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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1968
Page
16
Local newspaper masthead lists Wilhiem W. Broom as editor and Malcolm Epler as associate editor with the final name truncated. The page shows a partial staff byline reflecting the newsroom leadership.
Rep Craig Hosmer cites a Bureau of Mines estimate of 407.8 million ounces of gold in U S soil but at 35 dollars an ounce only about 2 percent is commercially producible. Atomic energy could cut break even to ten dollars per ounce, yet remote prospects for industrial application. The piece links gold outflow to policy decisions, noting a Feb 21 vote to remove gold reserve cover on Fed notes with a narrow margin and a party split in California.
A critique argues that many contemporary lyrics degrade language and deserve better payment for artists whose work fuels radio and jukebox play. The piece cites Gershwin and Mercer as standards, notes the persistence of low quality lines, and supports musician efforts to obtain residuals from recorded works. It defends vocal virtuosi against verbal substandard lyrics.
Readers debate civil disobedience, judicial duty, and narcotics law enforcement. Gaylord Jasperson from Huntington Beach urges legislation to force judges to impose law prescribed sentences. Ethel Pritchard Caswell from Long Beach compares rooster fights with human boxing and questions public concern over fighters’ brain injuries.
Washington report notes Johnson administration and Congress show little optimism that the riot commission's findings will spark a social overhaul. Leaders want practical riot prevention this summer, not a sociological treatise on race relations. The piece argues the report focuses on shocks rather than actionable policy.
Richard Wilson argues the riot commission will likely fail to effect rapid improvements in Negro life. The piece compares the report to the President's crime commission and notes public pressure must push Johnson and Congress toward practical, funded measures like poverty programs and housing access, beyond debate on guaranteed income.
A memoir of survival under Stalin’s terror. Eugenia Ginzburg, mother of Vassily Aksyonov, details 18 years in Soviet prisons and labor camps. Translated by Paul Stevenson and Max Hayward. Harcourt Brace World edition priced at $6.95.
The Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders earns mixed praise. It highlights Negro housing issues and critiques urban renewal and police actions, but its overall balance is weak and its major recommendations, including wage hikes, seem unrealistic. The piece likens the commission’s riot review to a whitewash, blaming many parties.
The piece criticizes a commission report for blaming white racism and faulting governments and police while overlooking black responsibility. It argues for internal factors in the ghetto’s misery and questions the cost and effectiveness of proposed federal remedies including guaranteed income and expanded subsidies. The author urges accountability for violence and questions who would fund or wisely spend such programs.
The piece captures comments from Bernal Susan Taylor and Melvin Jackson on race, responsibility, and citizenship. Students from Santa Fe Springs Huntington Park and Los Angeles discuss whether white attitudes or self-improvement by marginalized communities will drive change, urging broad government and societal effort.
The piece notes Lyndon Lyndon asserts a Vietnam war turning point. A French cartoonist is fined for depicting President de Gaulle on ashtrays, implying strong French ashtray standards. A typographical error misstates experts as rising. the text suggests exports grew as fast as imports, highlighting export trends.
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