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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1970
Page
6
The Long Beach editorial portrays a city ailment likening it to a toothache. It argues the recall movement targets four councilmen and City Manager John Mansell over airport expansion plans, urging citizens to consider city health as a whole rather than hasty punishment.
The piece argues that bold American commando operations in Vietnam and Cambodia show courage and precision but cannot yield military solutions to prisoner recoveries. It warns prisoners are bargaining leverage in peace talks and that a full rescue requires negotiation and withdrawal. It hopes for a prisoner release by next Thanksgiving.
The article recounts Bob Hope presiding over a London beauty contest when smoke bombs were thrown by Women's Liberationists. Hope comments that attractive women lack those problems, and questions whether clever women can excel without such acts, while criticizing the disruption and suggesting Hope may not reflect many American men’s views.
A book note surveys two titles: Che wit of Women compiled by Lore and Maurice Cowan, Aurora 3.50, and Recollections by Alexis de Tocqueville from Doubleday 7.05. The writeup highlights the vices of the rich as errors versus crimes of the poor, plus Tocqueville’s behind the scenes view of the 1848 French Revolution and its relevance today.
Readers dispute the recall election price of 85 000 dollars noting past airport funding and kid gloves toward major projects. The letter writers blame politics, pensions, and misdirected priorities while defending the Queen Mary and community efforts.
The piece notes that evidence suggests intelligent life may exist only on Earth, despite vast space. It argues Mars Venus and other planets remain barren and asserts space exploration pushes Congress and scientists toward new conclusions.
The article argues unmanned lunar and planetary exploration could replace human missions due to cost and efficiency. It contrasts Soviet robotic progress with Apollo era aims, notes Nixon cuts to space programs, and questions which path advances science and national goals. It suggests Americans will return to the moon and ponders revival of an unmanned Mars project.
UPI reports that despite growing diplomatic chatter, official Beijing signals little interest in joining the UN. Chou En Lai criticized the UN as US dominated, while New China News Agency and People’s Daily cast the organization as imperialist and irrelevant to China’s aims.
The United States maintains a hard line on Communist China’s UN seat while insisting Taiwan’s Nationalist government must not be expelled. Washington would veto Peking’s permanent UN role if it displaces Taiwan, complicating U S attempts to ease Asia tensions amid limited signs of warming in Peking.
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