Practical Anti-Subsidence Law in California Gains Scrutiny
The California Legislature's AB 5, a practical approach to subsidence, prompts debate as House Armed Services Committee weighs restoring Navy funds cut last year for Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Advocates say the law relies on voluntary cooperation with enforceable options, aiming to inject water and curb subsidence while involving city, state, and oil firms.
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California
Long Beach
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
Navy Department
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
House
Senate Armed Services
Navy
France
North Africa
Italy
Paris
Russia
South America
Middle East
Southeast
Asia
Indonesia
Air Fare Increases Backed by Civil Air Board Debate
A commentary from the Air Fare debate criticizes the Civil Air Board for delaying fare hikes while emphasizing the need for public service. The Santa Monica Outlook urges airlines to upgrade through engineering advances and to heed justified requests for higher fares. Oregonian commentary defends courtroom photography against a Appeals Court ruling, arguing photography can be as unobtrusive as note taking if properly cautious. It questions judges for not considering the camera’s evidentiary role in trials.
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Civil Air Board
Santa Monica Outlook
Baldness Still Incurable Says Dr Jordan
Dr Jordan notes hair loss after childbirth and in early adulthood can occur without clear cause. Genetics often drives the typical balding pattern with temples retreating and crown thinning. Local scalp conditions like dandruff can accelerate loss. treating these may slow progression but not stop it.
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Edwin P. Jordan
M.D
NEA
Be Realistic About Your Delusions
Sydney J Harris argues that many activities prompt self delusion when people think they perform better than they actually do. He contrasts golf driving poker and driving with bridge singing swimming and driving realism, noting vanity drives risky overconfidence while frank self assessment reduces danger and boosts safety.
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Sydney J. Harris
Communists Threaten West Through Economic Bloc
Washington reports the Moscow accord among the Communist bloc deepens economic pressure on underdeveloped nations aided by the United States. The bloc plans a closed trade system to exchange machinery for food, intensifying global price cuts and risking oil, minerals, and raw materials for NATO and allied economies.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Dulles
South America
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Communist Bloc
Britain
Krushchev
NATO
United States
Town Meeting Praises Public Assistance Workers
A town meeting praises case workers at the Bureau of Public Assistance for helping the poor amid a capitalist system. The speaker highlights the strain of profit driven policies on the vulnerable, noting the impact on the elderly and those with broken lives.
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Bureau
Emitom
Bureau of Public Assistance
U. S
7 Cent Stamp on Sale July 31
The Post Office said the new 7 cent air mail stamp will have its first day sale in Philadelphia on July 31 in conjunction with the American Air Mail Society annual convention. The note also includes political commentary by Warn Wilson of 1518 Rose Ave.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Post Office Department
American Air Mail Society
Dinner honors late Judge Still in Lakewood Club tribute
Long Beach and Harbor Bar Associations joined in honoring the late Judge Leslie B. Still at a Lakewood Country Club dinner meeting, noting his efforts to boost court facilities including a commissioners room and an assembly room for jurors.
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Long Beach
Harbor
Leslie B. Still
Lakewood Country Club
Today's quirky quotes from around the nation
In Donaldsonville a clerk of court issues wallet sized marriage certificate replicas with the line that the heart is constant but the mind lapses. In Washington Representative Coya Knutson faces a challenge from her husband and notes no family member will run her office. In Memphis Elvis Presley compliments Army grub, joking about rattlesnake and other unfamiliar foods. In Fayetteville Paul Grant cites his wife Lois setting a new talking record of 264 hours, praising her vocabulary.
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Donaldsonville
Andrew Falcon
Washington
Coya Knutson
Minn
Congress
Fayetteville
N.C
Paul Grant
Lois
The Independent Newspaper Office Addresses
The Independent maintains editorial and advertising offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis and Los Angeles with executive editors Miles E Since Harold M Hines and others overseeing staff and operations from the Albey Building Ridder-Johns Inc offices and major city locations listed for distribution and production.
Strauss clean H bomb rejected as too dirty for use
In Washington Defense Department rejects Admiral Strauss's so called clean hydrogen bomb as too radioactive and dangerous. The piece argues the bomb would spread induced radioactivity, undermining claims it could target military objectives without harming civilians. Lewis Strauss faces critique from Sen Anderson and others while Lodge warns Dulles about Soviet rebuttals. The column also notes Mrs. Dick Neuberger wearing a new sack dress at a tea.
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Washington
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy
Defense Department
Strauss
United States
Presi
Anderson
D-N.m
Atomic Energy Commission
Senator Anderson
Gore
Tennessee
Holifield
California
Price
Illinois
Lodge
Dulles
O. I. Leipunsky
Lespinsky
State Department
Lelpinsky
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U. S. Court of Appeals
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Santa Ana Presbyterian
Highland Fark Presbyterian
Los Angeles
City+Jergins
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A. T. Jergins
Oscar Hauge
Stephen H. Underwood
United Press Internation
Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Drew Pearson
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
Admiral Strauss
Leipinsky
UN Radiation Committee
Mervin
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