Red Cross in Long Beach Faces Emergency Budget Need
Editorial notes a $281,900 operating budget for the Long Beach Red Cross in March, after a $410,000 gift in 1933. It argues the chapter provides vast community value, including 14,293 pints of blood in 1958, and warns that failure to meet this year’s goal could curtail vital blood programs and may threaten local services during increased wartime demand.
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American rocket race mirrors Cold War to space
The piece argues the United States has matched Soviet space feats by sending a rocket toward an orbit around the sun. It notes national prestige rides on scientific accomplishments and contemplates mutual rivalry, emphasizing hostility as a driver of invention and a cycle of competing powers in infinity.
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Town Meeting Hot Rod Detour
An editorial voice condemns conflating natural science and religion while praising true inquiry as providence guided. It warns against corrupting science with political ideology, specifically Marxism, and critiques ignorance as a mortal foe. Author: Robert G. York in an unnamed city address.
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Will Power Is Not a Cure-All
Sydney J. Harris argues that mental illness cannot be cured by will power alone. A fractured personality is real and disabling, requiring external support and understanding rather than exhortations to simply "start walking." He notes religious thinkers often misplace blame on moral strength rather than recognizing illness as a condition needing treatment.
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Chalk prospers in federal deal and Oregon draft row
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports C Roy Chalk, Washington’s streetcar czar, secured a Weather Bureau contract to take two DC6 airliners in a one year lease for 51 000 a month, aiding his Trans Caribbean Airways. The piece notes Chalk’s ties to the Eisenhowers and a separate Oregon draft board dispute over Sprague Carter’s appointment.
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23rd annual kite tournament thrills Long Beach crowds
Harmonic kites colored the sky between Linden and Alamitos as Long Beach hosted the 23rd annual kite contest. Rec reation Commission and Long Beach public schools sponsored, aided by the Rotary club. 310 entrants drawn from 52 city and school playgrounds.
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Inflation study pits GOP against Democrats in 1960s gridlock
Washington reports Republicans and Democrats will launch parallel studies on inflation amid efforts by Vice President and a Douglas committee chair to probe its causes and remedies. The Nixon camp favors market-led growth, tax reform, and limited government, while Democrats push for more federal spending and resources expansion.
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Macmillan Khrushchev urge negotiations avoid war
United Press International reports Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow stress settlements by negotiations over Berlin and Germany and avoiding a third world war. Debbie Reynolds refuses Nevada divorce to hasten Eddie Fisher’s marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, citing potential embarrassment for their children.
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