Editorial Water and the Future
Gov Pat Brown frames a decisive choice for California. Critics argue against time constraints, but Brown urges realistic compromise to advance the water program. He proposes charging owners with over 160 acres full delivery costs while smaller landowners receive a subsidy from surplus power revenue. Voters face a decision: continue debate or begin building the water program to bring more land into production.
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California
Pat Brown
Gav. Brown
Gov
Brown
Innocent Victim in City Planning Criticism
Director of Planning Werner Ruchti is named a scapegoat amid critique of Long Beach's failure to adopt a master plan. The report by Marty Krusz and editorial voices fault elected officials, not Ruchti, for the lack of a comprehensive, implemented plan while praising his dedication and proposals.
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Werner Ruchti
Marty Krusz
Chamber of Commerce
Jnani
Ruehni
Long Beath
Ruchti
Sore Toe Travel Ad Spurs Los Angeles Tour Prompts
A national magazine ad praises Southern California and includes a photo of the Treeway interchange. The piece contrasts travel allure with local traffic woes and dangerous stock car racing areas. It notes Long Beach subsidence and ponders promoting it as a tourist feature.
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Southern California
Los Angeles
Southland
Long Beach
Nixon Consults Experts in Bid for Farm Belt Support
Vice President Nixon seeks farm state backing by studying Benson era policies and new production quotas. He criticizes high costs and mismanagement in the Talren Secretary’s department while weighing a shift from acreage limits to production quotas aimed at reducing surpluses and boosting farmer income.
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Nixon
Washington
Ezra Tal Ren- Son
Eisenhower
Benson
Congress
Utah
GOP
The Independent Staff Directory Byline Notes
The Independent lists its key staff with publishers editors managers and editors in chief across multiple city offices including New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis San Francisco and Washington. It confirms current figures and office addresses for its news bureaus and staff roles.
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Herman H. Adder
Daniel H. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Publis Samat
Cameron Genl
Marry Collins Jr
le As Collins Sr
Malcolm Eniey
Miles E. Lines
Harry Fitton
Jana Advertising
Hidder Johns, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Enabscot
Beer Lobbyist Backstage Money Ties Revealed
Washington letters marked confidential expose how lobbyist Clint Mester for the U S Brewers Foundation funds campaigns and entertains Congress staff at his Virginia estate. The 1952 correspondence shows cross party appeals and calls for large donations to Democratic committees, with mentions of Wool and Vegetable trade groups and figures like Frank Vitale.
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Washington
Congress
Clinton Mester
U.S. Brewers Foundation
Virginia
Bath
Hot Springs
Hester
Boston Wool Trade Assn
National Wool Trade Assn
Philadelphia
Museum Of Art Exhibit Draws Sharp Criticism
Mowbray Walker of 623 Walnut Ave criticizes a Laguna Beach style contemporary art show at the Ocean Blvd museum. He denounces the canvases as meaningless monstrosities and urges the artists to seek therapy, praising local real art instead.
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Independent
E. Ocean Blvd
Royal Academy
London
Gray's School of Art
Aberdeen
Scotland
Laguna Beach Festival of
Museum of Art
Ocean Blvd
Artists Colony of
Laguna Beach
Mowbray Walker
Walnut Ave
Strictly Personal Women Executives Are Too Female Bosses
A Republican official argues women face internal resistance to leadership roles. She claims women prefer working for men, view female bosses as harsh or manipulative, and that sisterly competition undermines women reaching top executive positions. The piece questions gender dynamics in workplace authority.
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Clare Williams
Republican National Committee
Remember When New Fire Truck and Church Call
A newly acquired 18000 dollar fire squad truck was added to the local department to operate from Station I at 341 Pacific Ave and designed to fight fires with water or carbon dioxide. The First Christian Church congregation issued a call to Rev Homer A Strong of Sherman Texas, who accepted and will begin duties March 1. In military news Battery F 261st Coast Artillery received its first machine gun nomenclature instruction with Lt Harold Lovejoy using a loaned weapon from the 160th Infantry Los Angeles as the unit transitioned from harbor defense duties.
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Pacific Ave
First. Christian Church
Homer A. Strong
First Church
Sherman
Texas
Eugene ‘Fincher
Strong
261St Coast Artillery
National Guard
Harold Lovejoy
160Th Infantry
Los Angeles
Urgency Critique Of Air Safety From Hartke
United States senator Vance Hartke complains there is no urgency about recent airline crashes and questions whether moral decay spans national life. Defense Secretary Gales asserts U.S. military strength remains unmatched to deter rivals. Jorge Zayas discusses Cuba's trajectory under Castro, aligning with Leninist policies abroad and at home.
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Washington
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Sputnik
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Les Biffle
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Carl Badenhausen
Phil Liebman
Fred Linder
Pearson
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