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Newspaper

Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1966

Page

9

Newspaper staff lineup includes GM Cameron and editors

Samuel . Cameron named General Manager with Harold M. Hires in the aut. role to publisher William W. Stoom and editor. Mites Sines is Executive Editor, Malcolm Epley Associate Editor, Sterling Bemis Marsging Editor nm OF, Editorial Page Editor.

Samuel «. Cameron Harold M. Hires William W. Stoom Mites Sines Malcolm Epley Sterling Bemis Nm OF

Nurses Pay Raise Sought Across Southern California Hospitals

A consulting firm urges hospitals from Santa Barbara to San Diego to raise nurses salaries by 28 percent by September 1 with another increase by April 1. The plan could raise daily room costs by 8 to 5.50 dollars while stressing the need to balance patient care, nurse training, and efficiency amid rising illness costs.

Santa Barbara Walter Mi. Oliver Harbor Hospital Council of Southern

Navy Finally Gets Girls on USS Wasp Joy Ride

Sailors aboard the USS Wasp welcomed a rare morale event when 1,300 dependents including women and children spent a foggy night aboard the carrier after Boston departure. The report notes the unusual housing and cautions the experience may not repeat.

Navy Wasp Boston

War fears rise over Vietnam and UN visit

Tam warns the Vietnam war could escalate into a major conflict if trends persist, while UN Secretary General U Thant comments after Moscow. A headmaster in England laments a school seized by a gambling syndicate for a week. Psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Wertham comments on Austin sniper killings.

Tam U Thant United Nations Moscow Great Bakery Prepetratory England Frederick Wertham Austin Texas

Why Big Rush in Space Drive Now

Senate debate questions space program goals amid war inflation and social programs competition for federal funds. Critics link lunar landings with a supersonic airliner project while praising U S strides in civilian and military space efforts despite presidential and congressional support.

Washington Senate Congress United States Soviet Union

Crash program criticized as costly and wasteful

Discussion cites excessive resource demands from the crash program. Critics argue funds should be redirected from the federal aviation effort to more productive projects.

Space program urgency wanes amid unclear goals

Rep Olin Teague urged immediate decisions on future space activities beyond the moon as the Space Agency loses skilled workers. He noted the post Sputnik and Kennedy era urgency has diminished and Congress seeks clearly justified value amid broader social programs like the War on Poverty.

Olin E. Teague Texas Space Agency Kennedy Congress

Swinging Years Fading In Washington

A skeptical survey suggests the 1960s swing is waning across society. Fashion shifts show skirt lengths retreating and hair trends shortening while politics tilt from Kennedy era gains to newer faces like Romney Nixon and Reagan. Beatles burnings and Beatle exile signal cultural backlash as satire fades and God is dead debates echo.

Kennedy Tennessee Buford Allington Lyndon Johnson Frank Clement G George Romney Richard Nixon John Lennon Jesus God Lennon

Bill Sails Through Senate Amid Controversial Packaging Bill

Washington report notes the packaging bill cleared the Senate 72 to 8 with a special statement by Lyndon Johnson. The measure, described as highly important, sparked debate over its treatment of households and consumer protection concerns.

Washington Senate Lyndon Johnson

Packaging bill hawked as aid to housewives? Senate debate rages

The piece critiques a truth in packaging proposal pushed by Congress and President, arguing it assumes housewives need government guidance. It condemns the bill as flawed, masking a Big Brother stance while ignoring factors beyond unit price. The author uses political satire to warn that packaging labels cannot capture consumer satisfaction.

Big Brother Lyndon House Commerce Committee West Virginia Harley Staggers Harry Rudolph Rossendale Gazig

Forum letter on civil rights act and Rumford Act impacts

A reader protests edits to a submitted letter arguing the Rumford Act diminishes property owners rights and warning about penalties in the Civil Rights Act of 1966. The writer questions editorial handling and asks for definitions of Communism amid debate on civil rights and U.S. foreign policy. 3508 Delta Ave.

Start Schooling at Four Proposes Preschool Year Start

The nation should begin formal schooling at age four, with decisive action by the 1967 or 1968 autumn terms. Evidence suggests the average kindergarten is obsolete, remaining only as a nursery for under three, while four year olds belong in what is now called preschool.

Nepro Saigon United States Viet Nam

Beyond Civil Rights by John Selby review

A 1915 Cleveland couple creates Kerama House later Karamu House to unite races through arts. The book details a center of theaters studios nursery classrooms and clubs in a Negro district and its role as an interracial arts hub amid limited civil rights activity. NAT HONIG

John Selby Russell Rowena Jelliffe Kerama House Cleveland NAACP Karamu House Vista Watts Nat Honig

Man in the News: Brimstone for Great Society

James Douglas Johnson rose as a segregationist voice in Arkansas politics after 1954. A state senator and later figure in white supremacy rhetoric, he campaigned for governor in 1956 and served on the state supreme court after a mixed record on civil rights cases. He stood 5 feet 9 inches, slight, sun-tanned with graying hair.

James Douglas Johnson National Stone Viet Nam Arkansas Johnson U.S. Supreme Court Orval E. Faubus Faubus Arkansas Pine Woods Washington State Senate State Supreme Court South Barry Goldwater

Education reform blames system for slow learners and dyslexia

Ralph McGill argues the classroom is the key to fixing education. He contends elementary schools began too late, labeling slow learners as dumb. He asserts teachers were uninformed about dyslexia and related handicaps, condemning educators more for systemic failure than individual dumbness.

Party In Machinery’ of Education

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