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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1967
Page
5
The Long Beach California newsroom publishes a masthead listing William W. Broom as Editor Miles B. Lines as Associate Editor Beorative Bitor Alehcolm Epley as Editorial Page Editor Sterling Bemis as Mecaging Editor Dow O38 as Editorial Page Editor dated Tuesday July 1987 on Page B 2 of the edition.
Federal Judge Robert Peckham extends the four year de facto moratorium on executions in California. He stays all 58 San Quentin death row inmates pending constitutional arguments on capital punishment as applied in the state. The NAACP defends the action highlighting racial considerations and broader social inequities. The case could prompt Supreme Court review.
A critique argues the Flower Children suffer from their label and should adopt Romance to reflect history and diction. Citing 19th century French Romantics and Webster, the piece contends the group’s image harms its cause and urges dropping the term for one with greater class and sincerity.
A poll of 61,967 Who's Who individuals finds nearly a quarter would run for the Senate if a committee paid all campaign expenses. Among top executives, about 20 percent would consider it. The data suggest campaign costs deter qualified candidates, though enthusiasm for improving policy without such backing remains unclear.
A review of The Stone Age Hunters by Grahame Clark from McGraw Hill, detailing how Clark portrays early humans as emerging into history, their environmental conquest, and first achievements. It notes new interpretations from Paleolithic cave art across Spain France to European Russia and Clark's attention to its symbolic character.
Reaganology in Washington views Governor Reagan as courting the Republican presidential nomination. The California governor’s repeated favorite-son line is seen as more than a musical comedy gag, signaling possible real plans rather than a mere tactic to blunt California’s GOP primary next year.
Reporters note rising signs that Governor Reagan seeks the presidential nomination. He has begun accepting forum TV bids for national exposure, sharpened his foreign policy talk, and quietly reorganized his staff. Lyn Nofziger’s extended leave positions him for a major national campaign, fueling expectations he will join the race next year.
In a Oakland convention CORE ousted its multi racial clause and declared aims as a mass organization to advance black power for black people. Delegates backed a Negro political party and labor unions and proposed Negro control of neighborhood businesses including certain vice operations, signaling a retreat from integration.
A Southern white observer critiques CORE's shift toward militant action, contrasting it with Martin Luther King Jr.'s stance. The piece argues both white liberal and Black Power factions risk undermining progress, stressing interdependence of white and Black destinies in pursuit of freedom and dignity.
The piece explains historic or archaic components of phrases such as dudgeon fettie cockle tenterhook and royal in battle tarking their etymology and usage, clarifying how the words influence meaning in common expressions and why they appear in idioms.
Sydney Harris explains the origins and meanings of familiar idioms and phrases such as lurch brass racks rack acid pan shrift hog trice bones welkin minion moot circumstance tables main span hook tit tat hawing mettle blush hue curry pater and related terms, providing concise definitions and context.
Government edict requires chicken soup cans to contain two percent chicken. Authors joke about preferring thin broth and avoiding new soup inspectors. Libraries debate streamlining with computers and a loud shushing tape every five minutes.
A set of editor letters questions Congressman Hosmer on Israel and the Liberty ship incident, contrasts Cassius Clay with champions, resists his logic, and laments U S responses to Arab demands. Also includes views on California SB 1114 limiting fringe benefits and U S democracy cited in UN debates.
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