Editorial Ruling on YMCA Could Open Exhibit Hall Approval
The California Supreme Court ruling favoring the Armed Services YMCA signals a potential broadening of tideland fund uses for Long Beach. City officials seek state approval to pay for the Convention and Exhibition Hall beside City Hall, aiming to unlock up to half of tides and offshore oil money for harbor, maintenance, and marina projects while pursuing legal options if needed.
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California Supreme Court
Armed Services Ymca
Long Beach
YMCA
Municipal Auditorum
Attorney General
Lands Commission
Walnfred Jacobson
Joseph A. Ball
Gen. Mosk
Edmund G. Brown
Filth racket targets children via the mails grows in U S
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield testifies obscene material traffic has doubled in five years and warns it could double again by 1963 if parents do not act locally. Long Beach posts fears and urges parents to gather material and deliver it to the local postmaster for action.
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Arthur E. Summerfield
U. S
Congress
Parents of
Long Beach
George J. McMillin
Washington
Postal Service
Post Office
Mak
Farm Problem Tops Administration Woes
Washington grapples with farm policy as overproduction strains farm programs and storage costs. Despite warnings of near term surpluses, Congress dawdles while crop abundance threatens prices, affecting midwestern states with decisive Electoral College influence before the 1960 election.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Hoffa
Dave” McDorall
Congress
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Ike Dinner Memo and GOP Powers Behind Nixon Bid
Washington report sketches Eisenhower era private dinners with newsmen. GOP chairman Len Thurston Morton recalls a moral impasse after a similar White House rebuke, and notes Nelson Rockefeller’s cautious bid. Morton predicts 1960 candidates must be young, photogenic, and capable of party unity against Democrats.
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Washington
Len Thurston Morton
Kentucky
GOP
White House
Ike
John O'Brien
Philadelphia Inquirer
Roscoe Drummond
William Stringer
Christian Science Monitor
Erib Roth
Philadelphia Bulletin
Arthur
Morton
Nixon
Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Capitol Hill Club
Capitol
Morningside Heights
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Gene
Dick Simpson
Pennsylvani
Simpson
Republican Committee
Joe Martin
House
Ocr
Massachusetts
Bill Knowland
California
Charley Halfeck
Indiana
Martin
Everett Dirksen
Knowland
Tke
Knowle
An English Lesson for Mr Thurber
A critique of James Thurber and the NYer's word usage debate. The author argues English freely turns nouns into verbs and cites examples like round and contact, asserting language evolves for practicality while purists resist change. The piece compares attitudes in language to politics.
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James Iber
Awe
Cook
Soerce
Thurber
Long Beach Area Casts Votes on Veterans Education Bill
Congressional votes from Long Beach area and California senators show a veteran education bill facing a presidential veto despite 57 to 31 House approval. Key figures include Sen Thomas Kuchel and Sen Clair Engle in the related amendments, with further action on defense education acts and TVA revenue bond measures.
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Long Beach Area
California
House
Thomas H. Kuchel
Clair Exgie
Kuthel and Engle
Forton
Clyde Doyle
South Gate
Cecil King
San Pedro
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
James B. Utt
Santa Ana
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Doyle
King
Hosmer
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Rotary Club
Ymca Kamp
Fred B. Clarke
Rotary Pres
Hugh A. Merit Co
Pine Ave
Fourth St
Percy MH. Smith
Oscar Houge
W. L Stephens
LM. Stevens
MH. Ridder
Banal H. Ridder
Publiaker
Harold M. Hanes
Mest
Pubisney
Camerom
Siager
Large Cotans Jr
A& Cathna Sr
Bat Fink Avenue
Seteet
Smooscol
Parsy Tower
Wea
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Washington News
Pearson
Mr. Thurber
Sidney J. Harris
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Engle
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