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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1967
Page
6
A fragment from Long Beach California dated Tuesday September 26 1957 on page B2, likely containing notes or memo like material about the management of education. The readable portion mentions individuals and institutional references but details are incomplete.
A Reagan task force urges heavy reductions in state recreation funding tied to the $2.8 billion State Water Project. It proposes lowering total recreation outlays to 133.1 million over 50 years, with 105.3 million in the next decade, by eliminating several water recreation areas and staging developments by demand. The panel warns against shortsighted limits that ignore rising demand and population growth, urging full hearings before policy becomes final.
Congress reverses July stance on federal funds for rat extermination in slums, adding 40 million for varied health programs including rodent control. Washington reports credit constituents for the shift as lawmakers face the long hot summer and confront crowded tenements with practical action. The measure shifts from eradication alone to broader funding, signaling a move to address urban infestation through diversified programs.
Dorothy A. Russell urges scrutiny of a proposed five billion dollar missile defense, arguing it expands war profits, grows costs to taxpayers in Long Beach, and risks dangerous unintended consequences. She advocates diplomacy over escalation and praises FCC fairness rulings disciplining broadcaster rhetoric.
The Virginia village nicknamed Snickersville faces bleak decline with boarded stores and a closed school while imagining a revival through residential development for Washingtonians and Virginians. The piece surveys nationwide town abandonments as millions seek new lives in cities, questioning Bluemont’s path forward.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced a forthcoming cabinet conference to address the rural to urban migration, proposing checks on the movement from country towns to cities. He argues transportation, industry relocation, housing, and recreational development are needed to keep people in or return to rural areas.
A speculative piece envisions future newspapers freeing headline writers from the current limits of strong verb usage. It argues that typography and presentation could evolve to convey shock and sensationalism without relying on rigid verb choice. The essay muses about a more flexible, less constrained news style.
The piece discusses why headlines favor short sharp Anglo-Saxon verbs like hits slaps dooms and kills over longer Latin words and cites examples such as a hypothetical Peers Kill Antidisestablishmentarianism Bill. It reflects on how editorial tone mirrors the constraints of one column and the dramatic impact of action verbs.
The 36 Doric columns of the Lincoln Memorial symbolize the 36 states of the Union that the Emancipator helped to save. In World War II history, atomic energy first served practically when the Hiroshima bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, after the Trinity test at Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. A chicken heart beats about 300 times per minute.
Washington column notes poverty stigma in America as welfare mothers protest in the Senate Finance Committee. It criticizes the pending Social Security and welfare bill to “freeze” aid for children, require work, and limit benefits, arguing the plan targets the poor and erodes family support. The piece cites Georgia rules showing harsh enforcement and warns the bill would reduce aid to unemployed fathers and children. It closes with a Biblical and a Frederick the Great quotation on truth and prejudice.
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