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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1957
Page
9
LA.C. argues that rising costs reflect demand for better living standards and faster tech advances. Housing and food cost rises outpace 1940 levels, while the Navy must invest in new ships, planes, and weapons. Waste concerns are noted but essential military spending is defended as vital for national safety.
Reader letter argues President ordered troops to integrate nine Black students at Little Rock Central High on September 24. Claims NAACP influence, questions motive and timing, labels event a grandstanding ploy to win Black votes in 1958, and suggests the white school was inferior in public perception.
Ray Tucker notes that over 40 million Americans receive checks from federal, state, and local governments, with veterans loans adding 10 million. He quotes critics arguing the U.S. is becoming two thirds socialized as Congress considers Measures ahead of 1958 elections. He cites a breakdown of bureaucrats and beneficiaries across programs, including Civil Service pensions, old age assistance, and veterans grants, arguing large outlays are necessary but contested.
Publicrian Harold M. Hines assists publisher Samuel C. Cameron with editorial matters. Larry Colling serves as business manager. Editorial columnists and managing editors operate from the Washington News Bureau with advertising representatives in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Currant offices at 110 Lutter Bt. The Independent state that current editions are maintained at these offices.
Police captain advises motorists to avoid fatigue and monotony on highways. He urges leaving the road when sleepy, maintaining safe following distances, not forming speed groups, and regularly checking mirrors. Keep eyes moving and mind alert. driving remains a serious business even on pleasure trips.
A compilation of reader questions and answers covers bunion causes and treatment, historical design credits for the Brercury dinnerware, sources of the Mississippi River, thunder with heat lightning, Smithsonian flag history, venomous toads, the boondoggle coinage, Kilimanjaro, sister city exchanges, bloodhound naming, a Civil War ransom demand, and civic exchanges. Includes multiple named individuals and institutions.
A reflective piece on the impact of spoken words, stressing that Christ’s message has echoed for nearly two millennia. It urges kindness and sympathy for the lonely and sorrowful, and conviction for the sinful, while advocating sincere tone over volume to convince others to seek a higher path.
Drew Pearson argues the Arab states drift away from American influence as U S policy wobbles from Suez to Syria. He notes kingly rulers, shifting stances, Turkey’s fears, and Russia’s growing naval and arms presence shaping near eastern tensions.
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