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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1966
Page
12
Opinion piece argues teenagers are accountable for actions and should face consequences. While some parents lack discipline, responsibility lies with youths and society to enforce boundaries. Emphasizes guidance, not excuses, and urges recognition of youth wrongdoing as adult-like accountability.
President Johnson warns against quick leases of federal land for geothermal power without safeguards. He cites trusteeship for 200 million Americans and urges reclaiming ruined lands, insisting natural resources require prudent use to prevent national decline and future hardship.
The Long Beach edition notes a policy change allowing only names and home towns in letters, sometimes initials with towns, requiring true signatures and verification, and retaining editor discretion to shorten and edit. The page also reprints reader comments praising Armistice Day coverage and quoting political figures on tax policy and Reagan era politics.
Washington reports the 705-seat turnover by Republicans in state legislatures, described as unmatched in three decades. The piece notes 1966's sweep surpasses Democrats' 1958 gains and follows GOP losses around 500 seats in 1964 as part of the shifting political landscape.
Bruce Biossat reports that Republicans added about 3,200 seats, with large gains in the Midwest and Mountain states. Iowa Indiana Michigan North Dakota South Dakota Maine and Florida led. Democrats retain control in 24 states while Republicans gain in Illinois and seven other double-control states with Democratic governors.
Washington Star describes the ongoing federal paperwork burden traced to Hoover Commission reviews in 1948, 1955, and 1965, despite improvements led by the National Archives. It notes a presidential order cutting filing cabinets and reports by agencies aiming to purge and simplify records.
House committee highlights wasteful bureaucracy with 8 billion yearly paperwork costs, 255000 federal workers filing records, and 25 million cubic feet of stored documents. It notes over 36000 forms and 2800 computers, urging automation and central filing to cut costs and tame the mountains of paperwork.
The piece argues that while overall education levels rise across preschools to higher institutions, racial inequality persists with Black students facing the poorest opportunities. It notes postwar federal funding increased college chances but warns many smaller and historically Black colleges lack enough qualified teachers, while some educators fear assessing quality, fearing unsettling findings.
Ralph McGill critiques current education testing, saying measuring techniques fail to reveal what students really know. He asserts the nation needs tools to assess actual knowledge rather than relative placement, noting regional gaps and calling for better understanding of learners’ true capabilities.
A whispered meeting with Percy Blythe Nettlerash reveals a sensational pledge to form The Outraged Liberals for Reagan. He predicts a nationwide program and even suggests leading new camps as a safeguard for liberal voices in a changing political dawn.
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