Los Alamitos school plan favors unified district vote
In Long Beach California on Friday February 21 1969 the Los Alamitos District backs unification to form Los Alamitos Unified School District uniting seven elementary schools with two junior highs and Los Alamitos High School under a single system. Opponents question finances and district size but state support and vested community backing argue for voters to approve on February 25.
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Long Beach
California
Los Alamitos Unified School District
10S Alamitos
Los Alamitos
Anaheim Union High School
Orange County Committee On
State Board of Education
Subtle Crime Lords Fade Behind Respectable Facade
Funeral for Vito Genovese drew few mourners as FBI and police observed, signaling a shift in organized crime toward respectable fronts. Lawmen warn that modern mobs mimic legitimate firms, using big business tactics to defraud and evade taxes, with successors more dangerous than Genovese.
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Vito Genovese
FBI
San Francisco
Airport bus service to Los Angeles International
The Action Line notes that Airport Service, Inc. runs 18 daily round trips from downtown Long Beach directly to LAX and also from Hodys Restaurant in Lakewood and Long Beach Airport. It claims the company offers the only direct express service, with schedule and fares via the Long Beach contact HE 2 7007.
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Action Line
Los Angeles International Airport
Airport Service, Inc
Long Beach
Hody
Lakewood
Jack R. Britton
Airport. Service, Inc
Downey
Greyhound
Compton
Public figures admit flaws in candid remarks
A sprawling Look Magazine expose reveals Sen Aiward Kennedy and Sen John Williams admitting weaknesses such as youth and age hindered presidential runs. Other leaders including Nixon and De Gaulle reflect on doubts, while Many say they might reconsider public duties amid candid self-assessments.
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New York
Aiward M. [Cennedy
Massachusetts
Look Magazine
John J. Williams
Delaware
Orthopedic Surgeon Warns On Toe Touching
Senator Soaper cites an orthopedic surgeon who deems touching the toes without bending the knees inadvisable. The remark adds another strong adjective to describe the situation as impossible.
Sidewalk Suit Habits From Long Beach Residents
A survey of Long Beach residents reveals varied suit buying habits. Harold Kiper says he rarely wears suits, while Jack London emphasizes streetwear over business attire. Others like Tom Madden and Charles Montgomery note retirement and travel influence their wardrobe. Otto Schwichtenberg, Vernon Elseen and peers discuss yearly or multiyear purchase cycles, color variety, and practical reuse.
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Jack London
Long Beach
Twlce
Otto Schwichtenberg
To Be a Slave by Julius Lester review
Book from Dial Press retells slave life from Africa to the Civil War using reminiscences including new material. Illustrated by Tom Feelings, it presents a pattername portrait of bondage from a former slave perspective.
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Julius Lester
Tom Feelings
Dial Press
Africa
Blacks demand Nixon action on race policy
Washington: even moderate elements of the black community grow skeptical of the Nixon administration on civil rights. Skepticism tightens as observers await hopeful signs from the White House. Many doubt the President can find a qualified Negro for a cabinet post.
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Washington
NEA
White House
Black moderates fault Nixon aides on black outreach
The article reports that black moderates say the administration did not push hard enough to win Black support and that the President used Mayor Walter Washington as window dressing. They claim minority leaders in government are not the best available talent and note Nixon's limited appeals to Black rank and file. Leonard Garment is cited as active in Washington.
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Post
Prosperis
Richard Nixon
Uncle Toms
James Farmer
HEW
Walter Washington
Nixon
Washington
D.C
Leonard Garment
Noeon
New York
Famous American warned merchants against war profiteers
He attacked merchants for exacting exorbitant prices during wartime and warned against allowing them to amass fortunes upon the public ruin. He declared it a universal human condition that no nation is to be trusted beyond its interest, wrote that times show melancholy proofs of public virtue decay, and criticized speculators for tearing at the war effort for personal gain. He asked if Americans will become the victims of profiteering and moral decline.
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John Nichol
Booth
Dr. Moskowitz
Athens
Times
Quotes on patriotism and knowledge from a famed American
The text recalls Sydney Harris warnings against pretended patriotism and large military establishments, urges creation of institutions for public knowledge, and notes harmful religious animosities. It asks which famous American urged diffusion of knowledge and warned of national slavery to hatred or kindness, and which figure is honored on his birthday anniversary tomorrow.
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Wwe
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Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
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Vietnam
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Bay of Pigs
John Lindsay
George Wallace
Alabama
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Harold Wilson
Harvard
Radcliffe
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
James Reston
Senator Soaper
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Harold Kiper
Tom Madden
Fifth Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Charles Montgomery
Amy
Germany
Vernon Elseen
Bruce Biossat
Uncle Tom
Lille
Sydney Harris
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