Editorials Bill Grant's splendid legacy
Long Beach mourns former Assemblyman William S. Grant whose quiet persistence and leadership shaped state policy and supported tidelands oil revenue protection. He helped bring a state college to Long Beach and later served on the city council while aiding numerous groups. His steady, results oriented approach left a lasting impact.
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William S. Grant
Long Beach
Bill Grant
Tidelands
Bill
John Mansell
Grant
Assembly
Questioning Hoover era FBI curiosity meets caution
A Los Angeles Times probe shows FBI officials asked reporters to put questions in writing before answering. The chat covered agency ties to a TV show and rumors of punitive transfers, with lighter queries about carpeting costs tires and a mahogany pirate chest gift.
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Los Angeles Times
Jack Nelson
Ronald J. Ostrow
Thomas Bishop
FBI
Bishop
J. Edgar Hoover
Nelson
Ostrow
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Washington
Valley Forge
The
Freedoms Foundation
Jack Daniel
American Civil Liberties Union
Muskie Credited For Candor Amid Credibility Debates
The piece analyzes Ed Muskie as a front runner whose blunt statements risk political backlash. It notes his Los Angeles remark on facing defeat and his Attica Prison speech as efforts to confront hard truths rather than dodge them. It highlights a climate of dissembling in Nixon era politics.
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Muskie
Los Angeles
George Romney
John Kennedy
Martin Luther King
America
Nixon
George Wallace
Nixon-Agnew
Attica
Hus
Rhodesia Hopeful After Senate Move on Chrome Sanctions
Rhodesia reacts to 46 Senate votes to relax chrome sanctions and to near terms of a London Salisbury agreement. Talks stress Rhodesia's independence with safeguards for Africans while Britain presses for progress toward majority rule amid economic strain and a rising black population.
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Rhodesia
Washington
Chrome
Senate
London
Parliament House
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Westminster
Jan Smith
Britain
Edward Heath
Douglas Home
U.N
America
Africa
Wakefield defends pay cut plan and voter control
Assemblyman Floyd L Wakefield replies to an editorial opposing his proposal to cut legislator pay and freeze official salaries until voters approve raises He argues Proposition 1 A granted a full time legislature but removed the public’s right to vote on pay raises point ing to increased salaries and per diem He calls for a constitutional measure to restore voter oversight and reduce fiscal excess in California government.
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Floyd L. Wakefield
California
Sacramento
Floyd L, Wakefield
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