Long Beach Schools Expand Science Programs After Sputnik
The Long Beach Unified School District launches a six week Science Summer School at Millikan High School, featuring atomic physics and chemistry, with lectures, labs and field trips. It also plans Youth Science Forums with leading scientists to foster interest, while stressing selective enrollment and avoiding forced study.
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Backstage H-bomb Ban Talk Shadows U S Russia
In Moscow last week Nikita Khrushchev reportedly told the Swedish ambassador that Russia would halt all hydrogen bomb tests, a claim echoed by Khrushchev in chats with the Canadian and Swedish envoys. The U S press and Eisenhower administration framed this as a pathway to inviting observers and possibly banning tests, while noting past reversals and Oppenheimer era warnings amid tension over strontium 90 fallout and disarmament debate.
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Pope warns world war would devastate humanity in Vatican speech
UNITED PRESS reports Pope Pius XI warned at a Falm Sunday mass that another world war would be disastrous for humanity stating nothing is lost by peace and everything can be lost by war. Adlai Stevenson comments on his 1956 campaign remark showing no change in his views regarding Vice President Nixon.
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Long Beach Port radar plan outlined by president
On March 31 1948 President W R Martin told the Harbor Commission of plans to equip Long Beach Port with fixed radar for foggy weather guidance, noting only Liverpool and Douglas already use the system. 29 years earlier the city moved to acquire the Breakers Hotel for delinquent taxes while City Treasurer Morse prepared a deed for submission to State Controller Riley. 80 years ago Od ie Wright Poly High won district finals in the annual oratorical contest on the Constitution and would represent the school in Pasadena in April with the topic The product of Our Present Day Power and Happiness.
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Strictly Personal Pick Our Leaders Out of a Hat
Sydney J. Harris argues democracy suffers when party choices limit voter options. He endorses random selection of officeholders, likening it to ancient Greece, and warns that professionals in politics foster ambition, power and self-interest. He urges a small corps of well intentioned citizens to govern.
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Ike Nixon critics charge indecision on proceression
Washington reports Democratic leaders and business allies fault the Eisenhower administration for indecisiveness on anti-pro cession strategy and for failing to counter the USSR peace offensive. Critics say mixed statements erode confidence as consumers and industry cut back, delaying tax cuts and public works vital to recovery.
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Editorials Attack Ike Vacations and TV Contests in 1960s Press
A CAMP POINT JOURNAL front page editorials condemns President Eisenhower’s vacations as harmful myths about the job. Albion News criticizes The $64,000 Challenge and Groucho shows for contestant treatment. Oakland Tribune praises ordinary joys and resilience amid recession, urging optimism. Palo Alto Times advocates a new term for smart minds, while James Reston and others discuss eggheads. San Diego Tribune notes East Germany taxing craftsmen to death, questioning communism’s impact on small workers.
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Town Meeting Debate on Parochial School Health Services
A letter to the editor argues free preventive health services should be available to all children in public health centers, not in parochial schools, and questions the ethics of public funding for school-based care. The piece cites teachers, nurses, and resources as possible subsidies and asks where the line is drawn.
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Voting registration advice for new housewife after marriage
A reader asks if marriage changes require re registering to vote at the same polling place. The editor notes registration is required for those who have not registered or who moved changed name or occupation since last registering or who wish to change party affiliation. Yes you must re register after marriage even if address stays the same.
Rain Bird Plovers Warn of Rain Through Language Roots
The plover is known as the rain bird in Europe for its habit of scolding before rain. The name Boyer derives from pluvia, the Latin word for rain.
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