Inventions that delight San Francisco voters
Editorial notes on a Chronicle photo survey asking which invention gave the most pleasure. The wheel draws four votes, with motorcycle bicycle and automobile also named. one person praises money and another television. A woman favors Foley Food Mill and Foley Fork for eggs. she and editor Virginia Heffington prefer eating over cooking. No votes for sailboats harpsichords balloons or printing. most favorites were noisy.
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Finer things in Carolina respect for child care law
North Carolina Senate proposes an affirmative mandate in a child care licensing bill requiring centers to provide love and tender care. Senator Charles Larkins says the clause fills a gap allowing mistreatment to be challenged, but critics fear vagueness may render it unconstitutional. The column endorses the sentiment and urges broader adoption.
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The Very Important Cat Room Dies and Is Buried
The cat Room, described as a beloved figure at Elysian Heights Elementary since 1952, died in 1968 and was buried at Los Angeles Pet Cemetery in Calabasas. He greeted students in Room 8 each school year and later lived with a neighboring family. A commemorative stamp proposal, supported by Senator Alan Cranston, seeks to honor him.
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Los Angeles
Calabasas
Elysian Heights
Editors take note as New York welfare residency law tests impact
Rockford editors discuss New Yorks enforcement of a one year residency rule for public welfare applicants. The piece notes a similar Illinois move, Supreme Court actions overturning residency laws, and forecasts court challenges and potential fiscal strain as states curb welfare costs amid migration pressures.
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Illinois
Nixon’s mounting deficits Amid Claims of Spending Waste
Washington dispatch analyzes President Nixon’s spending since 1969, noting a cumulative debt surge of about 43 billion in five years and a 30 billion deficit for 1972 by counting debt owed to Social Security. It contrasts official deficits with the deeper debt figure and cites economists’ split views on future deficits and fiscal restraint.
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TV not done with controversy over Stanton contempt ruling
Julian Goodman of National Broadcasting Company warns against optimistic TV judgments after the House vote not to cite CBS president Frank Stanton for contempt over The Selling of the Pentagon. He cites 44 percent House disapproval as proof politicians often bias coverage and urges continued fair news reporting despite attacks.
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Richard Daley
Chicago
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Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Letters to the editor Passengers in dirt
Brig. Gen. IL T. Miller argues that switching World Campus Afloat departures from Long Beach to Los Angeles harms Long Beach commerce. HeNotes that LA offers a better passenger terminal while Long Beach bears higher turnaround and terminal costs with limited revenue for the harbor department. He urges city and chamber pressure to favor Long Beach facilities.
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Wilmington
Queen Mary guides praised in Long Beach note
A reader from Long Beach lauds the Queen Mary ship guides in colorful uniforms as credit to the city and the tour, while criticizing wage and price controls as ineffective and intrusive. Letters also thank veterans hospital staff, reflect on European travel, and urge American conservation to avoid Old World mistakes.
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R. J. Travger
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