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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1970
Page
11
Milton Kramer led the anti Proposition 18 drive and questions the anonymity of campaign donations. The editorial argues for public accounting of all campaign receipts and loans to reassure voters and calls on state officials to investigate.
New York City experiments show people can reconnect when cars are banned on Fifth Avenue Sundays from 2 to 4 pm. Ken Patton, commissioner, says the wall between people is dissolving and human kindness rises as thousands stroll, skate, and sing. The New York Times reporter notes amiable, unhurried crowds and questions if this could change history.
In California a clash over staffing for the state Board of Education and the elected state superintendent traces to budget cuts by Governor Reagan. Howard Day backs a separate board staff but would defer to Superintendent Wilson Biles, while lawmakers push for an interim pause on board staff spending during the fiscal crisis.
Testimony before a Senate subcommittee on drug purchasing practices shows editors stating that plain aspirin outperforms elaborate remedies for colds headaches and pains of rheumatoid arthritis. They argue medicine and science have been financially beyond reach and that aspirin offers a cheaper cure, contrasting it with costly color blends and patented products.
The December scene shows a parked Connecticut plates bus bearing UAW support for SST as Sen. Proxmire and Sen. Goldwater debate environmental and labor clashes. Democrats face a split between conservation promises and aerospace job needs, with Tunney Magnuson Jackson and others pressed to prove their environmental pledges with votes. The issue strains Nixon's administration as ecological aims collide with economic priorities.
The article notes President plays arithmetic hypocrisy by touting 210 million SST funds for safety while blocking 350 million in Congress for conservation and schools. Sen. Cranston accuses him of double standards and calls for shifting SST money to safety and VTOL research. Cap Hill faces pressure to spend to protect the environment, risking broader political costs.
Readers weigh in on political campaigns and policy, urging continued education funding and responsible governance. Contributions from LADewood, MRS WILLIAM R VIVIAN, and WILLIAM I OLSASKY discuss school finance, premarital counseling, and SST program debates, reflecting Long Beach perspectives and civic engagement.
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