Long Beach Unified School District Faces Election
Long Beach voters prepare for two Board of Education seats as the LBUSD reports a $60 million plus budget, 5,300 staff, 100000 students, and notable achievements including high SAT scores, NEA Pacemaker award, vocational programs with 7000 students, and low property tax rate versus county peers. The piece commends leaders Elizabeth Wallace and Bud Duncan for steady policy and campus progress.
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Board of Education
Long Beach
City College
California
National Education Association
Parade Magazine
Long Beach City College
Odie Wright
State Advisory Council On
State Department of Education
Los Angeles County
Elizabeth W. Wallace
M. A
Bud) Duncan
Urgent drive to adopt ward system for Long Beach council
The piece questions rushed efforts to switch Long Beach elections to a ward-based system, noting 48 years of the current method with no breakdowns. It criticizes a hasty council push to place the issue on the June 3 ballot and argues the present district primaries plus citywide runoff better balance neighborhood and city needs.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Chicago
Open Forum Cry Wolf on Security Policy and Leadership
Editor urges restraint as senators like Fulbright Kennedy and McCarthy challenge Nixon on defense and welfare. Letter-writers praise Nixon’s safeguards and reforms while criticizing sensationalism in the Senate. Two readers commend Long Beach public schools under leaders Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Duncan, noting strong guidance.
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Fulbright
Kennedy
McCarthy
Gore
America
Long Beach
Wallace
Duncan
R. Kenneth Maxwell Long Bech
Nice Guys Finish First Eisenhower Remembered In NYT Respect
The nation mourns President Eisenhower's death as a symbol of a simpler age. He did not misuse power and avoided entangling overseas crusades, contrasting with the volatile 1960s. A cautious, traditional leader who managed tensions at home and abroad. He steered Korea peace and stayed out of Vietnam despite pressures.
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New. . York
I.senhower
Ike
McGuffy
Eisenhower
White House
Ife
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Kipling
Joe McCarthy
Korea
James Reston on Eisenhower’s leadership and legacy
James Reston reflects on President Eisenhower’s leadership style praising his trust in colleagues and approachable nature. He notes Eisenhower’s theater command approach with Humphrey and Dulles, and contrasts his social and foreign policy with his money policy, while acknowledging mixed views of his place among great wartime leaders.
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Eisenhower
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
George Humphrey
Treasury
West Point
Columbia University
White House
George, Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
de Gaulle
Chiang Kai-Shek
Spring seeds of a new crop in doubt
The piece presents fragmented musings on spring, seeds, and fear in politics. Defense Secretary Laird is cited proposing $6.5 billion for anti ballistic missiles to deter Russia, while a citizen questions government spending and democracy.
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Defense
Laird
Decisive fear of Soviet missiles mars Hoppe remarks
Arthur Hoppe argues in a reflective column that even if land missiles could be wiped out by a first strike Polaris submarines could still inflict unacceptable damage. He warns new missiles escalate the arms race and threaten peace, democracy, and humanity amid secrecy and fear sparked by Mr. Laird.
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Mr. Laird
America
Toa
Friends, not strangers, lead youths into vice and crime
A blunt caution argues that teenagers fall to friends and close social ties for drugs, sex, and violence, not outsiders. The piece notes studies show relatives or friends are the most likely sources of first exposure or threat, challenging hysteria for harsher laws.
Sydney Harris on Violence Hidden in Everyday Life
The piece argues that alcohol drives most murders and accidents, with homicide arising from passion and domestic conflict rather than crime for gain. It asserts police reports and autopsies back the claim that violence stems from inner motives, urging awareness of danger in homes and bars alike.
Kissing cousin remark at Lakewood Chamber meeting
Ruth Zarit and Helen Leider discuss kissing cousins in a light exchanges at the Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. Robby Whitlock, a one year old child of friends, is praised as the sweetest baby while Richard, the brother's son, works in the used car business. Penny Granafel notes most cousins live overseas in England.
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Greater Lakewood
Ruth Zarit
Robby Whitlock
Ming
Helen Leider
Richard
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Nok Mies
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Mary Nolen
Diane Sanquist
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Kid
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