Ridder Newspaper Leaders Announced in Long Beach
The Long Beach California newspaper lists its 1968 leadership team including Herman H. Ridder publisher Daniel H. Ridder co publisher Samuel C Cameron general manager Bernard J Ridder Jr business manager Walter H Polak assistant to the publisher and editorial staff with Miles E Lines executive editor Malcolm Epley associate editor Sterling Bemis and L A Collins Sr as editorial columnist.
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Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Bernard J. Ridder Jr
Walter H. Polak
William W. Broom
Miles E. Lines
Malcolm Epley
Sterling Bemis
Dor Obs
L. A. Collins, Sr
Long Beach
California
Youths Propose Moderate Gun Controls at Long Beach College
California State College at Long Beach students formed the Committee for Sane Action on Firearms and signed a resolution decrying gun violence. They favor tighter but not total laws, calling for limits on mail order sales and a ban on out of state purchases, plus state level licensing and federal oversight. The class planner, Lester E. Hauth, notes strong interest and conviction, predicting more youth engagement as voting age nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State College At
Long Beach
Congress
Lester E. Hauth
America
Call for National Commission on Disease Prevention
A proposal endorsed by physicians educators and officials urges Congress to create a national commission on disease prevention and health protection. The group seeks a coordinated program to save lives reduce suffering and redirect medical manpower with broad national reach and initial funding. President Johnson supports the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Commission On Disease Prevention and Health Protection
Commission
Town Meeting Comments On Policing And Protest
Readers from Bellflower Los Alamitos Long Beach express views on police methods and street protests amid national politics. Letters criticize violence, demand law and order, and condemn the Chicago convention and broader American political process.
Sliding four quarter plan could push 12 month schools ahead
Andrew Adams proposes a 12 month school plan called the sliding four quarter plan. Schools operate 48 weeks a year with four 12 week terms and one maintenance week between terms. The plan cuts classrooms and staff by 20 percent and lets students finish the 12 year program in 11 years while avoiding winter vacation objections.
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Andrew Adams
Office of Economic Opportunity
Adams
del Campo High School
Sacramento County
Castlemont High School
Oakland
American School Board Journal
Vitamin Hearings Like Mr Dickens Nightmare
A Justice Department hearing on regulations for vitamins and mineral supplements drags on like the Jarndyce case from Dickens. Since 1966 hearings have stretched months, with 104 objectors and 250 witnesses expected, as costs mount with 600 pages weekly stenography and expert fees for the government.
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Mr. Dickens
Health and Welfare Department
Dickens
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
David H. Harris
Abbott Laboratories
National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers
National Bakers Services
National Biscuit Company
Costs mount in Kilpatrick case testify higher
The objectors are calculated at 900 to 1500 dollars per week per attorney with conservative totals reaching three to five million dollars before hearings end in the 1970s. Court review will follow. Next week adds a new witness and fifty motions as the long process continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Conventions Show U S Turning Toward Center
The article argues that the Democratic and Republican conventions show Americans veering toward centrist leadership. It says Humphrey and Nixon were chosen for experience and stability, reflecting a national mood tired of turmoil, extremism, and street protests. The Nation suggests a return to past values while seeking qualified leaders.
Richard Wilson Defends Center Route in Democratic Debate
The article argues Hubert Humphrey shifted to the center to align with broad American sentiment on law and order and Vietnam. It condemns old Kennedy staff for trying to restore a ruined world and labels them fringe without real political consequence. Humphrey is praised for resisting liberal excesses and steering the party toward national security.
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Communist Party
Bellflower Geneva N. Newell
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
America
Hanoi
Humphrey
Kennedy Humfrey Call Details Bid for VP Amid Kennedy Ties
Vice President Humphrey phoned Hyannis Port to seek Kennedy backing for the vice presidency. Senator Kennedy declined and cited family obligations. Humphrey floated Sargent Shriver as an alternative, noting Kennedy family objections without specifics.
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Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Sargent Shriver
France
Kennedy veto on Shriver halts Teddy for president note
A DREW PEARSON column recalls Kennedy’s veto on Shriver, Kennedy’s silence on the vice presidency, and Ted Kennedy’s cautious stance urged by family and Cardinal Cushing. It notes Chicago delegates amid Czech Yugoslav topics, and mentions Serb exiles bombing Yugoslav consulates in Chicago. It also references Lidice as a Czech village name tied to Nazi reprisals.
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Teddy
Sen
Kennedy
Humphrey
Shriver
Czecho- Slovakia
U.S.A
Otto Kerner
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tony Cormack
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami
Yugoslavia
United States
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Lidice
Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
Sidewalk Senate: Hair Opinion Sparks Park Debate
John Smith a Long Beach retired engineer says long hair should be cleaned up by instituting care. He spoke at Bixby Park asking if hair length changes perception.
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John Smith
Appleton St
Long Beach
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Need
Upton Sinclair
Helen Prige
Washington
Charles Dickens
Jarndyce
James Kilpatrick
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Richard M. Nixon
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Hyannis Port
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