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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1955
Page
10
The 1953 Red Cross fund drive in Long Beach highlights civil defense planning and the essential role of the Red Cross in food, shelter, clothing, and blood distribution. It notes rising blood processing costs, near depleted disaster reserves, and urges local support to sustain services for veterans, patients, and families.
In a Feb 18 Congressional Record excerpt, Sen. Neuberger praises Wayne Morse joining the Democratic Party. Colleagues Clement and Kefauver also laud Morse as a strong, capable addition. Republican Sen. Langer contributes a quip about Sitting Bull’s burial bones auctioned in North Dakota, with bones scattered statewide.
Marquis Childs reports that new lawmakers from both parties express discontent over being ignored by leaders. GOP resistance to the administration trade bill and tax proposals, plus southern dominance in Democratic committees, fuels unease about policy, power, and a potential path to a second Eisenhower term.
A Washington parlor game at Sen Monroney and Kerrs party unsettled guests as they listed seven presidents whose last names begin with CALVERT letters revealing gaps in knowledge. Cabinet member joked about Eisenhowers aides while Zhukovs US visit prospects dimmed by fear of two marshals. Korean envoy You Chan Yang shares a folklore tale about a three foot thick serpent parodying war crisis exaggerations.
Bruce Biossat notes the US economy shifts from recession fears to growth. Commerce data put 1954 Q4 GDP at 362 billion dollars, with steel at 88 percent capacity and early 1955 auto and construction activity signaling momentum. Despite fewer military outlays, sustained growth appears possible as leaders express confidence in catching up to rapid population-driven expansion.
The poem recalls flannels and rags as snug protection from cold in childhood. It contrasts motherly advice to endure winter with modern comforts, noting heated homes and fewer itching woes. It ends with fleece and flannel discarded and health improved.
A Tulsa ceremony by proxy weds a local secretary to an Army officer serving in France. Lloyd D. Murray takes over as manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California from Percy Powell. A marble tournament is slated at Lincoln School. Bananas flow through the port for national distribution. The city council once granted the Masonic Club a wrestling exhibition amid protests by councilmen.
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Readers clash over tax cut plans and budget politics. Richard Ashcraft argues against labeling GOP moves as mere rhetoric, praising broader benefits of tax relief. Alfred E Brighton contends shared risk harms individual motivation and warns of economic dependence on government support.
Labor unions are essential yet should not become crutches or echo chambers delaying wage growth. A guaranteed annual salary for some workers raises questions about fairness vs free choice, and whether small businesses can sustain such plans as industry remains largely driven by small firms.
A fragmented verse describes how a scrap of paper can be trivial or pivotal. It hints that an unmailed letter or a hidden confession may reveal tragedy or crime. The piece explores the power of ordinary paper to influence fate.
Q and A column from the Information Bureau discussing rustproof street signs in New York City made from Tenzaleg alloy, Victor Borge’s birthplace and career, postal rates comparison, and binocular sizes for outdoor use. The piece cites Avenue of the Americas at 49th Street as the first site for the new signage and notes the 3-cent US postage rate unchanged since 1932.
The document lists press staff and advertising representatives including publisher Harald MM Hines Agst to Samuel C Cameron general manager H F Burmester editor Malcolm Epley executive editor Washington News with office addresses at 808 Albee Building Ridder Jenna Inc national reps in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles San Francisco and other offices. It also notes current files of The Press Telegram are maintained at these offices and comic advertising representatives Metropolitan Group Inc.
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