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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
7
In absence of a pay hike Long Beach council may consider a zoning appeals board to handle routine appeals from Planning Commission rulings. A charter amendment by voters would be required to establish the system, a proposal discussed by past councils and now revisited amid pay concerns.
The President's Commission on National Goals outlines education targets such as two thirds of students completing 12 years, one third entering college, and consolidation of small districts. Long Beach Unified shows 85 percent completing 12 years and 60 percent entering college, with a five year local college and nearby universities within commuting distance. The commission also urges higher teacher pay and expanded adult education, which Long Beach supports with a large adult program.
A poetic interview mocks farm subsidies and overproduction policy. The speaker argues farmers receive help while poets face neglect, proposing a government program to pay poets to produce ballads and store excess quatrains, claiming national policy lacks rhyme.
The piece outlines Kennedy and aides Symington and Johnson pushing for expanded military strength with a larger Polaris submarine fleet, more intercontinental missiles, and a wider air alert, while Eisenhower era budget figures linger and Pentagon chiefs seek about 50 billion dollars amid calls for reorganizing defense.
Drew Pearson notes the Eisenhower directive against verbatim transcripts will leave sparse embarrassments for the Kennedy administration. He forecasts Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo may name a Kennedy ally, Torbert MacDonald, as Kennedy’s Senate successor, amid Irish Italian tensions and political maneuvering.
A collection of sharp phrases and satire on attitudes toward Indians, politics, and social behavior. It contrasts labeled terms like liberal versus socialist, rude conduct, and moral courage with the sting of hypocrisy and thin skins across quoted examples. It reads as era commentary on language and bias.
A long ago Long Beach note describes Casa da Rancho de Los Cerritos built by John Temple about 844, still visitable at 4600 Virginia Rd. Bricks came by boat from New England, redwood beams and floors used, mud and straw walls molded in frames, Indians mixing mud by foot. Temple and Abel Stearns later owned adjacent ranches, Alamitos Avenue marked the future town layout. Wild horses roamed and were culled after driving corrals, with a case where 7,000 were driven off a Santa Barbara bluff into the sea.
Town Meeting views a column correction on charitable contributions by Long Beach physicians to the AID program and Community Chest. The AID chairman notes 205 doctors will give $18,031.63 in the year, with an average far above other groups, and calls for broader enrollment and support from all professions.
The Independent listing details publisher Daniel H Ridner and Harold M Hines, with managers and editors named. It lists multiple office locations in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis and Washington along with address fragments and general bureau notes.
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