Press-TELEGRAM: California paper names editors and staff
In a Los Angeles area edition the Press Telegram lists staff and executives for the publication. Names include Herman Hi Ridder publisher Danid He Ridder co publisher Sawtel C Canterou and others with Miles E Sines editor Sterling Bettis managing editor and Dia OBS editorial page editor. The page is dated Monday January 15 1968 and marks a staff roster for the paper.
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Herman Hi Ridder
Danid He Ridder
Sawtel C. Canterou
Bernard J.ridder Jr
Buriness
Menogir
Miles E. Sines
Sterling Bettis
Dia Obs
County Costs Under Scrutiny Show Budget Pressures
The 1967 Los Angeles County grand jury urges cutting costs and auditing, questioning 88 advisory committees that cost 1.7 million yearly while proposing a new Committee to Cut Costs. Supervisors differ, but support for dual fiscal watchdogs is urged to curb county overgrowth and wasteful spending.
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Los. Angeles
Grand Jury
Frank Bonelli
Kenneth Hahn
Kirschke Case To Remember In A Century Of Trials
The Kirschke case stands as a landmark due to strategic defense by the defendant who baited the jury into a death sentence. The verdict and sentence are in, yet the case may hinge on reversible errors for a possible new trial or acquittal. This unfinished saga offers a rich record of adversarial criminal procedure for historians and scholars.
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Deliber
Ately
Jack Kirschke
Kirschke
Twoheaded Greek God and tax reform plea Widespread letters to editor
The forum features a Long Beach reader railing against tax loopholes and corporate favors, arguing reforms threaten the establishment. A second letter by Willard Ruebs Downey wonders if a twoheaded Greek god governs California, critiquing a proposed five percent food tax and its ripple effects on banks and businesses.
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Nation of Sheep
Long Beach
D. C
Zgellner
California
West
Kansas
Downey Willard Rueb
Dominguez Chamber responds to Long Beach library concerns
W H Sayers president of the Dominguez Chamber of Commerce defends local library access. He notes four county branches serve the area and a regional branch with 150000 volumes is under construction. He cites the county system with 234 million volumes and Dominguez Hills State College as adequate for students.
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Long Beach
Dominguez
Dominguez Hills State College
W.H. Sayers
Dominguez Chamber.of Commerce
A Pictorial Treasury of the Marine Museums of the World
Brandt Aymar profiles global marine museums in one lavishly photographed book. The volume covers Judean merchant vessels Greek Triremes Viking ships Spanish galleons frigates clipper ships and more. It surveys maritime artifacts from figureheads to navigational instruments and maritime china in a wide historical sweep.
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Marine Museums OF the World
Brandt Aymar
Crown
Half Full or Half Empty on Vietnam Coverage
Four veteran Vietnam correspondents on a national TV panel argue that officials and press view the war differently. They discuss misperceptions of body counts and battlefield realities, noting officials often miss ground truth and rely on charts, while reporters warn against overreliance on numbers and external projections.
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Washington
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Oregon Vote May Give GOP Its Big Answer
Washington sources say the GOP seeks a decisive choice between Nixon and Rockefeller at the Miami convention. A Romney exit could tilt Oregon’s primary and the national vote toward Rockefeller, while Nixon remains a strong alternative as pre nomination drama builds in New Hampshire and beyond.
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Oregon
GOP
Rockefeller
Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
New Hampshire
United States
Oregon primer debate reshapes Republican path to nomination
In a discussion of Oregon’s pivotal primary, the piece compares past contests with Dewey’s 1948 victory over Stassen and Taft, notes Rockefeller’s looming potential entry, and explains pressure on Nixon to win Oregon to secure the GOP nomination.
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Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Dewey
Staessenhould
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Herbert Brownell
Taft
New York
Philadelphia
Rockefeller
Balldt
Nixon
New Hampshire
Gowers Explores Word Use In Plain Words
In the new paperback edition Sir Ernest Gowers presents a striking example of how a single word can alter meaning and convey nuance, illustrating his guide’s practical approach to plain speech with concise, pointed analysis.
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Ernest Gowers
Overall loses precision in language say critics
Sydney Harris notes that words like overall crowd out precise meaning. He cites London growth, hospital control, and production usage as examples where overall replaces clearer terms, urging restraint and favoring specific vocabulary to maintain linguistic nuance.
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London
Sir Ernest
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