Exiled dissidents face options as states curb dissent
An editorial notes Solzhenitsyn may leave the Soviet Union as a sign of easing exile while Czech responses to criticism show a liberal drift under Dubcek. It contrasts harsh repression with a call for dissenters to seek freedom, framing “Love it or leave it” as a harsher yet safer stance than suppression.
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Soviet Union
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Czech
Dubcek
The citizen word and the citizen-police man idea
A columnist laments the contemptuous tone around citizen when applied to criminals or civilians and argues the term once signified allegiance and civil rights. It contrasts citizen with military or police roles and urges calling people criminals or individuals rather than abstract citizens.
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Webster's
New World Dictionary
America
George Washington
California’s Lt Governor: A History Of The No. 2 Spot
The article recalls California’s lieutenant governors from Huron Fitts to Glenn Anderson, noting the role’s anonymity and growing duties. It recounts Goodwin Knight’s rise when Earl Warren became Supreme Court justice, Finch’s cabinet move, and a 1965 governors conference anecdote about 50 lt. governors chanting “hot diggity dog.”
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San Jose
California
Mervyn Dymally
Sacramento
Huron Fitts
Hll
Carnahan
George Hatfield
Ellis Patterson
Fred Houser
Harold (Baten) Powers
Glenn Anderson
Goodie
No. 2
No. 1
Earl Warren
United States
Eisenhower
Warren
Supreme Court
State Capitol
Goodie Knight
Bob Finch
Washington
Finch
University of California Board of Regents
University and Colleges Board
The
Lands Commission
State Economic Development Commission
Los Angeles
Century Plaza
Pat Brown
Gov. Brown Sr
Mexican
Oregon
Bob Houser
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Campaign reform under siege in Supreme Court challenge
A broad coalition opposes the 1974 reform act, asserting First Amendment limits on campaign contributions and public financing. Buckley and others challenge the law before the Federal Circuit, with possible Supreme Court ruling this fall. The measure caps individual donations and sets public funding rules, sparking a partisan fight over incumbency, fairness, and financing in federal campaigns.
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Washington
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Buckley
Justice Department
Ford
Sai
White House
George Wallace
Alabama
Henry M Jackson
Wash
Floyd Bentsin
Texas
Letters to the editor spark clash over politics and right to asylum
A Long Beach reader condemns a rabbi leading the Jewish Defense League and Angela Davis, urging Americans to obey laws and return to origins. Other letters decry abortion as destruction, praise phone-rate critique, attack Vietnamese refugees, and demand limits on immigration amid wartime sentiment.
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Jewish Defense League
America
Israel
Angela Davis
Russia
Greatshell
Long Beach
Assemblyman Cullen under fire over coastal zone powers
Readers criticize Assemblyman Mike Cullen for opposing the Coastal Zone Conservation Commission and supporting smaller government. They credit Proposit ion 20 and Assembly Bill 2777 as missteps and call for an independent review to delay developers. They argue Cullen shows little care for Long Beach environment and urge continued CZCC protection.
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Mike Cullen
Coastal Zone Conservation Commission
State Energy Commission
Cullen
Hugh
Long Beach
San Pedro
Cyr
Jen
Assembly
Assemblyman
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Minnesota
Ward Mott
Millonaire
George 8. McGovern
D—S.d
Mississippi
Republican Party
New York
Common Cause
Congress
League of Women Voters
Genter
Treasury
Eo Buckley
Senate
Meme
Joy of Life
George Smitie
Eric David
Warren Winter Sellflower
Long Beach State University
Ralph F. Russell
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