Editorial Deferral of Boundary Suit Wise Move for City
The State Lands Commission deferred a possible tidelands boundary suit against Long Beach to allow a month of negotiations. The aim is settlement without litigation, preserving anti subsidence programs and federal shipyard safeguards. City and state stake public interests and seek harmonious relations while avoiding harm to oil production and regional economy.
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State Lands Commission
Long Beach
the Lands Commission
Atty
Gen. Mosk
Tidelands
Commission
Naval Shipyard
Wilmington
Sion
Lands Commission
Space Monkey Contribution
The successful trip of two monkeys 300 miles aloft in a missile nose core proves humans can endure space travel without harm. Initial reports say they suffered no injuries, enduring blastoff, extreme speed, weightlessness, and ocean splashdown, returning in apparent good health though greatly amazed.
Strictly Personal Words Show Shifts in Language Meaning
A reflection on how English words change meanings over centuries. Examples include greyhound once meaning badger, dog watch unrelated to dogs, trade winds not commercial, pantry once bread storage, buttery a wine cellar, sweetheart from sweet heart, and fas forming misreadings like fulsome and noisome. The piece imagines future confusions for a child.
Memorial Day Reflections on a Confederate Veteran
The 91st Memorial Day anniversary is noted with Walter W. Williams, a Dallas Confederate veteran, depicted in night homage to fallen comrades. The piece urges honoring the dead while focusing on peace and civic resolve, recalling the war’s colossal tragedies and the Republic’s ideals.
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States
Walter W. Williams
Confederacy
Dallas
Tex
Ike costs for White House far exceed Truman figures
DREW PEARSON reports that official figures show Eisenhower’s White House costs for 1959 and projected 1960 budgets far surpass Truman’s 1952 spending. The Library of Congress study cites total executive office and security expenses near 5 million dollars, plus allocations for staff, police, and transportation, including aircraft and multiple government vehicles.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Jack Shelly
San Francisco
Ike
Capitol Hil
Library of Congress
Budget Bureau
Iire
Eisen- Bower
Roosevelt
Civil Defense
Silent Parade Or Summit Visit Khrushchev?
Washington debates a possible Khrushchev summit this summer amid fears the Soviet leader uses visits for prestige and psychological gains. Critics warn crowds and pomp could jeopardize security and alienate voters while editors suggest restrained official greetings without ticker tape or mass jubilation.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Statesman of
Yonkers
N.Y
Broadway
Independent Publisher Staff List and Civic Motto
The Independent lists its publishing and editorial staff with offices in New York Chicago San Francisco and Washington. A suspicious curbside remark champions freedom and denounces Communist enslavement as a call to intelligent conduct.
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Herman H. Ridder
Danial H. Ridder
Peblisner
Harald M. Mines
Assize
Sarmai C. Cameron
Larry Carken
Tla Collins
Malcolm Epey
Miles E. Snex
Harry Faron
National Asverting
Ridder Jehre
New York
Fte
Cweage Wrigly
Detrat
Minneapolis
Fenhay Tower
Law Angelie Rev. Om
San Frorence
Sutter
Washingtee News Bursan
Sre Ralleng
Independent
Long Beach area projects soar in federal program
The Long Beach Los Angeles region gains a proposed marine hospital and custom house in a $65 million Southern California construction package approved by the Federal Works Administration. The Long Beach Home crafters Club, aided by the Adult Education Department, earned top honors in craftsmanship and civic activity in 1939 after donating 4,224 toys to the Press Telegram Christmas Cheer Fund. Ocean Blvd improvements east of Therming Ave come under City Council review in an executive session, with debates over paving both sides of the Pacific Electric Railway right of way.
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Long Beachos Angeles
Southern California
Federal Works Administration
Long Beach Homecrafters Club
Adult Education Department
United States
Press-Telegram
Ocean Blvd
Therming Ave
Pacific Electric Railway
Quotes From Global Leaders Stir Echoes Of Power And Fear
A roundup of remarks from Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington, Annette Dionne in Montreal, the Shah of Iran in Paris, Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, and Paul Butler in New York. The statements touch on power, risk, national honor, Greece, and the role of businessmen in politics.
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Anastas M.koyan
Khrushchev
United States
New York
Washington
Detroit
Secret Service
Paris
Iran
Russia
Vienna
Nikitas. Khrushchev
Greece
Albania
Democratic
Paul Butler
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Army
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Ray Tucker
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Montreal
Annette Dionne
Teleh
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