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Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1955

Page

8

Editorial: Fair Play for Long Beach in Tideland Funds

Editorial argues Mallon ruling shifts half tidelands oil money and all dry gas funds to the state, leaving Long Beach with only non tidelands spending. It denounces AB 8762 proposed by Assemblyman Bruce Allen as a greed driven seizure, urges legislature to reject the bill and study tide lands distribution to ensure fair treatment for Long Beach and other grant cities.

Sacramento Long Beach Supreme Court Tidelands Mallon U. S. Supreme Court Bruce Allen Allen California State Supreme Court

Vaccine Checks Prompt Caution on polio immunization

Health officials say precautionary vaccine stock checks halt anti polio vaccines temporarily. No cause for alarm, with steps to resume immunization before the polio season. Closer official controls planned for all vaccine stacks to prevent future errors.

Senator Spcaper Sees Peace, Pop Culture and a Boy in Coonskin

A whimsical column notes Senator Spcaper letting his son wear a coonskin cap during a Davy Crockett phase. It cites Chou En-lai discussing peace with guarded optimism. It jokes about oriental cooking popularity and American household comforts versus culture, and reflects on a child discovering a dandelion is a weed.

Art by Metcalfe and the Loss of Innocence

A reflective verse about childhood faith in a benevolent world, followed by the dawning of sin and temptation. The speaker admits personal growth and aging, clinging to faith and vows through struggle.

Government Check Before Anti Polio Vaccinations Are Resumed

Dr. Leonard Scheele urged stopping all antipolio vaccinations until a thorough government check on vaccines from five manufacturers is completed. Cutter Laboratories' product shows a definite association with polio cases, while four other firms’ vaccines receive cautious support as reviews continue.

Washington Leonard Scheele U.S Public Health Services Scheele Jonas Salk Cutter Laboratories Berkeley Calif Scherla Dr. Salk National Foundation For

Sidelights on Our Legislature and Lawmaking

A California legislative roundup notes Assembly actions on alcohol sale limits near minors, bus turnout mandates for future freeways, and pay changes for Calaveras County officials. Other items include milk bill advocacy and witty exchanges during committee hearings as lawmakers debate bills and policies.

In Memory Verse by E A Guest On Remembrance

The poem recalls living duty after death urging acts of care for the living. It stresses that those left behind should help others as the dead would have wished, and that remembrance is shown through service rather than mourning.

Long Beach wartime casualties and local sports debut

Ten years ago in Long Beach the Army Navy casualty list included a Long Beach man freed from a German prison, three wounded and two missing. The Press Telegram noted the Green Streaks softball debut. Ten years prior a naval inspection in San Diego. A race pigeon won a Compton club event. Thirty years ago two fishermen captured a 74 pound sting ray near the bandstand as paving plans for W Anaheim Street progressed.

Long Beach Germany Press-Telegram ADM Joseph Mason Reeves San Diego Ranger John F. Rothwell Compton Racing Anaheim St

Peace talk Masks Old Soviet Aims In Europe

David Lawrence argues that allied leaders push four power talks to appease voters while the Soviet Union and Red China press ahead. Warns a four power conference may bolster Communist prestige, distract from prisoner issues in China, and aim to split Germany from the West as NATO faces a new divide. He notes renewed propaganda, treaties, and moves toward a Red NATO counterbalance amid looming European tension.

Benne So- Lawrence Viet United States America Britain Moscow Charles E. Bohlen Red China Eisenhower Marshal Zhukov Pravda Warsaw NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization West Germany France Germany Russia Europe Austria

Questions and Answers on Kitchen Needs and Historical Figures

A compilation of Q and A items cites a 49-utensil kitchen standard and explains why monkeys are used in polio vaccine production. It also notes Colorado’s giant James W. Denver and confirms that only Ulysses S Grant had living parents at his inaugurations.

India Colorado James W. Denver Kansas Territory Denver

Press Telegram Publisher and offices listed

The article lists staff positions and advertising representatives for The Press Telegram. Names include publisher Harold M Hines and Samuel C Cameron with executives and editors noted. Officers and agencies are named with multiple city offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and San Pedro.

National Advertising Representatives Ridder-Johns, Inc New York F. 50Th St Chicago Wrigley Ridg Detroit Penobscot, Bros. Minneapol

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Editorial L. B Qut Spcaper Metcalfe James Marlow Public Health Service Basil O'Conner Polio Foundation Eli Lily & Co Farke-Davis Co O'tannaer National Institute of Health Planas Tolia Wayne Harbert Charles E. Chapel Ringlewood Chapel Russell Munro Alcoholic Beverage Central Department The Assembly Luther H. Lincoln Oakland Patrick D. McGee R.van Nuys Sen Stephen Teale West Point Calaveras County William W. Hansen R.kesno Leroy Lyon R.fullerton Assembly Education Committee E. A. Guest David Lawrence George Clark CEA Beach Eye St F.W.D. A LN. A President Grant Jess Root Grant Hannah Simpson Grant Ress Geboram Herman H. Ridder Harold M. Hines Samuel C. Cameron HM. F. Burmester Malcolm Egrey Washington News Bureau BOS Allies Building
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