Editorial: Freeway link urgency for San Diego and Long Beach
Navy officials warn of dangerous communications gaps between San Diego and Los Angeles Long Beach areas. The answer lies in the inland San Diego Freeway linking the regions but the project is delayed. A Long Beach delegation travels to Sacramento to push funding and rights of way for the Harbor Freeway to Atlantic Avenue and beyond.
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San Diego
Long Beach
Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Sacramento
California State Highway Commission
Tense vote on court curb marks end of Congress
DREW PEARSON reports a 41-40 bid to table a resolution curbing Supreme Court powers as the 85th Congress winds down. Senators McClellan Byrd Thurmond and Hennings display varied courage while Republicans sit on sideline, highlighting Democratic rifts and the court’s independence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John McClellan
Arkansas
Senate
Joe Robinson
White House
Roosevelt
Robinson
Sen
Jimmy Byrnes
South Caroina
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Walter George
Dick Russell
Georgia
Eas
John McClallan
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Joan Calhoun
Byrd
John Marshall
Jefferson
Devalue the Nuisance by Bruce Biossart
The piece argues nuisance value shapes civil and public life by delaying, exhausting time, and pressuring settlements. It critiques unscrupulous debtors, lagging bills, and nuisance bills in legislatures, noting Soviet diplomacy also uses nuisance tactics. It calls for devaluing nuisance to restore justice and freedom.
Quotes by United Press International on Faubus and others
In Little Rock Gov. Orval Faubus asks the Arkansas Legislature for a law to cross any school facing forced integration. Chicago GOP leader Mercian Alcorn says Republicans can only lose by defeating themselves. Taipei minister Yu Ta Wei vows to resist if Reds seize offshore islands. Meany blames business groups and administration for Kennedy Ives labor reform bill failure.
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United Press
International
Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Chicago
Mercien Alcorn
Taipei
Formosa
Yu Ta Wei
Quemoy
Matsu
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
City approves bids for Veterans Memorial Stadium concrete structure
City Manager authorized to advertise bids for a $945.00 concrete structure at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lakewood Village to be completed for the 1949 football season. Harbor Commission moves to oil development on city land south of W Seaside Blvd after a state court denial. Subway plans under Ocean Blvd at 16th Pl estimate $87,000 for a 16 ft tunnel with an alternate 10 ft tunnel at $?7,000.
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Veterans Memorial Stadium
Lakewood Village
Edwin M. Campbell
Harbor Commission
W. Seaside Blvd
State Supreme Court
State
Long Beach
Ocean Blvdet 16Th Pl
G. W. Firth
Bixby Park
Labor Vote Power Faces Great Test in 1960 Elections
Washington report surveys organized labor’s clout as AFL-CIO leaders back Democratic candidates in Congress and key governorship races. It weighs labor influence on the 1960 presidential race, debates corruption in unions, Meany and Reuther efforts, and Democrat majorities driving potential reforms or inaction. The piece notes union strength and unaffiliated workers, predicts a 30–50 seat House gain and about 10 Senate seats for Democrats if labor backing holds.
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Washington
AFL- Cio
Congress
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Labor Hs
F.D.R
Truman
Ike Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
McClellan
Sen
Kennedy
Sen. Ives
Sen McClellan
House
Senate
Dr Jordan on Heart Murmurs in Children
Dr Jordan explains that most child heart murmurs are innocent and outgrown, though some stem from rheumatic fever or birth defects. He urges careful diagnosis to distinguish functional from disease related murmurs and notes many murmurs from birth defects can now be corrected by surgery with a generally optimistic outlook.
The Independent Publisher and Editorial Staff List
Publication directory lists Herman H Ridder as publisher Harold Hinex as assistant publisher Samuel Cameron-Gent as manager Harry Colline Jr Bue as manager L A Collinge Sr as editor Malcolm Epley as columnist Miles Lines as managing editor Harry Fulton as editorial page editor Washington Bureau at 808 Albee Building and national reps Fudder-dehna Inc with offices in New York Chicago Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and current tiles of The Independent kept at these offices.
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Herman H. Ridder
Harold M.hinex
Samuel C. Cameron
Harry Colline Jr. Bue
L. A. Collinge Sr
Malcolm Epley
Miles &. Lines
Harry Fulton
Washington News
Albee
Nat'l
Fudder-dehna, Inc
New York
Home Is Where the Spirit Lives in Foreign Homes
A discussion of American expatriates and the idea that some seek abroad to find a spiritual home. The piece cites Kafka, Henry James, T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, W. H. Auden, Ibsen, Chopin, Conrad, and Thomas Wolfe, arguing many writers live between homes to find belonging.
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Wwe
Kafka
Henry James
England
William
Eliot
St. Louis
London
Aldous Huxley
W. H. Auden
America
Ibsen
Norway
Chopin
France
Joseph Conrad
Thomas Wolfe
Town Meeting Forced Education
Editorial notes freedom of religion and parental rights in education, arguing compulsory schooling undermines private education and parental decision. Letter from R. J. Smith of Anaheim warns against taxation of private schools as a threat to freedom, followed by a second letter praising anti subsidence reporting by a local paper.
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R. J. Smith
Thornton Ave
Anaheim
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