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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
16
A fragment from a Long Beach California page notes an item dated Thursday June 30 1986. The brief lacks context but records a local occurrence in the city.
An editorial argues Medicare will redefine medicine beyond a patient doctor bond. It urges doctors and nurses to adapt, follow the law, and push for wise changes while avoiding confrontation to prevent government overreach. It stresses public responsibility to make the program work and warns of initial strain and overload.
The state poll shows Sen Robert F Kennedy twice as popular as President Johnson with registered Democrats. The figures reflect a decline in Johnsons power and prestige as disillusionment grows over the Vietnam War. It is a long time until 1968, but Californians mood is clear.
Readers criticize city sponsored Human Relations Symposium coverage and question why Dr Julian Keiser’s housing discrimination speech was under reported. They urge fuller reporting on open housing advocacy and other speakers while noting city officials showed little courtesy to the four remaining presenters. Also some readers raise local bird predation concerns and debate teacher pay and treatment in Southern California.
TVA announces a large Alabama power plant will use atomic energy alongside coal. Engineers say when scaled, atomic production will be competitive with coal and become more so as output increases.
Ralph McGill argues the atom will become essential to industry and planning as coal remains a major energy source. He notes private power already uses atomic energy and federal agencies must guide the transition, with TVA studies and labor impacts highlighted. Coal still provides about half of U S energy, and demand is set to triple by 1980.
The Washington Star reviews James Merediths 1966 Mississippi march as contrived and stage managed, contrasting it with the 1962 Oxford ordeal. It portrays Meredith as media savvy, notes the failed assassination attempt, and questions the marchs impact on the civil rights cause.
A critical retrospective of the Meredith March paints a chaotic public drama as leaders from SCLC SNCC and other groups threaded through Mississippi towns. The journey drew thousands for voter registration yet sparked taunts and controversy, raising questions about impact and the rise of black power.
Washington denounces publicity spin after the June 8 crash near Edwards Air Force Base in which one XB70 prototype collided with a fighter jet. Two aviators died and a third escaped. Critics question the mission’s purpose while defenders say the incident reflects risks in high speed flight testing.
The piece argues a cabal of government and aerospace industry public relations has gained influence, with the government sole customer in aerospace dealings. It cites the XB70 crash, other losses, and the rise of a publicity economy around NASA and Pentagon contractors, urging congressional scrutiny of officials like Sylvester and Scheer for the publicity empires and their impact on flight decisions.
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