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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1967
Page
17
A committee of the American Bar Association recommends standards for negotiating guilty pleas in criminal cases. The guidelines aim to curb abuses, require judges to explain waivers and sentence ranges, allow last minute withdrawal, and seek uniform prosecutorial leniency to bolster public confidence. The ABA plans to debate the proposals at their next meeting.
The piece notes renewed peace efforts by South Vietnam and the United States, with Saigon proposing a demilitarized zone pullback and possible inspections. It highlights Dean Rusk's SEATO speech urging reduced warfare while noting Hanoi’s prior refusals, urging diplomacy over old recriminations.
A reader urges immediate help for India's starving. Stark famine endangers men women and children as crop failures slash production in Bihar and other areas. CARE India Famine Relief says it can feed 6 to 17 million daily. address listed as 660 First Ave New York Long Beach.
Sacramento editorials report a brewing clash as the Little Hoover Commission on California State Government and Efficiency contemplates a major overhaul. Contention centers on keeping the agency free of partisan taint under Reagan, amid Weinberger’s Saturday meetings and a move to place the panel under the governor. A bill by Assemblyman Jack Fenton could reorganize the panel and allow members to choose a new chairman, threatening Weinberger’s chairmanship. Republicans and some Democrats weigh overriding Reagan appointee control, with past bipartisanship under Democratic appointees cited as a precedent. The outcome could redefine watchdog independence in California government.
Washington editorial argues the Vietnam War has purpose and meaning. It asserts the United States must prevent aggression to maintain a world of law and peace, warning that no nation can invade another without consequences. The piece frames international order as essential to security and justice.
Ray Cromley argues the United States bears a duty as a strong nation to stop aggression abroad. He cites prior actions from World War II through Korea and Suez to justify intervention in Vietnam, urging more nations to join in defending South Vietnam or at least support, not stand idly by. He frames peace as impossible without collective restraint and action.
Washington notes two recent trips Johnson to Latin America and Humphrey to Europe revive the phrase the revolution of rising expectations as a motive for foreign aid Yet both officials and locals express disenchantment with the United States citing unmet hopes and frustration fueling a bid to reassess the aid effort and public moods in the United States and abroad.
The piece traces a half century of American diplomacy and ideals from Vandenberg’s early calls for aid and development to 1967, highlighting how Americans have pursued a global vision of wealth sharing and international cooperation. It notes shifting dreams in Europe and Latin America, with repeated reform agendas and the persistent gap between rhetoric and results.
Sacramento roll calls show assembly votes on AB 217 to block foreign estate money with reciprocal rights, AB 478 on freeway land reacquisition, and senate votes on SR 127 to allow minor party presidential conventions, SB 3 repealing Rumford Act, and SB 187 keeping polling places open. Names listed include Badham Burke Hayes Cullen Gonsalves Cory Deukmejian Dills Kennick Whetmore Schmitz Moscone Devkmejian Sehmitz.
The Q and A explain why Pope John XXII used the name of a former pope, noting the antipope status of John XXIII and the 1410 Pisa episode. The second item clarifies that the Eye on the Great Seal is the Eternal Eye of God and the pyramid stands for union strength.
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