City Health Plan Adopted for City Employees
The Long Beach City Council approved a city paid health plan for employees mirroring the Long Beach Physicians Health Plan standards. Despite acrimonious debate, the decision was reached in good spirit, with Councilmen Desmond and Ahern championing the measure and credit going to Lewis Reese for a calming compromise. The plan covers full city paid costs with employee funded benefits like life insurance and dependents, aiming to attract national attention in medical and public employee circles.
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Long Beach Physicians Health Plan
Lewis Reese
Reese
Gerald Desmond
Pat Ahern
Long Beach
Navy requests emergency funds to guard shipyard
The Navy seeks 1.35 million dollars in the new federal budget as emergency funds not a substitute for 6.5 million already approved and stalled awaiting anti subsidence measures by Wilmington oil field operators. Capt. C J Palmer chief of Long Beach Naval Shipyard says the money is for safety against tidal inundation and will fund waterfront dike walls while subsidence control remains urgent.
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NAVY
Congress
Wilmington
C. J. Palmer
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Palmer
Cancer fear blocks early diagnosis urges exams now
Dr. Jordan stresses that early cancer detection improves cure chances and urges prompt medical evaluation for warning signs. Unexplained bleeding, persistent pain, weight loss, lumps, and unusual vaginal bleeding require immediate examination. cancers can appear in stomach, intestines, breasts, uterus, lungs, bladder, kidney, mouth, or skin.
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Leo Tate
Ihr
Calif Company to Develop P O Sorting Machine
The Post Office Department announced a thirty month contract for research and development of automatic mail sorters. Food Machinery and Chemical Corp of San Jose, California, will create machines to sort rolled newspapers magazines advertising brochures parcel post and similar items. The department already uses experimental machinists for hand handling letters and parcel post.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
San Jose
Calif
STRICTLY PERSONAL An Ex-Wife Can't Forgive This
Excerpted musings by Sydney J. Marris on forgiveness in failed marriages, vanity of opera, weekend gloom, budget woes, and the limits of humility. The piece weaves aphorisms about relationships, art, and human folly with wry, reflective observations.
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Sydney J. Marris
No Missile Base in Alaska Defenses Draw Fire
Anchorage Alaska president Eisenhower warned Alaska would be hard to defend but Alaska must be defended as the 49th state. Lt Gen Frank A Armstrong heads Alaskan forces. defense cuts reduced U S forces though Russian missiles from Siberia threaten Alaska with 1200 mile range IRBMs. Early warning stations on the coast would be first targets and only one rifle per man. The piece blames Washington delays on missile bases and production.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Eisenhower
Slalghood
United States
Morrow
Frank A. Armstrong
Nashville
N. C
Axis
Jory
Atg
Germany
Armstrong
Tanges
Arr
Siberia
U. S
White House
Russia
U.S
Washington
Chrushchey Houslea
Humphrey
Douglas
Red Army
49Th
St F
Air Force
Unalakleet
Bering Sea
Wast Nea
Tomorow
Remember Tucker When Years Ago Long Beach Population Rise
A Long Beach New Year note from 1949 cites an estimated city population of 274 048 with a rise of 32 939 since the 1946 census. Excludes Lakewood Village Bellflower Dominguez and adjacent county territory.
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Long Beach
City Planning Commission
Lakewood Village
Bellflower
Domingues
Eisenhower Faces Pressure as Press and Politicians Grow Distant
GOP Congressmen warn that President Eisenhower’s deliberate avoidance of the press and deep political isolation erode domestic prestige and NATO leadership. British and French officials share concern over U S plans while Dulles urges European unity amid Middle East tensions and Suez fallout. Domestic critics say a lack of public contact weakens his image and political guidance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
West Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
France
Dulles
NATO
London
Paris
Europe
Middle East
Nasser
Suez Canal
Khrushchev
Egypt
Keington
Americanese New Part of Das Deutsch
An Ohio State University German expert notes American slang is seeping into West German usage due to American influence. Dr Paul Krause cites magazines and newspapers, with terms like teen ager rock and roll and jeans entering German dictionaries, predicting American words will remain in the language for years.
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Columbus
Ohio
CPI
Staulein
Daday
Ohio State University
West Germany
Paul Krause
Audi
Dr. Weause
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California Assembly
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California
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