Editorial on boxing deaths and push for banning public fights
A critical editorial argues that despite prohibitions on bull and cockfights, prize boxing endangers lives. It cites 19 year old Sunny Nunez who died after a Phoenix fight, the eighth boxing death of the year, urging stronger laws to prevent such injuries. It notes professional fists are treated as weapons and calls for societal action to ban dangerous public exhibitions.
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Sunny Nunez
Phoenix Madison Square Garden
Nunez
Long Beach Promotion Program Aims to Boost City Image
The city council backed a bold advertising and public relations fund to promote Long Beach as a destination. The plan, funded by general revenues and a 4 percent transient room tax, covers the Rose Parade float, beauty congress, visitors bureau, and promotion efforts with a $219,500 annual budget. The piece urges expanding the program to match other major cities and warns that without tax funding, the city’s economic life could suffer.
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Long Beach Beauty Congress
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Long Beach Promotion, Inc
Long Beach
We Play a Losing Game in Southeast Asia Policy
Editor notes warn against US military intervention in Indo China and Laos as futile. The piece argues Kennedy era choices, Geneva Agreement, and Laos neutrality hinder success, while South Vietnam demands force but risks another costly failure. It highlights poor Saigon coordination, reform resistance, and public indifference amid wary SEATO allies.
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Southeast Asia
Ike
Laos
Souvanna Phot
Moscow
Kennedy
Wes Teen
South Vietnam
Seates
McNamara
Charles J. Timmes
United States
Neo Dinh Diem
Saigon
South East Asia
Onf Rmothanons
Seato
France
Britain
Rusk Warns Berlin Crisis to Press 60 Days of Danger
Washington on the eve of Geneva trip Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned a Potomac cruise that the next sixty days will be critical as Berlin tensions rise. He said Khrushchev may test U.S. resolve, insisting Washington will not withdraw troops from Berlin and urging unity among allies to avert war.
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Rusk
Berlin
Drew Peerson
Washington
Jack Anderson
Geneva
Dean Rusk
Bff
Patrick J. Pearson
Engle
California
Kefauver
Tennessee
McGee
Wyoming
Moss
Ish
Sparkman
Alabama
Young
Ohio
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Uess
Taxing System Drives City Slums And Outward Home Move
A reader argues that high city property taxes fuel slum growth by making rental conversion profitable. He contrasts owner-occupied homes with landlords turning houses into multiple units for profit. He urges strict taxes on properties used for business to relieve homeowners in deteriorating cores and encourage suburban stability.
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Harris
Chicago
Sretropoltsa
Town Meeting Better Setting Needed for Concert
Editor notes a Pops concert announcement in Bixby Park, describing difficulty finding parking and parking six blocks away. The piece reflects on local event logistics and community access issues impacting attendees.
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Bixby Park
Cry Wife
Languages in the News and Public Park Letters
A mock bulletin imitates a Tokyo daily translating phrases for job seekers in undeveloped U S regions Kansas North Carolina and New Jersey. Readers share park concert disappointment and a Long Beach mother thanks the city for recreation facilities while criticizing a lawsuit and praising local welfare for children.
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U. S
United States
Kansas
North Carolina
New Jersey
Erimasuka
Japan
Gty
el Dorado Park
Long Beach
Mary Louise Martinez
Studebaker
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