Local Area Tops In Public Opinion Tests
Editorial notes a national survey misnaming the Los Angeles Long Beach area, praising its climate beauty and lifestyle. It lists seven of eight favorable categories, notes historical interest as the shortcoming, and highlights the region’s sunshine beaches industry and cosmopolitan culture as enduring draws. The piece urges resilience amid critics.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Miami
Fla
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Smaker
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
New Orleans
Demo Spill Over Segregation Drives Campaign Fire
The piece argues farm aid and segregation split dominate the presidential fight. It warns that Democratic attacks on school desegregation threaten unity and risk national and world stability. Republicans may gain by appealing to segregationists, risking a shallow victory amid a split nation.
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South
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Kefauver's Long Beach Talk Ties 1951 Bid to 1952 Run
Estes Kefauver's 1951 Long Beach visit is recalled as the birthplace of his California presidential primary bid for 1952. Local Democrats met with Kefauver in the Wilton Hotel Rose Room to file for California's Democratic presidential primary, a move that helped energize his later Chicago convention effort and set the stage for his 1956 campaign.
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Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen. Kefauver
United States
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Kefauver
Mexe
Wilton Hotel
Rotary
California
Poly High School
Edmund G. Brown
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Pipkin
Foutzae
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Stevenson
Minnesota
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Whites House
Stevenson Hal
Gen
Eigenhower
Keftauver
Montana
Thoughts on equality and virtue in classic quotes
A compact reflection cites Job 12 2 on knowing, quotes deference to virtue over birth, and Voltaire on equality of all men, suggesting moral merit as the true measure. The text blends biblical and Enlightenment ideas in a compact quotation set.
Maybe Truman May Run as a Democratic Last Resort
The Minnesota primaries reveal deep split in the Democratic Party between Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson. Truman aims to unite the party to challenge Eisenhower, while Stevenson’s strength is unclear and Harriman may seek to woo Stevenson supporters. Minnesota’s vote shows Democrats outpacing Republicans, with farm issues driving Republican defections, and speculation of a Harriman Stevenson ticket.
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Truman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Lawrence
Grover Cleveland
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Thomas Dewey
Adlas Stevenson
Nixon
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
Stefent
Harriman
New York
Tammany Organization
Wofauver
Repub
GOP
Averell Harriman
Seeren
Public Forum on Materialism at Home and Abroad
A PRESS-TELEGRAM opinion piece argues Americans spend billions on tobacco alcohol cosmetics and religious activities while education receives far less. It questions if religious zeal is tainted by materialism and calls for worship of a God who purifies desires beyond material gains. By MERVIN D. AGAN.
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Broady Agan
Editorial Decline of Liberal Press Sparks Alarm Over Bias
A critique argues the liberal press collapses into a single theme on editorial pages, leaving readers at the mercy of right wing opinion. It notes the scarcity of national columnists aside from Drew Pearson and warns that constant praise of public servants ignores their misdeeds, elevating them to godlike status.
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America
Drew Pearson
Edward N. Bay
Just Folks by E. A. Guest
A poem recalls a mother’s ceaseless chores from dawn to night. The domestic toil of washing curtains mending floors and tidying after children is framed against a mother’s quiet love. The piece ends with hopeful labor and a husband’s return to a home made warm by sacrifice.
Long Beach History Snapshots From Local Archives
A pastiche of Long Beach notes covers a state highways study, a land title suit over Veterans Memorial Park, and a Navy seaplane base plan on Terminal Island. It recalls Myrtle Gunsul leading city office candidates and a 20 year old real estate deal in the Los Cerritos extension with A J Delaney taking over a large lease.
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Long Beach
Veterans Memorial Park
Golden Ave
Spring St
Fred Miller
Terminal Island
United States Fleet
Myrtle Gunsul
Los Cerritos
Signal Hill Field
A. J. Delaney
J. F. O'Dornnell
Kefauver Defeats Stevenson in Minnesota Primary Push
In Minnesota the underdog Kefauver defeated Stevenson in a dramatic surge that challenges Republican hopes. The victory boosts Kefauver's national stature as he heads to California and Montana, signaling a real farm area revolt and pressing Democrats to re-evaluate moderation and campaign strategy.
Press Telegram masthead and office list
Publisher Rateld M. Hines executive editor Malcolm Epley and staff details shown for Washington Mews Bureau and multiple city offices including New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul Los Angeles and San Francisco. Current files of The Press Telegram are maintained at these offices with advertising representatives listed.
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Miami
San Francisco
New York
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