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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1959
Page
6
Editorial argues for using 10 million from the State Investment Fund to study sea water conversion and build a Los Angeles County plant. It says sea water could become a viable freshwater source, complementing northern river supplies, and urges legislative support for Grant's ACRO5 measure.
The narcotics crackdown shows fewer new addicts from 1956 to 1958 with 7453 in 1958, 4047 in 1957, and 5296 in 1956. Commissioner Anslinger credits tougher laws and stronger enforcement, plus press and youth education. He notes lingering issues with jurists giving light penalties to peddlers, harming law effectiveness.
California Highway Patrol Commissioner Bradford M Crittenden says patrolmen are not required to make a set number of arrests or be graded by citations. He denies quotas and urges officers to ticket only when law breaches exist, noting rumors of forced arrests are unfounded and motorists are inventive.
Personal reflection recommends reading Man Meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz to understand dogs and human influence on canine behavior. The essay argues dogs mirror human culture and virtues, with loyalty learned from people, not innate dog nature, and cites historical attitudes toward dogs from biblical to Elizabethan times.
Drew Pearson compares Nasser and Castro, noting poverty and weak middle class in the Caribbean, Castro's radio calls against dictators, and Haiti's fragile politics led by Francois Duvalier. The U.S. backs Haiti with aid as Duvalier relies on American consultants and lobbyists to stabilize the regime amid regional upheaval.
At a Linus Club luncheon port manager E. J. Amar announced that Long Beach Harbor surpassed Los Angeles Harbor in general cargo tonnage for last month marking a historic first for the two ports. Separately, 15 year old David Kellogg of Long Beach won the California senior marble shooting championship at Treasure Island in four hour finals, a continuation of his prior focal marble title. A 30 year old dispute over Belmont Shore property title involved the City Council and questioned whether the San Gabriel River Development Co held proper legal title.
Washington reports a National Coal Policy Conference gathering once rival operators and miners into a cooperative front. Leaders including John L. Lewis and policy makers push for industrial councils, seeking wage price dialogue with limited federal coercion while warning against rapid atomic power civilian use. The piece notes gains with Eisenhower and Dillon pressuring tariffs and imports, and highlights calls for Federal Power Commission scrutiny of gas pricing.
United Press International reports Lyndon B. Johnson argues the free world must secure more than Berlin to endure. Carlos P. Romulo urges reliance on spiritual values against communism. Errol Flynn explains he refused to eject a party crasher, noting his film heroism but avoiding confrontation with a drunk gun.
The Independent lists publishers and editors including Herman H Ardder Daniel H Ryder and Harold M Hines with Miles E Sines and Harry Fulton in leadership roles. Advertising representatives cover Ridder Johns with offices in New York Chicago Detroit and Minneapolis while bureaus operate in Los Angeles San Francisco and Washington.
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