Long Beach harbor dreamers push for 80 berths by 1980
Editorial argues that the Port of Long Beach should expand with a plan for four new piers and up to 80 berths by 1980. It cites $100 million book value for current facilities, a $21 million follow-up project, oil-income financing, and strong economic growth as justification for a self-supporting, debt-free harbor. The piece rejects critics and urges cautious expansion aligned with past successes.
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Long Beach
Nicholson-Collins
Tidelands
Nicholson and Collins
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Strictly Personal Lies About Lincoln and Socrates Spread
A Sydney Harris essay discusses how false Lincoln statements persist in histories. It cites Socrates quotes misattributed by followers and notes that neither Plato nor Xenophon record those remarks, highlighting how misquotation travels with prestige and miscontextualized references.
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Sydney J. Harris
Lincoln
Saturday Review
Plato
Xenephon
Socrates
Stock disclosures and senatorial conflicts spark backlash
Young Ohio senator Steve Young exposes his holdings and divests, spotlightting links between politics and stock interests. The piece recalls past cases of Morse, Kerr, Bricker, and Lausche, noting how personal gain and railroad influence shaped policy and votes, and highlights national probes into Bernard Goldfine and AT T’s push for higher profits amid cost-cutting.
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Washington
Steve Young
Ohio
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Thomas
Agriculture Department of Commodity Trading
Senate Agriculture Committee
Morse
George Aiken
Vermont
Kerr
Young
John Bricker
Frank Lausche
Bricker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Robert W. Minor
Charles A. Webb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minor
ICG
New York Central
Lausche
Interstate Commerce Committee
Manhattan
Plans for three new schools approved by board of education
The board approved building three new schools in Lakewood Los Altos and Signal Hill areas at 500000 each. Twenty years ago the Pacific Electric railroad service was recommended for discontinuance by engineers at a state railroad commission hearing with motor coach replacement. Horace Cufion Mrs Bermice Edgar and Aubrey Parks won a five candidate school board race Clifton was re elected and Mrs Edgar served the unexpired term of Julia Ellen Rogers.
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David Boreham
Los Alamitos
John Burroughs
Lakewood
Los Altos
Signal Hill
Board of Education
Pacific Electric Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Ray L. Riley
Horace
Cufion
Bermice
John M) Edgar
Aubrey R. Parks
Clifton
Edgar
Julia Ellen Rogers
Pentagon Favored Regions in $50 Billion Weapons Contracts
Washington reports that nearly $50 billion in military spending reshapes the economy by directing Pentagon contracts to certain regions. Procurement officers weigh costs, labor, transport, efficiency, housing, crime, schools, racial relations, fuel, weather, and regional capacity, with the South and West gaining favored status. The impact accelerates as northern plants face higher costs and disruption.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Pentagon
Chambers of Commerce and
House
Senate
North
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Far West
Southwest
South
Budget Bureau
Americas
Industral
New York
Seaboard
St. Lawrence Waterway
Middle West
New England
Upper Midwest
Quotes From Leaders Stir Global Crisis Talk
General Power warns Khrushchev of swift retaliation if attacked, stressing full awareness of consequences. West German Foreign Minister Brentano urges cautious optimism about Geneva talks and hoped positive results. Former President Hoover urges public support for Eisenhower amid Berlin crisis, stating Americans are not frightened by Kremlin threats.
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Washington
Thomas 5
Power
Strategic Air Command
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Heinrich von Brentano
Soviet Union
South Bend
Ind
Hoover
Eisenhower
Berlin
Kremlin
The Independent editorial staff and bureaus list
The Independent publication credits publishers editors and staff roles and notes office locations in Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco and Washington with a news bureau at 108 Albee Building.
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Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Harold Hines
Samuel C. Cameron
Larry Gallina Jr
LA. Calling Sr
Malcolm & PLC
Miles E. Sinebi
Harry Fulton
National Advertising Representatives
Ridder Johns, Inc
Nan Yi
Fifty Avenue
Chicago
Saan Wrigley Bidg.y Penobscot
Bila
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Wyeth Ste
San Francisco
Sullar Ste
Washington News Bureau
Albee
the Independent
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Long Beach Harbor
Inner Harbor
Southern California
Southland
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Port of
Harris
Shakespeare
Marx
Freud
Drew Pearson
Young Report
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Frankie Costello
American Tel
Public Service
Act
Pearson
Ray Tucker
Tucker
Ay United Press
Miss Plaskin
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