Open heart surgery comes closer at St Marys cardiac center
The Long Beach St Marys cardiac center nears operation with a heart-lung machine on the horizon and a heart sound machine already in use. Donations from local groups including Long Beach Elks Lodge 888 support this community effort to treat children like 5 year old Steven Keeney who has a hole in his heart.
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Theodor Billroth
U.S
Long Beach
St. Mary's
Steven Keeney
Steven
St Mary's Hospital
Heart Guild
Dag Hammarskjold Keeps Crisis Coun ters With Quiet Precision
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold runs a tight crisis schedule with 11 to 12 hour days and frequent travel to Peiping Cairo or Moscow. He limits public briefings during crises, relies on a small inner circle, and writes at night with aides present while keeping leaks under control.
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N.Y.P
Middle East
Peiping
Cairo
Moscow
London
Paris
Harmmarskjold
U. W
Park Avenue
General Assembly
Security Council
Crisis Ag
Andrew W. Cordier
Ralph J. Bunche
Rose Alm
Wiliam Ranallo
Don Thomas
Loretta Cowan
Hammarskjold
Short Words Haunt The Dictionary Says Sydney Harris
The essay examines how brief words defy precise definition in dictionaries. It cites Johnson’s network example and notes how simple terms like peace liberty and sit resist exact meaning, while modern usage often shifts their sense.
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Samuel Johnson
Ire Focus on Preserving the United Nations
Walter T Ridder argues Eisenhower and Dulles remain determined to preserve the United Nations. He notes their approach to summit talks, their belief that the UN must work through the body, and that dispersing issues or bypassing the UN would threaten its effectiveness. Ridder cites past conferences and the Middle East security council agenda as pivotal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Dulles
Germany
Topah
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Munich
Bad Godesberg
Suez
United States Administration
UN Securty Council
Middle East
Security Council
Town Meeting Edytor on Billboards and Labor Unions
A letter argues against roadside billboards as distracting and harmful to traffic safety and economic welfare. A Downey reader defends unions, citing the 1951 Douglas Aircraft strike that he says advanced workers' gains including higher wages and benefits.
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Aletnede
Brighton
Cedar Ave
R. J. Smith
Douglas Aircraft
Douglas
Smith
United Action
Edmund J. Wianecki
E. Cecilia St. Downey
Quotes From World Leaders and a Divorce Case
Secretary of State Dulles cites a joint Russian Chinese communique hinting at Latin American independence moves. De Seversky dismisses limited war as military trash. Minnie Nicholas testifies her wealthy lover struck first in a 1940s divorce case. Stevenson notes peace begins in the human heart in Moscow church sermon.
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John Foster Dulles
Latin Americas
Alexander P. de Seversky
Minnie
Connie) Nicholas
Adlai
Stevenson
Moscow
Baptist Church
Remembering Parks Chief Scherer and 1940s changes
A historic note recalls the death of Herman J. Scherer, parks superintendent since 1940, and the city’s unanimous choice of Ernest R. Barker as his successor. It also references an eight mile beach regatta, Long Beach yacht Debutante’s win, and municipal land acquisitions for a new Auditorium project. The piece blends memorials with past civic actions and journalism staff bylines from the period.
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Herman J. Scherer
Carl ‘B Wirsching
Ernest R. Barker
Scherer
Park Commission
Commodore Wesley Smith
Long Beach Yacht Club Yacht Debutante
Whiskey lobbyists push campaign money for tax break
Drew Pearson reports on a backstage whiskey tax battle between Schenley and Seagrams. He details Schenley lobbyists pressuring Senators and Democrats, including a Sunstrom- Smathers meeting and a proposed campaign contribution, amid broader GOP tactics and investigations. The piece links lobby activity to tax amendments and political maneuvering.
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Congress
Pearson
Schenley
Seagrams
Act of Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Frank
Sunny) Sundstrom
New Jersey
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Florida
Sundstrom
Democratic Senate
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Cowboy) Binkley
Len Yarborogh
Tennessee
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Missouri
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Moulder
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Bernard Goldfine
Mack
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Harry Vaughan
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