Editorials Outline City Finances and Regional Budget Strains
The piece notes Mayor Abe Beame seeking federal aid for New York facing temporary relief and ongoing service cuts. It highlights budget gloom in Southern California with tax hikes in Los Angeles County and Orange County, plus Garden Grove considering tax and fee increases. Long Beach fares better under City Manager Mansell who plans a small tax cut and reached wage agreements with 4,500 municipal workers, though the overall budget still rises by 5.4 million dollars.
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New York
Abe Beame
California
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Garden Grove
Long Beach
John R. Mansell
Mansell
New York City
No Prosecution Power for CIA, Says Rockefeller Panel
A Rockefeller commission report says the Justice Department abdicated its duties by allowing the CIA to decide if its agents should be prosecuted for crimes, ending a 20 year agreement last January. The panel urges future AGs to keep law enforcement decisions in the DOJ, not the CIA. President Ford is also considering criminalizing CIA plots to assassinate foreign leaders.
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Rockefeller Commission
U.S. Justice Department
Department
CIA
Justice Department
Ford
United States
Letters to the Editor on Camp Pendleton and Laetrile Debates
A reader scorns a Parade writer for sensational Camp Pendleton exposure and mockingly imagines dinners with military brass. Another letter from a registered nurse warns against laetrile after a relative’s death, recounting a Tijuana cancer clinic visit and urging avoidance of unproven treatments.
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Camp Pendleton
Tijuana
Questionable hiring practices and anonymous fips in law enforcement
The text questions hiring of illegal aliens and the use of anonymous identifiers by agencies when legal payday arrives. It notes publicity around those caught leads to deportation of one illegal and employment for another attracted by publicity, referencing Carl Backstrom II at Paramount.
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Carl Backstrom II
Contrasts in Nixon and Ford on the Potomac
A 10 line excerpt contrasts Nixon era tactics with Ford’s more rules bound approach. It notes Nixon’s dinner and strategy sessions aboard Sequoia and Ford inviting Cabinet and Mary Louise Smith for cautious, fair treatment of rivals. It highlights party funding and travel practices, the use of Air Force One, and shifts in GOP leadership and ethics.
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Richard Nixon
Mary
Potomac
Ford
Mary Louise Smith
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Ronald Reagan
Howard Baker
R.tenn
Smith
Oval
White House
John Dean
Phil Buchen
GOP
Buchen
Bill Cramer
Pie
Air Force One
California
Colorado
Miinioi
Missouri
Montana
New York
Oklahoma
Virginia
Laszlo Pastor
Hungary
Ond
Pastor
Air Force
Johan Niemczyk
Double standard in medical debt collection contracts
The author notes doctors regularly use contingency fee collection attorneys to sue patients, then condemns the unequal stance that patients lack similar rights against negligent doctors. High earners can fund such suits, while poor patients cannot, highlighting a values mismatch in contractual freedom.
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Burt
Goodbye to the Independent Press Telegram after 85 years
A long-time reader laments leaving the Independent Press Telegram as they move to the Midwest. They praise the paper as the best edited in Southern California, express gratitude to staff members like Malcolm Epley and George Robeson, and say they will never find a replacement.
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Midwest
Independent, Press-Telegram
California
Malcolm Epley
George Robeson
Independent
Press-Telegram
Junebrewth for brides and thieves editor note
A reader questions the publication of a piece titled Junebrewth for brides and thieves claiming it gives a step by step guide for amateur thieves. They urge warning brides and criticize long coverage from Longs Beach.
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Brides and Thieves
Jessa
Longs Beach
Democrats in disarray over energy and leadership
A commentary argues Democratic disarray over energy policy, blaming Speaker Carl Albert's leadership and the party's failure to push an energy program. It contrasts Ford's veto strategy and energy plan with Democratic defeats on a gas tax and energy measures, noting leadership shortcomings and the president's decisive stance.
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New York
Carl Albert
Ford
Albert
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Congress
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Les Whitten
John C. Pastore
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