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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1957

Page

8

Ike Still Favored in Polls

Washington reports Congressional polls show broad but uneven support for Eisenhower's domestic and foreign program. Endorsement ranges from 50 to 70 percent across regions and issues, with mixed views on Dulles and budget cuts.

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Britain faces economic strain from export reliance and strikes

LA.C. argues British workers enjoy higher living standards but face export dependence. Strikes target wage rises as unions say employers profit, yet tax and state railways risks threaten Britain’s economy. The piece notes shipyards, foreign orders, and Suez fallout exacerbating trouble, contrasting with U.S. conditions.

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Town Meeting Editor Independent: 1956 car crash and Long Beach tribute

A garbled 1956 report describes a contractor drinking before a highway crash injuring a child and parent. arrest, trial, and multi year penalties follow. Separate notes praise Long Beach and its Municipal Band, hoping for a 1959 golden anniversary celebration.

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Long Beach Chronicle: 50 Years Ago in Harbor and Education

A review of 50 years past notes Burton Ishundt’s Antarctic fame return and naval postings, the Long Beach Airport plant unit progress, Union Pacific Harbor District completion, and Metro-Politan sanitation site selection. Melvin Neel and Eugene St. Fisher win reelection to the Board of Education amid light voter turnout.

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Weather signs and skywriting give way to prayer

God writes weather signals in the sky and beyond human control. Man reads signs directly and through signs in the blue sky, yet skywriting fades as God remains beyond prediction. William J. Henl, a Michigan State agricultural scientist, pioneered cross fertilization of corn and hybrid corn.

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Independent Hermin H Ridder Publisher Harold Witen Aset to Remuel C Cameron

A fragmented byline page lists publishers editors and staff positions including Hermin H Ridder Harold Witen Aset Remuel C Cameron Larry Coline dror Bua LA Colling ky and Hites E Linen with roles as managing editor and Washington News Bureau staff in a defaced national advertising record

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STRICTLY PERSONAL Bad TV Not All the Public's Fault

Sydney J. Harris argues viewers favor entertaining rough fare over solemn art. He cites dull serious films and high minded messages as reasons audiences drift to crude humor and sensational TV. He notes Shakespeare Shaw Greene as rare dual level writers and says taste is steered by what people feed on.

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Cataracts: Surgery Often Restores Vision

An 84 year old man asks if skipping surgery leads to blindness and about surgical failure rates. The article explains cataracts advance with age, no proven preventives or medical cures exist, and modern surgery can often restore vision with declining failure rates when properly performed.

Edwin P. Jordan NEA Service Acner

Crossword Puzzle Fragments From Indian Area

Puzzle fragment hints include scattered phrases about a 16 term entry. Words reference Indian locales, Tree, Pact, and a 78 Mountain measure. Partial readable items suggest a crossword clue collection with place names and possible dates or numbers, but the text is incomplete and not coherent.

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Questions and Answers Q and A Card

A set of Q and A items about US currency mottos constitutions Civil War events and ancient cities. Includes questions on In God We Trust last emera Korsakov answers like The Golden CockerelBaltimore mob April 19 1961 and El Salvador without Atlantic coast Carthage site on a North African peninsula near Tunis.

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Only the Democrats Defend Ike Budget Cuts in Congress

Washington fights over Ike budget cuts as Democrats defend funding against a GOP coalition. Key items targeted include radiation research, living cost revisions, the Women's Bureau, veterans reemployment, and food and drug inspectors. Several Republicans resisted in a roll call, but most joined to oppose adding inspectors.

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