LA.c. SAYS: Federal aid dangers and local self reliance
A Louisiana columnist decries federal school aid and other subsidies as eroding state and local control. Citing Eisenhower’s meeting with governors, the piece warns that centralized funding weakens freedoms and urges communities to fund schools, roads, dams, and hospitals locally. It argues defense plant workers’ communities must resist dependence on federal money.
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Eisenhower
Long Beech
Navy
Douglas
La.c
Long Beach Considers Night Fire Pits Measure
Town meeting editor notes Councilman Ahern promotes night fire pits for public use urging immediate action. Readers Barbara Friendson and Wayne Watson comment on democracy and leadership, urging timely steps before winter ends and night weather fades.
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Councilman
Ahern
Beasa
Long Beach
Barbara Friendson
Happy St
Calif
A Word to the Wives Editorial Note
A dated long paragraph advises wives on safeguarding harmony in marriage. It echoes a sage precept set for newlyweds, stressing obedience, secrecy, frugality, avoiding conflicts, and honoring the husband. It concludes with the claim that a blessed home stems from respecting one’s wife.
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R Egard
Theo Sem
23Rd St
Long Beach
Cal
Workers erect canopy over the Hercules ship at port
Prelim plans for a 45000 unit memorial are approved by the city with Wells Fargo architect Gibbs to prepare cost estimates. Deputy Coroner Maher takes office after a fatal welding accident. Oil deals on Signal Hill total over 5.0 million as Disney Petroleum sells leases to Richfield. Imperial Japanese training cruisers Iwate and Asama visit the harbor with a 21 gun salute.
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Mammoth
Cometing and
Uwutsh Gibbs
DorNbice Irish
Signal Hill
Isney Petroleum
Richfield Oil Co
San Martinez Oil
Delaney Corporation
Fort MacArthur
Iwate
Asama
English Origin of the Fifth Amendment Proof Found
The guaranty against self incrimination, embodied in the Fifth Amendment, did not originate in the United States but in England, according to historical analysis.
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The
United States
England
Lent Lengthened From 36 to 40 Days in Early Church
The early church extended Lent from 36 days to 40 by around 300 A.D. to align with Christ's 40 days in the Wilderness, adding four days to the original fast period.
Brownell Seen as Central Figure in Civil Rights Clash
Analysis casts Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. as a pivotal and controversial figure amid civil rights debates. Critics blame him for strict standards and alleged missteps in drafting legislation while allies fault Democratic South factions and GOP strategists for political leverage in a volatile Capitol Hill fight.
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Herbert Brownell Jr
Congress
White House
Denouscah Brownell
Justice Department
London
Harry Dexter White
Harry S.traman
Brawnell
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
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du Pont-General Motors
F.D.R
The Independent Publisher and Editorial Staff Listing
The Independent current files are maintained at multiple offices including Ridder Johns Inc Wrigley Building Penobscot Building and 4308 Frenchay Tower with San Francisco offices at 110 Sutter Street. Managing Editor and senior staff names appear in the listing along with advertising representatives.
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Harold M. Hines
Samuel G. Cameron
Geni
Larcy Bua
Man L.A. Gaflins Se
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Ashington News Buresancy Ak
Allies
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Penobscot
Fushay Tower
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San Francisco
Sutter St
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Independent
Strictly Personal Game's Same But Not the Players
A writer overhears athletes at a bar discussing misread laws and pensions. The dialogue touches Sherman and Clayton Acts, Marbury v Madison, anti trust, and federal welfare funding. A boxer, baseball players, a coach, and others debate taxes and self policing amid a sports celebrity milieu.
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Sydney J. Starris
Marbury
Madison
Iron Horse in Trouble Amid Rail Workforce and Plant Glut
Railroads long ruled the U S transport network but face trouble as trucks and planes cut freight and passenger income. Despite higher intercity cargo volumes, Class I lines struggle with rising costs and lower share of traffic. Bus iness Week notes modernization and efficiency could curb losses, with possible government ownership to keep essential service from fading.
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Bruce
Biossat
U.S
Busness Wreele
Rails
Business Week
Questions and Answers Highlights From Trivia Exchange
A quiz style page shows various Q and A items. Topics include etiquette in the British Lords, Canada Dominion Day origins, the first US Agricultural Experimental Station at Wesleyan University 1875, a note on Rachmaninoff’s favorite composition The Isle of the Dead, and Panama hats origin in Ecuador.
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Dominion
Dominion of Canada
America
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Q—Glass
Rachmaninoff
Cos
Pro-Hoffa Ad in Afro-American Splits Detroit Figures
John Cowling, a Detroit official, denied writing or paying for a full page pro-Hoffa ad in the Afro-American read by Hoffa jurors in Washington. The ad’s sponsor Detroit Citizens Civic Committee was unnamed, unregistered, and questioned, while Afro-American coverage claimed strong Detroit support for Hoffa amid a contentious trial and calls for jurors to uncover truth beyond race and politics.
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Washington
John Cowling
Jimmy Hoffa
Detroit
Cowling
Wayne County
Joe Louis
Hoffa
Urs
Detroit Citizens Civic Committee
Frank Crowling
Congressaan
Charles Diggs
Pittsburgh Courier
Itz
Daniel James
Metropolitan Civic Committee
Datel ‘Ames
Staumeh
Cheasty
Cheesty
Samuel Hoskins
Teamsters
Supreme Court
Thinking It Over Weather Prediction By Guesswork
Weather forecasting is done scientifically by meteorologists who study air currents and pressure. Most of us rely on signs and gut feelings rather than data, enjoying the challenge of predicting tomorrow despite limited certainty.
Lost Emperor Pedro II Dom Fedro Abducted in 1889
The former Brazilian emperor Pedro II, also called Dom Fedro, was deposed when Brazil proclaimed a republic in 1889 forcing the abdication of the monarch.
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Pedro II
Dom Fedro
Brazil
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