Intent of Congress Subverted in Harbor Customhouse Plan
Long Beach and harbor officials challenge a shift from centralized customs operations at the planned $6 million Terminal Island customhouse to a dispersed arrangement with duties split between the harbor and downtown Los Angeles. The administrative change, supported by no harbor notice, would duplicate functions and staff, reversing 1963 centralization aims and prompting efforts to secure federal support to preserve the harbor site.
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Washington
Harbor
U.S. Customs Service
Terminal Island
Port of
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Frank F. Creed
Harbor Area
John RB
Mansell
Creed
Philip Nichols Jr
Customs
Customs Service
U.S. General Services Administration
Nichols
Secretary of the Treasury
Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
California
Red Cross Has Another Record Year
The American Red Cross posted record activity in 1965 66 with wartime and disaster workloads. Monthly 84 000 service members received care worldwide while 141 400 military families and 37 600 families of veterans benefited on the home front. Total disaster responses reached 14 100 with mass care aiding 10 572 900 people and 68 000 families receiving long term recovery help. Expenditures totaled 120 819 624 dollars, the highest since World War I.
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THESF
Red Cross
Independent, Press- Telegram
Vietnam
U.S
The
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers Through Long Beach Chapter
The Red Cross calls for community support by volunteering for Red Cross service in Long Beach. Residents are urged to contact the Long Beach Chapter to learn how they can help.
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THE
RED Cross
Long Beach
Anti-missile arms race and campaign clues
The piece notes a stalled arms race over defensive and offensive anti-missile systems, hints at Gov George Ronmay and Congressman Quagmire in political maneuvering, and mentions Luci's privacy stance and Henry Fowler weighing treasury quitting while others observe political currents.
Bridge Critics Rebut by State Bureau in Sacramento
State officials rebut claims by Blyth & Co of San Francisco and others that the Vincent Thomas Bridge project between San Pedro and Terminal Island is a white elephant. The debate centers on the $21.4 million span and how to finance police and other services once the bridge is completed.
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Sacramento
Blyth & Co., Inc
San Francisco
Vincent Thomas
Southern California Auto Club
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Terminal Island
Vincent Thomas Bridge Revenues Back Bridge Financing Plan
James McCauley reports Blyth & Co finding that continuing bridge revenues could finance added toll-financed approaches to the Harbor Freeway. The study projects bond retirements by 1972 and 1988 for highway advances, with refinancings possible mid 1967. Harbor growth tied to the Vincent Thomas Bridge’s success.
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Foley
Mivision
Blyth
Bridge Authority
Blyth Consultants
Harbor Freeway
Vincent Thomas
Time for Straight Talk on Taxes in 1968 Budget
The piece discusses President Johnson’s forthcoming budget for fiscal 1968 likely exceeding 130 billion dollars with a deficit near 20 billion. It weighs tax increase options, cites economists including Walter Heller and Sen. Philip Hart, warns against debt and unorthodox financing, and urges clear presidential leadership to address higher taxation for wartime and welfare costs.
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Johnson
Congress
Defense
Walter Heller
Sen
Philip Hart
Michigan
Uncle Sam
Dodge
Orville Freeman
Jud Joad on Poverty War and Homefront Struggles
A satirical frontier veteran Jud Joad from Appalachia reports on the War on Poverty, detailing political clashes, lawsuits, and recalls as he jokes about funding, a wife Maude, and crowded meetings. He frames poverty as a battle requiring money, policy, and public action.
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Maude
Owell
Tyvice
Im Peach
Journalists Reflect on Moyers Career and Vietnam Geography
Sensoaper notes journalism professors telling students Moyers left a thirty thousand dollar job in the newspaper trade to earn a living. The speaker says growing knowledge of Vietnam’s geography is fascinating, though the topic is unwelcome.
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Bill Moyers
Pn Jn
Open Forum on Assembly and Demonstration Rights in Long Beach
A Long Beach citizen argues that while the right to assemble is essential for expressing views, public demonstrations, whether violent or peaceful, can provoke unfavourable reactions. He favors private committees for discussion and stresses voting and lawful due process, warning against relying on public demonstrations.
Run by Newspapermen Opinion Letter in Long Beach
Readers clash with a city councilman over Action Line objectivity. The exchange argues the column serves those in distress and the community, styled as a one-man Chamber of Commerce and a homey directory. The letter endorses newspapers run by newspapermen, not political figures.
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Long Beach
Action Line
Chamber of Commerce
Focal
J. Paul Gleason
Public support for Younger crime reform proposals urged
A letter urges citizens to back District Attorney Evelle Younger’s bills on pornography search and seizure kidnapping arson drunk driving and more. It invites resolutions petitions and Sacramento correspondence while praising Younger’s work and citing religious arguments about salvation through Christ.
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Evelle V Younger
Sacramento
Younger
Action Line column earns readers praise amid criticism
Readers praise the Action Line column for informative value and engaging content. The format remains popular with friends and family, despite some criticisms from city government officials toward the latest installments.
Letter in favor of victory urges action against communism
A 15 year old signer's letter argues for total victory in Vietnam and condemns critics of Billy Graham and Cardinal Spellman. The writer states a preference to stop communist expansion now rather than risk it spreading later. The message reflects a wartime viewpoint and youthful support for aggressive policy.
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Billy Graham
Cardinal Spellman
Thes
Vietnam
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American Red Cross
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George Ronmay
Quagmire Press
Luci
Henry Fowler
the Treasury
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Blyth & Co, Inc
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Federal
Gerald Desmond
Blythe
Sen. Mart
John S. Knight
Jud Joad
Appalachia
Joad
Mr. Joad
Felkw
Arthur
Hoppe
Sensoaper
By Bill Vaughan
Open Forum
Long Deach
Virginia Kelly
Christ
Jesus Christ
Donna
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