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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
11
Oscar Milliam W Broon and Malcolm Epley led the editorial team in Long Beach California as the edition shipped on Monday January 8 1968. The page lists editors Miles EB Sider Metling Bemis Our Db editorial Pate and the publication identifiers for the section.
Long Beach city officials push a strong program to raise inner harbor water standards. On Dec 12 1967 the City Council asked state agencies to reduce harmful discharges and make inner harbor waters safe for fish life. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has moved to comply and coordinate with oil firms on reinjection into underground strata.
Dr Ed mond Leach, 57 and provost of King s College Cambridge, argues that trust should be limited to younger leaders. The piece notes Britain s aging population trend toward youth in power while citing Churchill and Henry Clay as counterpoints to age-based assumptions.
Editor letters from Bellflower and Los Angeles express concern over a perceived one man rule, criticize state leadership and welfare aid, and wish well to departing Israeli consuls. Letters urge careful governance, caution against idolizing public office, and note anticipated relocation of Consul General Michael Ravid and family.
Washington notes that Stokely Carmichael returned to the United States on December 11 and the Department of Justice has not moved toward his prosecution after nearly a month. The piece frames the case as a tough legal and public policy problem and warns that civil disobedience poses a broad challenge to a society ruled by law.
James Kilpatrick argues the Attorney General Ramsey Clark faces a perilous dilemma over prosecuting Stokely Carmichael. He warns that failing to prosecute risks political attack, while prosecuting may yield mixed results and possible failure. The piece urges clearer policy on dissent versus disobedience and strict enforcement of existing laws.
The item promotes a free volume of Bobby Kennerly essays in exchange for two 12 cent cigars. It mocks the idea that such cigars upset readers, while Lyndon presents bound legislative proposal volumes to friends and senators. New fashions prompt debates on necklines and short skirts as New York reports about 200 women cab drivers.
Washington reports the United States indicts Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr., Dr. Benjamin Spock, and others for urging Selective Service registrants to evade service. The case raises core questions about personal conviction versus public law in a democracy and could influence early campaign activity as the presidential race begins.
James Reston notes the Coffin and Spock indictment centers on whether opposing the Vietnam War can coexist with law. The government argues expressing views is legal but inciting defiance violates the law. defendants claim a higher moral law justifies their stance, raising enduring questions of legality versus morality in wartime.
The first international chess contest pitted two electronic brains, one in Soviet Russia and one at Stanford University, in Moscow and Stanford. Over a year, four boards determined the result with the Soviet machine winning 3-1, illustrating both computer abilities and limitations.
Sidney Harris argues that the SIDNEY HARRIS piece states machines cannot exceed human chess skill and reflect the programmers. It contrasts Russia’s chess culture with the United States and warns that reliance on computers risks losing freedom of thought while urging funding stronger human players at home.
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