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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1967
Page
1
Michigan Democrat Rep Martha Griffiths urges that the Supreme Court will apply the equal protection clause to women and affirm that women are people. She contrasts the court’s protection of minorities with its stance on women’s rights, likening it to medieval logic.
Sacramento Governor Ronald Reagan urged President Johnson to drop the pretense of peace and prosperity as he pushed for increased civilian wartime sacrifice. In a holiday interview from his office, Reagan argued the nation must back troops with full resources and warned of drift in policy while maintaining he is not a candidate for president or vice president. He plans a fall speaking tour and will dedicate Eureka College's new library, signaling rising political attention.
SACRAMENTO (UPS) A J Cooper, secretary of the State Highway Commission since 1959, has been fired from his $19,000 a year post. Transportation Agency director Gordon Luce confirmed the dismissal, effective Oct. 1, with five applicants remaining for a successor. Days earlier John Erreca was dismissed as public works director and replaced by Samuel B Nelson, a Los Angeles engineer, in the $25,000 a year post.
A four member special committee was appointed by UC Board of Regents chairman Theodore R. Meyer to recommend a fee to be paid by all resident students. The panel may also suggest additional revenue sources. Some regents criticized the group as biased. Chairman is Dewit H. Higgs. other members include John E. Canaday, Philip L. Boyd, Edward W. Carter, Mrs. Edward H. Weller, Edwin W. Pauley, and Frederick G. Dutton protested the panel's makeup.
Chattanooga prevailed in a legal skirmish with Georgia over the General, the Civil War locomotive, as Chancellor Ray Brack ordered to maintain the injunction preventing removal for now. Georgia and L&N Railroad lodged motions and appeals, while keeping the relic in Chattanooga for the moment.
A fragment from the Long Beach area obituary notice notes a former official tied to the postal office. The readable lines mention a man connected with public service and local civic life, with no full names or dates available in the surviving text.
Ralph Nader told Syracuse that General Electric is secretly developing a highly advanced electric car with a 200 mile range, 81 mph top speed, and eight minute recharge. He said the four seat honeycomb aluminum body vehicle uses a hybrid fuel cell battery, tested at Schenectady and built with help from the Il lings Institute of Technology.
A Royal Air Force expert in the RAF Quarterly says the Russians may have developed a multiple independently guided reentry vehicle system. MIRV would allow each missile to carry ten or more megaton warheads, potentially erasing the U S lead in missile numbers.
Police traced a $1 million yearly prostitution ring linked across San Francisco Portland Seattle Las Vegas and San Diego. Twelve arrested and 12 sought for pandering as they ran 5 to 15 girl stables from Sunset Strip clubs. Prostitution charged at $100 plus with money funneled to ring leaders.
BERLIN 41 A Columbia University instructor may have been arrested in Communist East Germany for photographing buildings for Berlin architecture research. Ronald Wiedenhoeft, 30, Milwaukee, and Peter Felnauser, 27, Providence, have unclear charges as U S officials and West Berlin lawyers pursue cases. Wiedenhoeft went to East Berlin Sept 5 and did not return that night. his wife Renata, born in Berlin, says authorities would not reveal reasons. The U S government does not recognize East Germany, complicating legal access.
Local rental postings vanish quickly when placed in the Classified section. Call HE 2-5959 to place your ad and reach renters efficiently.
Sacramento UPI reports Senate leader Hugh M Burns defended the senate subcommittee on un American activities saying it will not be abolished. He plans to resign as chairman and proposes a new approach with different leadership and staff. He rejects calls to end the panel and notes the new left movement as a focus for its yearly report.
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