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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1958
Page
3
The column argues that city decline is possible due to suburban flight but suggests coexistence as the path. It urges mutual recognition of urban and suburban needs, avoiding disengagement to prevent mutual decay and promote regional planning for prosperity. The piece envisions a shared future where central cities and outer suburbs support one another.
Sydney J. Morris reflects on a philosopher who questions the idol of Santa Claus yet secretly upholds the child’s love for family. The piece recalls a recent incident where the thinker denied the dream yet praised the spirit, concluding that as long as children have parents, Santa Claus endures. Doug Fraser, 1958 Pina Ave.
An aide to the House Influence Investigating Committee urged abolishing horse trading and payoffs in TV licensing. A staff study by Robert S. McMahon, dated Nov. 30, surfaced as the committee neared final report, proposing FCC rules forcing a station to run for five to six years before selling.
Opinion piece questions the prestige of January 1 as New Year. Argues the date is culturally arbitrary, rooted in calendar reform and religious tinkering rather than seasonal or agricultural significance. Describes social habits around New Year as strained, artificial, and empty rituals.
Drew Pearson describes the Unalaktit Air Control and Warning Station in Alaska as eighty men live for a year in a snowbound radar outpost overlooking the Bering Sea. The piece highlights the stark isolation, self sufficiency, morale efforts, and the human side as Capt. James Methullen and crew monitor for any hostile signals while awaiting spring.
Dr Jordan states cataract has no medical cure and drops cannot prevent or reverse it. Surgery remains the most effective treatment, with modern practice allowing earlier operations under an eye surgeon’s advice, age not always a barrier.
Four inch Tucker noted in a historical item recalling negotiations for the Farmers and Merchants 10 story office building. Dr Lavin Nelson, a Long Beach surgeon, led the deal priced at 600000, excluding the Farmers and Merchants bank building. In Long Beach 20 years ago Haylan V Boyer resigned as assistant city attorney effective June 1 to practice law, Kenneth A Davis created a vacancy filled by Deputy City Attorney Henry D Lawrence, with Ray J Brown joining the department. The Long Beach breakwater straight portion was valued at 453000 for site improvements per a engineers committee report released today.
A collage of quoted items and publishing notes from an overseas and U S context. Includes references to Taiwan Nationalist Chinese Vice President Chen, President Chiang Kaishek, Dr James Killian on science training, Dr Frederick Rhodes on settlement patterns, and Pope XXII with circus performers. Concludes with Ridder newspaper staff and office locations.
Washington approves a new administrative assistant post for every Cabinet department to expand the federal bureaucracy. The plan, touted as aiding governance, would place about 20 such aides, earning around 12 000 dollars a year, as a reservoir for Republican loyalists awaiting appointments after the November 4 losses.
William Worthy filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging State Department travel restrictions on journalists. He argues that barring accredited reporters from visiting certain areas infringes on First Amendment freedom of the press.
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