Redistricting Lakewood's Long Beach Annexation Debate
Lakewood residents push for immediate redistricting before the 1954 council elections to balance population across districts. The proposal hinges on charter rules for annexations of 10 000 or more, with preliminary estimates showing over 30 000 in total but split across districts. A charter amendment may be required to resolve technical hurdles and allow timely redraw.
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Lakewood
Long Beach
Lake A
No. 5
Planning Commission
West Lakewood
Annex
Washington
Eniwetok
U.S. Still Bets on Soviet Crackup in Berlin Crisis
Marquis Childs notes Berlin headlines faded as the city coped with food distribution shifts, a larger staff, and administrative changes in West Berlin. The article views the lull as potentially aiding Chancellor Adenauer’s re election bid, while warning another wave of riots could return the issue to the front pages.
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Washington
Berlin
Germany
Iran
West Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
East German Fate and Cold War Policy Assessment
The piece debates East Germany as a Soviet satellite, argues a crackdown by the regime amid riots, and questions Ike era policy toward Moscow. It weighs Churchill’s 1943 rhetoric, Dulles’s stance, and the hope of Soviet collapse, urging Western resolve and strategic reassessment.
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Soviet Russia
East Germany
West Germany
Russia
Dulles
Only Loss of Man o War Ties Sanford Stakes February
Fact is only time Mans' War, famed race horse, lost in 21 starts was when Upset beat him in the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga Aug 13, 1919. Flaver of Honey varies by nectar sugar content bees use. Largest titanium mine located near Sanford Lake.
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Mans
Saratoga
Sanford Lake, N
Tax fights threaten U.S. defense in hydrogen era
Joseph Alsop argues Congress and the Eisenhower administration put tax politics ahead of national security as Soviet and American hydrogen bomb developments threaten rapid air-atomic balance shifts. He cites committee reports urging stronger defense, while tax concerns stall decisive action and raise the risk of a Kremlin knockout blowwithin 18 to 24 months.
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Congressional Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
W. Sterling Cole
Kremlin
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Kelly
Edwards
Bull
Eisenhower National Security Council
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Conyright
Naw York Herald
Virginia Kelly Reflects On Wilson Approachable Image
Virginia Kelly notes Defense Secretary Wilson appears approachable in Washington, countering fears of overbearing power. He calls himself an old engineer and says he aims to do what is right for the nation, focusing on his Defense Department team and receiving heartfelt encouragement from Americans.
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Defense
Wilson
Washington
Defense Department
Defense Secretary
Eisenhower
JUST FOLKS by E A Guest Pitcher Line for New Hope USA
A reflective verse about aging in baseball, contrasting a veteran pitcher with a rising star. The poem explores the moment a younger talent replaces the established ace, while coaches and managers acknowledge the transition and the end of the dominant era. The piece closes with a humorous aside on the dining room table as a versatile, nearly obsolete domestic fixture.
Long Beach Highlights From Local History
Ten years ago radio patrolmen aided efforts to curb street refuse dumping in Long Beach. Ten years earlier the Board of Education set September 13 as school opening with a push for vocational classes. Twenty years ago giant mammoth and camel bones were found during sewer trenching in Signal Hill. Paleontologist linked them to a 40 000 year old period. Thirty years ago Long Beach ranked eighteenth in national and third in state for July building permits. Sixty bank branch managers from the Pacific Southwest bank system met in Long Beach for a one day harbor tour luncheon and yacht club banquet in Wilmington.
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Board of Education
Signal Hill
L. A
Tong Beach
Southwest Builder
Pacific-Southwest Bank System
Long Beach
Wilmington Yacht Club
As You Deserve Your Raise in Salary
A poem contrasts immediate celebration of a salary raise with the reality that pay increases are earned. It cautions not to overreact to a raise, noting progress depends on continuing performance and the likelihood of future opportunities. It emphasizes patience and sustained effort to advance.
Creamer and Woodward Named National Advertising Reps
Press-Getegram announces Creamer and Woodward Inc as the national representatives for comic advertising, with Metropolitan Group Inc handling related media services.
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Creamer & Woodward, Inc
Metropolitan Group. Inc
Inside conspiracy exposed by Senate report
Washington reports a 26,000 word Senate Internal Security Committee finding a Soviet spy network within the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. It accuses high officials of ignoring FBI warnings and calls for extended statutes of limitations to prosecute perjury and related acts.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Security Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
United States Senate
United States
Aaron Burr
Truman
FBI
Roosevelt
Stevenson
Senate
Internal Security Committee
Willis Smith
North Carolina
American Bar Association
y _ Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Executive Branch
the Treasury
United States Treasury
China
International Monetary Fund
Office of Strategic Services
National Labor Relations Board
Subcommittee On
Labor Relations Board
Capitol Hill
Senator Sooner Sees Government Egghead Bloat
A lament arises over staff cuts in Washington causing unemployment among leading intellectuals and a proposal to rent caves for surplus eggheads. The speaker notes the new joint chiefs of staff and laments the exclusion of a familiar military expert observed daily on the bus.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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United Fealire Syndicate, Inc
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U. S. Defense
Joseph Also
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Metcalfe
Getegram
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Pubiiener
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M. Hines
Aset
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H. F. Burmener
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Sooner
George Clark
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