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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1955
Page
10
Editorial praises Eisenhower two years in office for a quality of goodwill and restraint. It argues his approach fosters calmer problem solving, mutual respect, and cooperation, with limited personal bitterness. The president downplays ego, emphasizing humility and openness in leadership.
County Supervisor Burton W. Chace leads a Sacramento bill to alter state tideland and oil fund allocations. Proposed 30 50 split would favor beaches over inland parks, arguing beaches serve the greatest number and deserve equal financial recognition.
Virginia Kelly Hosmer profiles a new GOP unit of young Republicans coached by Capitol Hill and White House figures. The team includes California’s Craig Hosmer and Patrick J. Willing with lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Ohio. They aim to expose Democratic actions in House debates and leverage TV and radio outreach as part of the GOP New Look for 1955 56.
Bill Vaughan riffs on portraits of Churchill and Eisenhower, tax scolds, a Russian wall calendar, February fashion in American calendars, a deer misidentification by a hunter with a southern accent, a Florida beach postcard debt, memory lane music cues, rising living costs, Sinatra’s 1954 poll rank, an LA exotic dancer fired for going “under cover,” and a desk-mate’s mambo enthusiasm.
The document lists personnel and office locations for The Press Telegram including publisher Herman H Ridder assistant Harold M Hines general manager Samuel C Cameron and advertising representatives Ridderstowes Metropolitan Group offices in New York Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles and San Francisco with current files kept at these offices.
A syndicated brief notes the Sheppard case shows crime may involve a respectable family, asking whether the Eden family was similarly implicated in earlier history. It raises questions about class and crime in public scrutiny.
James Marlow reports Cain, a longtime GOP figure and McCarthy ally, criticizes Eisenhower’s anti subversion program from Spokane. Cain, SCAB member and former senator candidate, urges major reforms to make government security actions fairer, while noting his political future hinges on Northwest voters and potential 1956 contests.
The excerpts present a religious aim to seek the law of the Lord and to teach in Israel, paired with Whittier describing a roving heart that brings warmth and light across latitudes. The text juxtaposes scriptural devotion with poetic imagery of Eden in wilderness and solitude.
President Eisenhower outlines a conservative liberal view emphasizing a favorable climate for private enterprise, cautious government involvement, and avoidance of monopolistic drift. He warns against government overreach into private sectors and stresses solvency and balanced budgets amid partisan pressures.
The piece recalls how each generation’s elders were hardy pioneers facing daily hardships with courage and patience. The speaker notes disbelief from younger relatives about past sufferings and reflects on enduring pioneer life to comfort later generations.
Ten years ago Murray Strewig became president of the Lakewood Business Association. Phillips Oilers from Bartlesville Oklahoma were set to play an exhibition game. Twenty years ago eggs cost 31 cents a dozen and bacon 26 cents a pound. Forty canaries in the Bixby fishing vessels park aviary were stolen. Air traffic space arrangements appeared at Pine Avenue Pier. Thirty years ago the city council kept the Municipal Airport bone dry. Fire Chief G C Craw attended a life chiefs convention in Sacramento.
Readers rail against lawmakers Klockstein Unruth and proposed tax delegation as threats to democracy and personal morals. F J Smith and James Butterfield urge citizens to resist state level control over local matters and draw poker bans, arguing parimutuel betting and liquor controls show government overreach. The letters reflect 1850s civic friction over morality, gambling, and self government.
A letter from Mack Fairbanks describes a quirky array of street characters nicknamed Birds such as the Heavy-Footed Starter the Glad-Hearted Greeter and the Puffer. He laments sidewalk misbehavior and hopes for legislation to aid the birds’ treatment and safety.
A reader asks why the city frequently surrenders sovereignty as a citizens committee, of which the writer was a member, advances the move to our current managerial form of government and whether anything can stop the pattern.
A fragment titled Portraits by Metcalfe reflects longing and patience in love. It speaks of bright skies, promised reunion, and waiting for deep affection, noting the speaker’s desire to hold the beloved’s heart over the moon.
Questions and answers cover Africa’s Lake Victoria as the world’s largest freshwater reservoir after Queen Elizabeth II opened Gwen Falls Dam outlet in April 1954. The lake spans 26,828 square miles, surpassed only by Lake Superior, highlighting major water bodies and historical events.
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