Thursday Could Be Big Day In Local Community Chest History
Editorial urges Long Beach residents to back the United Neighbors 1954 drive aiming at 790000 for 27 health welfare and youth services. It stresses Thursday as a pivotal push day with volunteers on streets and phones and collection centers at 12th Street and Cedar Avenue. A successful surge would end past shortfalls and mark a new era of civic achievement.
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Long Beach
United Neighbors
12Th St
Cedar Ave
Morse Plans Independent Run in Oregon 1956 Primary Test
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon says he will run as an independent in 1956 to avoid party nominating tests. He could file after the primary and challenge regular nominees in the general election. Morse may split votes, complicating GOP and Democratic plans and prompting a strong anti Morse movement to unite behind one leading candidate.
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Sen
Wayne Morse
United States News
Oregon
Maverick Morse
Senate
GOP
Sen. Morse
Morse
Guy Cordon
Knowland urges keeping ties with Soviet Union after shootdown
Senator Knowland argues against breaking diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union over a Japanese air incident. He says maintaining ties preserves access to Moscow observers and direct protests, supporting a tougher stance while avoiding escalation and isolating U.S. interests.
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Japan
Switzerland
McCarthyism blamed for Oppenheimer and Davies cases
David Lawrence MCarthy argues no link between J Robert Oppenheimer and Joan Paton Davies security actions and McCarthyism. He explains Oppenheimer lied to a wartime security officer and Davies showed faulty judgment but loyalty, noting misinterpretations by press and Parliament. He cites board findings, Justice Department review, and the need to address Davies pension injustice.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Joan Paton Davies
Europe
Wisconsin
Oppenheimer
Davies
Sen. McCarthy
Dr. Oppenheimer
Divies
de. Oppenheimer
United States Army
Hurley
Mao
China
Davies Hanses
Congress
Press Telegram Staff and Office Listings
Publisher Harald M. Hines General Manager HF Burmester Editor Malcolm Enley Washington News Bureau listed with Ridder-Jenks Inc offices New York Detroit Penobscot Building 1308 Fifth Avenue Tower Paul 55 East 4th Street Los Angeles TTE Whitehire Blvd San Francisco 110 Sutter Street Comic Advertising Representatives Metropolitan Group Inc maintain current office copy of newspaper content at these locations
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Washington News Bureau
Alber National Advertising Representatives
Ridder-Jenks, Inc
New York
Bidar
Detroit
Penobscot Bing, Mimasapetla
Fothay
Paul
East 4Th St
Los Angeles
Ferguson loses bid as a Supreme Court or Controller General choice
White House swift action awards appointments within a day as speculation swirls around Senator Homer Ferguson. Republican leaders debate possibilities for a Federal judgeship and a potential ambassador role for John Sherman Cooper while concerns grow over imminent vacancies and the exit of Senator Guy Cordon.
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Senate
New Hampshire
Styles Bridges
Disrenhower
Majority Policy Committee
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Eld
Ferguson
Defense
Wilson
Supreme Court
Just Folks by E. A. Guest Free Loaders
A humorous verse about ring necked pheasants roaming a garden from dawn to dusk. The speaker notes there is no hunting season here and visitors feel at home, with the boarding house owner loading the birds for free and charging no price or fee.
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Jong
Offshore oil quest eyed from Seal Beach to Huntington Beach
Long Beach ten years ago saw offshore exploration discussions along the coast from Seal Beach to Huntington Beach. Breezes dried the city after six days of rain ten years ago. Ten years ago Breezes dried the city after six days of rain. Twenty years ago relief employes planted 6288 trees in Long Beach. Adm Joseph Mason Reeves hoisted four star flag on USS Pennsylvania after moving from the New Mexico. Thirty years ago four ornamental lights were approved on Locust Ave from Ocean Blvd to 12th St. Rolla Alford named soloist at Grace Methodist Church.
