Editorials Heading off trouble in Southern California
A spoof editorial notes the Mafia is held in check by the U.S. Justice Department Organized Crime Strike Force led by Richard P. Crane Jr. It jokes about Bonanno schemes and imagines absurd future stories from health and university officials to deter crime.
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Southern California
Los Angeles
Sam Yarty
Sam
U.S. Justice Department
Richard P. Crane Jr
New Jersey
Joseph Bonanno
California
Bonanno
Crane
UCLA
Symbionese Liberation Army
Alphonse Capone
Names for French highways emerge in national road naming contest
The piece notes routes renamed as Autoroute du Soleil for Old No 6 and Autoroute du Nord for Lille, Autoroute de Est for Strasbourg, L'Oceane for Nantes, and La Provencale for Aix to Nice. It contrasts with Route 66, mentions California's State Route 91 known as Riverside Freeway, and jokes about a $3 prize for a road-naming contest.
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America
Charles Trenet
Uat
Marseilles
Trenet
Autoroute du Soleil
Mediterranean
Lille
Autoroute du Nord
Strasbourg
Autoroute de Est
Nantes
L’oceane
Provence
Aix
Nice
la Provencale
Letters to the Editor Undeserved title
A reader critiques Long Beach branding as the International City and laments an aging airport, urging council action to shed the label and improve air service. The letter also complains about federal spending, gas price controls, and economic policy, while praising local police officers for burglary aid and seeking the return of heirloom jewelry.
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Danrelo-earth
Long Beach
Amelia Earhart
Wiley Taft
PSA
United and Western
Los Angeles
Orange County
Queen Mary
Admira
Germany
Long Bearh
T. L. Cable
H. J. Knapp
Stork
Fantasy politics in Paris and Washington fuel a fragile union
The piece portrays the Paris inflation feel and chic irony, while Washington and Paris clash over oil, NATO, and a Europe united in name only. It notes Kissinger and Jobert in a struggle over wording, not substance, as the alliance frays under fantasy rhetoric and divergent aims.
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Washington
Paris
Transatlantic
Europe
America
Henry
New York
Kissinger
United States
Japan
Quiet Appalachian retreat amid energy shortage and drought
In SNICKERS GAP Virginia the author frames a private mountain dwelling as a renewed refuge amid gas shortages and drought. He credits energy czar Mr. Simon for relief and notes the Appalachian Trail relocation, conservationists, and a future return to modern comforts as winter approaches.
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National Park Service
Politicians fuel up on the oil problem
Washington reports that energy is the dominant issue for politicians with Sen. Henry M. Jackson pushing energy legislation and public appearances. Federal Energy Chief William B. Simon vies for power, eyeing Treasury, while Os Office of Management and Budget head Hoy Ash clashes over crisis timelines. Politics remains Washington’s staple product.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
United States
White House
Federal Energy
William B. Simon
Simon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Hoy L. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Ash
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Chicago
Henry Kissinger
Michel Jobert
Pompidou
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James Reston
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Uisgote
Snickers Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
George Washington
Round Hill
Purcellville
Richard
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