Court branches face drive to abolish system in Los Angeles
In 1925 Long Beach formed the first branch law court, serving nearly a million in Long Beach San Pedro Wilmington and Signal Hill. Los Angeles interests push to centralize, threatening added taxes and longer commutes. Judge Beach Yvasey defends branch courts as essential amid proposed rule changes by the executive committee of judges.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Pomona
Central District
Beach ‘Yvasey
San Pedro
Wilmington
Signal Hill
Denmark
Finland
Reagan Faces Poll Hint on Cutting College Budgets
A professional opinion poll shows 52 percent disapprove of Gov. Reagan cutting University of California and State Colleges budgets while 38 percent approve and 10 percent don’t know. Republicans back cuts, Democrats oppose 3 to 1, independents vary. 37 percent prioritize law enforcement, 19 percent local schools, 18 percent higher education.
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Reagan
University of California
Letters to Editor No time for love
The letter discusses Huey P. Long quotes and current political slogans, then critiques editorial choices and tax funding for education. A Norwalk reader endorses Senator George Murphy as a performer and criticizes long haired professors highlighted by the paper.
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Paul E. Wilkins
Garden club stag party centerpiece question
In a garden club setting a hostess asks how large a cake should be for a stag party style event. The message references Betty Crocker for guidance and mentions a large centerpiece cake as the focal point.
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Thaye
Betty Crocker
Betty
Minorities are, too, heard
In a column, the author rebuts Tobin and Barron on press openness, arguing the American press is now broadly open and accessible. He cites Tocqueville on tyranny safeguards and notes Latin American press freedom remains limited under various governments.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
America
Saturday Review
de Tocqueville
United States
Richard L. Tobin
de Tocquaville
Tobin
Jerome A. Barron
George Washington Law School
Barron
Thse
Tabin
Vietnam
Congress
U.S
Prof
Barren
North America
Latin America
Cuba
Haiti
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Panama
Peru
Argentina
Bolivia
Tom C Harris
el Mundo
Puerto Rico
Inter-American Press Association
Sidewalk Senate on Day and Night Energy Cycles
A group of individuals including ERIC MACINTYRE JOAN SERGEANT TED BAILEY FRANK ASH MARTI BARRETT DON KIRKLAND FRANKIE SCOTT discuss whether they are day or night people. Each shares personal peak times and activities reflecting diurnal preferences and energy swings. The piece reads as a playful survey from Belmont Shore.
N Y debate on books that shape public reading
A Chicago publisher Mr Henry Regner warns that mass publishing by few firms and inflated book reviewing spread fallacious or harmful ideas through popular titles. He argues this concentration fosters cultural disorder and unhealthy public discourse.
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Aes
Chicago
Critics and the narrowing of publishing power cited
Kirk Russell argues mass markets and flagship titles distort reading by concentrating reviews in a New York–centric elite. He blames advertising budgets and oligopolistic promotion for promoting mediocre books, while a small group of reviewers largely decides what Americans read and think.
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York
New York
New York Times Book Review
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Saturday Review
Harper's
New Yorker
Atlantic Monthly
New York Revie of Books
Time ' Magazine
Atlantic
Chicago Tribune
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California
Huey P. Long
Congressional Committee
G. H. Norwich
George Dances
George Murphy
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Lynwood
Miernicki
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George
John
Tocqueville
Eric MacIntyre
Joan Sergeant
Ted Bailey
Don Kirkland
Belmont Shore
Frank Ash
Barber
Marti Barrett
Frankie
Scott
N.Y
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Kirk
Portnoy
Krupps
Albert Jay
Nock
Aso
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Supreme Court
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