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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1967
Page
7
June 15 1967 Long Beach Press Telegram page 82 details local briefs and editorials. Names William Broom Malcole Epley Atsotiste Dea OW appear as editors. content covers city events, local notices, and community notes in concise summaries.
A California tax clash unfolds between the legislature and the Reagan administration with a stubborn balance of power and a final bill that may shock taxpayers. A broadening sales tax could hit the poor hardest if exemptions vanish from utilities and medicines. A middle ground on the income tax is urged to minimize the rise and spread the burden to those best able to bear it.
A Gallup survey echoes Gilbert Youth Research finding that most college students favor serious societal involvement beyond protests. Over two thirds of 6.5 million US college students back work for society, with many attracted to volunteer roles in urban or rural poverty.
A Long Beach reader questions the City Tree Department over cutting twelve feet from a venerable shade tree in a city parkway. The letter urges taxpayer consultation and critiques park rules versus residential areas, ending with praise for a full page Vietnam map in a prior issue. Downey
A RO reviewer of the city's recent Job Fair preliminaries notes uncertainty about the scale of Long Beach unemployment. About 8,000 are officially listed as unemployed, but hidden joblessness and those deemed unemployable by current economic criteria remain largely unquantified without surveys or censuses.
The report notes 704 job hunters attended a recent job fair, with about 60 percent white. It cites weak unemployment data in urban slums and a Labor Department survey showing high sub employment in ghettos. Long Beach and Los Angeles areas may need local skill centers to improve job prospects and attitudes.
Dr Martin Luther King announces a coordinated civil rights drive in Cleveland joined by Floyd McKissick Whitney Young Jr and Roy Wilkins. The leaders link McKissick with radical movement while Young and Wilkins are seen as mainstream figures as they push housing and employment reforms amid rising tensions nationwide.
The piece surveys Cleveland's racial tensions as Dr Martin Luther King plans a campaign here. It questions whether moderates and leaders can unite on constructive policies, and whether the city can root out crime and address failures in leadership. It notes Long Beach as a contrast and mentions potential federal funding and job programs as remedies.
Washington notes from New York Times Service describe a sharp Israeli victory in perception over Soviet diplomacy in the Middle East. The piece cites Kosygin’s UN arrival and calls Israel’s blitz of clarity a punch in the nose, exposing Arab and Soviet cleverness as feigned and revealing.
Lyndon Johnson’s credibility gap frames Kosygin’s trip as he aims to defend Soviet media and deny Israeli advances. The Russian premier faces a difficult task proving Arabs threatened by Israel while contending with Soviet losses and the West’s shifting balance. The piece discusses shared interests and risk if Washington and Moscow fail to align on peace.
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