Feather River Project Faces Costly, Contested Questions
Editorial notes that Southern California must look to northern California rivers for part of its water supply while weighing the Feather River project. Critics urge careful engineering, compare Oroville Dam to Hoover, question eight-dam plan, coastal routes, and funding needs before statewide approval. The piece emphasizes the major statewide challenge and slow progress in preliminary stages.
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California
Feather River
Tehachapi
Oroville Dam
Hoover Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Oroville
San Luis Dam
City Officials Praise Broad Street Improvement Plan
City officials commend a yearlong street improvement program valued at about 2 million dollars. The plan resurfaces downtown routes from Seventh to Broadway and Pine Avenue from Ocean Blvd to Tenth St, plus 17 new construction projects spanning North Long Beach and Lakewood.
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Seventh
Broadway
Pine Avenue
Ocean Blvd
Tenth St
Studebaker Rd
Stearns
Spring
Palo Verde
Anaheim
Atherton
Woodruff
Carita
Wardlow
Termino
54Th Place
Long Beach
Lakewood
Willow St
American Ave
Russians give little away as Twining views Soviet aviation
Bruce Biossat notes General Nathan Twining and aides saw limited Soviet air show access during a visit to inspect aviation facilities. Officials say Moscow offers only a partial glimpse, while American observers gain more from decades of U.S. exposure to Soviet attendees and their own industry. The overall takeaway is cautious: the Russians are not revealing deep secrets, but the visit opens a small window.
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Nathan Twining
Soviet Union
Air Force
Twining
Ansel Talbert
New York Herald Tribune
U.S
Russia
U.S.S.R
Stalin
Briefs From Sen Soaper Hints On Hats And Habits
Bill Vaughan notes hat crown trends for men refitting for car exits and streets. He reflects on regional quirks in morning routines and fear of crime as a political figure’s self promotion surfaces.
Eisenhower Shelved Third Party Idea In 1953
Washington based excerpt reveals President Eisenhower weighed a new party to carry his policy aims after Congress slashed funds in 1953. Donovan notes he considered but rejected the notion, choosing to steer the GOP toward a progressive shift within the existing party structure. The book's release spurred congressional probes into access to NSC materials and cabinet discussions.
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Washington
NEA
Eisenhower
Robert J. Donovan
House of Representatives
EDSON
White House
Donavan
Congress
Donovan
GOP
Taft
McCarthy
Bricker
New York Herald Tribune
National Security Council
John E. Moss
Rcalif
House
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Maxwell Rabb
Congress Invites Ducks to Surplus Grain Feast
Washington CQ reports Congress passed a bill, signed by the President, inviting wild ducks to raid surplus grain. The Fish and Wildlife Service will spread grain along migratory routes to lure ducks away from farmers fields. The three year feeding program aims to curb duck damage and monitor baiting.
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Congress
House
Senate
Fish and Wildlife Service
Service
Great Lakes
Wildlife Service
California
Sacramento
Imperial
San Joaquin
Secretary of Interior
Commodity Credit Corp
The
Just Folks Weather Poem For a Sunny Day
A cheerful poem by E A Guest describes a child enjoying any weather. The speaker, dressed in sun suit or rubber coat, finds joy outdoors no matter the rain or sun, urging others to dress suitably and play outside.
Long Beach Voting Milestone Highlights Local Initiatives
Ten years ago the Press Telegram noted the lightest voting since records began with seven charter amendments two bond issues and a park land to street conversion proposal. Twenty years ago initiative petitions backed constitutional measures to legalize oil and tidel drilling and civil service appointments. Thirty years ago flash signals marked a fatal intersection at Atlantic Avenue and San Antonio Drive and a boulevard stop ordinance was approved.
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Tidel
Atlantic Ave
San Antonio Drive
Public Forum: Lettara Letters Edit for Taste and Space
Letters may be edited to fit space or ensure decorum. Public forum items require author names and addresses, but content may be shortened or revised for taste. The practice aims to preserve core viewpoints while trimming length and refining language for clarity.
Defense Problem 1 Steel Eyed Defense Issue
The PRESS-TELEGRAM reports that to avoid disrupting defense, the government imposed a two week steel freeze amid a strike. It notes furnaces banked require a month to restart and presents two wartime approaches a union focus or a complete steel supply for defense.
Will Rogers epitaph wish and public questions
The letter laments Will Rogers death and notes his wish to engrave the quote IT NEVER MET A MAN I DIDN'T LIKE on his tombstone. It shifts to critique of economic policy, asking who benefited from rate increases and whether Depression causes were overproduction, citing a big three auto layoff. The writer signs W C Moseley and Doris DePrey with addresses.
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Wss-Ulngram
Will Rogers
Claremore
Oklahoma
Oolagah
Point Barrow
Alaska
W. C. Moseley
Falcon Ave
Inquisitive Reader Quests Clarity on a Foreigner Policy
A reader recalls a speech stating a leader will pursue a positive foreign policy and asks for verification. He notes the claim of a robust policy and cites January 1955 events with fighter planes on alert and missiles attached, then mentions the Teft Hartley Act modifications awaiting clarification.
Press Telegram Staff and Advertising Contacts
The Press Telegram lists publisher Harold M. Hines and executive editor Malcolm Epsey with a Washington News Bureau and multiple regional offices. Ridder-Johns, Inc. serves as national advertising representative with offices in New York and Chicago and agency affiliates including Metropolitan Group, Inc.
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Herman H. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Samuel C. Gameron
H. F. Burmester
Malcolm Epsey
Itpaonemee Egito
Nationial Advertising
Ridder-Johns, Inc
E. 50Th St
Wrigley
Nobseat
Foshay
East Ath St
Wilshire
Sutter St
Los Angeles
San Franciscs
Press-Telegram
Come Advertising Representative
Metropolitan Group, Inc
Questions Answers Heart Slows Down When at Rest
Readers submit queries answered by the Long Black Press Telegram Information Bureau. Questions cover heart rate at rest, color shade detection, learning water skiing, and US fire losses. Answers cite resting heart rate savings from lying down, photoelectric color sensitivity, time to learn water skiing, and fire loss totals by May 1956.
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Haskin
Burea
Eye St. N. W
Washington
5. D
Tores
Metcalfe Gir in Flowers Gift Poem
Poem extols flowers as a wise gift for expressing sentiment. Verses contemplate beauty, memory, and eloquent words that come with blooms. It suggests a bouquet as the most attractive and fitting gesture to wish luck, friendship, or consolation.
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