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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1970
Page
12
Governor Reagan signed two bills to allow methadone treatment for heroin addicts. The substitution reduces craving when properly supervised, and can help addicts return to work or school. Critics call it a sociological experiment, but supporters urge careful, permissive access under new laws.
The Rockefeller heirs Nelson Laurance David and Joan decide to preserve six square miles in Westchester County for public use. Taxes on the Pocantico Hills estate exceed 270000 annually. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says the land’s beauty and history should be protected from haphazard development as a model for other private properties. Detailed plans are not yet set and public funding may be needed for recreation and preservation.
A Vietnam Mail Call plea requests readers to send Christmas cards and warm notes to US troops in Vietnam and Thailand. Instructions cover the address, packaging, and postage, with donations supporting the non profit effort. Also letters encourage public involvement in politics and environmental action, urging readers to engage with editors and officials.
Island residents protest Navy control as the garrison expands its reach. The 7000 acre isle hosts rockets, air to ground missiles, naval shells and air strafing on many days, with fishermen and swimmers needing Navy permission to enter a surrounding three mile belt. Civilian population remains small and nonvoting.
The Culebra issue heats in Congress as Cranston and Goodell push an amendment to bar Navy target practice on the island while Bennett Rivers resist. Puerto Rico leaders like Governor Ferre and Luis Muñoz Marin urge alternatives, and Sen Jackson proposes a recreation area option. The clash pits national security claims against local hardship and sovereignty.
A reflective notice discusses the rare path of becoming a college president at a liberal arts college. The author, favoring literary life and rooted in tradition, offers suggestions to any heroic candidate while acknowledging the demanding, thankless nature of the role.
Russell Kirk advocates sweeping reforms for a liberal arts college. He urges pruning enrollment and faculty, trimming the curriculum, tightening budgets, simplifying administration, and curbing athletics to restore intellectual discipline and moral purpose. He emphasizes valuing serious teaching, student achievement, and academic freedom over spectacle and rapid change.
A roundup of current paperbacks including Bernadette Devlin's The Price of My Soul about the Belfast civil rights era, Louis Althusser's For Marx translated by Ben Brewster, The War in the Air on the RAF in World War I edited by Gavin Lyall, and Jung's Analytical Psychology by C G Jung. Each title is priced around $1.05 to $1.95.
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