Long Beach Eyes Drug Use Study to Curb Youth Addiction
City Manager John Mansell supports a community wide committee to review enforcement and study youth involvement in dangerous drugs. Superintendent W Odie Wright offers school district resources for an immediate study. Officials warn against sensationalism and stress a broader goal: deter experimentation and engage parents with responsible guidance.
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John R. Mansell
W. Odie Wright
Long Beach
Police Department
Risky Predictions in Budget Foresee Low Certainties
The budget rests on assumptions that may prove too optimistic. If Congress blocks new taxes, the $8 billion deficit for 1969 could widen. Revenue growth assumes prosperity, while overseas risks and domestic disorder are not priced in, making outcomes uncertain as events unfold.
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Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Thoughts at Large on Mind Drugs and Elderly Depression
The passage argues that if mind expanding drugs like LSD were strictly medically controlled and prescribed for elderly depression, younger people would lose interest in them. It contends such drugs would no longer appeal to the young and would shift psychological dynamics.
Sydney Harris on Education and Love in History
The piece contrasts how the old benefit from escaping reality with the young needing real-world immersion. It argues pedantry vs true education, notes about lectures as poor listening, and discusses love and pragmatism in Kennedy era politics as history’s imponderables. It ends with gendered desires about youth and wealth.
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John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Bob
Ted Kennedy
The Church and World Change Amid Global Shifts
The article surveys a British Empire shrinking to a lean population on Europe’s western isles, a Soviet fleet anchored in the Mediterranean, and the USSR rising as a major power, while an ancient China faces a convulsive revolution yet retains its first...
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Europe
Mediterranean
Ussr
China
Changes in the Christian church amid national reform
Ralph McGill notes that rapid societal change forces the Christian church to evolve toward community and social reform. He cites litigation on open housing, Catholic and Protestant briefs supporting desegregation, and a trend of conservatives leaving established denominations as courts recognize property rights.
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Sparta
South
National Council of Churches
Unét
To Stay Global or Not Is Question Facing U S
Washington argues over Johnson budget and U S role in Asia. The piece notes the 186 billion plan faltering as events push beyond fiscal limits and warns a two front conflict may be untenable. It cites Kennedy and Berlin crises and quotes the London Economist on 1968 choices.
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U.S
Washington, D.C
Johnson
Congress
Asia
Kennedy
Berlin
London Economist
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Hitler
Johnson stance on Asia shapes 1960 reelection choice
The piece argues Richard Wilson and supporters view President Johnson as a forceful globalist. It notes rising tensions from North Korea, U.S. troops in Korea, and alleged Soviet and Chinese pressure in Asia. It contrasts wartime aims with domestic unease, urging clarity on Johnson’s mission and its costs.
Open Forum on taxes and fiscal fairness in Lakewood and beyond
Letters from Lakewood and Long Beach residents criticize California property tax hikes and tax policy. A Lakewood writer urges taxing only actual property value, not improvements by well to do neighbors, noting doubled payments from recent increases. Comments also address state fiscal blame and a Navy ship incident cited by Long Beach reader.
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Mr. Watson
Lakewood
Lewis. Smith
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