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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1960
Page
7
Long Beach's incoming City Council must wrestle with a $31.8 million general budget and a five cent tax rate hike. City Manager Sam Vickers outlines increases to retirement and Social Security costs, bond interest, and expanded public safety and legal departments. The editorial urges frugality without hindering community progress and development.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will publish its long awaited final recommendations on rapid transit for the Los Angeles Long Beach area on June 27. The study by Daniel Mann Johnson and Mendenhall covers system choices from monorail to rubber tired Metrorail, plus routes, stations, and cost estimates. Controversy is expected as cities and firms challenge routes and equipment, while critics question fare financed plans and overall feasibility.
Washington analysis warns that Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy threaten unity as Democratic contenders. The piece notes potential party fractures over religion, regional and factional loyalties, and previews a possible ticket combo as a solution while detailing opposition from unions and Roosevelt era factions.
Drew Pearson outlines two main hurdles for Nelson Rockefeller's bid to the GOP nomination. First, the health of President Eisenhower and the risk it poses if Nixon remains VP. Second, Rockefeller's liberalism and potential tax concerns among conservative GOP bosses. The piece notes Democratic advantage if Rockefeller blasts the administration and cites Nixon’s position as a political obstacle.
A reader blasts Los Angeles politicians and Dodgers management over public funding for roads to the team’s hall park and broadcast decisions. The letter praises Lester L. Marshall of Lakewood for criticizing the Dodgers and TV broadcasts and also congratulates William Jones for an article about a Long Beach resident posing as a Russian colonel.
The Independent lists staff roles for executives and editors including co publishers Ridder and Hines with key positions such as executive editor managing editor and editorial columnist. It notes office locations in New York Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and Washington News Bureau.
A critic argues against small town booster snobbery and urban self superiority. The writer says most city residents live like small towners, value accessibility to arts, and move toward suburbs, debunking the notion of any place as inherently superior.
The inaugural cohort of Long Beach State College, 31 graduates, attended a baccalaureate service at First Congregational Church as commencement was slated for Hughes Junior High School auditorium. Also noted are Pan American Airways’ plan to link San Francisco via Long Beach Port to Hawaii and New Zealand, and a proposed 996 acre land purchase near Muni Airport with a bond issue on the August ballot.
United Press International reports quick quotes from Jamey Carey mocking Hoffa versus Beck, Hagerty addressing Socialist Diet members amid Haneda incident, and Adlai Stevenson denying presidential candidacy. The brief dispatch captures political positions and tensions across Washington Tokyo and Chicago.
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