Critical Road Repair Needs Raise Taxes or Fees
A Long Beach Rotary Club talk warns Southern California may become a single megacity. Growth demands road funding. California cities now spend 170 million yearly on streets, with only 32 million from gas tax. A proposed 50 percent motor vehicle license fee hike could add 70 million annually for roads. Citizens face higher vehicle fees or higher property taxes to finance expansion.
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Southland
Virgil H. Spongberg
Long Beach
League of California Cities
California
Los Angeles County
Open Letter to Generalissimo Dr. Rafael L.T.M. El Cetera
Open Letter from Ciudad Trujillo concerns three brochures praising Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. It notes reception of pamphlets, references to church and state, and a satirical tone about the leader and local figures. The editors sign off with a wry request for bigger tributes.
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Generalissimo Dr
Rafael L.T.M
el Cetera
Generalissimo
Ciudad Trujillo
U. S
Joseph E. Dockow
Miami
Nixon
Trujillo
Catholic Church
Generalis
Simo
Rafael Leonidad Trujillo Molina
George Washington
Dominican Republic
Pearson
Washington
Wall Street
Las Vegas
Adam Hat Co
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
U.S
Franco
Tito
Madison Avenue Boys
Sherman Adams
Goldfine
G.E
Chrysler
Insuil
Patton
Fall
Dick Nixon
Little Boy
Laotian crisis exposes flaws in anti-Communist alliances
Ray Tucker argues the Laotian crisis reveals that United States backed alliances surrounding Russia and China are largely symbolic. He asserts NATO SEATO METO and UN intervention lack real military power, with front-line strength resting on U S air, sea, and base capabilities amid potential wider conflict.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
Congo
NATO
Europe
Russia
China
Stalin
Khrushchev
Roosevelt
Churchill
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO
Laos
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Laos Gives Navy Edge in Military Maneuvering
Washington The Laotian crisis highlights Navy advantage as Adm. Felt moves Marines into Thailand and commands air-sea operations from offshore carriers. Army and Air Force sidelined in Pacific staging while Marine Task Force 116 prepares ground force options under General Weller and Vice Admiral Griffin.
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Ashington
Laos
Navy
Amy
Air Force
Adm
Harry Felt
Pacific
Thailand
Seventh Fleet
Felt
Vientiane
Donald Weller
Charles Griffin
Pentagon
Army
Philippines
Okinawa
Rosie’ O'Donnell
Laos Crisis Touches SEATO Involvement Fear
Chen Yi warns Beijing would send troops if SEATO orders intervention in Laos while Souvanna Phouma asks Laos not to widen the civil war. In London, Lord Home prepares a stern stance for talks with Kennedy and Macmillan and says no compromise with a stated grave threat to avoid escalation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Chen Yi
Red China
SEATO
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
London
Lord Home
Russia
Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Independent Herald Ridder Co Publisher Staff List
A fragmented OCR record lists individuals tied to the Independent Herald including co publishers editors and advertising representatives with scattered office addresses. The text references Ridder Hines Cameron and other staff roles and an office at 681 Fifth Avenue New York with various city and building names appearing partially.
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Herman H Ridde
Daniel M. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Sanuel C. Cameron
Genl
vPubiilaher Arty Collins Jr
L.A. Calling Sr
Columniat
Malcol Epley
Milex E. Sines
Harry Fulton
Natl Advertising Representatives
Ridder Johns Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Giao Oe Wrigity
Detront von + Penobscot
Minnanpoll
Fenday Tower
Lok Abgros
Sutter
Uvere
What Is Worked for Is Valued In Personal Insight
A reflective piece argues that value rises with cost, noting audiences praise paid speakers over free appearances, and foreigners aid is cooler without conditions. It compares gifts and loans, explaining payment or sacrifice shapes perceived sincerity and influence. It ends that effort or expense prices outcomes and relationships.
Town Meeting Letter Champions Fair Pay to Paper Boys
Readers defend prompt payment to newspaper carriers as civic duty for young entrepreneurs. Lillie Mugfur urges timely collections and consistent delivery while recalling support for local paper Independent. P M Reid recounts political scrutiny and postwar critics, noting distrust in leadership and media.
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Rafael Trujillo
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Ray Tucker
Rave
Southeast Asia
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
West
Tucker
Drew Pearson
House of Representatives
Charlie Halleck
Indiana
Beph
Teller
Finn
Cahull
New Jersey
Halpern
New
Sam Rayburn
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Homer Thornberry
Austin
Walter E. Rogers
Pampa
Sam
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Joe Kilgore
McAllen
White House
Henry Wilson
North Carolina
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Vinson
Khavn
T 9
Marietta
Superstown
Defense McNamara
Ford
McNamara
Excabinet
Arthur Summerfield
Congressional Hotel
Reich
United Press Internati
By Sydney J. Harris
Asia
Town Meeting
George Yeager
Independent
Third Street
Lillie G. Mugfur
Florida St
Drew
P. M. Reid
Tleby
Aary
Mr. Pottleby
Ike
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