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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1961
Page
5
Long Beach faces the task of selecting a new city manager as Sam Vickers leaves mid March for Phoenix. The council will explore local and outside candidates, weighing complex tidelands and subsidence issues alongside public confidence in the chosen leader.
After five years of effort a daily blood bank starts in Long Beach at the Red Cross Memorial Building. The service replaces the old bi weekly system and was funded by private donations for remodeling rather than Red Cross campaigns. The move boosts local ability to treat the ill and injured with vital blood supplies.
Congress shows cooler mood than Kennedy on domestic and foreign dangers. Editorials label his outlook somber yet editors note Republicans doubt the alarm, while Wall Street posts heavy January volume amid hopes for a later business pickup.
Drew Pearson reports that Eisenhower signed a late executive order cutting residual oil quotas for importers to aid new entrants. Gulf Oil and Cities Service benefited, with links to the Mellon and Jones families. A 1958 letter reveals W Alton Jones as a silent partner in the Gettysburg farm with other oilmen.
In 1895 Rev. Sidney C Kendall proposed the first Long Beach library. A New Year 1896 reading room opened in a one story oceanfront shack. Miss Cora Matthews served as first librarian. Subsequent moves included city hall in 1899, a 3 cent tax in 1902, and Carnegie funding culminating in the 1909 main library opening.
A traveler confesses the ease of becoming a weather snob in subtropical climes. He recalls chasing sunny postcards while Midwest storms rage, revealing guilt at preening over milder temps and the vanity of feeling superior to harsher weather back home.
The Long Beach State College Faculty Council passed a unanimous motion dated January 20 1961 supporting Drs Korber and Levi for allowing free discussion by students and faculty. It condemns coercion against the professors and notes student organizations require official faculty advisors.
Fragmented OCR reads like a list of publishers and editors with scattered names and places. It mentions Harman H Ridder Harold Hines Samuel C Camaron and various city references, then ends with disjoint lines about editors and maintenance.
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