Moore and Ahern to duel in 18th District race
Long Beach State professor Wallace Moore and City Councilman D Pat Ahern campaign for the Democratic nomination in California's 18th Congressional District promising lively primaries and a brisk general election. The piece analyzes candidate backgrounds, voting dynamics, and implications of the party specific primaries on incumbent Rep Craig Hosmer's re election prospects.
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Long Beach State College
Wallace Moore
D. Pat Ahern
18Th
Ahern
Dr. Moore
Craig Hosmer
Hosmer
Success Built on Failures in Churchill's Career Lessons
The text argues that failures drive progress in science and life, citing Winston Churchill as an example. It notes his early defeats, including the Dardanelles campaign, his controversial 1945 defeat, and later return as prime minister in 1951. It emphasizes learning from mistakes as a path to achievement.
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Winston Churchill
Dardanelles
Britain
Sam
Cesses
Satellite sympathizers threaten GOP unity on Berlin deal
Ray Tucker notes satellite leaders and millions of sympathizers fear that Eisenhower Khrushchev talks on European problems could seal West Germany and Berlin into Soviet control. Allies' stance, German anti-Semitism worries, and Dulles' Liberation plank cited as fueling disillusionment and possible anti Republican votes. The issue could fan local whispers and propaganda rather than formal debate.
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Alus Ing Ranger
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
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West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Khrushchev
West Berlin
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Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Republican National Committee
Bureau of Nationalities
Rossia
Backers of GOP Favored in Grain Storage Scandals
Washington column notes Ezra Taft Benson favors large grain elevator operators who back the GOP, paying storage rents far above government costs. It cites figures from 1958 showing C-G-F Grain, Cargill, and others profiting from storing farm surpluses, while ship storage declines under Benson. The piece also covers political fundraising links and a casino of influence around storage contracts.
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Ezra Taft Benson
GOP
Benson
Charlie Brannan
James River
Hudson
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Ing
Akee
Charlie Brazman
C-G-F Grain Co
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Cargill Co
Minneapolis
John HH. MacMillan
F. H. Peavey Co
Frank Peavey Heffelfinger
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Minnesota
Elizabeth Heffelfinger
Farmers Union
Ezra
Bill Thatcher
St. Paul
Town Meeting and the President’s Detractors
A columnist critiques political heckling after the State of the Union. The piece portrays detractors as lacking statesmanship while advocating affordable mortgages, cautious defense rhetoric, and a bid to outshine Nixon, labeling the trend political hari-kari.
Personal Reflections on Self and Social Masks
A fragment from a reflective column discusses how social pretense can erode true self, noting that punishment often masks a hidden pleasure in wrongdoing. It cites addictions to attention, humorless beauty, aging, and the irony of friendly divorce alongside modern indifference to mass violence.
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Harris
Health center contract awarded for Pine Avenue site
Six years ago the city recommended Curlett Construction Co for a 447624 contract to erect a health center on the west side of Pine Ave north of Willow St with a large off street parking area.
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Pine Ave
Willow SL
Samuel E. Vickers
Curlett Construction Co
Eisenhower Sees Budget Surplus May Change Slightly
President Eisenhower, noting his 1961 budget forecast of a 4.2 billion dollar surplus, says the figure may shift a bit, calling a budget a paper you can go to jail for if you are wrong. Marion Lorne jokes about fan mail to Marilyn Monroe. Federal Judge Irving Kaufman sentences Apalachin delegates, noting most defendants are sophisticated and have defied ordered-society rules. Danny Alupo laments seagull thefts at his Wanamassa golf range, saying birds bury his golf balls as eggs.
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Clark Cliffed
Harry Truman
Benson
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Mlingis
Ben Regan
Senate
Regan
Dirksen
Eisenhower
Nixon
Tice
Tris Peterson
United Rvrlines
Hari-Kari
Independent newsroom staff and offices listed
The Independent provides current staff roles including Publisher Daniel H. Ridder Co Publisher Herold M Hines and Editorial leadership Miles E Line and Harry Fulton. Advertising reps Ridder Johns Inc operates with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and Washington as the current file locations.
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Herman M. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Herold M. Hines
Samuel C. Cameron
Larry Collins
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