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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1970
Page
6
Rep Craig Hosmer and ten Congress members push a bill authorizing a three month study of year round daylight saving time. If feasible, a two year trial would test safety, traffic benefits, after school playtime, and reduced tire-change confusion nationwide.
In Atlanta supporters struggle to fund a new Memorial Arts Center while Los Angeles Music Center runs a 3.5 million dollar deficit and New York's Lincoln Center faces ongoing losses. The piece argues cultural palaces intimidate average patrons and calls for practical pricing and outreach to engage ordinary people. It claims these venues rely on common mortar as much as prestige.
A reader letter argues for nonexpulsion and therapeutic approaches to student drug use, urging schools to keep students in class while addressing drugs. It critiques current budget constraints, cites ongoing clinics, and calls for educational prioritization and community involvement. The piece clashes with Paramount district voters over education funding and taxation as well.
In Newton Iowa the article surveys public sentiment toward President Nixon, noting patience remains high in this Midwestern county. The piece portrays a cautious, steady mood among residents as political questions arise, reflecting local attitudes toward national leadership.
In Newton Iowa residents weigh Nixon’s record on Vietnam and inflation against local woes. Voters recall past elections, note Maytag plant shifts, taxes, and rising population while questioning silent majority support and Agnew appeal amid youth unrest. Local sentiment hints at a cautious loyalty while demanding frankness and results.
Senator Cranston, a liberal Democrat from California, breaks with some allies to back broader use of defense research funds. He argues research expenditures should diversify for nonmilitary uses and notes defense and aerospace sectors depend on flexible funding to stay competitive, amid Proxmire’s bill restricting cost-plus contracts. The dispute centers on stimulating innovation while controlling federal outlays.
In a volatile Capitol scene, liberals predicted Florida justice nominee George Narfold Carswell would not win Senate approval. Estimates pegged undecided votes at 25 with 11 of them needed. pro Carswell backers claimed over 80 supporters over the weekend. Philadelphia and Indiana politics echoed the partisan tug as debates and name-calling intensified.
Today’s selections include A MEW OF CENTURY 44 by Walter Orr Roberts from The Claremont Colleges, a defense of harmony with Nature through science, UP FROM THE ULT TO by Philip T. Drotning and Wesley South, profiling fourteen barrier-breaking figures, TARASCAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS by Maurice Boyd from Texas Christian University Press detailing Michoacan’s Tarascan people and Aztec-era conflicts.
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