Ike Changes the Formula
Eisenhower shifts the Sev enth Fleet mission in Formosa Strait. The reaction is mixed but largely supportive of the new administration. allies worry about broader war aims while the United States aims to constrain Communist forces by altering naval posture. The Korean war stalemate underlines the need for new policy as the president changes the formula under mandate from voters.
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Eisenhower
Formosa Strait
United States
Formosa
Indochina
Reds
Seventh Fleet
Bradley
Korea
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Japan
Philippines
American Voters
Yalta
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Congress
Truman
Europe
Our Stake in the Colorado River
The piece argues California should maintain its case in the Colorado River dispute with Arizona, noting no congressional bill exists yet for Arizona's rescue project. It warns against complacency, stresses California's long term water needs, cites existing aqueducts and federal contracts, and urges opposition to Arizona’s and other drawal proposals as bad economics.
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Arizona
Colorado
California
Supreme Court
Southern
Southland
Colorado River
Bills Galore Highway Problem Biggest State Issue
California faces a $3.5 billion highway deficit with proposals from Sen. Ed Regan and Assemblyman Laughlin Waters to raise gas taxes and truck fees, fund via bonds or federal borrowing, and create new authorities. Other bills seek toll roads, reorganized agencies, and transit planning.
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Wayne Sargent United
Sacramento
I SE
California
Ed Regan
Assemblyman
Laughlin
Waters
Earl Warren
Warren
Waters Wold
Randolph Collier
Luther Lincoln
Collier
Lincoln
Sen
A. W. Way
Glenn Coolidge
Stanford Shaw
Shaw
GAS Money
Department of Highways
O'Gara
State
Toll Bridge Authority
California Highway Commission
California Highway and Transportation Study Commission
ACA
Dickey
Burns
Allen
Thompson
Munnell
Thomas Doyle
Hahn
Hatfield
Evans
Charles Lyon
The Changing Viewpoint by E A Guest
The poem weighs what matters most to a boy from dreams and games to college success and future leadership. It contrasts material goals in youth with supreme value of the pride and love of kin in later years.
Long Beach Community Food and Wood Distribution Moves
Long Beach reflects on past decades noting civic efforts to salvage storm felled timber. Public Service Director George E. Baker recalls 350 tons of timming moved to eight depots for public use. Future retrospectives reference local scouting milestones and city pride in national competition.
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Public Service
George E. Baker
State of the Union signals tax cuts and reform
Marquis Childs notes Eisenhower's first State of the Union speech emphasizes a balanced budget and tax cuts sought by Reed and Republicans. Treasury brains, fluttering debt issues, and cautious foreign policy frame a push for reform, reorganizing government, and elevating Mrs Hobby to cabinet status. The piece portrays Ike as a president in transition from general to political leader.
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Washington
State of the Union
Eisenhower
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means
Reed
al Powers
Hoover Commission
Senate
Oveta Culp Hobby
Public Forum on Good Friday Election Date Debate
Readers critique merging city and school board elections with Good Friday April 3. They urge charter flexibility or date amendment, warn low voter turnout and potential moral impact. Signed letters from William J. Daniels and Anne Hoffman Sly with addresses listed.
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Ess-Telegram
Editorial on The Scape goats of History prompts moral rearmament
A letter to the editor praises a January editorial calling for moral rearmament and self-examination during the Cold War era. The writer urges more high minded editorials and argues that America, as leader of the free world, reflects its citizens amid disunity and fear versus the united drive of hot war toward victory and peace.
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America
Free People's
Opinion Roundup Editors hail the talk
Associated Press rounds up editorials reacting to President Eisenhower's State of the Union address. Dignified, cautious, and bold assessments from major papers praise clear policy direction, Formosa decisions, and a shift toward a more positive foreign stance while urging steady leadership.
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Associated Press
Fisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
Boston Traveler
O. Kansas City Star
New York Times
Newark
N. J
Star-Ledger
Eisenhower
New York World-Telegram
Sun
New York Journal-American
Formosa
Memphis Press Scimitar
China
Stalin
Chicago Sun-Times
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Milwaukee
Ournal
Charlotte
N. C
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Richmond
New York Post
Kansas City Times
York Herald Tribune
Seventh Fleet
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Christian Science, Monitor
Boston
Dwight Eisenhower
Minneapolis Star
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pay Raise for L. A. Policemen Urged
Letter to the PRESS-TELEGRAM argues Los Angeles patrolmen earn more than Long Beach sergeants with equal duties. The writer cites morale, fair pay, and deductions, urging raises to match neighbors such as Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Wilmington. Co. W. Campbell, 2629 Vista St.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Pedro
Wilmington
Co. W. Campbell
Vista St
Question and Answer column on Normandie scrap and bird eggs
A reader questions the fate of the Normandie ship, answered: it was broken up for scrap in 1947. The page then surveys quick factual Q and A topics: bird egg counts, Pacific island numbers, submarine speed, black widow spider ID, early swimming strokes, and Boers as South Africans.
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Lone Beach Press-Telegram
N. WW
Washington
Eight Month Old Paula Delights in Surprising Look
A light hearted feature notes Paula, eight months old, whose mother is a model. The child has an unusually plump figure with an eight inch chest measurement and a tummy that seems an inch or two larger. Readers are charmed by her soft blond hair bright blue eyes and engaging smile, with speculation she may even outsell her model mother someday.
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Paula
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Knights of Columbus
Myrtle Ave
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Sly
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Pacific Ocean
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Bantiene Cameron
Mauart
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