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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
11
Local column briefs from Long Leach California dated Monday December 30 1968 include community items, brief notices, and social notes. Details are sparse but reflect everyday civic life and small incidents reported in the edition.
Estimates show rising political campaign expenditures from 140 million in 1952 to over 250 million expected in 1968. The CEO Committee for Economic Development calls for reforms including tax credits for small donors, strict disclosure, public funding of nonpartisan pre election costs, repeal of equal time, and higher ceiling allowances. A gradual reform path is advised.
Big city districts in Los Angeles San Francisco Long Beach San Diego and Oakland plan a joint powers agreement to unite urban school systems and share lessons. They seek Sacramento support and stronger state backing while forming inter city task forces to speed adoption of successful techniques. The effort highlights gaps left by previous attempts and signals urgent need for improved urban education resources.
Barbara Crowley argues affluent parents should freely gift toys, arguing modern joy lies in generosity and imagination rather than nostalgia or simplistic pleas. Ronald G Stewart counters by urging Christians to avoid inserting Christ into Christmas, citing biblical obedience over ceremonial observance.
A retrospective on 1968 notes a year of tragedy and upheaval yet hints at renewal. It recalls the Pueblo rescue, Vietnam, assassinations of King and Kennedy, Biafra suffering, Czechoslovakia’s bravery, and a cautious hope for awakening as the calendar turns.
An analysis noting the white radicals in American campuses are largely play actors with hollow aims. It cites Mark Rudd seeking a draft deferment and argues SDS militants have disrupted schools but achieved little substantive impact on draft policies or selective service debates.
Bruce Biossat argues that establishment figures like Ted Kennedy faced the radicals but notes uncertainty about why Hanoi agreed to talks amid limited bombing. He recalls radical actions at the Chicago convention, the failed mobilization of liberals, and the harsh police response that signaled establishment threat without genuine revolution. The piece critiques the misread signals and asserts no comedy in Chicago.
As Nixon vacations, liberals and conservatives urge control shift to their branches. A left wing Non-Partisan National Committee for an Effective Congress and the American Conservative Union press a mandate for Nixon as a pawn in a bigger power struggle. Critics note 1968 results show voters tired of labels and seeking action, while buoying a rightward GOP faction.
Richard Wilson argues Congress should seize power over the Nixon administration and push a bold Great Society style program. The piece notes Nixon’s cabinet choices, the ongoing ideological struggle, and a looming decision on a Chief Justice candidate, emphasizing the political warfare over liberal versus conservative labels.
Interview snippets under a sidewalk panel at Fifth Street and Long Beach Boulevard feature Edward Albach, sailor of USS Tortuga, recalling youth overexposure and the question of the toughest age. James Richard, a Long Beach deliveryman, says his harshest age was 17 during World War I when he faced conscription and overscan.
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