Carmelitos bureaucracy loses round
The Los Angeles County Housing Authority faces possible liability if it fails to remove cockroaches at Carmelitos Housing Project. Exterminators are on site or due soon as the county health department pressures action. The piece notes Carmelitos history, its transfer toward Long Beach, and critiques the agency’s autonomy while urging humane living conditions over profit.
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Los Angeles County Housing Authority
Carmelitos
Long Beach
Board of Supervisors
Southland
Department of Public Social Services
Long = Beach
S Boulevard
Pam
Marian Carlson
Acsw Protective Services
Dept. of Public Social Services
Letters to the Editor cite gun control debate and public welfare
A Long Beach reader argues licenses and restrictions reduce violence, noting broad public support for gun limits. The issue prompts reflection on the Bill of Rights and modern life differences since revolutionary times.
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Supreme Court
Long Beach
Charles Moran
Should county gain by electing chief executive
A debate on county government forms features Hillenbrand supporting a strong elected county executive while MacDougall argues against for Los Angeles County. The Economy and Efficiency Committee weighs options amid contrasts to congressional and eastern practices. The column also previews two book reviews.
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Congress
Washington
MacDougall
County Supervisors Association of California
Hillenbrand
Mediterranean politics and arms shift in postwar balance
NATO debates and Franco British French maneuvers shape access to Arab oil as the Mediterranean teeters between Soviet influence and Western dependency. Libya Egypt Greece and Israel loom over alliances arms funding and oil flows in a tense regional balance.
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France
Mediterranean
Gruenther
NATO
North African
Yugoslavia
Libya
Russia
Edgar Faure
Fourth Republic
Chad
Pompidou
Arma
Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Moscow
Greece
Athens
Nasser
Egypt
Israel
Impsos
Nightie party swears in senator to Groundhog Lodge
In Washington a Senate Office Building gathering dressed in odd attire welcomed Sen Richard Schweiker R Pa into a quirky group tied to Groundhog Day traditions. The event featured a musical backdrop and ritual waters while attendees debated ongoing congressional leadership plans for the second session of the List Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Groundhog Lodge
Quarrysville
Congress
GOP
Hugh Scott
Prox Mire Newsletter Fight Over Language and Language Mix
A newsletter headline reports Sen. William Proxmire D Wis addressing constituents with ornate language about change and clarity citing Byzantine, Occidental, and Greek terms. Other Senators, including Warren Magnuson D Wash, discuss HEW funding and education programs amid claims of clearer rhetoric.
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
Margaret. Chase Smith
Maine
Sen
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
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