U N. Right in Refusing Cloak of Purity to World Gangster
A United Nations stance rejects labeling Russia as neutral in Korea despite Red China negotiations. The piece argues Russia backs North Korea and the Chinese war effort, violating U N charter commitments and undermining peace guarantees. It condemns calls to make Russia a supervisory guarantor as naive and improper.
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Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Supervisory Commission
Security Council
U.N
Principle vs. bait in tidelands bill stirs education boards
Long Beach Board of Education and California State Board of Education oppose tying federal oil royalties from tidelands to education funding. They condemn using such royalties as political bait to influence land title decisions. They urge decisions on policy and equity separate from funding. Educators stress guiding youth with ethical standards.
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Long Beach Board of Education
California
State Board of Education
Senate
Interior Department
Long Beach
Little Elizabeth Bean Declares The World Is Round
Nine year old Elizabeth Bean returned to the United States after a round the world flight. She faced reporters and said with childlike simplicity and optimism that the world is round and she likes the world very much.
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Little Elizabeth Bean
Elizabeth Bean
United States
Ike
Southeast Asia
Tunisia
Tran
Egypt
Europe
Near East
Far East
Riviera
Miss Bean
Cover-Up accusations rock the Truman era tax hearings
Washington column argues the Truman administration mishandles tax scandal probes by opposing full public broadcasting of hearings. It notes Democratic splits, calls for candor, and predicts further accusations as lawmakers pressure transparency amid ongoing investigations.
Quiet Return of a Marine From Korea
A flag draped casket brings home a fallen Marine to Southern California. The piece urges Americans to support troops, acknowledge sacrifices, and recognize the war in Korea as a determining effort, comparing heroism across battles and stressing continued public backing and blood donation.
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California
Korea
Normandy
Heartbreak Ridge
Iwo Jima
California Presidential primary the focus of party battles
The California June 3 preference primary emerges as a lively testbed for several presidential hopefuls. Harold Stassen enters the GOP scene while an anti Warren movement, led by Werder, challenges Gov. Warren. A potential Eisenhower Democratic ticket tests cross-party appeal as Kefauver’s Los Angeles leadership readies a strong state operation. The primary’s outcome remains unsettled with cross filings and uncertain nominations, but California’s role grows more dynamic.
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California
Earl Warren
Truman
Harold Stassen
Warren
Congressman Werder
Bakersfield
Sen
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Werdel
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Franaely
Estes Kefauver
John Anson Ford
Los Angeles County
Dave Foutz
L. A. Pipkin
Long Head
S. Conklin
Carl Fletcher
Long Beach
Ike
MacArthur
Sen Soaper Says Burlesque, Banks, and TV Life
A dated editorial voice lampoons modern life with satire on Broadway burlesque at 6.60 a seat, a candy seller with 4300 watches, medical advice about leg care for performers, and a bank robbery figure linked to Willie Sutton. It blends political tirade with pop culture jabs and self deprecating humor from a veteran Hollywood persona.
Hungary Educators Warn Against Overheating Homes
Chilling Crusade for Freedom reports that Hungarian educators spread word that overheated rooms are dangerous and housing should not be heated before December, claiming overheating is a capitalist habit pushed by coal merchants. The Meteorological Institute in Budapest supposedly instructed forecasts to show temperatures several degrees higher than its instruments indicate.
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Crusade For Freedom
Hungary
Meteorological Institute
Budapest
Friendship's Limits and Favors in Plain Talk
A father warns that true friendship has boundaries. A friend helps but should not break his vows or betray trust by doing favors beyond agreed limits. If trouble comes, avoid asking a friend to settle debts he won’t honor.
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Heartbreak Ridge
Morpheus
Indoor track meet marks first Long Beach event
A historical note recalls the first indoor track meet to be held tomorrow night at Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach. Other items salute Zess Streeter Aldrich’s visit and a city housing condemnation of ramshackle district buildings from prior decades.
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Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
State Housing Commission
Week's balance of good and bad in Cold War news
A mixed week with NATO progress in Lisbon toward a European defense army and expanded US bases in Japan, hopeful moves on Suez talks, and Egypt backing Middle East alliances. Bad notes include stalled Korean truce issues on POW rights, French retreat from Hoa Hsinh in Indochina, and Russia denouncing Italy’s peace treaty and NATO participation.
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Lisbon
Sensi
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
Egypt
United States
Japan
Pacific
Russia
United Nations
Indochina
Hoa Hsinh
Hanoi
Public Forum Letters Rules for Submissions
Public forum letters must be legibly written on one side of paper, limited to 50 words, carry the writer's bona fide signature and address, and be typed if possible. Each submission should show the author’s name and address for publication.
Questioning Rayburn Censorship Echoes in Times
A reader letter criticizes Speaker Rayburn for censoring coverage of the House committee hearings on un American activities. The piece asserts the hearings reveal a Red menace and warns against suppressing truth, arguing freedom and the Constitution are at stake. The author, Doris L. Cole of Huntington Beach, joins a broader wartime reflection on duty, fatigue, and vigilance.
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Rayburn
Press-Telegram
House un-American Activites Committee
America
Truman
Acheson
Rayburns
Achesons
The
Lettimores
Doris L. Cole
Huntington Beach
Stalin Dictatorship Critique At Press Telegram Editorial
The Press Telegram quotes a critical editorial arguing dictatorship has not proven beneficial to civilization. The piece asserts world experience shows patience is ineffective against a party that seeks to destroy the free world and notes reliance on dictatorial rule remains unproven for improving governance.
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Stalin
Masses
Adam
Garden of Eden
Education scholar and FBI training on Communists parallels clergy study
The text compares an education scholar who claims识识 identifying Communists to a theology student identifying churchmen. It suggests an FBI program training in Das Kapital would yield efficiency in spotting Communists, mentions Canada’s federal union and July 1 1867, and notes a constitutional distinction between inhabitant and resident for representatives.
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Press-Telegram
Karl Marx
FBI
Canada
British Empire
Encyclopedia Britannica
Birthday Blessings For Son On Your Special Day
A father writes a heartfelt birthday message to his son praising scholastic and athletic achievements. He expresses pride in his son, wishes him high aims, and asks for blessings and success in all future endeavors. The note emphasizes friendship, popularity, and the hope that dreams come true.
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