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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
5
A Long Beach patrol plan tests a four day work week for state and private employees. The editorial argues the aim is better job satisfaction and productivity, suggesting a three day off period may boost morale and work quality. It urges passage of Assemblyman Cullen's bill to let California trial a four day schedule.
Secretary of State Rogers urges Israel to accept international security guarantees as protection while pressing for boundary changes. The piece argues the US should back Israeli defenses strong enough to deter aggression but oppose large territorial claims. It cautions against US entanglement that could invite Soviet intervention and favors behind the scenes support.
Editors weigh the trend of executives quitting to farm or pursue sense of purpose. They question corporate aims and wonder if a few high level departures signal deeper need for meaning, autonomy, and less bureaucratic, tech driven workplaces.
A catalog-like notice of several recent books with mixed quality syntax. Highlights include American Violence a documentary history edited by Hofstadter and Wallace. The Making of a Surgeon by William A. Nolan detailing Bellevue Hospital toil. The Long Road Whip? A Journey in History by Frank Morley tracing Western settlement.
Nixon officials privately celebrate bipartisan push on health insurance and legal services for the poor, with California Governor Reagan and Senator Kennedy backing notable reforms. The plan leverages liberal and conservative support to bypass stalemates in Congress while preserving the administration’s stance on welfare reform and a family assistance approach.
Washington gossip smells a possible retirement for Frances Knight, longtime director of the U S Passport Office. The social chatter sketches her as a stern, formidable figure amid weekend plans with millionaire publisher Wayne Parrish at a planned retirement home on the Sound. The tale hints at mixed reactions from the State Department and admirers.
James Kilpatrick describes Miss Knight defending a reform minded passport office against a growing bureaucratic inertia. The lookout file controversy surfaces as a privacy concern while two million passports are issued yearly. Knight faces opposition from State Department superiors yet remains persistent under a Latin motto about resilience.
A reader laments rising rents after a year of tenancy as landlords raise rates by 25 dollars monthly, cites boarded houses bought for freeway construction and alleged deals with cities to restrict renting. Another writer condemns Orange County schools for recruiting out of state teachers while California teachers face credential hurdles and unemployment.
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