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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
7
The piece portrays Prince Buddha leaving family life to seek life’s meaning under a tree. It notes his teachings of gentleness, self control, and nonviolence, and discusses Buddhism’s reach to 170 million followers. It questions Vietnam monks’ militant rhetoric and urges not to judge, referencing European Christian conflict.
It is estimated that the average convention-goer spends 30 dollars a day in the host city. The Long Beach Convention and Business Bureau reports about 28,000 people will attend conventions here in July. Nine meetings are scheduled, the largest being a Square Dance Festival with 10,000 attendees. The city offers ideal facilities, a mild climate, and many attractions for those combining conventions with holidays.
Lewmas Sirrah 1B received an award from Budd Schulberg for completing a writing course. He traces interest in writing to time in jail, an insight noted as unusual. Jailers say prisoners mainly sleep read comics or daydream, yet adversity can become a turning point for those who seize it.
Readers debate geopolitical risks with Secretary Rusk condemning Red China and urging nonwar strategies, while Dorothy Beam critiques Ocean Boulevard cinema and a theater’s free enterprise stance. A third letter argues Medicare gaps and calls for expanded drug, dental, and vision benefits for seniors.
Mathilde Ludendorff, widow of World War I general Erich von Ludendorff, dies at age 89 in Talzing Germany. The obituary reflects on her role connected to her husband and the era of the Kaiser who criticized parliament as sheep heads.
An analysis of Ludendorff and Mathilde Ludendorff framing German authoritarianism, anti Semitism, and nationalism leading to Hitler’s rise. It links their wartime influence to postwar extremism and their influence on the Nazi ascent, noting Mathilde Ludendorff’s later death and presumed reunion in a pagan legacy.
Washington reports from the hinterlands show President Lyndon B. Johnson’s personal popularity slipping as public sentiment turns on his image. Voters distinguish Johnson the man from Johnson the President, with concerns over Vietnam and rising prices eroding confidence while his party’s 1968 re election prospects dim.
Washington reports two U.S. Supreme Court orders mark a shift in obscenity doctrine. The court favors punishing conduct over content, reversing a Nashville conviction in a mailings case while letting stand a Davis conviction for mailing obscene phonograph records.
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