Editorial Douglas Contract Appeal for National Defense
An editorial from Long Beach supports federal defense contracts for Douglas Aircraft to boost national airlift capacity and wartime production readiness. It cites past mobilization lessons, urges speed in industrial modernization, and notes Douglas’s shift toward new markets and the Caravelle jet under development.
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Korea
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Berlin
West Berlin
Craig ‘Hosmer
Sutherland Award Merited for Navy Civilian Service
Donald G. Sutherland received the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the Secretary of the Navy. A former Army 82nd Airborne para trooper, he led the Long Beach Naval Shipyard employees for eight years and campaigned to curb subsidence threats to the yard. He was four times wounded in World War I era jumps and has since pressed officials to secure the yard’s future.
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Donald G. Sutherland
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82Nd Airborne Division
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Don Sutherland
Sutherland
Navy Yard
Long Beach
Diplomats Charge FDR Truman Concessions at Yalta Potsdam
Two Roosevelt Truman aides Berle and Feis accuse FDR and Truman of surrender to Stalin at Yalta and Potsdam. The claims, echoed by critics, condemn Democratic foreign policy and are linked to leaks via the Des Moines Register and Tribune. Herter sealed papers ahead of the 1964 election. Feis’s book Between War and Peace and Berle’s NYT review amplify the critique.
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Christian A. Herter
Herter
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Berle
New York Times
One Man Blocks Congress Action In Rump Session
Drew Pearson reports Howard Smith of Virginia, as Rules Committee chair, can halt nearly any bill. Republicans back Smith to block Kennedy Johnson legislation, including school aid. House tensions rise as Rayburn and Democrats clash over reform, with next session looming.
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Virginia
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House
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Lee Metcalf
Mont
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Calif
John Biatnik
Mion
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Sam
Roy Weir
Minnesota
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Holifield
James. Roosevelt
California
Rules Committee
Metcalf
Montana
Maintaining the Tension toward Maturity in Life
Sydney J. Harris argues maturity is the ability to endure tension without yielding to fear or impulse. He notes most decisions are driven by unconscious impulses and defines mature behavior as acting for long term good rather than escaping, fighting prematurely, or remaining still.
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Sydney J. Harris
Los Angeles
Knobledge
California Labor Code Para graph No 1018 Button Rule
The Air Scoop prints a tongue in cheek note about a proposed law labeled California Labor Code Paragraph No 1018. It humorously declares that any person who willfully wears the button of any labor union would face unspecified consequences, reflecting a satire of legislative overreach within the union press.
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Air Scoop
California
Union Hall
Independent Hermann page lists staff and union button law
The Independent staff is named including Bidder Hines Cameron Colfing and others with offices in New York Minneapolis and San Francisco. A union button law warns wearers face misdemeanor penalties up to 20 days in county jail or $20 fine, while the Air Scoop urges reporting violations. The note questions why some are entitled to wear the button.
World War II Bombers Back From Storage At Douglas Plant
B26 attack bombers once written into history are undergoing modification and reconditioning at the Douglas Aircraft Co Long Beach plant while giant C124 Globemsters are produced inside. Nearly 500 aliens have registered at the Post Office building since registrations began August 27 with 4500 more expected before December 26 under the Alien Registration Act of 1940. An earthquake centered near AAD pin rattled downtown Long Beach and Los Angeles office buildings, felt as far as Colton and Carpinteria, causing no major damage.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
California
Los Angeles
Colton
Carpinteria
ABA President speaks on judiciary independence at swearing in
John B. Randall, ABA president, urged respect for the judiciary during a 2,000-lawyer swearing in at the Supreme Court, saying judicial independence relies on professional support. In Jacksonville, Police Chief Reynolds doubted rain would curb racial tensions fueling rioting. In Dakar, airport chief Fournial blamed nature, not pilot error, for a Constellation crash killing 63.
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Unting Press International
Washington
John ‘B. Randall
American Bar Association
ABA
Supreme Court
Jacksonville
Fle
Luther Reynolds
Dakar
Senegal
Fernand Fournial
Air Force
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