Editorial on South Africa election and apartheid policy
An editorial decries Wednesday’s all white South Africa elections as a non event for blacks who lack voting rights. It condemns Prime Minister Vorster’s plans for limited power sharing while warning the white minority could scuttle the nation to avoid equal rights. It contrasts Rhodesia’s one man one vote idea as a possible peace path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
John Vorster
Vorster
Ian Smith
Africa
Bob Sarders
Orange County
Independent Press-Telegram
Woodrow Butterfield
Butterfield
Registrar of Voters
Butter 12
Danger Days Holiday Crime and Traffic Safety Tips
State Attorney General Evelle Younger notes Thanksgiving to New Year sees higher crime and traffic injuries. Shoppers should hide purses, lock cars, retrieve clerks’ credit cards, and secure packages. Pedestrians cross at corners, follow signals, wear white at night, and motorists stay patient. Partying means designate drivers. 1978 looked promising for safer holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelle Younger
Millikan pep band funding and game participation
Norton R. Goddard argues that Millikan High pep band attended a Poly High game, not the full band, due to budget limits. He notes budget constraints affect event attendance and outfitting 30 players is impractical while praising Millikan’s performers and hosting of the All Western Band Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clements
Millikan Hig
Poly
Millikan
Clements
Millikan High
Social Security crisis prompts reform debate in Congress
Washington opinion piece argues the Social Security system faces mounting deficits with 1975 to 1976 impacts and a $17 trillion projected long term gap. It urges Revenue increases, broadening payroll taxes, bringing seven million public employees into Social Security, age and benefit reform, and capping future automatic adjustments while warning hard choices lie ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Senate
House
Congress
Letters to the editor weigh civic snobbery and politics
Readers critique Huby Fiening on class bias inflaming tax debates. Dorothy Oxford and Cathy Garcia praise IPT sports and local coverage. Laurence Schmit defends campaign reporting accuracy, while Laurence J. Schmit questions Evans and Novak on Middle East risk and Israeli reciprocity. The letter set covers social class, media fairness, and Middle East diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huby Fiening
Initiative petitions and tax concerns rise in local letters
Authors praise a drive to curb property taxes and urge more volunteers to gather signatures for a Lakewood ballot measure while others critique landlord taxes in Seal Beach. A reader disputes Middle East peace rhetoric, arguing that true peace requires cessation of conflicts and harsh regional dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Thiele
Rosie Mockli
Ocean Avenue
Seal Beach
Bob Brown
City workers aid trapped cat on palm tree
A grateful resident thanks Police Department Animal Shelter and city maintenance for rescuing a cat stuck in a tall ivy covered palm while rain fell. She praises the humane service and Thanksgiving gratitude to the workers in Long Reach.
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Police Department
Jean Anderson
Long Reach
Editor notes on Tatlers publication rules
The page states submissions must be signed with a street address and may use pen names or initials. The editor may condense letters and edit for clarity grammar and spelling and will not publish the street address.
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Walon, Deradeat
Younger
Washington
Howe End
Sir. Carter
Stouse
Commerce
Juanite Kreps
James J
Cathy Garcia Lakewood
IPT
Duane Loonikar
Schmit
Laurence J. Schmit
Santa Ana
Evans
Novak
United Jewish Appeal
Sadat
Israel
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Bank
Golan Heights
Syria
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Begin
Cairo
Mr. Begin
Jarvis
Jo Bennett
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sinai
G. Abraham Long
Fine City Employees
Daniel H. Ridder
Samuel C Cameron
Miley
Sines
Don Ohl
David Levinson
Bert Resnik
Pine Ave
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