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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1974
Page
5
Long Beach editorial notes council members push to expand the legislative department by creating more administrative staff as part of changes to the new City Hall. The charter originally created in 1960 protected three staffers hired under earlier councils, with voters having faced two propositions on advisers and legislative advocates.
Voters backed the clerical help plan by 26 850 to 28 436, while the B 1 proposition failed 9 707 to 39 923. The public rejected creating field deputies to undermine the city manager and urged keeping a council manager system with trained administrators.
Three Poto mac staffers list beliefs they think Washing tonians share about Washington and nearby towns. Claims include never a gas shortage born elsewhere downtown after dark boring government jobs unhappy politician’s wife cabbies go home suburbs mugging fear reporters secrets hidden print cultural backwater and housing difficulty. They admit to believing some but refuse to say which.
A Wall Street Journal account recalls Philippe Petit, 25, who walked a 1350 foot cable between the World Trade Center towers for about an hour, performing poses and moves as traffic halted below. Police stopped him and later charges were dropped after he promised a lower performance in Central Park.
Washington reports a powerful southern senator urged President Ford to name Nelson Rockefeller as vice president arguing he is a man of proven substance. Ford has an open mind but internal staff and congressional factions push for a Republican ally younger and ideologically aligned. The event signals a pivotal test for Ford as he weighs politics, influence, and national expectations.
Readers criticize Nixon era policy, Arab nations nuclear aims, and U S aid while a man mourns misidentified death of Anthony Wilkins. The letter from Long Beach faculty corrects Tony Wilkins identity and honors his community work and leadership at California State University Long Beach.
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