Desegregation Pace Draws Criticism of Nixon Policy
The article argues only eight percent of Mississippi black students enrolled in integrated schools this year while other Deep South states show modest progress. It critiques the Nixon Administration for vague desegregation promises and urges stronger enforcement using federal aid cuts and anti discrimination suits to compel districts to meet the 1969-70 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Deep South
Nixon
National Education Association
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
HEW Office of Civil Rights
Leon Panetta
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Red tide mysteries and the changing human relation to the sea
A United Nations view notes that modern tech and population growth shift ocean roles from trade and defense to food production. Rockefeller Foundation highlights red tides, phytoplankton blooms that devastate fisheries, sometimes wiping out hundreds of millions of pounds of fish. Soviet scientists warn a single ocean catastrophe could rival annual global catches. Scientists lack full understanding of why red tides become lethal, prompting continued marine exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Rockefeller Foundation
US East Coast
Soviet Union
Open forum on Long Beach airport policy and crime concerns
In Long Beach readers urge continued airline support to boost tourism and fund upgrades at the Queen Mary area arguing flights reduce travel hassles. elsewhere, concerns are raised about law respect and government overreach with passages on wiretaps and Otepka. Bellflower note cites Otepka firing and Congress access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary’s
Long Beach
Existeng
Western Airlines
San Fancisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
Walter Butcher
U.S
Mitchell
Nixon
Otto Otepka
United States
Bellflower
Mary J. Wilson
Otepka
Committee of Congress
What Forman Really Wants
Indications are growing that James Forman's Black Economic Development Conference has just about run its reckless course. A Gallup Poll found only 21 percent of Negroes actively favor his reparations demand. NAACP speakers denounced his approach. Major denominations pledge greater urban poverty efforts but exclude Forman from their charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forman
Black Economic Development Conference
Gallup
NAACP
Jackson
Forman
Forman manifesto fuels calls for revolutionary takeover
James Kilpatrick analyzes a Detroit manifesto tied to the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization urging a violent, anti-government revolution. The document demands $500 million to $3 billion from churches and synagogues, threatens office seizures, and calls for black-led control of state power and church agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman
Interreligious Foundation For Community Organization
FCO
IFCO
National Council of Churches
New York
U.S
Long Beach Lawmakers and Addresses Listed in Reader Notice
A reader service provides federal and state legislators for Long Beach and nearby areas with office addresses. U S Senators include Murp hy and Cranston. Congressmen include Hosmer Hanna Anderson Wiggins Utt Bell Clawson. State Senators Ken rick Deukmejian Dills Whet more Schmitz. Assemblymen Hayes Cullen Beverly Cory Gonsalves Porter Thomas Briggs Burke Badham. Capitol addresses in Washington D C and Sacramento listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
U.S
George L. Murphy
Senate
Alan Cranston
Washington
D.C
Craig Hosmer
Rayburn
Richard T. Hanna
Fullerton
Cannon
Glenn M. Anderson
Hawthorne
Longworth
Charles E. Wiggins
Rel Monte
James B. Utt
Santa Ana
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
Los Angeles
Delwin M. Clawson
Compton
Rick
D-Long Beach
George Deukmejian
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
James E. Whetmore
John G. Schmitz
Tustin
State Capitol
Sacramento
Calif
James A. Hayes
Mike Cullen
Newport Beach
Sidewalk Senate: Irene Baylor and Others on Looks
People on Ocean Boulevard share thoughts on appearances revealing character. Irene Baylor praises eyes and happiness while Betsy Watson notes life energy in Samellite types. Jerry Knight observes attraction and style among passing girls. Dominic Catanza highlights noticing “groovy” and unusual individuals.
Free ballot illusion in Vietnam debate
New York commentary argues that free elections under international supervision may not solve Vietnam's problem or satisfy Vietnamese parties. The piece questions whether Americans can exit the conflict without reputational costs and notes Communists resist elections, fearing losses.
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New York
Vietnam
Vietnam elections as veneer for prearranged deals
Flora Lewis argues that Vietnamese elections cannot be free or decisive while power rests in negotiated pacts between Saigon, Viet Cong, and local chiefs. She cites village voting, mutual benefit arrangements, and realpolitik under American presence, insisting a cease-fire and a lasting deal precede any credible path to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenin
South Vietnam
Saigon
Vietnam
America
Binh Dinh
Gerald Hicks
Rand Corporation
Thien
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Pine Avenue
Long Beach Strand
Open Forum
James Kilpatrick
Detroit
National Black Economic Development Conference
TFCO
Jeg
Irene Baylor
Bill Montmouth
With Don Kirkland
Ocean Boulevard
Betsy Watson
Samellite
Jerry Knight
Cannery
Dominic Catanza
Marianne French
Sean Connery
Flora Lewis
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