Pontoon Bridge Call Spurs Long Beach Road Move
An editorial urges replacing the inadequat e pontoon bridge linking Terminal Island with the mainland. It backs a high level link to San Pedro and a Long Beach side connection, urging swift state action or tidelands funding to finance and complete the bridge project.
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Independent Business Men's Association
Terminal Island
Long Beach
San Pedro
Highway Commission
Vince Thomas
Long Beach Terminal Island
Navy Base
Long Beach March of Dimes Drive Aims for 125000
Long Beach Unified School District volunteers gear up for Tuesday night door to door solicitation to reach a 125000 goal to cover nearly 43000 in local polio care debts. The campaign emphasizes funding for local recipients before directing support to national viral research and polio prevention efforts.
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National Foundation
Long Beach Unified
Long Beach
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Avalon
March of Dimes
Discard pile bill targets party affiliation on ballots
Assemblyman OConnell introduces AB 755 to allow a candidate for city or county office to resignate party affiliation after their name appears on the ballot. The move would erode nonpartisan municipal elections and is seen as a covert partisan shift. Public opinion favors keeping nonpartisan elections intact. The proposal is criticized as unnecessary and should be discarded promptly.
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O'Connell
Great Metropolitan Areas Find Friend in President
Washington report by Ray Tucker explains how Kennedy's urban focused agenda targets New England centers, coastal megacities, and inland complexes. It notes estimated urban relief costs near 20 billion dollars, rising city influence on Capitol Hill, and battles over urban versus rural regulatory interests and a possible Department of Urban Affairs.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
Kennedy
L Eisenhower
Tucker Truman
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Gulf of Mexico
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Cleveland
Minneapolis
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Denver
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Rayburn
House Rules Committee
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Middle West
Kennedy- Rayburn-Johnson
Smith-Colmer-Republican Coalition
Department of Urban Affairs
Independent Herman's Publishing Staff and Offices
The Independent announces its publishing leadership including publisher Darrel H Ridder co publisher Harold M Hines and executive editor Miles L Lines with general manager Larry Cojtine Jr and others. It lists advertising representatives Ridder Johns Inc with offices in New York Chicago Detroit and other major cities. The notice also cites a current films section and a San Francisco bureau.
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Herman
Darrel H. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Pubdenar
Samuel C. Cameron
Larry Cojtine Jr
L.A. Collina Sr
Malcolm Eptey
Miles
Harry Fulton
Ridder Johns Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley Bidg
Detroit
Penobscot
Presidential press conferences through history
The column surveys U S presidents from Coolidge to Eisenhower and Kennedy, noting how televised or written questions shaped leadership. It credits Teddy Roosevelt with early press sessions, Wilson formalizing concepts, Harding missteps, Coolidge and Hoover using written questions, FDR allowing quotes without quotes, Truman’s fiery sessions, and Eisenhower advancing taped excerpts. It argues the balance of drama and accuracy matters when a president speaks.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
United
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Pearson
John Barrymore
Huey Long
Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Wilson
Eisenhower
Jim Hagerty
Truman
Fdr
Hagerty
Quotes From Around The World On Space And Politics
United Press International reports from Lisbon Cape Canaveral Moscow and Washington feature quotes from Maria de Lourdes Galvao John Glenn Ogonek and Representative Chet Holifield. Galvao doubts an imminent end to the Santa Maria hijacking while Glenn voices optimism on a chimpanzee to human spaceflight path. Ogonek retracts a prior claim about captured U.S. airmen and Holifield urges liberal backing to alter the Rules Committee.
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United Press International
Lisbon
Maria de Lourdes Galvao
Santa Maria
Cape Canaveral Mercury
John. H. Glenn Jr
The Real Source of Fatigue Is Emotional Strain
A reader asks about fatigue beyond physical tiredness. The piece argues most fatigue is neurotic, linked to social and emotional stress, not pills or tonics. It notes many people seek remedies, while psychotherapy and better relationships offer lasting relief, not endless medicines.
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Georgia
Disincorporation and Reincorporation of Long Beach 1897
Long Beach faced disincorporation in May 1897 after a petition to the California Supreme Court. The court quickly dissolved the city, transferring property to the county. Unincorporated status spurred saloon license requests, tax rates surged, and public debate grew. A June meeting led to a December 1887 reincorporation vote, including Alamitos Townsite, restoring city status.
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California Supreme Court
Eee
the Breaker
McCarthy
Mt. Rushmore
Alamitos
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