California costs lead in rising state legislature spending
The Citizens Conference on State Legislatures notes California spent 5.8 million in 1951-52 rising to 23.4 million in 1965-66, with New York at 24.6 million. Per capita costs outpaced population growth, though performance remains inconclusive amid reappointment, political bickering, and new administrators.
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Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
California
New York
Comisiders
Congress
Stay Young Ask Women Stay Young Association Formed by USC
An USC led association named for aging research aims to extend the healthy middle life to age 80. Gerontologist Bernard L. Strebler explains the potential societal benefits and challenges, including pensions, hiring, and industry responses. The piece notes women's aging myths through cosmetics and beauty routines.
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Association For the Advancement of
University of Southern California
Ponce de Leon
USC Association
Bernard L. Strebler
USC
Open Forum on Navy Drydock Priority in Long Beach
Letters debate whether the Queen Mary should keep priority for drydock time over an active U S Navy destroyer during a national crisis. Editor notes the Queen Mary will be moved if needed and stresses Navy ships have priority while praising city staff and civic responsibility. Long Beach resident M V Crouch shares pride in sons joining the Army and Air Force, adding personal reflections on service and family.
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Navy Tas
United States Naval
United States
Leland M. Garrison
M.D. Long
Beach
Navy
Lome
Long Beach
Mary
Iowa
Cub
Air Force
M. V
Crouch
Leisure as problem for Ivan in Soviet culture shift
A year after the USSR cut the work week to create more leisure, Soviet media celebrated culture from galleries to concerts. In early 1968, Ivan faces renewed criticism as polls suggest he is not absorbing the promised cultural benefits.
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Soviet
Russia
Tyan
Ivan
Leisure and drink mark postwar Soviet and American weeks
Ralph McGill notes Soviet leisure studies and a 40 hour week show increased drinking and hooliganism, with culture and theaters up marginally. He compares U S reactions, noting littering, beer cans, and vandalism as leisure shifts. The piece questions happiness and leisure use, suggesting societal influence.
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Russia
Tyan
U.S
Ussr
Book review of Helen Joseph South Africa memoir
Today's Book Tomorrow's Sun by Helen Joseph chronicles her anti apartheid work in South Africa. It details her treason trial acquittal in 1956, house arrest by the minister and her search for exiled Africans while facing police and racist persecution.
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Tomorrow's Sun
South Africa
Helen Joseph
John Day
Gament Workers Union
War and Peace Strategy in Vietnam Reflected by Hanoi's Plans
Analysis outlines a two track approach by Hanoi and the Viet Cong combining military pressure with negotiations. It discusses a front for the National Liberation Front, broader peace alliances, and the aim of pressuring Washington and Saigon toward settlement while sustaining fighting. The piece notes Kremlin endorsement and possible long, arduous negotiations ahead.
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New York Times
Paris
Manni
Vietnam
Trotsky
Red Army
Russia
Brest-Litovs
Hanoi
United States
France
Dien Bien Phu
N.L.F
National Liberation Front
Belgrade
Lausanne
Washington
Saigon
Nuom Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Communist Party
NLF
NLA
NLP
Qa Hanui
Moscow
Thant
Brezhnev
U.S
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
South
San Antonio
Clark Clifford
Senate Committee
Golfing Lyndon Karns Lyndon Plays With Fulbright Balls
Fast Life by Harry Karns Lyndon notes he has taken up golf and appears to enjoy it. He uses golf balls marked Fulbright for his tee shots. The piece jests that golf, like politics, is a rough game for Lyndon as he struggles to exit the rough while facing international tensions with Nasser promising Egypt will reclaim land from Israel.
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Van
Harry Karns
Lyndon
Fulbright
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Peni
C. i. Sulzberger
Belmont Pier
T. Neary
Coronado Ave
Andrew Neary
Peace River
Alberta
Canada
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Loma Ave: IL
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Los Angeles
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Carpenter
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Egypt
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