Editorials The Nation Must Get Water
The Nation Must Get Water urges nuclear powered desalting at Huntington Beach as a feasible answer to looming shortages. It argues desalting could supply coastal cities, conserve inland flows, and stresses the need for imagination, daring, and funding to solve America’s water crisis.
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Frank C. di Luzio
U.S. Office of Saline Water
California Assembly
America
New York
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Deserts
Whose Ox Is Gored
The House Committee on Un American Activities faces renewed outcry as it investigates the Ku Klux Klan with the same contested methods once used against alleged communists and fellow travelers. The piece asks which principle governs policy and whether protection depends on whose ox is gored.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
Nobody for Governor of California Faces The Press
Adherents celebrate a satirical candidate who dodges clear labels and touts broad promises while admitting unkeepable pledges. The spoof interview highlights a universal question about honesty in politics as supporters cheer the “Nobody” response.
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California
John Birch Society
Birchers
Nobody
Governor Headquarters
Bitter LinesDrawn for High Court Test of Voting Rights
The Supreme Court began three days of arguments in South Carolina v Katzenbach testing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. States opposing the act include Georgia Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Virginia with Massachusetts led by Edward W Brooke among others supporting constitutionality. The law suspends literacy requirements in several states and allows federal examiners to register voters where 1964 turnout was under 50 percent, while exemptions may be sought by states showing no discrimination in five years.
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Washington Star
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Katzenbach
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Edward W. Brooke
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America
Legal dispute over literacy tests and voting rights
The piece contrasts South Carolina and Texas on literacy tests and registration. It notes SC’s high adult literacy rates, criticism of a provision requiring attorney general consent for changes to election laws, and debates over voting hours. Opposing states claim literacy tests mainly disqualify Black voters, while Massachusetts concedes flaws but supports enforcement under civil rights acts. The term faces a major constitutional test.
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South Carolina
Inexperience as asset in elections and public policy
Open forum letters argue that political inexperience can be a virtue as opposed to seasoned officials who gain cynicism. Readers advocate for honest, dedicated newcomers with common sense, contrasting with habitual vote seekers. Includes perspectives from Mrs. Charlotte Palen and Chauncey F. Garison.
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Charlotte Palen
Junipera Ave
Aid to Vietnamese Towns Adopted by American Citizens
A columnist idea proposes American towns adopt Vietnamese towns to donate food and clothing collected by U S citizens. Troops would distribute items directly, letting recipients know their benefactors. The note suggests Long Beach residents coordinate through Watts area Knoxville Avenue address.
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Hugh O'Brian
Viet Nam
Long Beach
Watts
Election Year Shuffle Delays To City Transit Smog Fixes
Sacramento officials brace for a busy election year as legislators and Brown Administration officials prepare to tackle transit, smog, and fiscal issues while many decisions are postponed to avoid offending voter blocs.
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Sacramento
Brown
Watts
Spectator lines and quips from a columnist column
A satirical wire of brief snippets from Spectator by Bill Farmer includes a Dominican Republic remark on political crisis survivals, Dirksen birthday quip, a Cuban refugee boy receiving a guitar, a hate group leader opposing religious New Year norms, Miss Doily on Christmas joy, a man insuring his life for 3 million, a British pub computer dial, and a note on wrong numbers causing disasters.
Smog Control Board Pushes Broad Auto Emission Rules
Legislators and Brown Administration officials discuss state motor vehicle pollution board proposals to widen and quicken smog device installs. The plan calls for statewide use of used car exhaust devices if feasible and mandates crankcase devices on used cars built in the last ten years. A tough program could come this year if smog alerts press officials, though an election year dampens action and would affect car owners financially.
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Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board
California
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