Hosmer’s Third Force: A Cold War Strategy Debate
The editorial endorses Rep. Craig Hosmer’s call for a third force to coordinate the cold war across propaganda, economic competition, and scientific achievement. It contrasts Hosmer’s plan with the ongoing convention rhetoric, praising its realism and urging a focused, nonhot war approach to safeguarding freedom. The piece notes public interest lies in future policies, not past party actions.
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Korea
Tibet
Rep. Hesmer
Hosmer
U. S
U.S
Connecticut Voters See Kennedy Edge Narrowly Ahead
Waterbury Conn William W Vosburgh Jr reports Connecticut residents, proud of their conservative steadiness, tilt toward Kennedy while weighing Nixon and Republican values. Ribicoff backs Kennedy but cautions on majority figures as Connecticut remains a swing state with Catholic support strong and potential for a tight race. Dodd backs Johnson despite unit vote, leaving Prescott Bush quiet.
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Bellarin
Waterbury
Conn
Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon
Thomas J. Dodd
Prescott Bush
New England
Rutle
Bay
Lyndon Johnson
Dewey’s Backstage Power Shapes Republican Destiny
The article traces how Len Hall and Tom Dewey influenced Nixon Rockefeller and Eisenhower era politics. Hall blocked Rockefeller’s rise and Dewey guided earlier campaigns while Dewey now practices law rather than pulling strings for the Rockefeller network. It notes Hall’s legal misstep with the Snare contract and Rockefeller’s eventual decline in New York GOP support.
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Chicago
Tyrot
Nixon
Ieller
New York
Tom Dewey
Aoman
Len Hall
Paign
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
Dewey
Teddy Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L.1
GOP
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Hall
Frederick H. Snare Co
Cuba
Jack Brooks
Texas
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Brooks
Justice Department
General Browner
Washington
Imost
Ben Fairless
U. S. Steel
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Gov
Join Fine
Pennsylvania
Sen. Taft
Rockefellers
Nelson
Winthrop Aldrich
Aldrich
Chase Bank
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Bar Harbor
Joe Hanley
Standard Oil
The Clowns Behind the Painted Mask in The Circus
A personal essay argues clowns evoke hostility and resentment, portraying them as bitter figures who mask aggression with humor. It contrasts Shakespearean fools and Chaplin as gentler, then traces the clown’s long tradition from medieval courts to modern circuses as a symbol of aggression toward mankind.
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Shakespeare
Harris
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Editorial Attacks Johnson Over 1959 Actions
Owen Carr denounces a July 6 editorial for praising Lyndon B. Johnson while detailing two alleged 1959 deeds. He accuses Johnson of ordering a passport denial bill affecting Communists and engineering the defeat of Adm. Lewis Strauss, framing the pieces as Communist appeasement. Carr cites location at 108 St. Joseph Ave.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Sta. Johnson
Johnson
United States
Lewis
L. Strauss
Strauss
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Why Pension War Service a Duty
Reader Richard A Sterling from 2181 W 18th St questions why World War I veterans should receive a pension, arguing war service was their duty as Americans and suggesting pensions are unnecessary.
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Richard A. Sterling
W. 18Th St
Long Beach Freeway funding and progress noted in Sacramento
The State Highway Commission in Sacramento appropriated 1 060 600 dollars for the first Long Beach Freeway unit from Pacific Coast Highway to 223rd Street. The 2.3 mile stretch aims to link with the Santa Ana Freeway near Whittier and Washington Boulevards, with a bridge urged over the Los Angeles River at Carson Street due to rising northwest Long Beach traffic. Carson is listed as a major east west highway in the county master plan. A city wide miniature poll tournament begins today to crown Long Beach’s champion, with 18 courses entered and finalists to be named next month.
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State Highway Commission
Sacramento
Long Beach
Pacific Coast Highway
223Rd St
Santa Ana
Whittier
Washington
Los Angeles County Traffic Safety Committee
Los Angeles River
Carson St
Carson
Bese
Rockefeller Seeks GOP Nomination in Public Rally
Gov Nelson Rockefeller claims the convention delegates favor a single GOP presidential candidate. In Cleveland, truck driver Fred Van Meter was fired after stopping to aid a stalled station wagon with ten children and three women, citing company PR urging motorists to help in distress.
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Chicago
Nelson
Rockefaller
Cleveland
Fred van Meter
The Independent staff and office locations listed
The Independent notes staff roles including publisher editors and managers, with advertising representatives and multiple office addresses listed in Los Angeles. The text enumerates positions such as publisher general manager executive editor page editor and public notices of offices at 881 Fifth Avenue and the Wrigley Building.
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Herman Hi. Ridderson
Daniel Hi
Harold M. Hines
Samuel C. Cameron
Genl
Larry Collins Jri
Burs
L.A. Collins Jr
Malcolm Epley
Harry Fulton
Natl
Ridder Johns, Inc
Fifth Avene Wrigley
Ngu Patubscat
Fashay Ever
Los Angeles
Independent
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