Editorials on Charles Ashman and Times Book Review
A critique traces Charles Ashman’s image as lawyer author and alleged con man. It recalls Melvin Belli’s Times Book Review praise and John Leonard’s Suckered column about editorial manipulation. The piece notes Ashman’s Florida disbarment and a Riverside connection, and hints at a forthcoming biographical project and NYT’s openness to reform-minded readers.
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Charles Ashman
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Ashman
New York Times Book Review
San Francisco
Melvin Belli
John Leonard
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Times Book Review
Leonard
Belli
Riverside
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Florida
New York Times
Nashville
Ashman-Bells Circle
Father’s Endorsement Boosts California Governor Candidacy
Former governor Edmund G. Brown Sr endorses his son in the California gubernatorial race, with Brown noting friendships among other Democratic contenders George Moscone, William Roth, Joseph Alioto, Jerome Waldie, and Bob Moretti. The piece questions the weight of paternal backing in a crowded field.
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California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Edmund G. Brown Sr
Pat Brown
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George Moscone
Moscone
William Matson Roth
Brown
Board Regents
University of California
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Look Magazine
Alioto
Jerome Waldie
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Letter defending motorcyclists against myth spreading
Editor reply complains about misrepresentation of motorcyclists in a Dec 21 clipping. The writer argues bikers are diverse, law abiding, and not a threat, citing California rider demographics from Road Rider readers including family men, college graduates, and incomes above $15,000, and notes the Retreads as a real motorcycle group.
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California
Department of Transportation
Road Rider
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Retreads
Roger Hull
South
Laguna
Cooperation urged in energy crisis by Long Beach letter
Long Beach reader urges national unity to conserve energy through voluntary efforts. He cites President's confidence in Americans and criticizes local service stations for lacking trust, urging press, industry, and public to cooperate to avert emergency without broad rationing.
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Energy reform calls for lasting lifestyle change in US
William Simon urges ending energy waste and a permanent lifestyle shift as the Arab oil embargo ends. He argues subsidies and regulation shaped energy use and outlines government levers from denser housing and transit to tax reforms and tougher durability standards to curb wasteful patterns and fuel energy policy.
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Boston
United States
William B. Simon
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William Simon
The Freezeout and the Power Shift at White House News
A critical look at bureaucratic pressure on reporters, focusing on the Nixon era “freezeout” of CBS by White House aides. Alvin Snyder concisely recounts failed contact attempts and CBS officials resisting blacklisting while acknowledging power’s temptations to become petty tyranny.
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Washington
White House
Alvin Snyder
Columbia Broadcasting System
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CBS
Herb Klein
CBS News
Bill Small
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CBS Ermploye
White Hoe
John Ehrlichman
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