Editorial on Harbor Merger Plan Threatening Long Beach
The piece criticizes Assemblyman Vincent Thomas for proposing to merge Long Beach and Los Angeles ports into a single agency. It argues the plan would undermine Long Beach’s ongoing subsidence repairs and threaten city control of tidelands, urging state change without city consent is legally and morally unacceptable.
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Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Thomas
Hye Harbors
Harbor
Long Beach Harbor
California
Cooperative Effort Funds $1 Polio Immunization Clinics
Citywide polio immunization program set to begin April 27 at $1 clinics in accessible sites. City Manager Sam Vickers brokered the Polio Immunization Committee which crafted a plan with records, hygiene, and broad oversight. March of Dimes, Health Department, school health, PTA, Nursing Assn. of Long Beach and Lakewood, and local osteopaths receive praise for coordinating the civic effort.
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Sam Vickers
March of Dimes
Pt.a
Nursing Assn
Long Beach
Lakewood
Pan-Am Fete Brings Lakewood Together for 13th Festival
Lakewood citizens stage the 13th Pan American Festival April 13 19 celebrating international friendship with 20 Latin American nations. The week long event blends bilingual tribute and cultural expression with fun and spectacle fueled by 13 years of community effort and dedication to the good neighbor policy.
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Lakewood
I Don’t Know What Ails My Back Says Patient About Doctors
The writer critiques medical pretension and diagnostic secrecy. He argues genuine honesty beats confident misdiagnosis, noting many illnesses lack precise causes. He recalls a personal preference for a doctor willing to admit ignorance, finding comfort in candor over certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taj Mahal
Morton Seeks RNC Chair Amid Kentucky Debt
Washington observes the maneuvering around Senator Morton of Louisville who may resign to allow Happy Chandler to join the Senate. The ledger of past debts colors a push for Morton to head the Republican National Committee, with expectations of a future vacancy. Also noted are cautions from the Senate on rapid confirmations of Cabinet nominees.
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Washington
Sen
Thruston Morton
Louisville
Earle Clements
Kentucky
Happy Chandler
Morton
Senate
Republican National Committee
Chandler
Quotes From Jackson Dirksen and Lamarr
United Press International reports Sen Henry M Jackson urges shifting from budget fetish to growth to counter Soviet power and fund defense through economy and taxes. Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen says the party must stand on its record and press its case to win public support. Actress Hedy Lamarr appears in district court seeking 7500 a month in temporary alimony from fifth husband Howard Lee, saying she gave everything while he gave nothing.
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New York
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
United States
Washington—Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Jrl
Houston
Hedy Lamarr
Howard Lee
Howard
Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt Draws Crowds
The Rotary Club hosted its seventh annual Easter egg hunt for children of East, West and North Day Nur series with Rotarians as Easter Rabbits, plus ice cream and cookies served to guests. Nearby, an oil land acquisition near Bixby Terrace worried residents as Richfield Co drilled 4,900 feet. Long Beach reported 15 million dollars in building under way and 10 million more financed for work within six months per E A Bradbury of the Builders Exchange.
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Rotary Club
Bixby Terrace
Cherry Ave
Richfield Co
Independence Advertises National News Offices and Publisher Roles
Fragmentary OCR shows names and titles like Publisher, Manager, Executive Editor, and offices listed in New York Chicago Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Washington with scattered acronyms and misread words. The text outlines newspaper staff positions and multiple city addresses, though many words are garbled.
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Deeman HH. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Harold A. Hine
Samuel G. Camron
Arry Gobins
J la
Goblins Sr
Mateoum Epley
Sine Haney Fulton National Adyo Ridder Johnason
Asat
Gent
Bus
Rial
Anaying
Rat
Editon Sing Representatives Inc
Matt Ih
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Fringe Elements Pull Demos Apart
The piece argues that Democratic leaders face internal rifts as diverse factions loyal to figures like Johnson and Rayburn clash with National Chairman Butler. It notes how roosting liberal and labor-aligned groups formed by Roosevelt and Truman era politics have pulled Democrats in different directions, complicating policy and party unity.
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Congress
Sam Rayburn
Johnson
Rayburn
House
Capitol Hill
Paul M. Butler
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Drew Pearson
Clements
Tim Tam
Adm
Lewis Strauss
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Art
Admiral
Commerce
Senate Interstate and Forsign Commerce Committee
Eisenhower
Rithard A. Mack
Federal Communications Commission
White House
Mack
Smathers and
Holland
Florida
Warren Magnuson
Commerce Committee
Channel 10
Miami
Smathers
George McConnaughey
FCC
Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
McConnaughey
Monroney
Edward Howrey
Federal Trade Commission
Magnuson
Firestone
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Howrey
Sheeman Adams
Robert E. Lee
Senate Elections Committee
Joe McCarthy
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Lee
Moulder
Apy Pointee
Pearson
United Press International
Ray Tucker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tucker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
la Follette
Wayne Morse
Oregon
GOP
Northwest
Morse
Americans For Democratic Action
Anvil
Patrick McNamara
Michigan
Rooseveltians
Gompers
Detroit
MecNa-Mara
Walter P. Reuther
The
United Automobile Workers
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