Editorial warns against 1902 land limits near totalitarianism
The piece argues the Interior Department’s 110 acre limit risks government overreach by forcing sales and home requirements on farmers, with 1.3 million acres of excess land in sixteen western states and over a million in California. It criticizes living-on-the-farm rules, cites retired farmers, and backs changing the law without enforcing it until 1978, urging protection of family farms from “virtual confiscation.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Western
California
Imperial Valley
Tulare Lake
San Joaquin Valley
Bureau of Reclamation
Carter
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Bicentennial of the Articles of Confederation Observed
The piece notes the 200th anniversary of the Articles of Confederation adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified by Maryland in 1781. It contrasts the loose alliance among the 13 states with the later constitutional shift to a stronger central government in 1789.
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New Republic
United States of America
Continental Congress
Maryland
Congress
Congress of the Confederaton
State mental hospitals still a mess under Brown’s watch
In a long critique of California state hospitals, the piece argues Jerry Brown’s hands-off approach failed to fix chronic staffing and facility problems since 1975. It cites Little Hoover Commission findings, resignations, and hospital Medi-Cal decertifications, noting doctors’ reluctance to work for the state and the potential loss of federal funding.
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Sacramento
Jerry Brown
California
Alfred E. Alquist
San Jose
Alquist
Reagan
Brown
San Mateo
Arlen Gregorin
Alquista
Gregorio
Little Hoover Commission
Santa Ana
Health Department
Miller
Metropolitan Hospital
Norwalk
Gov. Brown
Metropolitan
Ray Procmier
Senor Health Department
Michael Levine
Fairview
Costa Mesa
Levine
Fair~view
Agnews
Pacific
Pomona
Napa
Alrady
Letters to the editor on a high school football game and taxes
A reader criticizes Wilson High coach Vic Cuccia for calling Lincoln High quitters after a lopsided game and onside kicks, then urges sportsmanship. Other letters discuss rising property taxes, tax limitation measures, voter action, and praise for or critique of local officials and the police department, also touching on education pay raises and collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson High
Lincoln High
Los Angeles
Vic Cuccia
Wilson
Vndohies
Sam Beck Lakewood
Reagan
Tham
CSEA
Phooey
Hugh B. Cullen
Signal Hill
Letter to the Editor Defends Mondale and Humphrey
In a November letter, Clifford Emerick Sr. rebuts Steven Pike who mocks Mondale and Humphrey as out of touch. He praises Humphrey’s dedicated public service, notes his own prior tribute and response from the senator, and urges Pike to refrain from weak arguments if he has nothing substantive to say.
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Milt Nalibow
Nakhow
Dim Filkins
Filkins
di Om Police Department
Mary Neiswender
John Dever
Ernie Kell
Dever
Ruth E. Snider
Long Beach
Steven Pike
Mondale
Humphrey
Pike
Lanng Beach State University
Parade Magazine
Clifford, Emerick SR
Anger Over Headlines On Israel Lebanon Story
Reader complains that the Nov 9 issue used an opinionated headline Israelis bomb Lebanon. He demands objective reporting noting the article paragraph describes Israeli warplanes bombing Palestinian positions in southern Lebanon in reprisal for attacks. He urges unbiased headlines to prevent misperception.
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Lebanon
Israel
Editor Rights on Published Letters and Addresses
Letters for publication must be signed with the writer name and a street address provided. The street address will not be published, and pen names or initials may be used at the editor's discretion. The editor reserves the right to condense letters and edit for clarity grammar and spelling.
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Allel Jepemde WY
Rass Tele
Bob Schmidt
Miew
Nalibow
Board of Education
HHH
Independent
Press-Telegram
Daniel H. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Miles C. Sines
Don Ohl
Davidevinson
Bert Resnik
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