Editorial on Jon Riffel speech likening reform leaders to Nazis
The piece criticizes Jon B. Riffel, PSA chairman, for comparing civil rights, conservation, and consumer protection leaders to Hitler. It argues such analogies are unseemly and warns against press alignment with advertising power. It defends free enterprise and the public’s good judgment.
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Jon B. Riffel
Public Relations Society of America
Los Angeles
Mr. Riffel
Adolf Tiitler
Riffel
Hitler
Reichstag
America
Rifles
California Blind Rehabilitation Gap Stirs Statewide Debate
The California Council of the Blind urges a separate state agency for the blind, noting 36 states already run such offices and claim roughly double the blind employment outcomes. California lags New York in rehabilitations, and North of San Francisco lacks any local services. Assemblyman Frank Murphy backs an Office of Services to the Blind, with Assembly approval and pending Senate action.
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California
California Council of the Blind
New York
San Francisco
Mannino
Frank Murphy
Santa Cruz
Assembly
State Senate
Editors debate auto seat belts and safety claims
Tests continue on air bags and other protections while editors cite startling figures from Douglas W. Tams, new director of the National Highway Safety Bureau. He says no deaths at speeds under 60 mph with lap belt and shoulder harness, and none at under 40 mph with lap belt alone in cars with collapsible steering. He estimates only 20 percent of motorists wear seat belts and four percent with shoulder harnesses buckle up. He argues the evidence favors belts, countering common objections about restriction and comfort.
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Douglas W. Tams
National Highway Safety Bureau
Department, of Transportation
Tams
MHISB
Areen
Letters to the editor oppose the Pacific Coast Freeway
A Long Beach reader denounces the planned Pacific Coast Freeway slicing through eight school districts and a lagoon, questioning benefits and impact on property taxes and local families. Other letters note a Westminster court 90 day sentence for a second time child molester, critique local media, and defend pet care costs amid rising expenses.
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Marine Stadium
Lagoon
Long Beach
Ard County
Northau
B.A. Griffith
West Orange County
Westminster
Ile
Cypress
IPT
Southland
Bill Shelton
South Gate
The Young Hitler Knew by August Kubizek
Tower paperback priced at $1.25 reviews the formative years of Adolf Hitler through his childhood friend August Kubizek. The memoir claims to fill gaps in understanding the Fuehrer’s early development and character.
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Hitler
August Kubizek
Court debates obscenity cases as Supreme Court opens term
Washington writes that the Supreme Court will begin its new term with about 180 cases, over 20 on obscenity including I Am Curious Yellow. The piece critiques the court’s handling of standards, urges limiting docket size to focus on truly significant constitutional issues.
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Supreme Court
High Court
Ohio
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
Tennessee
South Carolina
Warren
Marshall
Stanley
Georgia
Birmingham
Mobile
Constitution
The
Republic
Nixon Circus Feats Keep Trumpeting Public Confidence
Washington critics once praised Nixon bold moves such as the China visit and wage freeze but now call them stunts. The piece argues Nixon’s risky maneuvers may ease Vietnam withdrawal, curb Lao supply trails, and boost the economy, with a string of potential wins from Vietnam, China, the dollar, and nuclear arms talks, as observers weigh credibility against shifting tactics.
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Nixon
China
Democratic National Committee
George Meany
Peking
Vietnam
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