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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1957
Page
6
Long Beach discussions focus on repressuring to balance underground pressure and avert earthquakes. City favors a statewide engineering study and potential unitization to stop subsidence, even if it delays LBOD and risks less oil. Operators show cooperation, but legality and enforcement may require state action.
A fragment from a Long Beach section includes local letters about a deadly intersection, long-ago rainfall records at city facilities, and political discussions. It cites US Senator Knowland, municipal land leases, and county drainage actions, plus a reader letter condemning the intersection as the worst blind crossing and criticizing high living costs and bureaucrats.
Washington faces renewed scrutiny as Americans question official wartime and space program disclosures. The piece traces a history of secrecy from FDR to Truman and argues Sputnik era disclosures are breaking barriers, prompting Congress and the public to demand truth about military and scientific progress.
Correct procedure for lowering a flag at half mast is to raise it to the top of the staff first, then lower it in the usual way. This rule ensures proper ceremony and respect in line with flag etiquette.
The piece notes a social shift from male display in earlier eras to modern masculine restraint, arguing industrialization dampened flamboyance. It observes men resemble workers in drab suits, while wives reflect wealth and status, leading to flashy sports shirts and bold ties becoming the new display theaters.
Dr Jordan outlines Meniere's disease as ear trouble linked to fluid balance and potential blisters in the inner ear. Treatments vary from reducing fluid intake to surgery, with new theories suggesting chronic labyrinth neuritis as a cause and dliffs in onset after age 45.
Vases with oily pastes and faint fragrance from Egyptian tombs 5,000 years old reveal early perfumery. Frankincense and myrrh were offered by the Magi to the Babe. The word perfume derives from fumus meaning smoke, reflecting early odor creation by burning woods gums and leaves.
Prolific golden hamsters are among the most prolific mammals with millions in captivity today descended from a single litter of 12 found in a burrow near Aleppo Syria in 1930.
The Independent’s publisher, editors, and bureau offices are listed with Harold M. Hine as publisher, Samuel Cameron as publisher, Larry Gollak Jr. as manager, and editorial roles noted for Washington and other bureaus. Advertising reps are named Ridder Johns, Ince, and others with multiple office locations including Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and St. Paul.
A set of trivia prompts explains titles for Dan Cupid and stalactites versus stalagmites, notes time zone standardization by William Allen in 1883, gives George Sand as Amandine Dupin, and identifies Lake Superior as the largest freshwater body. The piece blends Q A style with explanations and dates.
The article analyzes Ike’s minor stroke, describing private medical views that it resembled but did not match Wilson’s major stroke and FDR’s multiple strokes. It cites risks of recurrence, outlines possible causes, and notes that Eisenhower’s care in 1957 shows advances over Roosevelt’s era. It also recounts Eisenhower’s public statements about his health and term plans, emphasizing caution in government leadership during illness.
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