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Seal Beach
Huntington Beach
Long Beach
Joseph Mason Reeves
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Locust Ave
Ocean Blvd
12Th St
Rolla Alford
Grace Methodist Church
Briefs From Sen Soaper And Other Odd Notes
A collection of short items notes rising bank robberies by amateurs and potential licensing for boards. It jokes about mineral assays, human flaws, and caution against quick conclusions. It mentions a Missouri penitentiary riot over baked beans and hominy, a border state paradox, and light political wit about Dulles and a televised cabinet meeting. Kevin Sheehan claims a nonstop speaking title and dialect filibuster humor is contrasted with Senate antics.
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Missouri State Penitentiary
Kevin Sheehan
Ireland
Senate
Kevin
Allaoce
Public Forum Letters Seek Signatures and Addresses
Public forum letters require bona fide signatures and addresses and must stay under 250 words. Editing may occur for taste or to fit space.
Neutrality issue in Censure Case
McCarthy censure debate damped by Watkins Commit tee remark. Watkins says only a deaf dumb blind person could be neutral, implying bias. The letter argues neutrality is impossible for any informed person and presses for fair minded senators to decide the McCarthy issue. R. J. Smith, 7051 Tremont Ave., Anaheim.
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McCarthy
Watkins Committee
Watkins
R. J. Smith
Trornion Ave
Anzheim
U S Being Sold Down River In Press Telegram Item
A Press Telegram summary reports the United States being described as being sold down the river by both parties. It notes Ambassador Bohlen toasting Red China after a plane was shot down with one crew lost. Eisenhower discusses peaceful coexistence with Russia amid a conciliatory mood following the incident. Stassen builds on Russia's weak links in its transport system. A call to Sen. Flanders via Sherman Adams is mentioned before Europe travel.
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Tlegram
U. S
Bohlen
Eisenhower
Russia
Stassen
Sen. Flanders
Sherman Adams
Europe
Isnow
Los Altos Zoning Debate Draws In Long Beach
A letter by Mrs. Keith Conrad lauds Lloyd S. Whaley’s planning while blasting Los Altos residents and groups opposing rezoning to permit apartment construction at Whaley’s four acre Bellflower Boulevard Atherton Street tract. She argues park use merits and cites Long Beach council and planning commission votes against rezoning.
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Wss-Telegram
Keith Conrad
Lloyd S. Whaley
Jos Altos
Whaley
Bellflower Blvd
Athereton St
Long Beach
Los Altos Association
Tong Beach
Contrad
Conrad
J. R. Long
Anaheim Road
California
Proctor Urges Subway Electric Transit Plan
Oo S Proctor argues replacing autos with electrically operated buses and building subways would cut smog faster than targeting vehicle output. He criticizes a $100,000 report on Quixotic manors as waste and says his subway plan meets indifference from officials.
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Oo. S. Proctor
Third St
Rudolph origins and voting age facts from early 20th century Q&A
The text explains Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer originated as a 1939 giveaway story by Montgomery Ward, later commercialized in 1947, with a popular song by Johnny Marks in 1949. It also discusses voting age history, noting England tradition set 21, while some countries vary to 18, 23, or 25.
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Ruedolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
MO. A
Robert L. May
Montgomery Ward & Co
Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Rudolph
Reindeer
England
United States
Soviet Union
Scandinavian Countries
Portraits with conscience and fear through time
A reflective verse passage contemplates guilt from past errors and the burden of sins catching up. The speaker notes alternating days of worry and energy, longing to convince themselves that the past is gone and to live with focus from dawn to dawn.
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Bruce Biossat
Sen. Knowland
Knowland
Enesian
Sov Union
Moscow
Charles Bonlen
Iir
Phain
Moskat
David Lawrence
M'Carthy
Lawrence
John Paton Davies
Washington Dispatch
London Times
América
State Department
Yaching
Foreign Service
Mey
Cen
Truman Loyalty Review Board
Peiis
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Internal Security Committee
Department of Justice
Senate Internal Security Committee
Department of
Herman H. Ridder
Harald M. Hines
Asatta
Samuel C. Cameron
Hf, Burmester
Malcolm Enley
FAI
Lam Wah Se
VIRGINIA_KELLY
E. A. Guest
Bill Vaughan
Sen. Soaper
Dulles
Charlie Wilsor
Los Altos
George Clark
Andere
Zeienram Nfeniension ” Bureau
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