Public debate over Warren Court law stance spurs California talk
California readers heard three public expressions on the Warren Court's criminal law stance. Ex attorney general Tom C. Clark defended rapid rights protections while denying excessive change, and Justice Mosk argued that Supreme Court rulings did not hamper California justice. Senator Rafferty offered a critical view in Oakland about court interpretations guiding crime trends.
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Tom C. Clark
Los Angeles
Clark
Supreme Court
U.S
Stanley Mosk
California Supreme Court
Mosk
Santa Monica Bar Association
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Escobedo
Miranda
U.S. Senate
Max Rafferty
Oakland
Bay Area Republican Alliance
Glenn Has Every Right to Campaign
The piece argues that John H. Glenn may campaign as a private citizen, noting his retirement from active service but continued citizenship. It compares him to Ike and other leaders, suggesting public figures retain political influence and that Glenn deserves satifaction from supporting RFK, despite public scrutiny.
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Glenn
Marine Corps
U.S
RFK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Open Forum critiquing Vice Mayor Crow theft at vending box
Readers question why Vice Mayor Crow has not been arrested for pilfering 15 newspapers from a downtown vending machine by inserting a dime and taking 10 copies. They challenge legal grounds, municipal authority, and press suppression claims amid city outcry.
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Crow
Craw
City Halk
Dag
Long Beach
America
James G. Hopkins
War Profiteers Rise in Vietnam Era Renegotiation Debate
An analysis of the Renegotiation Board and profits on defense contracts notes a shift in war profiteering practices during Vietnam. It cites reduced board reach, delayed reviews, and calls to restore authority amid rising defense budgets and alleged lax enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Vietnam
Neré
H. G. Rickover
Navy
House Committee On Appropriations
Department of Defense
Henry B. Gonzalez
Texas
Ito
Capitol Hill
New York Times
Rickover
Quotes on Drug Scene and Crisis Speak Vividly
Richard Callahan states drugs shift from ghetto to middle class affecting educated youths from so called good homes. Oceanographer Jacques Piccard warns pollution threatens air water land and space as humanity faces the 21st century. Joan Baez critiques nonviolence as a poor strategy with violence as the worse outcome.
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Richard Callahan
New England
Federal Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Ddeques Picecard
The Church’s New Quest for Justice
White ministers in large Southern cities met leaders from Negro churches to advance civil rights. The text supports the President’s Commission on Civil Disorders conclusion that white racism fuels dissent. It questions why a Christian church in the South and beyond faces these issues.
McGill Reflects on Religion and Civil Rights Attitudes
The piece argues white ministers struggle to rally congregations for rights protests due to racist beliefs. It cites studies showing many Protestants oppose church action on social justice and notes Southern religious history links racism to church teachings. It ends urging ministers to unite congregations for justice.
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America
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Barbarian Europe by Gerald Simons and Editors
Gerald Simons argues that the Dark Ages were transformative as Germanic tribes overran Western Europe between 408 and 1050 A.D. The Visigoths Ostrogoths Lombards Anglo Saxons and Franks reshaped Spain Italy England and France assimilating into and altering the conquered lands.
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Barbarian Europe
Gerald Simons
Time-Life Books
Europe
Alaric
Eternal City
Simon
Spain
Italy
England
France
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Bureau of Reclamation
Executive
Defense Department
James Reston
Joan Baez
Fifth Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Bob Mortis
3.C
USS
Kearsarge
Ann Coby
Eighth St
John Colangelo
Second St
Robbie Dun
Alhambra Court
Ronald McGuigan
J.C
USS Conquest
Rosetta Guyton
Warren Ave
Ralph McGill
Commission
Ivan Allen
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