Residency rule in Long Beach urged for repeal
Councilman Paul R. Deats pushes to repeal the charter requirement that city workers live in Long Beach. The issue, explored by City Halls Reporter Don Brackenbury, has lingered in the Charter Amendment Committee since 1960. The rule’s removal would broaden hiring without residency limits, but consolidation with the June or November elections is debated. The 1921 rule inhibits city recruitment and creates hardship for Black employees, with the next city election seen as a possible public vote on the change.
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Paul R. Deats
Long Beach
City Halls
Don Brackenbury
Deats
City Employes Association
Nest
Ermmest Gowers
Public Health Cuts Hit Crippled Children in California
Gov. Reagan faces task force recommendations to reduce Medi Cal aid for crippled children and shift costs to counties. Officials say thousands may lose treatment, while counties fill the gap. aides say he will weigh economy against maimed children’s care amid presidential prospects.
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Associated Press
Reagan
Gresham's Law in Counterfeit Money
The excerpt explains Gresham's Law, noting that bad money drives out good as counterfeit bills circulate. It argues that widespread counterfeits cause people to hoard real currency and spend the fake notes, suggesting a similar mechanism at work in the economy.
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Gresham
Gresham's
Language distortion through popular meanings and precision
Sydney Harris discusses how words like alibi disinterested and anticipate shift from their primary precise meanings to popular usage. He argues this degrades language, harms clear thinking, and weakens the link between printed text and actual meaning, warning against demagogues spreading counterfeit ideas.
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Lewis
Open Forum weighs in on crime, livestock bans, and peace
Readers address social ills from taxes funding war to policing and youth needs. A Long Beach reader argues for animal care as a responsibility and criticizes local livestock ordinances. The letter condemns delays in global action, cites Dr Spock and world law, and calls for renewed peace prep in Lakewood.
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Long Beach
Marian R. Spiegel
U.S
United States
Dr. Spock
Lakewood
Crisis in Print by Hugh Davis Graham review
The Vanderbilt University Press study argues Tennessee's pluralistic press aided democracy after the 1954 school desegregation ruling. associate professor Jim Goodrich notes 150 Tennessee papers offered dissenting voices, moderating public opinion and reducing fear of expressing dissent.
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Hugh Davis Graham
Vanderbilt University Press
Tennessee
Supreme Cour
John Hopkins University
Nashville Tennessean
Jim Goodrich
Washington Silence as Saigon Crisis Grows
In Washington a tense mood follows renewed Viet Cong strikes on the American Embassy in Saigon and heavy U S marine defenses at Khe Sanh. Analysts debate whether the Viet Cong are desperate or pursuing a longer gambit, with outcomes hinging on a possible negotiation after a failed offensive.
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Washington
Capital
Saigon
Amy
Khe Sanh
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Washington grapples with Vietnam war mind unknowns
The article discusses Washington’s struggle to interpret Vietnam and North Korean actions amid Tet truce violations. It notes President Johnson weighs restraint, urges caution, and faces South Vietnamese and South Korean pressure for bombing, while capital minds chase a deeper, unsettling grasp of an alien strategic landscape.
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Johnson
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Korea
Washington
Vietnam
Paul Vality
Constitutional Convention Gets Breathing Spell on Capitol Hill
Washington scene reports a temporary easing of a push for a U S constitutional convention as Wisconsin’s Senate approved a resolution but the lower house adjourned, delaying momentum. If Wisconsin had acted, it could have moved the count toward 33 states seeking a convention.
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NBA
Capitol Hill
Congress
U.S
Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin
States inch toward constitutional convention call
Wisconsin joins Alaska, Delaware and Iowa as one legislative house endorsing a federal convention. Maryland may rescind its prior approval, leaving 31 or more states still needed. Of 32 endorsers, 16 vote for 1965 Dirksen plan or 1963 reapportionment version. rival fears cite potential constitutional risk from special interests.
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Virginia
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Bruce Biossat
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Long Beach City College
Mel Carpenter
St. Torrance
Barbara Myrick
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