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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1960

Page

8

False and Preposterous Dope Report Slurs Students

A Long Beach official debunks a congressional claim that 59 percent of unnamed junior high students used marijuana. Officials say no such school exists, no survey in Long Beach confirms the figure, and the report misstates sources. Sheriff Pitchess condemns the unverified claim as slanderous and irresponsible.

Long Beach Victor H. Vogel Douglas A. Newcomb Long Beach Unified Congressional Vogel Los Angeles Peter J. Pitchess Senate Pitchess Sen. Hennings Sheriff Pitchess

Rockefeller Aims to Reorient GOP Beyond This Election

The piece portrays New York Governor Rockefeller as seeking a Rockefeller style reform of government. It argues he cannot win next month’s convention and may push for liberal New Deal and Fair Deal policies in a 1964 run, challenging Eisenhower Nixon Republicans with plans on military spending agriculture education and social welfare.

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Stassen Aims to Draft Rockefeller for President

NEW YORK UPI Former Minnesota Governor Stassen said he will seek a Rockefeller by President draft in the Pennsylvania delegation at the Republican National Convention. He plans to persuade fellow Pennsylvania delegates in Chicago on July 25 to back Governor Nelson Rockefeller for the GOP nomination. He previously supported Nixon and backed Hoover in 1932 nominating King on a first ballot.

New York UPI Harold E. Stassen Pennsylvania Stassen Richard Nixon Chicago Nelson Rockefeller Minnesota Risenhower King Taft

Fair Trial for Eichmann Says Tracker

DREW PEARSON reports Tuvia Friedmann who tracked Eichmann says the trial in Israel will be fair and based on concrete evidence. Friedmann cites German knowledge of Eichmann’s hiding in Argentina and recalls stages of German anti Semitism while describing Eichmann’s mass murder methods and the planned international witness involvement. He notes his own wartime escape and a life spent pursuing justice for 6,000,000 Jews.

New York Tuvia Friedmann Adolph Richmanna Argentina Chacabuco Olivos Disrich Navi Lhase Germany Friedmann Hitler Pholos Eichmann Israel Tel Tel Aviv Eeichmann Carl D. J. Straven Chicago Age Hellflower

Assembly races spark lively fall outlook in 44th District

Joseph M. Kennick thanks supporters and voters from both parties in the 44th District as he notes a livelier contest ahead this fall. An editor’s letter from Hellflower laments atheism and extols religion, arguing for Christ’s spirit and divine guidance against secularism.

Joseph M. Kennick Pine Ave

Independent publisher staff and offices listed

The Independent’s masthead lists Daniel and Harold Hines among editors with Larry Calling Jr and L. A. Carl Sr. in managing roles. Malcolm Eplayan and Miley E. Sines serve as executive and managing editors, with Harry Fulton on the editorial page and Ruader Joins, Inc. as national advertising representatives. Office addresses appear in New York and Washington.

Punuanera Punkaher Crites Daniel Harold M. Hines Samati_C. Cameron Dent Larry Calling Jr Bos L. A Miaaearole Foahay Tower LOY Angeiod Sutter Washington News Indapandant

Molehill to Mountain Mindset on Apathy and Pain

A personal reflection arguing that people deny looming problems like back pain and societal ills, mistaking avoidance for magic. The piece attacks apathy as childish belief in quick fixes, urging recognition of real pressures from taxation war housing and bureaucracy while noting persistent back pain worsening with neglect.

Mrs Frank C Finch Elected International president

Long Beach resident Mrs Frank C Finch was elected International president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Hotel Greeters of America at the group’s 40th annual Denver session. She previously led the California and Long Beach auxiliaries. City officials announced civil rights protections for municipal employees who may be drafted. Glenn D. B. McMeekin, secretary of the Civil Service Board, resumed duties after a call to active service in the Air Force and Naval Reserve.

Frank C. Finch Long Beach New International Women's Auxiliary Hotel Greeters of America Denver Colo California Hotel Greeters Glenn DB. McMeekin Civil Service Board Air Force

Quotes From Global Leaders And Figures

United Press dispatches report Eisenhower welcoming cheers in Manila and stressing unity with the two great powers. Frondizi, arriving in Rome, speaks of emotion tied to his ancestral Italy. Jake LaMotta confesses to betting on a 1947 fight to secure a title shot, while Nico Jacobellis faces deportation for screening an allegedly obscene French film.

Detective Smith named acting lieutenant in Griffin-Peterson bureau

Twenty years ago Sergeant Austin H. Smith was chosen to replace Lt. O M Murphy as acting lieutenant at the detectives and police squad in Griffin Peterson in charge of the detective bureau nights with a rank equal to acting police lieutenant.

Austin H. Smith O. M. Murphy Grifford

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