Brown's bold education reform fights tradition and foes
Governor Edmund G Brown outlines a sweeping program with education reform to cut required education courses for future teachers and strengthen the curriculum while facing organized opposition. He signals possible repeal of the death penalty and proposes a reapportionment study commission, aiming for broader Southern California influence and tougher narcotics penalties. The broad, liberal program is set to spark strong debate across state governance.
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California
Brown
Chessman
Bonelli
Senate
Southern
State Senate
Strangers on Our Shores Reflects Cuba Refugee Crisis
The piece compares U S refugee responses to Hungarians in 1956 and Cuban arrivals, noting many Cubans arrive with little money and face city-level strain. It urges Americans to respond with friendship and adoption, arguing the U S must aid those seeking shelter as it did for Hungarians.
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Russia
Hungary
Free World
United States
Cuba
U.S
America
Kefauver Pushes Bills to Regulate Drug Prices
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee has prepared measures to curb high drug prices and tighten warnings on dangerous medicines. Despite industry lobbying, lawmakers seek broader national regulation, stronger labeling, and easier access to affordable medications amid state efforts to curb fatalities from improper drug use.
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Washington
Congress
Tucker Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate
California
Department of Health
Yond and Drug Administration
Sen. Kefauver
Armed Services
Kefauver
West Germany
Laos crisis prompts calls for political settlement
United Press International reports Southeast Asia Treaty Organization chief Pete Sarasin says military settlement of Laos is difficult and a political accord would ease tensions. State Department official Lincoln White calls North Vietnamese and Soviet involvement in Laos factual. The piece notes debate over miracle drugs and Kefauver inquiry.
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United Press International
Bangkok
Thailand
Pete Sarasin
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Laos
Washington
Lincoln White
State Department
Nixon Hoffa Indictment Fight Tangles White House Allies
Nixon intervened with Attorney General Bill Rogers to stall an Orlando Florida grand jury indictment of Teamsters chief Jimmy Hoffa during the 1960s campaign. A Nixon emissary pressured Hoffa’s bloc while Hoffa aided Republicans, and Rogers later moved ahead with the case after the election. Hunter, Hoffa’s intermediary, sent letters asserting Nixon’s sympathy but noting the vice president lacked authority to direct the attorney general. In another note, a U.S. delegate tried to reach Eisenhower over abstaining on colonialism at the UN, and the American team abstained by order, drawing praise and barbed remarks from a Romanian ambassador.
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Washington
Nixon
Atty
Bill Rogers
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Florida
Rogers
Pearson
Hoffa
Orlando
Fla
Miami Beach
Ohio
Kennedy
Nixon O
California
Oakley Hunter
Jim
Hunter
Bil Rogers
Bob Finch
Eisenhower
Long Beach Parking Laws Began With Early Land Trust
Long Beach’s first year under the Long Beach Land and Water Co. saw about a quarter of a million dollars spent on hotel, water system, and a 700 foot pleasure pier at Magnolia. The firm issued strict bathing dress rules and banned camping west of Locust Avenue, while declaring a 20 percent dividend as town sales reached $65,000.
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Sy R. Winston Tucker
Long Beach Land and Water Co
Long Beach
Magnolia Avenue
Locust Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Facal
Strictly Personal Faust Got Good Deal From Devil
In a French critique the Faust tale is seen as a warning about modern life. The author argues that selling one soul is not a grand bargain but a slow erosion of ethics. Temporary status and wealth cannot buy genuine youth or lasting love, and life cannot be repurchased or relived.
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Sydney
J. Harris
Goethe
Faust
Gretchen
Town Meetings and Ed Course Debates Stir Local Readers
Readers debate school reforms and HUAC influence in education. A letter questions communist influence allegations and calls for state government action while a student-teacher counters claims about teacher training, praising sweeping changes in education courses and the improved educational product of the era.
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Long Beach State College
Albrecht
John Dewey
Instrumentalist Hollow
Curtis R. Smith
Olive Ave
The Independent Staff and Office Locations
The Independent lists publishers editors and office addresses for its publishing staff and advertising representatives. Names include Herman Ho Aldermen, Danie H. Ridner, Harold M. Hines, Samuel C. Caméron, Larry Ceiling J Gus, L. A. Collins, Matai Epley, Miles E. Hines, Harry Fulton, Nath, Ridder Johns Inc, and several offices across New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis San Francisco and Washington.
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Herman Ho
Danie H. Ridner
Harold M. Hines
Samuel C. Caméron
Larry Ceiling J Gus
L. A. Collins
Matai Epley
Miles E. Hines
Harry Fulton
Nath Advertising Representatives
Ridder Johns Inc
New Yar
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley
Detralt
Mes Penonscot
Bridge
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Devil
Harris
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Afl-Cio
Federation
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San Francisco
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Burnett St
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