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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1968
Page
15
A California Poll shows a two to one view that urban crisis should outrank Vietnam, with 59 percent craving first use of funds for domestic urban needs and 29 percent prioritizing Vietnam. Nixon warned the home war risks survival of a free society, urging total mobilization while critiquing foreign over domestic spending and urging focus on national needs.
Legislation to drastically cut state mandated school courses moves through the California Senate by 33 to 1, aiming to reduce mandates from 26 to 7 in elementary and 23 to 9 in high schools. Critics fear loss of physical education and inconsistent curriculums across 1,227 districts. supporters cite flexibility and potential innovation under a two year test period to measure outcomes.
The March 19 1968 letter questions the Santa Fe traffic island beautification project in Long Beach. It argues the area has high business density and that islands will not affect parking, only prevent U turns. The West Long Beach Community Association lobbied councilmen and city engineers, confirming the project feasible and aligned with the city beautification program. Ronal d Morgan chairs the association.
NEA report notes that riots after Martin Luther King Jr. assassination exposed leadership drift in 1967 68. Johnson’s urban crisis response was seen as weak and distracted by Vietnam, while Nixon and others attacked the commission for highlighting white racism as a root cause.
A journalist recalls June 1986 White House civil rights talks that stalled on Vietnam and drifted into irrelevant detail. He cites delayed and cosmetic conference results and a loss of urgency among White House planners and leaders, with despair growing since King’s death and no clear solution.
Winthrop D. Jordan presents a detailed study of American attitudes toward Africans from 1619 Jamestown to the early Republic. The book examines the paradox of liberty rhetoric versus racial hierarchy, tracing how Christians, reformers, and leaders balanced equality ideals with domination and prejudice.
Vice President Humphrey seeks to unify the Democratic party amid alarms over Robert Kennedy while pursuing the presidential nomination. The article notes his best bet is to sell unity and consolidate support within the party.
The piece analyzes Horner Humphrey’s potential to unite divided Democrats against Kennedy during the presidential race. It notes Humphrey’s broad labor and business support, questions his magnetism versus Kennedy, and warns that a Kennedy victory could split the party, especially in the South. It weighs McCarthy’s weak coalition prospects and the impact of peace hopes in Vietnam on Humphrey’s bid.
A Gur Tell professor notes many youths drop LSD and join political campaigns while recognizing a stronger hallucinogen. A housewife returns exhausted from shopping for detergent, and the US is urged to contribute 4 million dollars to a study on humanity's survival, with conservatives debating the cost. The miniskirt exposes imagined realities once deemed startling.
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