Editorials Our inefficient primaries
The piece argues the national primary would be efficient but dangerous, risking hasty decisions and democratic drawbacks. It cites New Hampshire and Florida as key examples showing how state primaries reveal issues and personalities, while a single national vote could erase these checks and balances. It defends keeping the current system with improvements.
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New Hampshire
National Party
George McGovern
George Wallace
Not the last of Hughes as Irvings plead guilty
The Irvings pled guilty to conspiring to defraud McGraw Hill with two faked Howard Hughes autobiographies. The case drew broad media coverage and may inspire further books, including one by James Phelan, who helped expose the fraud.
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Clifford Irving
McGraw-Hill
Howard Hughes
Irvings
Time Magazine
Irving
Phelan
New York Times
McGray-Hill
Hook Club
Editors warn of gaps in air safety and pilot certification
Opinion pieces urge reform of private pilot rules citing a lack of testing for competence after years away and minimal solo flight requirements. A Transportation Department study calls for periodic proficiency tests and stricter certification for flying schools and instructors.
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Transportation Department
Nying
Judge George Postel Blocks Press in Persico Trial
Brooklyn judge George Postel orders reporters not to publish Persico records or nickname to prevent juror prejudice. Critics call this Pas tel s law an untenable challenge to First Amendment rights in the Carmine Persico mob trial.
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State Supreme Court
George Postel
Postel
Brooklyn
Carmine
Persico
Soviet Proposes East West Cooperation in Foreign Affairs
An article by Evgeny Chossudovsky argues for a decade of peaceful coexistence, a European security treaty, and broad bilateral and multilateral cooperation. He cautions the West and calls for orderly socialization of production, while warning that detente hinges on mutual trust beyond propaganda distortions.
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New York
Nixon
Moscow
United Nations
Nikita
Secretariat
Kremlin
Chossudovsky
Treaty Organization
Europe
Huwigan
Chonsudovsky
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Candm
U.S
Pravda
Tevestia
Vietnam
Angela Davis
Levestia
Chassudovsky
Hosmer Helps Women Win Dinners Access in Washington
In a clash over White House dinner invites, Rep. Craig Hosmer pressurized President Kennedy to honor campaign promises on women’s access. Kennedy’s quick temper spurred action, enabling women WHCA reporters to attend the president’s dinners thereafter. The piece notes ongoing push for equality ahead of Nixon era events and broader discussions of gender in exclusive clubs like the Gridiron and National Press Club.
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Washington
Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
White House Correspondents Association
WHCA
Rep. Hasmer
Hosmer
House
Mr. Kennedy
Womeni
Congressional Record
White House
Nixon
Congress
United States
Edgar Allan Poe
New Orleans Times- Picayune
National Press Club
Gridiron Club
Lik
Gridiron
Leonor Sullivan
D-Mo
Edith Green
D-Ore
Martha Griffiths
Dmich
Thank you to many for lifesaving praise and aid
A Long Beach reader thanks George Robeson Stan Leppard and numerous reporters for articles about his 1971 carburn rescue. He notes medical funds from Sears and local departments paid over 25 000 in bills and honors from several organizations, with community support and thanks to the Independent Press Telegram. He cites commendations from Nixon and multiple officials and mentions a Carnegie Hero Award nomination.
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George Robeson
Stan Leppard
George
Long Trench
Sears, Roebuck
Long Beach
Fire Department
Sears
Jack Dilday
Independent
Press-Telegram
Nixon
Long Beach Bar Association
California State Firemen's Association
Lakewood
Log Beach
Edwin Wade
George Nye
United States
Lakewond
Donald Lee Pettionn
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