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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
5
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Long Beach floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade have underperformed by conventional standards for years. Councilman Thomas J Clark suggests appointing a nine member citizens committee to evaluate designs, add ideas, and recommend selections to the City Council, taking over from the Public Relations Committee. The panel would emphasize imagination and regional taste over merely chasing the sweepstakes trophy.
In New York City a group of Black educators ran freedom courses for over three years, bypassing building trades unions’ tests designed to screen applicants. The program, aided by partial Labor Department funding, helped nearly one third of recent apprentices who were Black or Puerto Rican graduates, proving persistent effort can overcome discriminatory barriers.
A Long Beach letter from Mrs F E Johnson recounts family illness and decisions during her husband's heart attack and cancer concerns. The writer contrasts private patient care with a controversial judge's influence and cites Dr Willa Menninger on prison versus hospital treatment.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr addressed a Southern audience urging nonviolent resistance extended to economic factors. He argued that provoking white fears with violent slogans like burn baby burn will not help, while militant groups pursuing a violent program risk undermining progress.
The piece recounts violent clashes over desegregation in Orangeburg and other southern responses. It notes police and state guard actions after 1960s protests, guilt over deaths, and the spread of militant groups to other campuses as debates over equal access and education persist.
An opinion arguing Americans fear guns in public clashes while UK crime patterns differ. The piece compares a Wigan barmaid repelling muggers with England’s low gun ownership to U S trends. It suggests police gun arming would change crime dynamics, noting crime rates rose where guns are common.
Sydney Harris argues that criminals are alike worldwide and that gun culture and police repression inflate crime. He calls for a swift, fair, and certain jurisprudence to curb crime without escalating the arms race.
Concord dispatch reports Democratic voters in New Hampshire receive a sample ballot with a write-in advisory for Lyndon B Johnson. The yellow note suggests writing In Johnson’s name in the primary area, though the President’s fame is not on the March 12 ballot and guidance covers five congressional districts.
New Hampshire Democrats, led by Bernard Boulin, push a wide field for 24 delegate seats amid a large write-in effort aimed at boosting Johnson. McCarthy sees crowds and disillusionment over Vietnam as potential gains, while organizers push pledge cards to rally party voters and lure independents to McCarthy's column.
In this satirical fragment, Harry Karns likens Lyndon to Abraham Lincoln, muses on Dean Rusk's potential to woo the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and notes the president's view that the Viet Cong are “going for broke” while Lyndon briefs Ike on Vietnam. The piece mixes political pulse with cultural footnotes and a wink at Ed Sullivan.
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