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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1957

Page

3

May Hire License Fee Tightens Driver Testing Rules

Sacramento reports Assemblyman L. M. Backstrand proposes raising California driver license fees to fund a expanded testing program. He urges more driving examiners and periodic reexaminations every four to six years, citing current tests as insufficient and noting a rise in holiday traffic deaths.

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Sorokin Warns on Sex Mania in U S Culture

Cambridge text by Prof Pitirim Sorokin of Harvard warns Americans drift toward a sex mania as malignant as cancer and as dangerous as communism. He features in The American Sex Revolution due next Monday, blaming video culture, advertising and media for a rising divorce rate, sex crimes, and political corruption linked to sexual scandal.

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Peterson wins name change to Purinton in San Jose court

James Grant Peterson, 47, a machinist, secured court permission Thursday to adopt the surname Purinton, stating a wish to assume his wife’s maiden name. The move follows concerns about multiple Petersons in the same workplace and community.

San Jose James Grant Peterson James ‘Grant Purinton Amen Petersons

All Time Highway Death Record Set in 1956

The National Safety Council reports a new all time highway death total for 1956 at 46,200, up 231 from the 1941 record of 39,969 and 5 percent above 1955's 38,426. The council based figures on the first 11 months and estimated December. The toll for the first 11 months reached about 36,000.

Chicago National Safety Council

Students defect as East German system questioned

A group of East Germany high school students in West Berlin says most peers do not believe Communist teaching. The 16 teens describe limited devotion among themselves, with one girl asserting personal independence. They fled East Germany after a sympathy demonstration for Hungary’s freedom fighters and entered West Berlin last week.

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Woman Who Protects The Pope Revealed In McCall's

First time the tre story of the Vatican woman drawing curiosity in Catholic hierarchy. Sister Pasqualina, the Pope's housekeeper, doctor, confidante, and in some matters his boss, is examined as a powerful figure in his circle.

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