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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1952
Page
21
A critical column argues that though wages rise and unemployment seems low, government spending and tax policy create a false sense of prosperity. It warns of a coming buyers strike, higher prices, and fewer jobs as taxes rise and reform is delayed, urging readers to pressure Congress and support spending limits.
A string of studies and anecdotes discusses gender differences in motor skills and coordination, early buttoning, and sub vocal thought. It cites psychologist Beth Wellman and L W Max, noting dreams, exams, and talking relate to speech use while questioning subvocal thinking.
More than 300 000 years of life were wiped out by traffic accidents among 15 to 25 year olds last year the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies reports urging driver education for every high school student Only about 44 percent of eligible students are enrolled and 38 percent of schools offer courses Yost notes the average life span of youthful victims was 46 the study shows drivers under 25 account for a disproportionate share of fatal and nonfatal crashes Driver education is a key long range safety program helping young drivers avoid serious incidents and making safe operation a learned lesson for every student
Doctors note that fear drives accidents. An industrial physician profiles accident prone individuals as young, restless, thrill seeking, bold, and defiant of authority. They appear sociable while inwardly aggressive, yet accident proneness is not contagious.
The article notes that driver education is essential, not a frill, with a statistic showing 662,370 American high school students completed courses in 1951, an increase of 100,000 from 1950, yet graduates represented only about 1 percent of the driving population, highlighting ongoing exposure to road risk.
In a Regency Club game in New York, Colombia visitor George Cardenas outmaneuvers West to defeat a trumps break. Cardenas ruffs, discards, and over-ruffed to force a slam while West misreads diamonds and hearts.
A column urges middle aged wives to join their husbands in business to combat loneliness after retirement. It cites a painter who started a small shop with manufacturer help, praising joint ventures like gift shops or ice cream parlors as insurance against rusting away. The piece emphasizes women over 50 can run small firms and suggests practical paths for shared enterprise.
Poor PA Nora declares she detests men yet every man she encounters responds with respectful conduct. The clash between her provocative dress and masculine courtesy creates social friction and mockery.
Questions and answers cover Cleopatra's tomb location near Luxor on the Nile, a New York Times Square water sign with a 130 by 27 feet water display, Toscani Italian cigars with unique midline cuts and nicotine, Gov Warren's Baptist church affiliation, a 1936 Russian cycling survey covering about 20 000 miles, and Aachen as the first large German city taken by Allies in October 1944.
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