Partisan divide fades in California legislature
In California the Senate and Assembly balance shows 20 seats each for Democrats and Republicans. Crossfiling and regional interests dominate, with rural versus metropolitan contrasts shaping votes on issues like water and Child Care Centers. Despite a party balance, practical governance remains bipartisan and limited, as voters have shown through the years.
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Senate
Santa Barbara
California
Sacramento
Cow
Richard Richards
San Diego
Los Anz
Santo
Alameda
Contracout
Assembly
Jess
Deeds of Desperate, Fearful Men
The Soviet double cross of former Hungarian Premier Imre Nasy shows the moral depravity of Russian communism as they abduct him after safe conduct. They threaten Hungarians and Egypt with volunteers, marking a month of mischief and fear as their empire quakes.
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Imre Nasy
Egypt
Karushchev and Co
Lipppmann Analysis Blames General Policy Failures in Middle East
Walter Lippmann argues the Middle East crisis exposes broad failure of Western foreign policy. He cites United States Britain and United Nations missteps, urging cautious declarations and unity, while praising recent U S actions and readiness to cooperate on oil and policing forces as steps toward a long road to settlement.
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Middle East
Lipmann
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Teisenhower
Nasser
Mid
Me East
Washington
UVN
UNS
Cheerleaders Boost School Morale Across Sports
A vivid ode to cheerleaders who rally students and lift spirit across football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and track. The piece praises their energy, calls them a specialty, and urges recognizing their role with a pat on the back.
Scramble for Senate Foreign Relations Seat Heats Up
Washington scenes show John F. Kennedy and Spessard Holland courting the vacant Senate Foreign Relations chair left by Waller F. George. Holland seeks election in 1958 while Kennedy promotes rising star John C. Pastore for the post. Finance and Judiciary committee plans ripple as shifts loom.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Waller F. George
John F. Kennety
Maassachusetts
Democratic Party
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
Holland
Sen. Holland
Holland Na
Sen
George
Senate Finance Committee
John
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senator Soaper And The Wild World Of Headlines
A collage of clipped quips and odd anecdotes notes Sir Anthony Eden’s cautionary moment when urged to act. A bank’s drive in facilities promises easier banking for women. Plans for a memorial to Sen West honor a tribute to a canine friend. Elvis earns more for a joke about a hound. A TV series pitches a dog tale about a secretary. A bad homecoming afternoon leaves the grad overwhelmed by band and cheerleaders.
Sick Man Ruminates On Pain And Social Silence
A poem by E. A. Guest speaks on shared illness burdens and the social reluctance to listen. The speaker notes friends shy from lengthy illness talk and recounts family histories of disease to compare hardships, while muting personal distress.
Long Beach maritime yard plans and local landmark shifts
A Long Beach report recalls 18 years past when Maritime Commission plans to raze the 12 million dollar Consolidated Steel shipyard at Harper West Basin advanced while the city would keep the wharves. It notes related past events including a 20 year old harbor police effort and a pharmacy opening in Lindsey Building at Atlantic and Sty, with No. 1 Pharmacy historically located on Lona Beach Rivd.
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Maritime Commission
Consolidated Steel Corp
Harper West Basin
Long Beach
Harbor District
Chauffeurs
AFL
California
Lindsey Bldg
Atlantic Ave
South Sty
Lona Beach Rivd
Plymouth St
A. Kalle
Oscar H. Wolters
Public Forum Signatures Urged On Aesthetic Letter Limits
Residents call for a public forum on local letters supporting free speech while limiting content to under fifty nine words. The notice emphasizes bona fide signatures and forbids listing addresses, while allowing minor editorial tweaks for decorum and space.
Santa Legend Insult to Child and Public Corrections
A reader questions the value of promoting belief in Santa Claus and urges faith in God, citing Dorothy V. Whipple and addressing concerns about disabled children. The letter also corrects a misprint from November 16 about Barton Flats land pricing, noting the cost is $600 per acre after a two-digit error.
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Santa Claus
William Boyd
Hopajong Cassidy
Dorothy V. Whipple
God
Barton Flats
Curtis Clark
Walnut Ave
Leveled-Dfe Prices Spark Squeeze Claims and Widespread Losses
Victor Berman of 238 Argonne Ave voices readers concerns about rising grocery costs blamed on the Suez Canal. He argues profit margins from wholesalers and big operators keep prices high while wages lag, noting surplus foods rot in warehouses and joblessness grows as living costs rise.
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Suez Canal
Wisconsin
Victor Berman
Argonne Ave
Free School for Retarded Only Fair Trem mene a a
The Long Beach Exceptional Children's Foundation held an evening drive to fund a school for mentally handicapped children. The writer questions why federal or state aid is not extended, noting that other handicapped groups receive free schooling through Community Chest and similar agencies.
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Prass-Celeghs
Long Beach
Informal English preference and optical mirror question
The text discusses preferred informal English for general use and explains transparent mirrors that reveal one side while opaque to the other. It notes the Chicago Tribune’s preposterous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" in the 1948 early edition as an example.
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Piper E
Dewey
Truman
Chicago Tribune
Press Telegram Staff Directory Snapshot
The Press-Telegram publishes a directory of newsroom and advertising executives including Herman Hy Ridder publisher Harold Hinss assistant to the publisher Surwel Cameron general manager Larry Collin dp-aus manager HF Burmester Malcolm Eptey Miles Line editor executive editor Bob Albee building National Advertising representative Ridder Johns Inc with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and other major cities.
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Herman Hy. Ridder
Harold M. Hinss
Burmester
Malcolm Eptey
Miles E
Bob Albee
Ridder-Johns, Inc
New York
Cnet
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot
Minntipai Fostay
East 4Th Se
Lox Angel Wiltshire
San Francisc
Sutter St Curries
Press-Telegram
Somic Advertising
Metropolitan Group, Inc
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Walter Lippmann
Pte
Bumeh
Agine
Cheurleadet
Doris Fleeson
Dems
Fleeson
Bette
Finance Committee
Byrd
Eugene Millikin
Paul H. Douglas
Illnoss
Robert S. Kerr
John C. Pastore
Rhode
Delaware
Union
Allen Frear
John Williams
du Font
Senate Judiciary
James
Eastland
Mississippi
Setistor
Pennsylvania
Joseph S. Clark
Price Daniel
Eisenhower
Herman Welker
Idaho
Reaction
Judiciary
Elsen- Rower
Soaper
Sir Anthony
By Bill Vaughn
Anthony Eden
Sen. West
Elvis
E. A. Guest
Tsey
Fio
Soviet
Russia
Krushchev
Jane Phelps
East Burnett
Melvin Holliday
Pine Ave
Wobless
Long Beath Press
Information Bureau
N. W
D.C
Fress-Telegram
George Clark
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