City Calls for Oil Department in Long Beach
Editorial urges immediate creation of a city oil department to oversee non Harbor oil operations. The piece notes expansions beyond Harbor duties, potential oil on city land including airport and Recreation Park, and references the August and Smith report estimating up to 1.36 billion barrels with primary methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Harbor
Tfarbear Department
Aea
People Id
Eits
Pere Sonnel
Markor
Wise
Pine Ave
Bay Front
Recreation Park
Harbor Department
Smith
California
End of Lavish Aid Program in Sight
Congress poised to wind down the vast foreign aid program after decades of U S assistance to Europe and Asia. Authorized levels project a shrinking total through 1957, with Europe receiving the largest share and Asia following, while actual appropriations lag the authorizations. Military aid remains a substantial portion, and the four year totals show a notable decline from the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Europe
Asia
U.S
Faithlessness of Allies in Trade With Red China
A Senate committee report accuses the United Allies of continuing to trade natural rubber with Communist China during the Korean War. It cites Ceylon and other nations, notes vast US costs in Korea, and urges Allies to discontinue trade with the Chinese Communists to avoid aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
America
U.N
China
Lawrence
League of Nations
Mussolini
Ethiopia
WesRessian
Jeter
Europe
Senate Committee
United States
Free World
Soviet Bloc
Russia
Soviet Russia
United Kingdom
Ussr
Ceylon
British Commonwealth
Truman
Red China
Korea
United Nations
Orient
Questions and Answers From the Long Beach Press Telegram
A reader quiz covers Utah Mormons, poker law, per capita wine consumption, compulsory education, king crabs, and the USS Constitution, with responses from L. Lo, C. RB, EK, G. N. A, and others. It notes Utah LDS membership at 68.8 percent in 1950, no strict poker code, 37.6 pounds per person in 1951, a third of children benefiting from compulsory schooling, harmless king crabs, and the USS Constitution docked at Boston Navy Yard since 1934.
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Utah
Haif
C. RB
L. HA. A
United States
Great Britain
Boston Navy Yard
U. S. Navy
Press-Telegram Names and Officers in Paper Office
The snippet lists personnel like Herman H Ridder and Harold M Hines with roles in publishing and management. It cites executives and representatives including Sarmael G Cameron and Cresmer & Woodward, Inc, and mentions advertising contacts Metropolitan Group Enc.
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Herman H. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Sarmael G. Cameron
Malcolm Epsey
Cresmer & Woodward, Inc
Metropolitan Group, Enc
Lippmann proposes a test for CIA immunity and McCarthyism
Walter Lippmann argues the CIA cannot claim unique immunity and urges the President to defend executive independence. He calls for lawful congressional inquiry within limits, testing Bundy's case as a principle and, if needed, seeking contempt rulings in court to curb abuses and protect reputation.
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Mr. Bundy
Allen Dulles
John Foster
Vale of Tears
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
Mr. Dulles
CIA
McCarthy
Dulles
Bundy
Senate
House
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Soaper Says Humor in Radio Not a Communist Plot
Sen Soaper Says columns discuss East German radio pledges to inject humo into casts and reminisce about ice wagon rides. The piece mocks Harvard seminars on unrest in education and notes high school students with woodwind skills earning collage band scholarships, likening it to a tramp athlete with an oboe.
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Harvard
Just Folks by E. A. Guest
A brief poem recounts eleven pheasant eggs hatching into eleven chicks. The family watches the nest daily, shields the birds from pets, and celebrates the birth with the father figure proudly strutting in plumage while the mother pheasant calls. The narrator and family share in the joy of feeding and viewing the young pheasants.
Long Beach News flashbacks ten years back and beyond
Long Beach memories recall ten years ago when four congressmen inspected Naval base installations. New gas rationing books were mailed to applicants. A massive private switchboard was installed on the Press Telegram and Sun building. Housewives faced a one cent bread price rise. Thirty years ago President Harding was expected to visit Long Beach on August 3 as the Chamber of Commerce issued its first progress bulletin detailing activities and plans.
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Naval Operating Base
Long Beach
Press‘Telegram, and Sun
Harding
Chamber of Commerce
Public Forum Letter Constraints Noted
A public forum brief outlines letter length limits and signature requirements. It specifies that letters must not exceed 850 words and require Mae signatures and addresses. It mentions options for space saving and taste, indicating editorial edits or adited in by editors.
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Mae
Who Sent Americans First Into Korea?
Howard E Brannon of Torrance writes that the Korean War began before Ike's presidency and questions who ordered American men into Korea. Oliver Kurtz and Palmer Van Gundy reply, debating responsibility, Democratic bungling, and world federalism.
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Korea
Mervifi D. Ranagan
Gen
Ike
H.S.T
Mervin
Howard E. Brannon
S. Hobart Bird
Torrance
Mervin D. Ranagan
Stevenson
Has Candidate for Miss Universe 70 News Letter
A letter from Arthur Christafaro on the Pacific Coast discusses politics, regional interests, marriage, and expectations for beauty pageants. He predicts his daughter could become Miss Universe in 1970 or 1971 and comments on his English Scotch wife resembling Queen Elizabeth.
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Press Celegean
Pacific Coast
Milwaukee
Christopher Columbus
We of America
Arthur Christafaro
Chestnut Ave
U N Sovereignty Debate Sparks World Federalist View
An American and world federalist defends the U N against claims of sovereignty threats and praises Ambassador Cabot Lodge Jr. for supporting the United Nations. The writer argues the U N is not a world government and critiques views opposing a strengthened yet limited federal world authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henmecy Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
United Nations
U. N
U. W N
World Organization
U. W
Too Many Varmints and Cowboy Language Stir Philly Parents
Philadelphia parents react to TV and radio influence in a city survey by the Home and School Council. Mothers question how to teach sons to say genuine when cowboy heroes say genuine, noting slang and mispronunciations. The survey cites shooting and name-calling in Western films and argues writers exaggerate Western speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee Cereer
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pelyglat
Thoughtful musings on truth and inner fire
A fragmented meditation quotes Llienne Gilson on finding truth and the difficulty of facing it. The text weaves phrases about hearts burning within and movement along a path of scripture, with scattered references to holy reading and personal struggle.
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Llienne Gilson
Faces and Places J and the Burden of Recognition
A short verse reflects on the challenge of recalling names and faces in social crowds. The speaker laments forgetting familiar people after meeting them in unfamiliar settings and longs for everyone to remain in their usual spots to ease memory. The poem ends with a wistful note on memory and recognition.
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Editorial
David Lawrence
Naire
Haskin
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Eva St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Press-Telegram
Walter Lippmann
Central Intelligence Agency
Xaellians
William P. Bundy
Soaper
Bill Vaughan
E. A. Guest
Adlai
United World Federalists, Inc
UWF
Palmer van Gundy
Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles
George Clark
Grocer
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