Correcting Abuses Over Banning Trade Stamps in California
The California legislature avoided sweeping bans on trading stamps in 1957, instead directing interim study. Assemblyman Gordon Winton led hearings to separate genuine complaints from fakes, backing bills to address specific abuses such as surety bonds, cash redeemability, and prohibitions on withholding stamps with purchases. The approach earned praise for restraint and targeted reform.
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California
Sacramento
Gordon Win
Winton
Pine Ave Church of God thanks readers for support on Willow property
The Pine Ave Church of God expresses thanks for Bab Houser’s explanation of the Willow Street property purchase at the 1400 block of West Willow. The letter praises the City Council, Long Beach Board of Education, and Building Department for serving the west side. It notes public protest and defends the move.
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Pine Ave
Church of God
Bab Houser
W. S Willow
Long Beach
Glenn D. Bye
Church of Gadl 1
Morningside
Originality and plagiarism in literary theft debate
A Wichita reader accuses a paragraph of mine of direct theft from Francis Bacon, noting that many famous quotes are not original. The piece cites Plato, Shakespeare, Twain, Emerson, Voltaire, Inge, Moore, Mizner, and others to argue that all worthwhile ideas echo prior writers and that research often equals mass plagiarism.
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Wichita
Francis Bacon
Bacon
Plutarch
Mark Twain
Emerson
Voltaire
Dean Inge
George Moore
Shakespeare
Wilson Mizner
Lyndon Johnson Dictator Image Grows in Washington
Drew Pearson notes a stark leadership contrast in Washington with Johnson driving policy from the Senate end. He cites Johnson's rapid push on housing, space, civil rights, and education bills, while White House hesitation marks other issues. The piece also covers Strauss’s Senate lobbying, nepotism debates, and broader political tensions.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Wvnt
HOUSE
Congress
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Idke
Johnson
Persaue
Dolinson
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Independent publisher staff and office listings
The Independent presents its editorial team and advertising representatives, naming Daniel H Ridder as co publisher, Harold Hines as assistant to the publisher, Samuel Cameron as gent manager, Larry Colting Jr bus manager, CA Collins Sr editorial columnist, Malcolm Epley executive editor, Miles Sines editor, Harry Fulton editorial page editor, and Ridder Johns Inc as national advertising reps. Office locations include New York Fifth Avenue, Minneapolis Foshay Tower, San Francisco 12 W. Bth St, Washington 410 Sutter St, and a news bureau in Indianapolis.
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Innnapolie
Foshay Tower
Las Annelies
Bth
San Francisco
Sutter St
Washington
TDC
Beth-El Synagogue Charter Ceremony Reports Occurred
The newly formed Beth-El Synagogue of West Long Beach received its charter in ceremonies at the Jewish Community Center and Masonic temple on Locust Avenue while separate notes recount bandits terrorizing Long Beach area stores from Albuquerque, and Long Beach area electors prepared to vote on a 2.15 million dollar school bond for elementary and high school construction in their districts.
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Beth-El Synagogue of
West Long Beach
Jewish Community Center
Masonic Temple
Locust Ave
Albuquerque
N. M
S. T. Vinyard
Leslie R. Hall
Long Beach
Vinyard
Signal Hill
Catalina Island
State Department Disorganized Warns of Postwar Crisis
RAY TUCKER says the Administration faces a critical postwar struggle with Russia due to a disorganized State Department and the absence of a permanent trained career leadership. Dulles and McElroy successors lack broad world-view experience, risking instability. Pentagon planning also suffers as McElroy nears departure. Congressional space oversight grows amid missile and satellite uncertainty. The Mikoyan trade war pressure worsens as Dillon and a new Trade Practices Committee fail to mount an effective counterattack.
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Strauss
Commerce Department
Alaska
Ser
Bob Barnett
Interstate Commerce Committee
John Pastore
Rhode Island
Senate
Sen
Clint Anderson
New Mexico
Pastore
Anderson
Taint Atomic Energy Committee
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Neil H. McElroy
United States
Russia
Berlin
Dulles
State Department
Fach
Western
Europe
Middle East
Asia
South America
Nene
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Anastas Mikoyan
West
U. S
Douglas Dillon
New York
Eisenhower
Mikayan
Bolivia
Dillon
Quotes on defense first and Berlin crisis teased
U S lawmakers weigh Eisenhower defense priority and Stevenson critique. Saltonstall says defense comes first. Harmon defends porch as district office and salary stance. Stevenson rejects GOP claim on Democrat judgments. Brandt rebuffs Khrushchev Berlin proposal as impossible and aimed at carving East and West.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Nikita S. Khrushchev
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Mendez
Lynn R. Hutchins
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Washinto
Tay Stassen
Bard
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Harris
Drew Pearson
Lyndon
Acy
Ridley Mitchell
Tennessee
Albert Gore
House of Representatives
Gore
Mitchell
Thomas Jefferson
America
Ray Tucker
Pentagon
McElroy
Donald Quarles
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Leverett Saltonstall
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Harmon
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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