Editorial Expert Appraisers Report Freeways Doing Their Job
Indiana delegate jokes about planes to avoid accident yet concedes freeways seem safer and more efficient. Traffic Quarterly lauds Los Angeles Long Beach freeway system, noting speeds near 50 mph and far shorter travel times, with injury rates on freeways below surface streets and fatalities per mile lower. Expansion to 1980 aims to meet capacity speed and safety goals.
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Indiana
Indianan
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Traffic Quarterly
Voters urged to register for November election in California
The piece urges Southern California residents to register before September 15 to vote in November. It notes citizenship, literacy, and residency requirements, and directs readers to register with the city clerk or deputy registrars, listing Hemlock 6-9041 and the Los Angeles county registrar for locations.
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United States
California
Hemlock
County Registrar of Voters
Los Angeles
Democratic promises pursue a bigger federal budget
Ray Tucker notes the Los Angeles platform calls for vast federal and state outlays to fund schools, hospitals, public works, and civil rights. He warns a Kennedy administration could push spending toward $100 billion with debt above $300 billion, demanding higher taxes and broader state participation. The piece contrasts Republican targets and GOP strategies to match Democratic calls for expanded programs nationwide.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Chicago
Eisenhouwer
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
New York
Kennedy Emerges As Executive From Los Angeles Convention
Drew Pearson reports Kennedy’s convention performance marks him as an executive with decisive control. He built a brain trust, prewired key allies, and directed strategy, while Republicans face a strong challenge and the party fractures in California and beyond. McGinnis will brief Nixon on backstage dynamics.
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Nixon
Perand
Sonal
Los Atesangeles
Eddie McGinnis
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American Legion
Senate
Seagrams Whiskey
Battle Monuments Commmission
Kennedy
White House
Disagreeing Develops Mental Muscles in The Head
Personal essay arguing readers often disagree with columnists and why such disagreement matters. The author says daily opinions will be half baked and that opposition forces thought, growth, and new insights. He notes that agreeing all the time would dull the mind and readers should welcome challenging viewpoints.
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Columms
Town Meeting Reporter Criticizes Johnson Nomination
An editor denounces Democratic party maneuvers that backed Lyndon B. Johnson as vice presidential nominee. The piece condemns the suspension of rules and voice vote irregularities as anti democratic and a discredit to the party. It blames opposition delegates for not challenging the process.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Collins
Independent Selecting the Vice Presidential Nominee
Robert C. Cluster of 3035 Cade St. argues that internal party selection shows how the Democratic Party may devolve into a machine run by powerful interests. He questions whether leaders who fail to uphold democratic principles in party affairs can govern the nation.
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Democratic Party
Common People's Party
Liberal Party
California ranch income hits 1959 record high
SACRAMENTO reports from the Federal State Live stock Reporting Service show California ranchers earned 1,124,810,000 from live stock and livestock products in 1959, a five percent rise over 1958. Cattle led value, while hogs and sheep sales fell.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Federal
State Livestock Reporting Service
Remember When Construction Advances in Southeast LA and Orange County
The article notes expediting loan processing for building projects in southeast Los Angeles County and all of Orange County with the new Federal Housing Administration office opening on the eighth floor of the Times Building led by director H A Davidson and a staff of fifty. Ground was broken for the first unit of St Barnabas Catholic Church and school at Orange Avenue and Marron Place, with Reverend Thomas J Foley as pastor. Bids were advertised for grading and paving two and a quarter miles and for two bridges on the Hathaway Way extension as part of the State Street project, aiming to complete the extension into Orange County this fall and winter.
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Los Angeles County
Orange County
Federal Housing Administration
Times Bldg
H. A. Davidson
Walter J. Desmond
Walter F.schlemmer
St. Barnabas Catholic
Orange Ave
Marron Place
Thomas J. Foley
Hathaway Ave
State St
State Highway Commission
Quotes From Leaders Reveal Varied Takes On Crisis
United Press International rounds up remarks from Gov. Abraham Ribicoff Sen. Alexander Wiley and Lyndon B. Johnson. Ribicoff says a smole filled hotel room is not necessary for probing politicians. Wiley notes aerial photographs of Norfolk reveal detailed targets. Johnson urges all Americans to unite to meet national problems. a St Paul police captain discusses a riot of teenagers with police and fire crews responding.
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Los Angeles
Abraham Ribboff
Connecticut
Washington
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
U.S
Norfolk, Va., Naval Base
ST. Paul, Minn
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