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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1967
Page
8
Williew W. Broom edits with Marcole Ebley and Dan Ohl on the editorial page of the Long Beach press dated Friday September 1 1967. The page presents opinion pieces and community perspectives from the city and regional issues.
California’s time zone effects in elections spark debate about a nationwide 24 hour voting day. CBS head Dr. Frank Stanton pushes for synchronized polling hours to curb reporting limits and early results. Governors oppose clarity on costs, noting the need for extra poll workers and resources.
The Civil Service Commission revises its code to bar employees from publicly criticizing officials, policies, or practices and directs them to take issues to the executive director. The policy clashes with the Lloyd LaFollette Act which guarantees federal workers the right to petition Congress. Critics warn the move could push similar censorship across agencies, distorting public oversight.
A staff column defends the United States Pavilion Creative America at Expo 67 as a lively display of American inventiveness and culture. The writer also critiques pigeon-control measures and suggests opening the Queen Mary for tours. Roy Drake supports Vietnam peace talks and evaluates Hosmer’s chemical warfare idea as a pressure tactic toward negotiation.
New York report says the United States watches Red China's convulsions while Russia plans to seize power in Peking. Thousands of Soviet agents, many Red Army officers on active duty, are implicated in this plotting amid escalating upheaval.
The text argues Moscow is building a legal and moral pretext for invading China, citing Kosygin’s ultimatum, seizing ships, and a intensifying push to back anti-Mao forces. It notes the creation of an Independent Division and elevates Kao Kang as a Soviet propaganda symbol to rally support for an eventual post-Mao China.
The piece questions whether signals from space are produced by intelligence and compares Earth broadcasts. It notes the Russians developing a space satellite communications network for potential future dialogue and ends with a satirical jab about Japan and hippies made from beer cans.
In Room 8938 of the Rayburn Building Goldwater blasted LBJ over Detroit riots and McNamara while addressing 200 Republican staffers. He praised Nixon as most experienced but criticized Romney for not backing him in 1964 and for foreign policy vacillations, with recollections centered on three attendees.
Bruce Biossat reports on Goldwater's comments portraying George Romney as the most attractive and moral GOP candidate. The piece notes Romney's current polling against Johnson, Goldwater's cautious stance, and potential for Goldwater to back Romney if he pursues the 1968 nomination. A Phoenix fundraising event may reveal any shift in support.
Drew Pearsons column notes the House Ethics Committee avoiding exposes while members in private sessions dodge scrutiny. It reports postal lobbyists pressuring for pay and rate cuts, and lawmakers taking campaign contributions. The piece adds that several congressmen gamble with lobbyists in private hotel suites near the hearings.
The piece asks what a printer's devil is an apprentice in a printing office and notes the Vatican Palace as the official papal residence only after the Popes left Avignon in the 1300s. It recounts a broad view of congressional ethics and a sweeping government reorganization backdrop.
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