Editorial: Gap in the Security Law
In 1954 hearings, Defense Dept officials warned of a loophole letting known saboteurs work in non defense plants essential to wartime mobilization. Senator Humphrey urged tougher laws to keep subversives from critical utilities and public industries while balancing individual rights. The piece backs tightening security to protect national welfare.
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Sen. McCarthy
U. S
Defense Department
Senate
Wilber M. Brucker
Subcommittee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Evacuation plan doubts rise in Los Angeles area
The Los Angeles County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board suspended the head for the hills plan for now while a study and aerial survey are completed. The piece argues mass evacuation would be chaotic on short notice given five million people, 45 cities, and two and a half million cars.
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Hills
Los Angeles County and Cities Civil Defense Planning Board
Los Angeles County
Bevan in Trouble as Labour Leader Faces Expulsion
Britain's combative Bevan is under fire from the Labour Party amid a factional split as he faces possible expulsion. Attlee, the premier, warned he would quit leadership to remove Bevan, a clash highlighting the party’s divisions over defense and rearmament during the cold war era.
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Britain
Hevan
Bevan
Labor Party
Nye Een
Chi Lig
United
Labor
House of Commons
Chucchi
Achite
Atlee
Commons
Attlee
Oxford
Portraits by METCALFE- A man is not a coward
A reflective verse argues bravery versus retreat, noting a man may run when facing danger yet still be judged by those who love him. It contemplates responsibility to kin and the right to protect loved ones.
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Eeebaee
Tihe
Public Forum Praises Cartoon on Pearce Plan Hope
A reader commends the March 2 cartoon showing the world near atomic brinksmanship. The note urges equal effort to locate the plan all nations will accept as the drive for new weapons continues.
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PR -Telegram
Too Many Stops Starts in Foreign Aid Program
Marquis Childs reports rising hostility to U.N. and U.S. funding. Senate review delays risk halting long range projects as Congress debates the 58 million dollar annual share and broader aid strategy. Ford and Campbell defend the program’s limited costs and broad gains.
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America
Europe
Asia
Congress
U. N
U. S.S
Senate
Rumor of Neuberger couple in Senate bid stirs Washington gossip
Washington observers react with mixed astonishment as Oregon Senator Neuberger and his wife allegedly aim to become the first husband wife team in the Senate. If true, Mrs. Neuberger, now in Oregon’s State Legislature, would challenge ally Senator Morse in 1956, reshaping Oregon and national GOP dynamics.
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Washington
Oregon
Neuberger
Senate
Sen
Morse
Sen. Morse
Repubican
Guy Cordon
Sen. Seuberger
Oregon State Society
National Press Club
Just Folks by E. A. Guest
A man asks his future father in law for permission to marry. The father accepts the proposal with a light warning that the wedding may be costly, while the suitor promises funds for a hair-do and the marriage plan proceeds.
Long Beach Memories span concerts trains and growth
Ten years ago Duke Ellington and his band were to perform at Municipal Auditorium while Marian Anderson was slated to sing there. Twenty years ago Pico Avenue south of Ocean Boulevard was widened. Poly High boasted the nation’s largest school library with 19,724 books worth $32,000. Thirty years ago Long Beach Travelers Aid handled 900 cases in February. The birth rate was about 200 a month. Tax exemptions lowered income tax reports from 25,000 to 20,000. Charley Everett organized the first summer excursion train reservation for the East.
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Duke Ellington
Band
Municipal Auditorium
Marian Anderson
Pico Ave
Ocean Blvd
Poly High
Long Beach
Questions and Answers McKinley Top of Continent
The text explains Mt. McKinley rises about 20 300 feet above sea level and notes it has been climbed 10 times. It mentions one woman has reached the summit, the peak of North America.
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Mt. McKinley
A. Gy
U. S. Geological Survey
North America
North American
Presidential authority to order atomic weapon use
The national policy states the President holds the authority to direct atomic weapon use. Section 91 B of the Atomic Energy Act allows the President to direct the AEC to deliver weapons to the Department of Defense for use as he deems necessary in national defense interests.
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Congress
United States
AEC
Department of Defense
Press Telegram Masthead and Advertising Offices Listed
Current files of The Press Telegram are maintained at offices including Ridder-Johns New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco with address details and staff roles such as Publisher Editor and General Manager noted. Advertising representation is handled by Metropolitan Group, Inc. and Ridder-Johns, Inc. in major cities.
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National Advertising Representatives
Ridder-Johns, Inc
New York
50Th St
Chicago
Ripley
Detroit
Penobscot
Morality in Public Affairs and Retroactive Tax Reform
A Washington commentary accuses Congress of abandoning morality by proposing retroactive tax changes that would repeal 1954 provisions. It argues such actions undermine taxpayer confidence, penalize firms’ prior plans, and persistently threaten future planning for education and family care. The piece condemns retroactive laws as politically expedient but damaging to government trust.
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Washington
Congress of the United
Congress
Democratic
Churchill's Half Century from Horses to Hydrogen Bombs
James Marlow surveys Winston Churchill's life from cavalry in India to guiding Britain through world wars and confronting the hydrogen bomb era. Churchill warns of the hydrogen age and, pressed by peril, asserts Britain will join the race to build hydrogen bombs for national defense.
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Churchill
Washington PI
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
India
Twan
Europe
Britain
British Isles
English Channel
United States
Russia
United Atomic Energy Common
New Jersey
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U.N
Childs
Virginia Kelly
E. A. Guest
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Wrain
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