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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1967
Page
5
Dr Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel laureate and AEC chairman, offers a hopeful long view. He sees a quantum jump in human progress via cybernation and expanded scientific exploration, predicting better social relations, fewer fears, and universal dignity as automation advances.
Edward T. Telford will retire October 1 after 40 years with the California Division of Highways. As district engineer for Los Angeles Ventura and Orange counties he led freeway expansion, weathered criticisms, and helped steer traffic growth despite congestion. The community honors his long service and credited role in regional road building.
A compact, period tone reflection on remorse oath superstition and belief with contrasting terms. The speaker contrasts personal religion and others false claims noting words like remorse oath and hypothesis against assumption hunch and superstition.
The piece notes Phi Beta Kappa, founded at the College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, by five students who sought to uphold honor and scholarship. It also mentions Liberty Island's former name Bedloe's until 1956.
Retired General James M. Gavin says he cannot support Johnson for reelection in 1967 due to Vietnam. Senator J William Fulbright argues urban explosions stem from 25 years of foreign involvement, urging focus on domestic affairs. Gavin, a former ambassador to France, contends Johnsons policy harms domestic programs especially in poverty areas. He notes current underfunding in domestic initiatives linked to the war.
The piece contrasts Senator Fulbright and General Gavin, noting Gavin's private sector systems work and focus on cities while Fulbright opposes civil rights progress. It cites Washington Post commentary on Fulbright’s stance, Arkansas political dynamics, and Rockefeller's governance as a contrasting hero. The text frames both as voices in a political wilderness amid national issues.
Washington says the Johnson administration offers a remarkable chapter in American history but questions who will write it and who will know. The piece examines how the era's foreign policy is remembered amid secrecy and privacy concerns.
The piece argues Johnson and Kennedy records differ, noting private talks and the lack of systematic archives. It cites Schlesinger and Rostow on presidential recollection, urges early, orderly tape-based records to prevent posthumous misrepresentation of Vietnam, Dominican Republic, NATO, and relations with the Soviet Union.
There is a serious decline in theological students in America and waning evangelical zeal. Fires of older passions fade, though some pentecostal groups show strong fervor. A Methodist pastor notes efforts by President Richards to address the issue.
Ralph McGill discusses a shift in religious life as theology schools consolidate and ministers face scrutiny over civil rights issues. He cites poverty, urban riots, and Black Power as forces testing church commitment while urging the church to address the era’s defining social problem.
A collage of biting items lampoons Nixon era politics, police, labor, and media. Features mock news blurbs on New York policemen as taxi drivers, smoking machines, a Maryland Navy dairy, Stokely Carmichael moon shot, Reagan eating crow, and civil rights tensions.
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