Budget Economy Shapes City Retirement System Plan
City Manager Wirsching's office nears the budget draft to fit a growing city. A key issue is whether to establish a retirement system next fiscal year, influencing salary reforms and personnel organization. Preliminary figures show a $12.2 million base budget needing modest increases, with potential surpluses from gas and upland oil royalties.
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Carl B. Wirsching
Kroeger
Wirsching
Public Service Department
Gas Department
Tidelands
Congress
House
Rail Unions Consider Mediation In Taft Hartley Shadow
Leaders of rail unions show mixed feelings toward the Taft Hartley Act while threatening a nationwide railroad tie up next Tuesday. Public dismay at industry wide strikes and the coal miners walkout last month underscores potential damage to economy and defense. Lawmakers discuss possible amendments if trains halt, urging use of existing mediation machinery to avoid broader action.
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John L. Lewis
Burke
Congress
Eisenhower Retirement Marks Dramatic Civil Life Transition
Washington reports on Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving military command for civilian life as he becomes president of Columbia University. The scene at Fort Myer Virginia shows the farewell salute, amid a background of postwar uncertainty and calls for unified armed forces.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Hollywood
Fort Meyer
Columbia University
Profits in steel and government debated in Washington
Three speeches on profits and economic policy framed a tense debate in Washington. Philip Murray of the CIO and William Green of the AFL questioned corporate gains and buy power, while Irvin Olds of United States Steel defended profits as a sign of industry health amid postwar inflation. General Eisenhower’s staffing and defense issues also drew comment as Omar Bradley prepared to take over as chief of staff.
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Washington
Philip Mi
William Green
Irvin
Olds
United States Steel Corp
Murray
Green
Erie
Cloe
United States ‘Steel
United States Steel
Hon
fLett
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenower
Omar N. Bradley
Gen
Bradley
Ike
Philadelphia
Memory revived and villains hissed in a boyhood tale
The reader recalls a stage villain with a black moustache and dramatic confrontations as a hero saves a girl. The piece blends memory, theatre, and a town incident about a Massachusets flood rescue, with personal reflections on Uncle Barnaby and past amusements.
Ten Years Ago Today and Related Local Highlights
A Look Back: George L Weiss housed in Pullman furniture at 168 Santa Ana Ave after 25 years with a Cleveland firm. A nurses' school combining professional and liberal arts training announced by Long Beach Junior College and Seaside Hospital. Seaside Hospital to offer associate in arts and registered nurse training. Also twenty years prior Harold Lloyd with family returned to Southern California from the East Coast aboard the California liner. Oriental countries planned showings at the Pacific Southwest Exposition under Frederick Waller. Thirty years ago Dr Millbank Johnson spoke on wartime social problems at Chapel Hall. Five thousand seven hundred soldiers of the old Seventh Regiment, California National Guard, now the 160th Infantry, arrived at Camp Kearney, Los Angeles.
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George L. Weiss
Cleveland
Santa Ana Ave
Pullman Furniture
Long Beach Junior College
Seaside Hospital
Harold Lloyd
California
Frederick Waller
The
Enterprise
Millbank Johnson
California Military Welfare Commission
Chapel Hall
Old Seventh Regiment
California National Guard
160Th “Infantry
New National Army
Camp Kearney
Los Angeles
Poor PA Woman Reflects on Household Roles
A fragment from a Pennsylvania item notes a woman telling her husband not to blame her for acquiring cooking utensils for pies. She argues that after she completes her chores it is natural for him to associate her with cooking or cleaning tasks.
Foreign affairs and the cold war risk
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes President Truman's warning that this year could shape the world, noting Bevin's warning about a Western Europe split inviting Communist expansion. Eisenhower urges restraint as Europe faces a tense lull, with Italy and France as likely Communist targets if moves continue, aided by the Marshall Plan.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Attaire
Truman
Britain
Ernest’ Bevin
Bevin
House of Commons
Allance
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
Rae
Ipies
Gen
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Jeash
Western
Italy
Orient
Dinner Stories and a Quizzical Exchange on Bonds
A sales manager questions a go-getter about selling more bonds in the evening and identifying women prospects with investing potential. The answer hints at unbiased mindsets and a tongue-in-cheek exchange about an English exam question where a student lists collective nouns: flypaper wastebasket and vacuum cleaner.
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Durin Ane
Tama Recety
Bane Pelle 4
Ticket Portraits by Metcalfe
A fragmentary verse describes a ticket as a password to social events contracts trips and court summons. It hints at dinners dances raffles and payments while noting various uses from repairs to travel and fines in a reflective prose style.
Behind the Dublin Gate Players Closure at Mansfield Theater
The Dublin Gate Players closed a few weeks ago at the Mansfield Theater after a short four week run. Manager Dick Skinner recalled offering free Irish passes to local youths who praised the show as “swell” like a grandma story.
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Hollywood
Worderiine
Opa
Dublin Gate Players
Mansfield Theater
Eland
Tackeee
Abbey Neha
Byena Skinner
Breadway
Durery Group
Paya Abnull
New York
St. Patrick’s
Skitener
Kdols
Skinner
Auch
Bricklayers’ Union
Ralph
Sianner
Mansfield
Dublin
Canadgz
Public Forum on Presidential Candidates and Civilian Leadership
Readers criticize the presidential popularity poll approach and urge selecting a competent civilian leader for the nation. The letter argues greatness as military leaders does not translate to peacetime governance and cites MacArthur Eisenhower as examples while urging focus on civilian leadership for future crises. The piece concludes with thanks from the John G Whitter Parent Teacher Association for press notices.
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Press Telegram
Gen. Douglas
MacArthur
Hugilist
Dwight
Eisenhower
Hero
Gen
United States
Europe
Marshal Stalin
Marshal Tito
America
Alter, Winchell
Jimmy Fidler
Bing Raymond D. Bowman
Loma Ave
Press-Telegram
John G. Whitter
Parent-Teacher Association
R. C. Barton
4. R. Erskine
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