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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1949
Page
17
Letters condemn brutality in boxing and wrestling showmanship criticizes fights that teach youths to emulate brute tactics. Editors urge high sportsmanship, fair rules, and disqualification to improve culture from arena to everyday dealings. CURTIS CLARK voices rent control protest about unequal burdens.
Letters from J F Elliott and G H San Jose express alarm over crime in Long Beach. One writer laments safety and boredom, noting quiet streets despite crime worries and plans trips to Tijuana.
A 1940s era letter cites a billion-dollar wartime aid claim, argues a Balkan Austrian border blockade, and promotes a Federation of Balkan states with Austria to deter Bolshevik tyranny. It urges U S leadership as a world Peace power and calls for pension protections for officers, referencing Mrs W H Adams from Long Beach.
A new General Refractories laboratory in Racine showcases fire bricks and refractories used to line furnaces in steelmaking. The facility studies bricks from raw material to final use, aiming to develop an open hearth furnace and basic roof brick to boost steel output by up to 30 percent.
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