Santa Fe Springs
West Covina
Bill Campbell
Hacienda Heights
Buena Park
Cypress
Garden Grove
Las Palma
Los Alamitos
Midway City
Santa Ana
Stanton
Westminster
Anaheim
Paul Carpenter
California State Colleges System
Campaign to drop Queen Mary parking fee gains traction
Long Beach leaders Ern Wiley and Ben Bowers press City Council to eliminate the main lot parking fee to boost Queen Mary attendance. They propose shops and concessions pay a profit percentage to offset lost city revenue, arguing higher visitor numbers would benefit shipside and Mary’s Gate Village businesses.
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Long Beach
Ern Wiley
Ben Bowers
Wiley
Wiley and Bowers
Mary’s Gate Village
Drug regulation and innovation slow death by regulation
A Duke economist, Henry G Grabowski, argues in a concise study that the Kefauver amendments of 1962 slowed pharmaceutical innovation. He contrasts a golden 1950s to early 60s with a sharp drop in new chemical entities through 1975, blaming regulation for higher costs, delays, and restricted drug availability while warning that Carter era policies threaten further stagnation.
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Washington
Henry G. Grabowski
Duke University
Grabowski
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
FDA
U.S
PDA
Jimmy Carter
Carter & Company
Kefauver
Vote NO on Proposition X in Long Beach council race
Downtown Long Beach Associates urge a no vote on district elections Proposition X. They warn one district based council would reduce citizen involvement, raise taxes, create recall ease, and split unity, arguing current at large system keeps accountability to all Long Beach residents. Journal Washington dispatch cited.
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Long Beach
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Carter Playboy
James Reston
Mary's Gate Village
Disneyland
O. Wiley
Queen Mary
Estes Kefauver
James J
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Washington, Fa
Independent Press-Telegram
Pine Avenue
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Miles E. Lines
David Levinson
Dén Ohl
Bart Resnik
Don Nutter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
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