Editorial: Registering to Vote in Long Beach
After the Jan 21 special election only 21.4 percent of eligible Long Beach voters cast ballots, sparking calls that results do not reflect mandate. The piece urges registration, informs voters how to confirm status, and notes upcoming local and state elections. It urges newcomers to learn requirements and reminds citizens that voting is a responsibility and prerogative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
County Registrar of Voters
Global Social Security Abounds Abroad Says Rep Curtis
Rep Carl T Curtis explains in a U S News interview that about 16 000 beneficiaries living abroad draw large parts of the 15 million dollars in annual U S social security benefits The rules allow foreigners from countries like Italy to receive full monthly benefits and several related survivor and child benefits even if they never set foot in the United States The system has grown broader since 1952 when benefits abroad exceeded those paid in many U S states The piece ends with an optimistic note about future reforms and potential challenges
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Uncle Sam
England
France
Siam
Iran
Hong Kong
U. S
Carl T. Curtis
U.S. News and World Report
Italy
Want to Vote Check This List for May 11 Primary
Voters in Long Beach face a March 18 deadline to register for the May 11 primary with amendments on the ballot. The county registrar summarizes who must re register including those with address or name changes and new county residents.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles County
California
Nou
City Hall
Registrar of Voters
Pungent prose and mixed signals in midcentury musings
A column of scattered reflections on politics media and culture. It wades through debate over the Statue of Liberty island ownership John La Lewis unions a local landmark focus and the generosity of motorcar dealers toward horse shows. It also ponders Santa Claus childhood forgiveness lipstick color television education search for coaches and a mild Bevo Francis medical note with a humorous misprint.
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John la. Lewis
Thoughts on Repentance from Acts and Poetry
A compact reflection links John the Baptist’s preaching and the baptism of repentance for Israel with a meditation on remorse. It contrasts gentle, balmy repentance that nourishes the heart with prideful, gloomy remorse likened to a poison tree, using religious and poetic imagery.
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John
Israel
Florida officials burn a book in schools debate
The Florida cabinet board of education decreed withholding the book Alcohol and Humane Affairs from classrooms. Willard Spalding and John R. Montague authored it, with WCTU viewpoints cited. Protests and debates over book burning, state control, and balanced education follow.
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Washington
Florida
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Cabinet Board of Education
Thomas D. Bailey
Women's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Florida School Board
Willard Spalding
University of Illinois
Portland
Ore
John R. Montague
Educational Advisory Commission On Alcohol
Alcoholic Beverage Commission of
State of
Oregon
Selden Bacon
Center For Alcoholic Studies
Yale University
Committee of Congress
Eisenhower
Dartmouth College
Free America
Allied Russia meet again on Asiatic peace plan
Western Allies and Russia agree to hold a Geneva peace conference on Asiatic issues with Korea first and Indochina second. Molotov gains status quo European split while Red China may resist recognition. Berlin talks hint Moscow acts as broker for Beijing amid potential US concessions.
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Russia
Red China
United States
Britain
France
Vyacheslav Molotov
Geneva
Swit- Newsom Zxerland
Berlin
Georges Bidault
Indochina
Panmunjom
Formosa
Molotov
Korea
Europe
Asia
Man ‘Tse-Tung
Red
Just Folks by E A Guest to a Boy Called Sissy
A father speaks to a boy pleading to resist gang pressure and choose courage over cruelty. The piece urges staying clean in heart and actions, warning that roughness for hate or spite is easy but wrong. It urges thoughtfulness, courtesy, and kindness to become the man the sissies fear.
Long Beach flashbacks and harbor notes from past decades
Ten years ago two masked men were caught by Seal Beach police as they held a waitress at the Glider Inn. Coast Guard basketball upset San Pedro YMCA 47 to 38. Twenty years ago a building project surpassed the half‑million dollar mark for 1944. USS Sirius Navy supply ship finished a three day stay in Long Beach Harbor. Poly High's commercial department was the largest west of the Mississippi. New water well drilling predicted the city water supply would double future needs.
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Seal Beach
Glider Inn
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Sirius
Long Beach Harbor
Poly High
Mississippi
Public Forum Letter Guidelines for Publication
Community forum notices require real names and full addresses with signatures. Letters must stay under 850 words and may be edited for taste or space. Ensure bona fide signatures and complete contact details accompany submissions.
Noisy Vehicles Public Problem
A reader condemns noisy illegal vehicles and muffler violations, urging police action and enforcement. The letter argues heavy trucks cars and motorcycles violate the Motor Vehicle Code and that police restraint undermines law enforcement. It cites complaints from Compton and Long Beach and calls for truck owners to obey the law.
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Lester L. Marshall
California
Hwy Patrol
Compton
Long Beach
L. B. Pojce
Davey
Truck Owners Association
Far East nations ripe for meeting
PRESS-TELEGRAM argues the Big Three are united without Russia and see potential for a Far East conference among North and South Korea, Red China, Nationalist China, Japan, Indonesia, India and the Philippines. A conference outside U N jurisdiction could advance regional progress despite Big Four failures.
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Russia
U. N
Big Four
South Korea
China
Japan
Indonesia
India
Philippines
Telegram Press Advertisers and Office Locations
The document lists press executives Harold M. Hines and H. F. Survester with roles at the Washington News Bureau and Ester Malcolm Epsey as Executive Editor. It notes national advertising representation by Ridder-Johns, Inc. and provides office addresses in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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H. F. Survester
Ester Malcolm Epsey
Washington News Bureau
Imimenrens Bos Alben
National Advertising Representatives
Riddar-Johns, Inc
New York
60Th St
Chicago
Wrigley Bidg
Detroit
Aanomeer Penobscot Big
Minneapolis
South St St. Paul
East 4Th St
Loo
Angeles
Wilshire Bly
San Francisco
Butter St
Telegram
Comse Advertising
Metropolitan Group
Questions Answers Animals Immune to Colds
A reader asks if animals catch colds like humans. Tests at England's Cold Research Unit show only chimpanzees can catch a cold. pigs, chickens, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, monkeys, squirrels, hedgehogs and hamsters were sprayed with germs but not affected.
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England
Salisbury
Portraits by Metcalfe
A reflective poem recalling cherished moments shared with friends. The speaker laments time passing and memories that endure as they hope for another chance to meet, converse, toast, and enjoy good company and hospitality.
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