Urban Coalition urged to deter riots in Long Beach
Officials warn of a potential hot summer but urge constructive action. A meeting of white and Black residents called for a Long Beach urban coalition with broad civic and racial interests to address employment education housing and youth programs and to operate independently from the Los Angeles agency. The article notes the need for inclusive leadership and a program informing justice and friendship.
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CIFY
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Little Cause To Rush On Vote Reform
In San Francisco a suit by four plaintiffs seeks to reform the electoral college via judicial decree to allocate state electoral votes by popular vote. The piece notes opposition, risks of a court ordered change, and urges reform by constitutional amendment with Senator co sponsorship and a 1972 ratification window.
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San Francisco
Rhode Island in Chaos as Political Lab Reveals Shifting Loyalties
The piece argues Rhode Island functions as a political laboratory where old party machines yield to personal networks and shifting loyalties. It highlights figures like Aldrich, Chafee, Pastore, Roberts, Kennedy, and McCarthyites, noting a drift from stable party control toward fragmented leadership and uncertain charges.
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John H. Chafee
Rockefeller
Ald Nelson Aldrich
Nelson Rockefeller
Long Beach fights tax relief plan with new school spending proposal
Lakewood letter to editor argues against Senate Bill 702 and says local schools would consume nearly half of property taxes with a 7.2 million plan. It lists costs for 298 teachers 2.9 million dollars and other staff plus materials and fees. A second letter criticizes a Long Beach judge for dismissing a speeding case, blaming lenient court decisions for discouraging law enforcement officers.
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Long Beach
Watson
California Highway Patrol
Rhode Island Political Lab In Confusion
Narragansett Rhode Island once seen as a progressive political laboratory now resembles a political china shop as a bull rampages. The piece links Rhode Island’s compact size and diverse society to wider national political disorder.
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Narragansett, R.I
Rhode Island
Wallace and Ford clash over chances of 1968 deadlock
Washington analysis argues that a Wallace third party bid is unlikely to deadlock the electoral vote. If it did occur, the House would choose the president, and the odds of a wipeout for Wallace depend on state blocs and popular margins. Wallace’s aim of a post election covenant is deemed risky and impractical.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
George C. Wallace
House
Wallace
Ford
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Confederate States
Peirie
Mississippi
Alabama
Kennedy
Nixon
Rockefeller
Humphrey
McCarthy
George Wallace
Gerry Ford
Language quibbles over oddly used words in historical note
A compact discussion highlights common misuses and subtle shifts in word meanings. It contrasts nicely with noisome, fulsome, sacrilegious, cohort, masterly, partially, and notorious, clarifying why these terms often diverge from their apparent roots.
Language notes by Sydney Harris on usage and meaning
A compact guide listing common misuse and distinctions in English usage. It covers climate versus climactic, immigrate versus emigrate, cause versus due to, podium versus lectern, ravel versus unravel, enormity versus enormousness, insignia singularity, strata plural, jurist versus judge, and kudos as a singular noun.
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Miles
Frederic Collins
Nelson Aldrich
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Theodore Francis Green
Howard McGrath
Dennis Roberts
Aldrich
Chafee
Mr. Right
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John O. Pastore
Johnson
Doorley
Providence
Roberts
John F
Open Forum
Lakewood
New York Times Service
Tom Wicker
Gallup
Barry Goldwater
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Neil Peirce
Congressional Quarterly
Nee Ring
Sydney Harris
Fourth Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Doug Barner
Linden Ave
Kitty Rogers
Richard Haumgardner
Claremore, Ave
Philip Goldkind
Pat Doty
Huntington Beach
Don Carbonara
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