Proposals by Eveile J Younger A D A 1969bright line
District Attorney Eveile J Younger announced a concise set of 1969 legislative proposals. They emphasize child protection from harmful materials and stronger firearms rules. He favors broader police search powers, beefed up informant protection, and tempering nuisance law with a private residence exception for intermittent illegal gambling. Concerns arise over extra grand juries in Los Angeles County and the risk of blue ribbon panels biasing broad social issues.
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Eveile J. Younger
California
Younger
D.A
Los Angeles County
Punch appoints Guardian editor as humor chief
The British weekly Punch selects William Davis, London Guardian financial editor, as new editor. He decries today’s jokes as not serious enough, while the piece argues humor has drifted from British life and laments the fading era of Captain Billy’s Whizbang and Life Magazine.
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PUNCH
London Guardian
William Davis
Davis
Captain Billy
Life Magazine
General semantics and Dr Hayakawa explained
Samuel Whitman of Long Beach discusses the field of general semantics and its aim to study how language shapes thought. He notes Hayakawa as an editor and asserts the term semanticist is insufficient to describe the discipline’s broader scope and its impact on human perception and relations.
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S. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
International Society For General Semantics
Nixon Seeks Middle Style in New Administration
Washington report describes the forthcoming Nixon White House shaping a conventional middle class image. It portrays an administration aimed at forgotten Americans, highlighting common values, factory and business roots, and a tone likely to contrast with urban campus life and newer social movements.
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Nixon
Washington
Mii Beach
America
Movement For
Negro Equality and Justice
Robert Finch
Finch
Nixon Transition and the White Protestant Core
A behind the scenes look at Nixon's New York preparatory meetings ahead of his January 20 takeover. The piece argues white Protestant dominance shapes the administration while labor and civil rights movements seek influence amid a middle class focused government facing growing pressures.
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Nixon
New York
Jets Triumph Sparks Campus Debate After AFL Championship
In a student vox pop at Cal State Long Beach, varying majors debate the Jets victory over the Colts. While some credit the Jets and Joe Namath, others question the AFL NFL parity and suggest the Colts had an off day, with differing views on repeated matchups.
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Cal State
Long Beach
Pete Taculog
NFL
Colts
AFL
Five Facts On Long Beach City Elections
Citizens ask questions about the upcoming balloting as the 1969 Long Beach council elections approach. Regular city elections occur every three years, with offices to be filled. Margaret L. Moore, the City Clerk, has been contacted frequently about voting procedures.
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Long Beach
Margaret L. Moore
City election rules set for Long Beach council and city offices
The notice outlines nine city council seats, district voting for council candidates, and city-wide contests for attorney auditor and prosecutor. It covers primary and general election dates May 13 and June 3, voter registration deadlines March 20 and April 10, residency and filing requirements, petition signatures, candidate withdrawal, ballot order, term start July 7, and salaries for council members 200 monthly plus $10 per boarding for August, with fixed salaries for attorney auditor and prosecutor at 35241 and 27295 respectively.
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Long Beach
County Registrar of Voters
Today’s Book OVER HERE Informal World War 7 Re-Creation
Allen Churchill’s Today’s Book OVER HERE examines the shift from strict isolationism to wartime support in World War 7. It traces the drafting start under War Secretary Newton Baker and the Liberty Loan drive, the women’s prohibition campaigns, and homecoming parades marking the end of an era.
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Home Front
Allen Churchill
Dodd, Mead
Churchill
Newton Baker
Liberty Loana
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