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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
8
The Baldwin Hills dam failure underscores the need for rapid evacuation planning and stricter reservoir protections. Officials weigh construction quality versus natural forces, study multiple investigative groups, and urge swift safety lessons for nine similar Los Angeles earth-fill reservoirs near populated areas.
A reflective piece contrasts Christmas joy with December crime fears, citing Sheriff Pitchess predicting high crime and auto fatalities. It calls December a season of hope, not happiness, noting longer nights, shorter days, and the eventual return of light with the solstice.
Long Beach area legislators earned top marks for effectiveness in the 1963 session with 17 bills enacted under Assemblyman Joseph M. Kenrick. Assemblyman C George Deckmejian passed four bills and led the death penalty debate, while others contributed various counts, but violence against bill production varied and many measures were killed.
Drew Pearson column evidences how twenty top earners in 1959 avoided federal income taxes via charitable deductions and other provisions. It cites Treasury notes, notes that included stock donations and untaxed appreciation, plus impacts of 1953-58 tax cuts on high earners and state tax burdens on the poor.
The piece cites H G Wells and his Anticipations to show even keen predictors miss future tech like aircraft and submarines. It argues the pace of change now outstrips imagination, with most scientists living today and governments wielding science to their ends. It warns that mass destruction risks outpace humanity's survival capacity as the sorcerer’s power grows beyond control.
Readers debate whether women are inherently more complex than men or simply different. A letter by Edward N Dunlop argues women are the power behind the throne and blessing of difference, while others push back with critiques of a fascist movement claim and housing act concerns, citing legal and social implications in California. Names include Edward N Dunlop, S.S. Watts, T. R. Wardlaw, and places 5620 E First St, Knoxville Ave, Manhattan Beach.
In Atlanta, executives from several firms including Corvvad and The tadenetden plan a joint marketing program led by a general manager and editor. The group includes representatives from Cincope Devel Les Angstes Ruimmiasehs Kee Tore Pulageenia and other entities as they align on strategy.
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