Editorial Co Pilots Resist Air Safety Rules
Tough minded E R Quesada resigns as FAA chief and pens a Harpers piece criticizing groups resisting safety laws. He cites 388 airline deaths last year and argues public good may outweigh individual rights as reform bills loom. He notes a Toledo crash and FAA actions on a pilot whose rating was revoked.
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E. R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Agency
Harper’s Magazine
Quesada
Toledo
FAA
Navy Men Lead Way in United Neighbors Drive
Navy ships based in the Long Beach area lead a 1960 Community Chest Drive with over 30,000 dollars pledged by sailors and their families. At 25 percent of campaigns complete, donations reached 25,942 dollars, 115.3 percent of the goal, under Rear Admiral F Julian Becton who chairs the Navy group.
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Navy
Long Beach
United Neighbors Campaign
F. Julian Becton
Pacific Mine Force
Naval Base
Navy Group
Eight Tablets Planned for Choice Site FDR Memorial
The Hyde Park Roosevelts win the bid for a memorial site in Washington to honor Franklin D Roosevelt. Eight marble tablets, up to 165 feet high, will bear quotes from his speeches on a 27 acre plot near West Potomac Park. The plan places FDR’s monument at the fourth corner of the rectangle near Lincoln Jefferson Washington, amid debate over its modern Stonehenge like design.
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Washington
Hyde Park
Oyster Bay
FDR
George Washington
Abraham ‘Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Potomac River
Stonehenge
Potomac
Arlington Cemetery
Virginia Sunlight
West Potomiac Park
Lincoln
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Lafayette Park
White House
Madison
Monroe
Grant
Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Robert A. Taft
Capitol Hill
Lonely Island
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Congress
John Roosevelt
Athens
Washington Shaft
Jefferson Shrine
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Independent Newspaper Office and Editorial Staff
The Independent lists managing editor Harry Fulton and page editors Antonio Ridder and Jenna Ridder with advertising representation by Jenna Inc. Offices are in New York at Fifth Avenue and the Albee Building.
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Lerman
Daniel HM
Ridder Ith
Harves
Harry Fulton
Bulter Nati
Ridder Jenna Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Albee
Independant
Secret Senate caucus whispers haunt Johnson reign
DREW PEARSON reports that backroom talks by Senate Democrats reveal growing anti Johnson sentiment as Lyndon Johnson balances chairing Senate caucuses with vice presidency. The column lists forgotten events involving Johnson and key figures like Shivers McCarthy and the natural gas lobby, hinting oil as the real power behind debate.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Senate
Pearson
Johnson
Democratic’ Caucus
White House
Space Committee
Lyndon
Texas Gas and Oil Men
Federal Power Commission
John Connally
Secretary of the Navy
Connally
Elmer Patman
Superior Oil
Francis Case
South Dakota
Case
Hennings
Gore
Tenn
Arkansas’ McClellan
Little Rock
Standard Oil
N. J
Seaboard Oil
Widewater Associated Oil
Carter Oil
Long Beach Development Co and Its 1880s Growth Drive
In 1884 to 1887 Long Beach grew as the Long Beach Land and Water Co led rapid progress. The Los Angeles to Long Beach route crowded with 84 team drawn carriages reflected a bustling boom. A July 1887 formation of the Long Beach Development Co valued at one million dollars led to purchasing the Land & Water Co assets including railroad and water systems for 250000, with 800 acres of tidelands tied to the deal.
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Willrabré
Long Beach Land & Water Co
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Long Beach Development Co
Worthieks Tidelands
Magnolia Avenue
Long Beach Inner Harbor
Syd Aims to Be Dashing Coward
In this personal column Harris muses on the divide in public opinion over his sports car. He notes the tension between those who call the car dangerous and those who urge racing, while he seeks a middle ground of a car that is both maneuverable and lively. He reflects on labeling people and the desire to avoid strict classification.
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Ietters
Town Meeting Becomes Call for Teen Employment
A reader under 18 pleads in the editoral page to hire teens for part time work to curb juvenile delinquency. She argues teens need jobs to meet the public, earn spending money, stay out of trouble, and become better citizens, urging local businesses to provide opportunities. Shirley M Franklin, 670 W 15th St, San Pedro, Calif.
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She
Shirley M. Franklin
15Th St
San Pedro
Vote of Thanks for Christmas Scene Fortnas Yard Display
Mr and Mrs H McCracken thank the Fortnas of 2236 Golden Ave for the privilege of viewing their Christmas yard scene. The note credits hours of labor and a labor of love that pleases hundreds who stop to exclaim. May God bless them.
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Fortna
Golden Ave
Agarn
Fortnas
H. McCracken
Wetherby
Long Beach
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Editorial
Uera Quesada
Ray Tucker
Tucker
Drew Pearson
Shivers
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Sam Rayburn
Sam
Nixon
Kennedy
Joe McCarthy
Carol Hayden
Arizona
Tom Hennings
Missouri
McCarthy
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Flanders
Vermont
Fulbright
Arkansas
Ives
Hayden
Joe
L.A. Road
By R. Winston Tucker
Syd
Harris
Town Meeting
BANK
Atruse CO
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