Editorial calls for keeping California's Department of Commerce
The editorial argues against dissolving California's Department of Commerce and urges preserving a program to promote tourism and attract industry. It notes skeptical officials, limited departmental output, and questions whether private or state efforts should replace public promotion. It emphasizes tourism dollars and job creation as long term benefits.
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Disneyland
State Department of Commerce
Handgun controls urged to curb U S gun violence
Attorney General Levi calls for banning sale or importation of cheap handguns in high crime zones and registering civilian handguns. He argues police can do their job better if weapon quantities are reduced, noting firearms were used in 65 percent of U S homicides and handguns in three quarters of those cases.
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Edward Levi
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Levi
Miltoni Eisenhower
Eisenhower
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention of
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Thven
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Novak
Anthony Herbert
Charlie's
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Call for fairer electricity rates to curb peak use
The present declining rate structure, based on higher use lowering price, favors bulk users but harms the poor and elderly. The California Public Utilities Commission seeks revisions from Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, and San Diego Gas and Electric to discourage excess consumption while protecting middle income households.
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Southern California Edison
Pacific Gas and Electric
San Diego Gas and Electric
Recrimination in Vietnam Debate Haunts Ford Era Reflections
A Virginia caller’s plea to end blame over South Vietnam’s collapse frames a broader critique of U.S. policy. The piece contrasts Ford’s cautious stance with prior leadership, noting contested promises, secret assurances, and a call for national maturity amid war memories.
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Henry M. Jackson
White House
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Ti Han and Hanoi threat to Southeast Asia and US impact
Letters warn that Xi Han and North Vietnamese advances could seize Indochina and threaten Thailand Burma Malaya and Singapore. Authors fear halted Southeast Asian exports tipped by Hanoi gains hurting US industry and food medicine production while urging action before disaster.
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Laos
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Sumatra
Southeast Asia
United States
Indonesia
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Newby
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Readers demand action over Vietnam War support
A Long Beach editor voices fury at antiwar protests while urging patriotism and swift U.S. action in Vietnam. She questions Jane Fonda and fellow demonstrators and argues for decisive leadership, critiquing military strategy and domestic priorities as the war rages.
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South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Jane Fonda
Thien
Cambodia
Dale Glenn
Long Beach
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