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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
7
The Long Beach Press Telegram dated Friday January 12 1968 lists staff including publisher editors and department heads. It names Heeman H Ridder Daniel H Redder Lamar C Cameron Bernard Ridder Jr Miles E Lines Sterling Bemis and Malala Epley among others with roles across publishing and editorial leadership.
The Assembly Education Committee hears testimony on vocational education as ailing and outdated. California Teachers Association notes workers must switch jobs many times as technology evolves, risking obsolete school shop equipment. Proposals seeks broader occupation families and industry partnerships to ease obsolescence, plus state support for work experience programs.
An analysis notes Nixon can handle issues as abstractions while in officeholders must answer tough questions. It praises Nixon as a hawk on Vietnam yet free from budget effects, contrasts Johnson urging a 10 percent surcharge and Rockefeller pushing a $500 million tax rise, and Iran Reagan facing a tax form plan that risks Senate backlash and costlier food taxes amid party pressures.
Readers criticize the paper’s stance on civil rights and Vietnam era issues while praising George Wallace and predicting political upheaval. Letters from Long Beach and Torrance contend editors lean left, accuse the press of prejudice, and warn carriers about job losses after the election.
A visiting group of African journalists heard SNCC leader Rap Brown say the nation has done nothing to improve the ghetto poor. The piece argues that without shared economic power, the worsening social problems will continue unabated.
Ralph McGill discusses Daniel Moynihan's call for an employment program as a government last resort, criticizing a renewed WPA. He warns against bureaucratic expansion during prosperity and urges restructuring of unemployment planning. He notes welfare disparities across states and favors child-based payments trials. questions why the U.S. bans them.
A parent argues that adult criticisms of violence on child oriented TV miss the danger when heroes bend the law to achieve goals. He cites Mission Impossible where a hero claims rights are for rats and warns that unequal application of law empowers those in power to label others as rats.
Sydney Harris argues that civil liberties define the good guys and bad, warning that abandoning equal treatment under law emboldens evil. He laments a pragmatic mindset where any means is acceptable to remove troublemakers and urges teaching children what makes true morality, beyond simple appearances.
Congress debates rules for heart transplant surgery amid public controversy and medical ethics questions. Officials weigh federal standards and physician freedom to prescribe drugs, as public policy questions rise from high profile cases.
Sen Mondale urged a national commission to study organ transplantation ethics and life extension. Lawmakers draft rules to allow donor consent at death, amid fears of inequalities and black market concerns. The piece cites legal, theological, and philosophical perspectives as Congress weighs future policy.
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