Good News About Hospitals in Long Beach
An editorial notes that repeated temperature checks at VA hospitals are obsolete and fair to patients. It discusses a Los Angeles County hospital cost study showing non profit hospitals deliver lower patient costs, with Community and Seaside among the least expensive. The piece highlights Long Beach’s civic plan to expand nonprofit hospital services, including a 200 bed addition to Community Hospital and a new Memorial hospital, both city owned but operated by non profit groups.
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Veterans Administration
Los Angeles County
Teamster’s Security Fund Office
Health Plan
Long Beach
Memorial Hospital
West Asia turmoil outlined in Pearson dispatches
Drew Pearson reports a U S hold fire order in Lebanon amid clashes with rebels as Chamoun delays until July 24 elections. He details army cabinet splits, U S Marines in Lebanon, Iraq’s pro business stance, Israel warning on Jordan, and allied nations pressed to back a UN police force amid shifting Arab alliances.
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Cilamoun
U.S
Chamoun
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Hussein
Arab Legion
Near East
Jordanian
United States
United Nations
Eisenhower
U. N
STRICTLY PERSONAL Professional Respect Compared
A London physician guest notes England's professional classes are more respected than Americans. He argues U.S. doctors and lawyers blend profits with practice, focusing on investments and real estate. He says profit motive erodes public esteem for professions and leaves Americans seeming hypocritical or naive.
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London
America
England
To Aids and Odd Cures for Warts Said by Dr Jordan
Readers sent many wart cures while Dr Jordan notes that warts vanish under varied treatments including burial of objects and even suggestion. He cites a man cured after burying pork and red cloth and recalls viruses cause warts while toads do not. The piece discusses types, spread, and skeptical views on mind over virus treatment.
Long Beach Band praised amid community letters
Editor notes readers praise the Long Beach Municipal Band for concerts in Lincoln Park. They highlight the band’s role in entertaining locals and attracting visitors, while criticizing efforts to abolish it. Letters also discuss Santa Monica crime coverage and a minister on the city council.
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Long Beach
Gordon Carmen
Eucalyptus Ave
Santa Monica
Fred M. Judson
Trinity Baptist Church of
Fevelyn McLean
4Th St
Bring Back Dodger Cartoon From Lucifer Lightfoot
A reader pleads for the Brooklyns Dodgers cartoon figure in Lucifer Lightfoot to return after a July vacation and resume after the World Series. H A Barnes notes the character’s humor and hopes for a timely comeback. The letter mentions Paraguay inviting immigration with Japanese and Italian families settling in recent years.
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Dodger
Brooklyn
Lucifer Lightfoot
H. A. Barnes
Obispo Ave
Paraguay
South America
Remember When Gavel Presented For Kansas Picnic
Remember when a cherry wood gavel from the John Brown farm at Osawatomie Kansas was given to Councilman Joseph R Ramsey by Mrs Florence Deputy Haskell secretary of the Kansas State Society to use at the Kansas summer picnic in Bixby Park on July 25 Rev Edward Shouffler led the society as president Delegates around 2500 were expected at the Golden Jubilee convention of the Christian Churches of Southern California in Municipal Auditorium July 25 31 with 2000 more attending one or two sessions Local committee was led by Rev Franklin H Minck of East Side Christian Church Mayor Oscar Hauge City Manager Henry S Callahan W E F Prisk Press Telegram editor publisher J David Larson executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and W H Hosking Press Telegram business manager spoke at the dedication of the new KFON radio station in the Motor Tires Building Anaheim Street broadcasting at 1000 watts Hal G Nichols president and Frank P Goss Press Telegram radio editor responded.
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John Brown
Osawatomie
Kan
Joseph R. Ramsey
Florence Deputy Haskell
Kansas State Society
Kansas
Bixby Park
Edward Shouffler
The
Christian Churches of Southern California
Municipal Auditorium
Franklin H. Minck
East Side
Oscar Hauge
Henry S. Callahan
Policy Reversal Urged by Critics in Middle East
Critics urge a right about face in U S policy for the Middle East to prevent domination by Russia or hostile East, arguing for recognition of Arab nationalism, abandonment of containment, and greater aid to underdeveloped regions, with Nasser as a rising regional leader and joint Arab not Western answers to unrest. The piece cites Kennan Stevenson Millis and Nehru as proponents of a third force, stresses the need to rebuild local politics, and notes historical U S and allied actions in Israel and China as context for shift.
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Washington
Middle East
Iraq
Lebanon
London
Levant
Suez Canal
Co Oe
George F. Kennan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Walter D. Millis
Fund For the Republic
Capitol Hill
Egypt
North Africa
Himalayas
Gamal Abdel -Nasser
George Washington
United States
Britain
Hussein
Jordan
Faisal
Nasser
Nehru
India
Kremlin
Wasser
Tita
Khrushchev
Quotes From Officials Across Washington Baghdad and London
Washington Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks defends Presidential Secretary Sherman Adams saying Adams has been whipped more brutally than any public figure this generation. Baghdad Deputy Premier Col Abdul Salam Aref doubts a new world war will happen given modern weapons. London ambassador in London quotes Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem urging clear friendship with the West.
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Washington
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Sherman Adams
Baghdad
Iraq
Abdul Salam Aref
London
Abdul Karim Kassem
Independent Newspaper Masthead Snapshot
Current files of The Independent are maintained at the offices. The text lists staff roles including Executive Editor Miles E. Sines Managing Editor Harry Fulton Editorial Page Editor Washington News Bureau and general managers, with national ad reps Ridger-Johns Inc and multiple city offices.
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Herman Hy Ald
Irene
Harald M. Hines
Samuel _C. Cameron
Larry Collina Jr
the Ax Comins Sram
Malcolm Epsey
Miles E. Sines
Harry Fulton
Washington, News Bureau
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Nat'l Advertising
Ridger-Johns, Inc
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50Th St
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
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San Francisco
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