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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1977
Page
7
The piece argues rent control is not a cure for housing costs and notes long term failures in cities like New York City. It cites rising building costs, property taxes, and housing stock deterioration as underlying issues while suggesting subsidies and tax relief as partial solutions.
A period analysis cites a Stk percent rise in shoplifting from 1972 to 1976 per FBI stats, despite security. The piece notes Christmas season boosts of 20 to 30 percent and estimates at least $5 billion annual loss from retail theft, with 4 million caught yearly and 35 escape for every apprehended. It argues for tougher penalties and highlights consumer cost.
Congress moves to ban all future decorative outdoor gas lamps and shut off those in use by 1982. Exemptions possible for historically significant sites and memorial lights under DOE review. Proponents cite 18.3 thousand cubic feet saved per lamp yearly and broader fuel savings amid shortages.
Frank Dick, Toledo superintendent, led a coalition of business labor Catholic groups and the Toledo Blade, plus student volunteers, to win a property tax levy for schools. Voters approved the five year renewal by 56 percent, yielding about 10 million dollars annually. Dick stresses focus on basic subjects and a reconstituted school board amid broader anti-government sentiment.
Journalists Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover report that the National Women's Conference in Houston produced the National Plan of Action but failed to move legislators. feminists dominated discussions yet conservatives shaped the debate on abortion and homosexuality, complicating political acceptance of the plan. The piece notes the movement’s image as elitist and extremist for aiming to push broad reform at once, challenging allies and lawmakers to endorse a liberal document.
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