Editorial Back to the Wine Again
The essay notes MendesFrance’s fall after eight months, signaling a crisis of Western European defense and fragility of French leadership. It contrasts American stability with France’s volatile coalition politics and warns against overreliance on France as a stable ally. It ends with Vive la France.
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France
Mendes-France
Ard Fet
European Defense Community
Assembly
EDC
Mendes-Frances
Tulare County Subsidence Cites Geologist Findings
Two U S Geological Survey geologists report Tulare County has subsided about 10 feet and is dropping at six inches per year. The piece notes early excitement, conflicting explanations, and hints at a link to Tulare’s court action over Long Beach oil money.
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Tulare County
U. S. Geological Survey
Sacramento
Tulare
Long Beach
USIA needs bolstering says Streibert in 1950s notice
Theodore C. Streibert, director of USIA, cites three major shortcomings in American information spreading efforts. Reach to masses is limited by censorship and jamming. funding is insufficient against Soviet propaganda. and cultural relations require stronger, broader exchange and private sponsorship.
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Washington
U. S. Information Agency
Congress
BSS
Theodore C. Streibert
USIR
Western
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Red China
Voice of America
VOA
TSEA
America
Streibert
USIA
Soviet Russia
Russia
U.S. Congress
U.S
United States
Mr. Streibert
Formosa defense pact sparks China policy debate
Marquis Childs notes the Formosa resolution formalizes ties with Chiang Kai-shek and expands the US umbrella to offshore Quemoy and Matsu. Senator Byrd questions commitment scope and risk of aiding a regime potentially driving a China-wide conflict. Debate hinges on policy versus treaty limits amid China and UN possibilities.
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Washington
China
United States
Congress
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Atmosa
Pescadores
Chiang
Hisenhower
America
Quemoy
Matsu
Sen
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Eisenhower
Byrd
Virginia
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China
Chou En-Lai
Senator Soaper Sees Cold Months and Odd Thieves
Bill Vaughan humor column notes crusty post holiday mood and cold nuisances. It mentions a Texas bank short by a quarter million, duplicative government advisory offices, and a peculiar Idaho report about missing doorknobs and a radio interior. It humorously imagines a Martian thief and a space ship repair.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Mars
Press Elesram Herman 4 Aldeer Publisher Harold M Hires
Current files of The Fress Telegramy are maintained at offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles San Francisco. Comic Advertising Representative Metropolitan Group.
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Ridder. Johns, Inc
New York
E. 50Th
Chicago
Wrigley Bldg
Detroit
Pendscot Brsg
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
St Paul
East 4Th St
Lom Angles
San Francisco
Comic Advertising
Metropolitan Group
Public Forum Letters On Band Praise And Traffic Safety
Readers praise the Long Beach Municipal Band and urge televised programs as a city asset. A retired band man argues for more exposure and cheaper tax payer costs. The letter also condemns missing stop for pedestrians signs causing accidents and calls for city action.
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Marshall Craig
Long Beach
Coffee Break Aid to Reds
A reader Protest letter blasts the mayor for aging dignity and calls for a public apology to Paul Wilcox. It warns of recall proceedings if not issued and criticizes traffic light policy as wasteful and smog‑driving. The letter argues for broader recalls of the council and city manager and defends bev policy as aiding communists.
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Fair City
Paul Wilcox
California
Thoughtful quotes on prayer and fate from Browning and Bible
The excerpt contrasts a Bible verse about Hezekiah’s extended life with Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s remark that God sometimes answers prayers abruptly, presenting a gauntlet with a gift. It frames divine intervention as sudden, challenging, and potentially rewarding.
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Elizabeth Browning
Money Is Blood of Business in Print Letter
A reader letter argues that money must circulate to boost prosperity and consumer demand. Citing Henry Ford's wage hikes in 1915, the author claims higher wages enabled business growth and personal wealth, and advocates circulating 75 billion dollars to fund construction, loans, and pensions as a cure for stagnation. G W A Campbell signs from 3412 Vista St.
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E. Curts Clark
Henry Ford
Henry
G. W. A. Campbell
Vista St
Portraits by Trai s We Two as One
Poem expresses mutual harmony and unity in marriage. The speaker and beloved describe shared happiness, synchronized thoughts, mutual care, and reciprocal devotion, pledging lasting faithfulness and combined lives.
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Trai
Age of Intercontinental Missiles Ties to Future Warfare
Bruce Biossat discusses post World War I lessons and the need to outpace tech advances in military capability. He warns that reliance on outdated weapons undermines security and outlines the shift toward intercontinental missiles and the potential for rapid global strikes. He emphasizes quality over quantity in future defense.
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Wien
France
Russia
Just Folks Bye A Guest Winter Golfer
A humorous verse describes a winter golfer who practices on the parlor rug by the fire imitating poses from books. He believes his dream shots are perfect and flawless, yet the poem notes that when robins return in spring his real golf faults will reemerge despite his home comfort and pretend mastery.
Long Beach’s past recalled in era notes and prices
A compact nostalgia postcard notes ten, twenty and thirty years back with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at local theaters, the Harlem Globetrotters at Municipal Auditorium, a $1,800,000 storm drain plan, Red Cross leadership, seaside redevelopment talks, and steak prices around 17 cents a pound, all sharing a mood of local memory and gossip.
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Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Rivoli
Cabart
Harlem Globetrotters
Municipal Auditorium
W. L. Stephens
Red Cross
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Harold M. Hires
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Cameron
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L. B. Band
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E. Wardlow Rd
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Germany
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