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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1954
Page
10
A Riverside conference sponsored by Pomona College and the Citizenship Clearing House discusses boosting youth political participation amid voter apathy. The piece links early extracurricular involvement to lifelong civic engagement and urges schools to broaden opportunities for student activity.
Sheriff Biscailuz releases 1953 county crime and population figures showing 13 percent more complaints, 46 murders up from 27, burglaries 24 percent higher, rapes 18 percent, auto thefts 15 percent, and jail bookings at 47,230. Radio patrols logged 343,786 calls, up 111 percent, reflecting population growth alongside rising crime concerns.
The Berlin conference ended in Western defeat, giving the Communists a strategic edge. Moscow seeks a European army while Geneva aims to settle Indochina and involve Red China and Red Russia. France faces pressure as Indochina talks hinge on a broader European security arrangement amid Korea’s division.
Directory listing for Harman H. Ridder publishers and staff, with executive editors and Washington bureau, plus office addresses in New York Chicago Minneapolis Detroit Philadelphia Los Angeles San Francisco and advertising representation by Metropolitan Group.
Washington column argues president Truman and administration officials masked firing of Clarence Manion from the intergovernmental commission over his Bricker amendment views. It contends Manion faced partisan pressure, notes White House involvement, and cites Gov. Thornton and Dudley White amid claims of slow progress and outside work.
Virginia Kelly reports on the political climate as Democrats face sweeping indictments and partisan headlines. President Nixon and party leaders urge restraint while lawmakers debate how to respond to anti communism charges and focus on farm policy and recession remedies amid a wary public mood.
Italian capital sees householder protests as coffee costs climb while U.S. Rep. Cole notes a 1952 hydrogen bomb test blew a large hole in the ocean floor. Four clubwomen travel to Brazil to study coffee rather than their own luncheon salads.
Poem extols brotherhood beyond caste and creed showing a shared duty to help in time of need. It envisions a united people, untroubled by racism, and affirms common human bonds amid peril and conflict.
Ten years back in Long Beach stories include D M Acres of Richfield Oil predicting 50 more years for the Signal Hill field, a woman losing ration books, a new harbor patrol cutter due for the city, little damage from New Year’s Day storms at Kamp Kole YMCA camp, January oil production down by about 10 000 barrels, and the Long Beach Lions sending the most members to the San Bernardino Orange Show luncheon event.
Community paper notes letters to the editor must stay under 250 words and include genuine signatures and addresses. Editors may shorten or edit letters for taste or space.
A Press Telegram letter to the editor argues that critics of McCarthy are echoes of communist agitators and urges readers to study communism and the Bible to discern destructive work. The author claims Reds fear exposure and calls for Christian aid and a return to sovereign citizen–state relations. Irene Traffert, 2126 E First St.
Dave MacPherson of 2312 Troquois Ave editorializes against Easter bunnies and secular Easter celebrations in a March Press Telegram letter to the editor. He contrasts the Easter rabbit with the Easter story and questions modern secular depictions, urging a return to creator-focused observance.
A reflective poem questions who deserves praise the rich or humble doers. It critiques fame driven by wealth and media focus, arguing readers would value quiet acts of charity and anonymous deeds more than publicized accomplishments.
A Long Beach Press Telegram Information Bureau page answers reader questions about the Marx brothers, Civil Service Commissioners, Sanibel Island shells, Rotterdam's giant office building, and precedence of high officials and foreign diplomats. It lists the five Marx brothers Julius Groucho Arthur Harpo Leonard Chico Milton Gummo, the Civil Service Commissioners and how appointed, Sanibel shells, a Rotterdam office building, and precedence rules by office establishment dates.
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