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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1966
Page
7
A 1960s Los Angeles County study notes eight areas with better vacancy rates than Watts after riots. It argues slumlords in Watts should lower rents and invest in property as refugees seek safety and steadier living, potentially changing Watts demographics and stability.
The Iowa Supreme Court weighs custody in a clash between a Bereaved couple and Harold Painter over Jeanne Bannister’s son Mark. The court favors the stable conventional Iowa upbringing for the boy, while calling the Painter home unstable and Bohemian.
The Open Forum notes 1,500 youths statewide gathered for a Governor’s Conference on Youth in Long Beach. Theme urged municipal cooperation with youth, but criticism arose about promoting disobedience, curfew laws, and cultural segregation despite calls for law and order and constitutional government.
Residents urge a family friendly cinema at Spring and Palos Verdes arguing current adult venues harm the area. A critic mocks a public figure while another letter questions publicity stunts and political gullibility touching on community standards and civic trust.
A campaign staffed by professionals is energizing Everett Dirksen’s push to let states choose how to apportion one legislative chamber. The effort, led from a Washington suite, involves Whitaker & Baxter with eight staffers and multiple lobbyists, backed by major trade groups, while facing well funded opposition from unions civil rights and liberal groups coordinated by Lawrence Speiser.
Bill Vaughan weighs surplus data to judge guest gifts for Tate Johnson’s wedding and ponders air pollution concerns over the Bobby Baker case. A character longs for an era of ordinary citizenship despite a boastful snob with a color TV, white icebox, and black telephone.
A fragment reflecting on global change across nations and regions, noting Europe’s waning role in world affairs as conflicts and power shifts unfold in Viet Nam Africa Central and South America China and Russia. The text hints at a dangerous division shaping future events.
Dr. Roger Revelle argues in Harvard Today that world population growth will accelerate dramatically, with the fourth and fifth billions arriving by 1980 and 1990. He warns that unless birth or death rates change, global population will dwarf present Earth totals, fueling upheaval alongside shifts in power and the rise of communism. Urban strain, water and pollution issues, and stagnating food production compound the pressures on developed nations as they confront rapid demographic change.
United Press report outlines a sharp intra government clash in Cairo as Aly Sabry and Zakaria Mohieddin clash with Gamal Abdel Nasser over policy. Sabry seeks broad influence and Western ties while Mohieddin pushes austerity and economy, threatening Nasser’s leadership and UAR strategy amid plots against his regime.
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