Why Do They Confer? Court Confessions Under Pressure
Editorial questions the authenticity of court confessions from Communist countries. It cites refugees describing torture methods used to extract statements, including waterboarding-like sensory deprivation and coercive intimidation. The piece asserts such "confessions" are produced as part of a brutal system, praising memorials in Moscow for past masters of this "art."
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Radio Free Europe
Hungary
Moscow
Long Beach Losses a Good Friend on County Board
In eight years on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Ray mond V. Darby served the Fourth District with diligence. His death creates a vacancy. the Press Telegram urges Burton W. Chace, Long Beach’s former mayor, to be appointed by Gov. Warren to fill it, citing Chace’s experience and service.
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County Board of Supervisors
Raymond V. Darby
Long Beach
Darby
Inglewood
Los Angeles County
Coun
Ty Governing Board
My. Darby
Citzen
Press- Telegram
Burton W. Chace
Chace
Warren
Virginia Kelly Democratic Faction War Over Russell Speech
Democratic factions clash over Georgia Senator Russell’s Feb 28 Raleigh speech. Indiana Rep. Halleck accuses the DNC of pulling radio sponsorship to silence left wing criticism while praising Russell’s challenge to state socialism. Truman’s past praise for Russell noted.
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HOUSE
Indiana
Halleck
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
Dick Russell
Raleigh
N.C
Russell
Mitchell
Sen. Russell
Truman
Stevenson
Sen
Just Folks Garden Wisdom by E A Guest
A poetic musing on gardening that argues a small plot protects the soul from hardness and daily strife. It suggests gardens ease envy, cure heartache, and bring uplifting beauty, birdsong, and hopeful, divine glimpses through flowers and growth.
Long Beach county considers second Naval Academy campus
City attorney to draft lease for canvas cots and bedding to Peterson Post for dormitories aiding transient servicemen. Twenty years ago naval power spectacle drew public sightseers as the fleet anchored off Long Beach. ACQUISITION of beach lands debated. Army base at Municipal Airport faced opposition by 75 reserve officers. Bays' twoepant suits advertised for 7.45. Mahjongg at Virginia Country Club. A Pirates official criticized Ralph Kiner for not running bases twice per home run.
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County Board OF Supervisors
United States Naval Academy
Pacific Coast
Peterson Post
American Legion
TSE
United States
Long Beach
Municipal
City Aviation Commission
Water Commission
Virginia Country Club
The
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ralph Kiner
Incentive study May shed light on new tax policies
Harvard professor Dan Throop Smith heads the new Eisenhower administration tax analysis unit at Treasury. His condensed study on incentives, based on 1952 tax rates, argues high taxes curb executive initiative and outlines pension, stock option, and deferred-pay plans as shifts to maintain leadership and attract talent, while noting potential productivity and turnover effects.
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Washington
Harvard
Dan Throop Smith
Young
Harvard School of Business Administration
Eisenhower
Treasury
Republi
EDSON
Smith
Secretary of Treasury
George M Humphrey
Marion B. Folsom
Congress
Challis 4. Hall Jr
Yale
Thomas H. Sanders
National Tax Association
Dallas
Sanders
Professor Smith
Editorial cartoonists poke fun at Ike and Stassen looks
Sen Soaper quotes Adlai Stevenson warning against a big daily approach in foreign relations. The nation’s editorial cartoonists lampoon Eisenhower and Stassen, debating fashion trends and a “semimaternity” style. Public mood questions policy and current events as beef prices rise and exceptions are sought.
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Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Jike Stassen
Stassen
Unclear OCR Text Names Publisher Roles in LA Ad Firms
The fragmentary OCR lists publishers editors and advertising reps in a Los Angeles area context. It references Harold, Samunt, Cimeronan, and executives like ROHL Malcolm Epley with entities Cresmer & Woodward and Métropolitan Group. Details are incomplete and not fully decipherable.
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Ifanar
Harold Es Laset
Samunt & Cimeronan
General Matiagar Ha
Burmester Unin
Rohl
Malcolm Epley
Cresmer & Woodward, Inc
Métropolitan Group, Inc
Public Forum Letter Cites Signatures and Addresses
A public forum notice outlines guidelines for letters to the editor requiring bona fide signatures and complete addresses. It notes edits may occur for readability and space, aiming for a fair balance of topics and voices within a 250 word limit.
Favors More Pay for City Fathers
Long Beach residents are urged to raise councilmen pay from 200 to 250 dollars per month to reflect the heavy workload. The letter argues council members handle 50 weekly decisions plus investigations, oversee over 100 million dollars in spending, and review multi million dollar plans. writer Dick Racine at 1029 E Broadway backs full time service and executive level responsibility.
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Fress-Telegram
Long Beach
Plymouth Rock tradition blocks a squabble at sea university
Arthur Christoparo of Inglewood defends Plymouth Rock traditions and constitutional values, pledging to oppose Communists and drunks at a seaside university gathering while promoting patriotism and American heart.
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Plymouth Rock
Arthur. Christoparo
Inglewood
Carte Blanche critique of city funding for hospitals
George Livesey argues against quitclaim funding from Uncle Sam for city projects and a $16 million health facility from public funds. He claims approval would grant carte blanche to officials, urging equal treatment for all professions and calling for doctors to fund their own hospitals without oil money.
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Carte Blanche
Uncle Sam
George Livesey
Fifth St
Lippmann on the Smith amendment to the Eisenhower resolution
Walter Lippmann criticizes Senator Alexander Smiths amendment to the Eisenhower resolution, arguing it would imply Congress can question the legitimacy of foreign acts by two presidents. He warns the move risks undermining the constitutional balance among the three branches and invites anarchy if applied.
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Alexander Smith
Yalta
Potsdam
Lappmann
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
Knowland
Congress
United States
Mess Mates Stalin Dead. Hitler to Follow?
The fragment notes Stalin's death and alludes to Hitler as a forthcoming companion in the afterlife. It mentions Charlescordray at 1080 Prospect Ave as a referenced figure. The text reads as a terse, stylized historical joke or coded statement with no clear reporting of events.
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Stalin
Hitler
Hades
Charles Cordray
Prospect Ave
Answers Veterans Benefits Tax Free and Sunlight Question
Veterans receive tax free benefits administered by the Veterans Administration and need not report them as income. GI policy dividends are also tax exempt. A Smithsonian reply notes life would vanish without sunlight, with plummeting temperatures making Earth unable to sustain life. Corn origin remains unknown. no Babylonian or Egyptian traces found, but Spanish explorers documented corn fields in the New World.
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Veterans Administration
Earth
W.H. A
Smithsonian Institution
New World
P. T. Barnum's Curiosities First Exhibit and Godfrey's Early Flying
The text notes P. T. Barnum's first curiosity exhibit F C W Joyce Heth claimed as George Washington's nurse, aged 161 but autopsy put her around 80. It also records Arthur Godfrey's initial flying in Norfolk as an enlisted man in 1920, earning a private license later.
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P. T. Barnum
F.C.W. A
Joyce Heth
George Washington
Arthur Godfrey
A. Godfrey
Norfolk
Vorbitants by Metcalfe rings and moods in prose
A poetic piece by METCALFE titled Vorbitants explores a disruptive telephone that rings unpredictably during bathing or leaving the room. The speaker longs for a gadget to gauge mood and guide the phone, lamenting endless dings and misfit responses.
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Hentae
Peter Edson
Sen Soaper
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Dick Racine
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