Speaker Brown Cuts State Legislature Costs Through Reform
Editorial praises California Assembly Speaker Ralph M. Brown for reducing legislative expenses during the 1959 session. Brown trimmed interim committee subcommittees, used one two day hearings, offered to lend his administrative assistant in place of hired consultants, and cut daily histories to save money. His approach saved about 40 000 over the 1957 level and earned him respect for practical governance.
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California Assembly
Ralph M. Brown
Modesto
Brown
Capitol Press Corps
Democratic Feuds Split Delegations Over Kennedy Rivalry
In Washington and several states Democrats face intra party rifts that threaten nominating strength for president and fear for the Electoral College. Figures like Kennedy, Stevenson, Truman, and Roosevelt aides jostle for influence as Rockefeller unites the GOP.
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Washington
Iha
Theii
Len
John F. Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Herbert Hoover
Independent editorials on 1940s political alignments and Bellwethers
The piece lists staff and offices of The Independent and discusses President Truman's support for Senator Symington and Senator Lausche. It notes Acheson backing Johnson and potential shifts in Disalle Kennedy dynamics. It frames pre convention clashes over racial and religious ideology and hints at regional liberal versus conservative tensions affecting the election.
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Maryland
Dean Acheson
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Acheson
Truman
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Frank J. Lausche
Taft
Ghia
Disalle
Lausche
Ohio
Berkeley student enters third vigil outside Capitol
Sacramento UPI reports Bruce Bloomfield, a 24 year old UC Berkeley math graduate student, continues his protest outside the state Capitol against condemned killer Cary Chessman. Bloomfield plans 11 days of bread and water, one for each year Chessman has been on San Quentin Death Row, noting passersby were friendlier on Sunday than during the week.
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Sacramento
UPI
Bruce Bloomfield
State Capitol
Cary Chessman
University of California At Berkeley
Capitol
Chessman
San Quentin
Premier Kishi to Sign 10-Year Base Pact in Washington
Premier Nobusuka Kishi arrives in Washington to sign a ten year military base agreement with the United States. He is described as a friend of democracy yet faces Diet opposition as Japanese protect war avoidance while public sentiment leans against renewed conflict. Socialist leader Masaburo Suzuki emphasizes nonalignment and constitutional pacifism amid debate over American bases.
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Kishi
Washington
Nobusuka Kishi
Japan
Eisenhower
USA
United States
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Masaburo Suzuki
Socialist Party
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
White House
Suzuki
Diet
China
Is Kennedy Fit for Presidency Despite Catholic Faith
Retired Navy Lt. Lawrence D. Miller argues the Constitution bars religious tests for office and rejects religious prejudice in choosing leaders. He cites wartime valor of Jack Kennedy, three chaplains, and calls for living and praying together, not dividing citizens by faith.
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United States
Jack Kennedy
Navy and Marine Corp
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Lawrence D. Miller
U.S. Navy
68Th St
Herter Open to Hemisphere Conference Ideas
Secretary of State Christian A Herter, returning from a week at his Green Pond plantation, expressed being very receptive to suggestions for a hemispheric conference to curb Latin America’s high armament spending. The UPI report notes his vacation preceded the stance.
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Washington
UPI
Christian A. Herter
Latin America
Herter
Green Pond
Pious Gratitude Sparks Skepticism After Air Crash
A survivor questions faith after an Allegheny Mountains crash killed 26 aboard. He argues that divine intervention in one life contradicts the fate of others and that such pious gratitude fuels disbelief among victims’ families. He cites free will and uncontrollable natural calamities as explanations, urging caution against viewing God as a rigged roulette wheel.
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Allegheny Mountins
Chicago
Long Beach leaders hold civil engineers and aviation club posts
Robert R. Shoemaker was elected president of the Los Angeles section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Burt Harmon received a life membership after 35 years. A new Bureau of Franchises and Public Utilities law step aims to regulate city utilities. 1930 plans for the Long Beach Flying Club and School of Aviation were announced with L. Salisbury reelected president and L. L. Wills named vice president.
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Long Beach Harbor
Los Angeles
American Society of Civil Engineers
Burt Harmon
Municipal Water Dept
Tk Ee
Bureau of
J. W. Charleville
State Railroad Commission
Long Beach Flying Club & School of Aviation
L. #. Salisbury
L. L. Wills
Olin S. Rose
R. L
Pete” Seydel
Glen L. Arbogast
Senators seek two year ban on retired officers in defense work
United Plan international reports Sen F Edward Hebert backs a measure to bar military officers from taking defense contractor selling jobs for two years after retirement. The move aims to keep them far from the Pentagon. Alice Steel Taylor recalls her husband William posing as Dr Robert Spears in a crash mystery, noting decades of marriage and silence. The Democratic Advisory Council urges a one billion federal education aid program to develop youth potential as national survival amid Soviet pressure.
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Washington
Edward Hebert
Lay
Miami
Mrrs
Alice Steel Taylor
William
Robert Spears
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