Gruen Plan for Long Beach City Development
Gruen Associates outlines a multi million plan to develop downtown Long Beach by 1985, blending commercial, cultural, recreation and residential needs. The proposal estimates 400 million private and 100 million public funding, promising economic growth, improved traffic, parks, schools and neighborhoods while avoiding bulldozer urban renewal. a cooperative private public road map for future planning.
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Gruen Associates
Long Beach
Center
Gruen
Grace of Monaco notes aging with humor at 40
Princess Grace of Monaco, age 40, jokes aging hits her eye and contrasts it with royal luminaries who lived long lives. The piece nimbly cites Queen Victoria, Sarah Bernhardt, Sir Winston Churchill and Konrad Adenauer, and cites Wendell Holmes senior as saying 70 can feel younger than 40.
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Grace
Moneco
Princess Grace
Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Distinguishing the Constitution from the Bill of Rights
A reader argues the Bill of Rights protects rights the Constitution itself does not guarantee and laments limited education on the topic. The letter notes the historic push for a Bill of Rights and urges consideration of women's role in military service and equal rights in society.
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United States
Skinheads in London Capture Public Attention
In London a rising youth cult known as Skinheads draws attention for short hair, heavy boots, and clashes with hippies. Paul Thompson, 19, says they are ordinary yet distinct, proud of working-class roots and anti-relax, seeking stable jobs, and attracted to dancing to a simple Caribbean beat.
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London
Paul Thompson
Paul
Tie
Susan
U.S. Gains Ground on Vietnam Coverage Impact
United States case garners praise for honesty as My Lai revelations shock London and Europe. Observers note American media scrutiny sharpens global understanding while risking dignity in disengagement from Vietnam. A quick tour of capitals across allied and neutral nations follows.
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London
Europe
My Lai
Vietnam
Unanimous praise for American press in My Lai coverage
Flora Lewis notes foreign editors and officials applaud American journalism for uncovering and reporting the My Lai massacre facts. The piece discusses free expression, fair trial, and America's image as critics abroad weigh the balance of sensationalism, conscience, and national responsibility. Agnew is cited on the national image.
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le Figaro
Paris
Bonn
Telsinki
Stockholm
London
America
Ciety
Lt. Calley
Washington
U.S
Lai
U S
U. S
Agnew
The Negro in War and the Affair of the Poisons reviewed
Book reviews cover Bernard Sternsher edited The Negro in War exploring prelude to a Negro revolution with 19 historical articles on 1980 1945 FDR church civil rights. Frances Mossiker’s The Affair of the Poisons recounts the Louis XIV court poison plot with Mme de Montespan rumored to attend black masses. Naum Goldmann Autobiography profiles six decades of Jewish life and postwar restitution negotiations with Konrad Adenauer.
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Bernard Sternsher
Quadrangle
Aook
Frances Mossiker
Knopf
Louis XIV
Versailles
Louis
Mme. de Montespan
Nanum Goldmann
Holt, Rinehart
Winston
World Jewish Congress
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Sidewalk Senate Del Carpenter and Diane Armstrong Dialogue
The excerpt features Del Carpenter a lab assistant and Diane Armstrong a kindergarten teacher as they discuss social fit. Armstrong recalls mistakenly entering a men's room and blushing, then exiting casually while others remained unaware.
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del Carpenter
Diane Armstrong
Nob
Lunch with the President or a Headache Week
San Pedro residents discuss fitting in with DON KIRKLAND. ARLO SALVATORI jokes about lunch with the President while GREG FITZGERALD recalls five days missing from English class due to a headache. JIM BECKER notes that people are people, great or not, with common ground to find.
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Arlo Salvatori
Greg Fitzgerald
Jim Becker
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Queen Victoria
Sarah
Bernhardt
Sir Winston Church UL
Helen Trent
Bill of Rights
Tere
Los Angeles
Ler Srenger
Marina del Rey
Demav Taev
Paramaunt
Skinheads
Gloria Emerson
New York Times Service
Britain
Wilson
Surbiton
Enoch Powell
Thore
Hit
Montorcycle
Hels
Ata Wallner
Pistes al
Flora Lewis
Bill G. Dawson JR
With Don Kirkland
San Pedro
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