Editorial Forum Rejects Prize Offer for Press Loyalty
The Public Interest Forum in Downey plans musical comedies to aid the Long Beach Retarded Children's Foundation. A letter from the Forum offers a reward for favorable coverage, including a Las Vegas weekend prize, which the newspaper declines, stating news columns are not for sale and should serve readers. Readers are urged to send Christmas cards instead.
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Downey
Long Beach Retarded Children’s Foundation
Equity
Las Vegas
Coffee and nonsense in corporate training seminar
A Chicago Daily News report notes Cole Division of Littor ies held a seminar for business students on brewing executive coffee. Secretarial training included coffee recipes and desk styling tips, while the columnist jokes about expanding programs to cheeky courses.
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Joe Cappo
Chicago Daily News
U.S. Postal Service
Pentagon
Cole Division
Littories
Cole
Chicago
Letter to editor about post office interception
A reader recounts phoning the Long Beach Post Office to intercept a letter after learning a relative died unexpectedly. An anonymous clerk organized return of the letter, saying thanks is enough reward, showing bureaucracy can be humane.
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Long’ Beach
Students deserve broader role in school decisions
Letter from a Long Beach teacher argues student involvement in school governance boosts democracy and morale. It cites employer programs, quotes Jefferson, and defends shared responsibility against claims of tyranny, urging pupils to participate while noting risks of overreach.
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Jane Kaspryanski
Gold as Fool’s Gold in a Foolish World
Editorial laments that gold’s value is overstated in an inflationary era. Cites Roosevelt’s gold ownership ban end and criticizes media hype. Recounts Deadwood museum display of a prospector’s doomed note claiming vast gold as Indians close in. Questioning who needs gold, the piece decries gold’s worth and pursuit.
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UPI
F.cd. Roosevelt
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood
Nixon aims for safe arms talks amid impeachment risk
In Moscow Nixon presses for a breakthrough with the Soviets to limit nuclear weapons but stalls on Kissinger urged concessions. Intelligence shows major snags with the US seeking a halt to multi warhead missiles while the Soviets want to retain some advantage and include NATO. The White House faces inflation worries and a tainted political climate as impeachment moves loom.
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Kremlin
Europe
NATO
Nixon
Peter Rodino
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Charles Colson
George McGovern
Harald Hughes
Ed Muskie
Colson
Mariime
Livestock loan guarantees spark heated Senate debate
Washington notes a Senate vote 82 to 9 approving emergency loan guarantees for live stock producers. The plan would guarantee 90 percent of year loans up to 350000 with no direct subsidies, shifting risk to taxpayers amid uncertain costs. Critics warn of precedent and potential abuse while supporters call it a necessary remedy for market disruption.
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Washington
James K. Buckley
New York
Jesse Haly
North Carolina
Lockheed
Helms
Senate
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Blue Earth
Minn
Wyoming
Gale Meyer
London
Ohio
Springfield Sun
Ont Hea
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