U S Customs Commended for Action at Long Beach Airport
Long Beach officials praise a quiet shift by U S Customs to daytime departures and arrivals at the airport and a return to the planned Terminal Island customhouse. About 250 T I A passengers and 184 Lufthansa travelers were processed, with over 100 staff moved from central Los Angeles.
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Long Beach
District Commissioner of Customs
William R. Knoke
Terminal Island
Trans- International Airlines
Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Los Angeles
Sen
Kuchel
Reps
Hosmer
King
Washington
Frank Creed
Mr. Knoke
Los Angeles Weighs Noise Tax on Air Travel
Los Angeles city leaders propose a tax on air passengers and freight to fund soundproofing for homes and institutions near the airport. The plan faces potential court challenges and questions about practicality and sufficiency of revenue, while cities look on to observe the experiment’s outcome.
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Los Angeles
Large City Becomes Ghetto of Rich and Poor
Summary notes a historical critique of urban inequality citing Aristotle on governance. The article argues modern cities expand beyond Aristotle’s view that populous cities resist proper governance, highlighting growing rich and poor divides in urban areas.
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Aristotle
B.C
Urban housing divide forces middle class to suburbia
Ralph McGill reflects on cities becoming ghettos for the poor and the rich living in luxury units while the middle class moves out. Harold Howe cites data showing downtown Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Boston heavily consumed by streets and parking lots, with inner city areas labeled slums.
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Los Angeles
Sion
Stanford University
Harold Howe
United States
Aristotle
Howe
Atlanta
Boston
Council for Basic Education praised as a guiding light
In a Washington office near the White House the Council for Basic Education earns praise for improving reading phonics and math and for its sunshine like bulletins. Critics such as Smith question agendas in unions and federal grants while the CBE stays focused on learning policy.
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Washington
White House
Fifteenth Street
Council For Basic Education
National Education Association
Florida
Baltimore
Afl-Cio Teachers Union
Council for Basic Education Stands Against Permissive Education
Mortimer Smith, founder of the Council for Basic Education, has led a critique of permissive social studies in American schools. The CBE advocates a return to reading, writing, and grammar, with a modest budget and a steady publication effort guiding reform. Smith’s work roots in Connecticut where he challenged declining disciplinary basics.
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U.S. Office of Education
U.S
Council
Mortimer Smith
CBE
Smith
Connecticut
Samuel Flagg Bemis
Alfred A. Knopf
Joseph Wood Krutch
Mark van Doren
Council For Basic Education
NEA
Lesson of the Child Lost in Parent Vanity
Thoughts at Large criticizes parental vanity that pushes children to imitate parents and notes that imagined evils cause lifelong anxiety. It argues churches seek force to limit force and notes heroes Err think goals, aging experiences, and the mind world mirror inner and outer divides hinder self understanding.
Sydney Harris on religion and perception in modern thought
The remark argues Christianity is in its beginning stage regarding true Jesus message beyond narrow religion. It links Vietnam era bird imagery to Israel hawks and doves, critiques selfstyled reason, and questions reality versus perception. The text cites Whitehead on UN role in international disputes.
Fast Life in North America Amid Riots and Strikes
The piece notes US race riots and Canada dealing with a de Gaulle visit, mocks Powell’s call for violence, questions rehab of Detroit families, cites a 13500 dollar study on monkeys and Castro, and jokes about debt and space programs while noting a rubber strike ending and hippie drug use with LSD and STP.
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United States
Caribbean
Castro
Open Forum on Civil Rights Riots and Self Improvement
A Long Beach editorials argue riots stem from white oppression and mistrust. They call for Negro self improvement through education and law obedience while urging whites to share responsibility for civil rights progress. The piece contrasts riot causes with calls for mutual respect.
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Mst
Voters urged to recall Senator Kenrick over budget stance
Long Beach letters criticize a senator for delaying on the budget after pay reforms and for receiving calls from the Governor at taxpayers expense. Readers urge recall at re election. A second letter condemns AB 1199 lowering firearm sale age to 16 and questions votes by Deukmejian Dills Kennith.
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Galt
Kenrick
Russell and
Gonsalves
California
Deukmejian, Dills
Kennith
James E, Huebner
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Harry Earns
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Adam Clayton Powell
Bahamas
Congress
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America
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