New Council Faces Tough Baptism With New Budget
Long Beach city government prepares for a multi million dollar fiscal year budget under a council manager system. City Manager Sam Vickers presents a general budget of 31 835 268 with a 0.779 million net increase and a five cent tax rate hike. The plan funds higher retirement and Social Security costs, bond redemption, and increased police and fire personnel, with a growing legal department and public safety building. The piece urges frugality without hampering progress to sustain city services and development.
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Sam Vickers
Long Beath
Long Beach
MTA Transit Plan to Reveal Final Recommendations
The Metropolit an Transit Authority will publish its long awaited final recommendations for rapid transit in the Los Angeles Long Beach area on June 27. Consultants Daniel Mann Johnson & Mendenhall will submit advice on monorail duorail and rubber tired rail on routes and stations and estimate costs. The report is sure to provoke controversy as cities claim routes are too far or too close. transit decisions involve routing equipment schedules fares and costs. A fare financed system is seen as desirable if workable, but many doubt it can pay for itself. The MTA must strive to make it work amid harsh past criticism and conflicting local interests.
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Metropolitan
Los Angeles-Long Beach
MTA
Daniel, Mann, Johnson
State Highway Commission
Public Forum Letter on Catholic Birth Control Teachings
Dennis Pack defends Catholic views on birth control arguing the term means responsible parenthood and spacing of children. He asserts rhythm methods are acceptable and cites evolving fertility detection as effective, addressing Anne Fickes and others unsure of doctrine. Linden Ave address provided.
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Anne Fickes
Testiman
LBCC
Dennis Pack
Linden Ave
Learning political awareness for informed voting
The letter urges citizens to follow current news, read papers, and contact their congressman to understand Cold War era issues and world events. It emphasizes building knowledge to make wise election choices and asserts the public’s right to seek insider truth. signer Yoko Takahashi, 2054 Lomita Blvd.
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America
Yoko Takahashi
Lomita Blvd
Nixon Struggles With GOP Machinery Over Convention Posts
Washington dispatch reports Vice President Richard Nixon controlling party machinery as he assigns convention posts. Cecil Underwood to chair the temporary convention and Walter Judd to keynote, reflecting Nixon’s balancing act between Old Guard and reformers.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Underwood
Senate
Judd
China
Chiang Kei- Shek
Tin
Real Reason for K's Blow-Up in Lippmann Essay
The piece argues that Khrushchev’s Berlin episode hurt his prestige but that Democratic candidates Kennedy Stevenson and Johnson offer a stronger stance against Communism. It contends the Eisenhower era failed to meet the Soviet challenge and that Democrats plan to boost military power, invest in education, science, and urban renewal to gain leverage in negotiations with the USSR and China.
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Mr. K
Stevenson
Kennedy
Lyington
Johnson
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
China
School Tax Hikes Faced Mixed Local Reactions
In Sacramento and Berkeley voters rejected raises to school taxes amid a broader debate on education funding. Berkeley voters defeat a bond push while Sacramento voters blocked a $1 increase for future growth, signaling possible taxpayer fatigue with rising education costs and future cuts if funds are not approved.
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Sacramento
Anid
Berkeley
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