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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1955
Page
10
Long Beach City Employes Association will handle home gifts solicitation for the 1955 cancer drive. About 2,500 city workers will contact every home in a two hour April 21 blitz, zone based, with Cancer Month in April. Funds support education, research, and patient services in Los Angeles County.
A border escape tale reports four Hungarians seeking political asylum in Austria. After crossing into a border town they encounter a mine field and are later captured by Soviet soldiers and returned to Communist territory. The piece mocks Communist concern for happiness amid harsh measures.
James Marlow notes how the Isles Matsu and Quemoy near Formosa drew U S attention as a possible flashpoint. Eisenhower faced a debated choice to defend or abandon the tiny islands amid allied and domestic doubt, with Carney and other officials signaling potential war triggers. The episode tested national consensus on alliance obligations and the value of holding strategic outposts.
A fragmentary verse about sleepless nights caused by worry and anxiety. It hints at travel plans, tight schedules, and concerns over someone possibly near death, leaving the reader with images of restlessness and vigil.
Brief notes report the farm adjacent to President Eisenhower’s has been sold, possibly to Ike or a buyer eyeing its balloon and popcorn concession. The piece jokes the GOP might buy the property to boost radio funding on weekends. Moscow word says Marenkov’s spies are being weeded out of government.
Press Telegram current files are maintained at multiple offices including bos Albee Building and Ridder-Johns, Inc. with national advertising offices in New York Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles San Francisco and comic advertising representatives Metropolitan Group, Inc.
Senate committee eyes Dulles release of Yalta records as a public trust. The piece argues taxpayer funded notes from international conferences belong to the public, not private publishers, citing Hiss and MacArthur leaks and past declassifications. It urges full disclosure of all personal comments in official records.
The piece reports on Defense Secretary Kelly ordering civilian public information chiefs to replace military ones and restricting releases to Wilson's office. It argues the policy weakens transparency, undermines military publicity, and risks national safety by limiting direct access to accurate, timely military information.
Mor rie Landsberg reports California lawmakers near halfway through the 120 day 1953 session with signs of a stalemate on major reforms. Key issues include tax plans liquor and wagering bills and state revenue department. hearings loom on proposed measures such as outlawing draw poker and regional anti sabotage efforts.
JUST FOLKS by E. A. GUEST KIBITZER notes kibitzers observe bidding and play in bridge. It says kibitzers are vocal critics who comment on hands and decisions, often more outspoken than wise, yet silence is prized. The piece humorously contrasts outspoken kibitzers with discreet friends.
Ten oil wells were located on city harbor land in Long Beach ten years ago. The item notes a past discovery linking Long Beach to offshore energy activity and mentions city officials recording the event.
Lynn Miller of Lewis Avenue criticizes current movie offerings for violent westerns, scanty costumes, and sensational cartoons. She longs for true-to-life stories, modest attire, and slapstick comedies with era-defining stars, calling for a return to older, superior pictures.
Dorothy Myers of 218th Street voices concern in the Forum about a Los Angeles paper’s claim that a union card could replace a Geiger counter. She asks what right the union has to monopolize free enterprise and where the prospector fits, framing the union as a workers’ group in industry.
Readers ask when ancient man began smoking tobacco and which flowers might be the U.S. national flower. The answer notes tobacco use by Central American and Mexican priests in ceremonies and Maya pipe carvings. It adds that wild rose and columbine have been proposed, with bills by Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Rep Frances Cleveland Botton.
A compact quotation compilation linking Jeremiah 29 7 urging seek the city’s peace with Luther’s claim that prayer binds God to it. The two lines present a religious reflection on providence, obedience, and the power of prayer in seeking communal peace.
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