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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1960
Page
6
Editorial cites William L. Ryan noting Castro’s fear campaign unfulfilled, as disenchantment grows among Cubans. It argues Castro’s anti US line relies on exposed ignorance and that the public will doubt when promises fail and no Yankee attack materializes.
The Long Beach council yesterday defeated a move to place a June ballot question on changing councilmen elections. Some councilors who voted no indicated possible support at a later date. The proposal would shift to district elections, seen as risking ward politics, but the measure’s fate remains a political academic question.
TIME suggests Adlai Stevenson may lead the Democratic presidential nomination, noting his outsider approach and nonconfrontational tactics. The piece argues his long journeys, avoidance of primaries, and willingness to be a decisive quote maker keep him in the race as other candidates struggle.
Vice President Nixon, third in Wisconsin with 29 percent, argues the state’s peculiar primary drew crossover votes from Republicans to Kennedy. An estimated 150,000 Republican crossovers may have aided Kennedy’s lead over Humphrey, signaling GOP-leaning sentiment and prospects for a fall campaign.
The Independent announces its roster including co publishers Herman Ridder and Harold Hints along with associates Darla Ridtreern Samuel G Cameron editors and city representatives. It lists offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis San Francisco and Washington with current office addresses and staff positions.
Drew Pearson reports Republican leaders quietly examine five Democratic senators with TV station investments as a potential retaliation if the watchdog committee proposed by Sen. Warren Magnuson is activated. The piece cites owners or partial owners in Johnson, Magnuson, Kerr, Anderson, and O Mahoney and links TV monopolies to defense contractors and Eisenhower era politics.
A couple describes an Easter sunrise at Mt. Rubidoux Riverside attended by many, including Boy Scouts guiding hikers with flashlights. At the summit, white robed high school students sang beautifully as daylight broke, a spiritual message shared, and the sun rose, inspiring thoughts of Jesus and love.
L A Sowers argues the public library should be in the Civic Center, not the business district, suggesting a new building with rear parking and warning against paying extra to acquire the Wise Building. He dismisses cost concerns and urges beautification of the Civic Center.
Sydney Harris notes New York publisher reissued Turgenevs The Torrents of Spring in translation with a praise quote. He recalls critics often savage fellow writers and cites Byron Emerson James Moore Twain Walpole Richardson Carlyle Coleridge and Norman Mailer as examples. Harris argues creative minds judge others harshly and praise is rare.
Remember when Long Beach endured three days of heat with temperatures hitting 94 99 and 92 amid dry conditions. Sgt Joe Hale returned to desk sergeant duty in the police bureau as other officers took exams while grass fires flared in North Long Beach. State highway plans shifted funding north after opposition to a 100 foot wide State Street route affecting Wilmington Long Beach and nearby coast cities.
United Press International reports Sen. Alexander Wiley urges an end to dirty politics in this year’s election. Former Defense Secretary Neil McElroy says he’d join the race if defense becomes pivotal. Adlai Stevenson quips about a newspaper ad boom. In San Francisco, Henrietta Sidelinger, 69, jailed for allegedly trying to hire a killer for her former son in law.
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