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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1968
Page
5
The document lists Walie IW and Boon as editors with Maleate Eplerslsrmivte Lditer Tsk OM and Milow UL Sines as editors, alongside Sterling Bemis as managing editor and Page B.2 designation.
The article predicts rising municipal income taxes in U S cities by 1975 if trends from 1960 to 1966 persist. Tax Foundation notes 18 million Americans in over 170 cities face such levies, with New York City and others expanding in 1966 67. Western cities consider, resistance expected amid high state and federal taxes and urban pressures.
A UPI dispatch from Madison notes Harold Stassen, age 60, drawing a small crowd on the capitol steps while wearing a loupe as he campaigns. The piece mocks campaign hair styling and contrasts Stassen with Robert Kennedy, urging focus on real issues.
Readers blast a social page spoof in Long Beach. Letters accuse the paper of bias and mock a bachelor feature while defending Governor Reagan and railing against editorial neutrality. Lorraine Carlson notes editorials carry opinion separate from news.
Washington reports the Senate’s second session battles over HR 2516, a civil rights measure stalled by a filibuster. Lawmakers plan to invoke cloture to end the protracted debate though few have shown interest, as knowledgeable observers call the bill controversial and unclear in impact.
James Kilpatrick argues the pending federal bill criminalizes simple assault within interracial violence as a federal crime, singling out a punch as a protected state concern. He notes constitutional limits, cites cases like Till, Meredith, and Evers, and warns federal overreach undermines local justice and the Fourteenth Amendment’s state power.
A reviewed collection of pivotal American documents edited by Daniel J Boorstin with contributions from Henry Steele Commager Arthur Schlesinger Jr Clinton Rossiter and 80 historians It spans from the Mayflower Compact to Lyndon Johnsons 1965 voting rights address including lesser known writings such as Egan speech 1774 and the Homestead Act of 1862.
The piece discusses the Eleventh Commandment to avoid speaking ill of fellow Republicans, its origins with Gaylord Parkin son, and its mixed impact amid intraparty contests in 1964 1966 and New Hampshire. It highlights Romney and Thyng's roles and critiques of Vietnam policy debates within the party.
The piece surveys a Republican field facing war policy divides in New Hampshire. It notes Romney’s slip on Vietnam, Nixon’s fragile elder statesman image, and the looming clash with Rockefeller era tensions within the party as it weighs a unified stance on Vietnam.
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