Community Chest drive urged as per capita gifts lag
Editorial urges Long Beach residents to increase donations to the Community Chest, noting 1953 54 goal of 708000 is 17 percent below national per capita giving. Five new agencies added, now 27 funded. Highlights include 10 to train a Boy Scout, 18000 quarts of milk for nurseries, USO hospitality for 416936 servicemen, and Travelers Aid aiding 11950 strangers. Calls for self reliance in funding.
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Eisenhower
Armed Services Ymca
USO
Long Beach
Red Feather
Knight’s oath day tribute to Merriam reveals loyalty
On his oath day California governor Goodwin J. Knight summoned ex-Gov Frank F. Merriam for a private visit. Merriam recalled Knight’s loyalty since named to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench eighteen years earlier, praising a governor who remembers and honors those who helped him.
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California
Goodwin J. Knight
Frank F. Merriam
Long Beach
Knight
Merriam
Los Angeles
Soviet China ties shaped by aid and power moves
Joseph Alsop argues Moscow uses Russian aid as a political lever to influence Beijing, paralleling wartime American aid to Chungking. He notes how aid levels determine influence within regimes, with implications for Sino Soviet relations amid past misuses of foreign support.
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Hong Kong
Soviet Union
China
Malenkov
Meo Tse-tung
America
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Generalissimo
Gen. Stilwell
Ohiang
Pexing
Moscow
Peking
Coelacanths Fossil Return Highlights Ocean Biodiversity
Reports detail a living coelacanth reemerging from tropic seas off Madagascar once thought extinct for 60 million years. The passage also touches on global power dynamics, noting Russian influence in Asia, Yugoslav lessons for Stalin’s heirs, and cautious Peking Moscow relations within international communism.
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Madagascar
Moscow
Stalin
Peking
North Korea
North Horea
Syngman Rhee
Greece
Turkey
True Story Refutes Charge That Eisenhower Broke Pact
A Washington correspondent presents nine verified facts to counter claims by the AFL's News Reporter that President Eisenhower broke an agreement over Taft Hartley act amendments. It outlines Durkin's resignation, Nixon's role, and subsequent denials, asserting AFL and CIO leaders owe the President an apology.
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Taft-Hartley
Washington
nt_Eisenhower
Martin Durkin
Labor
Lawrence
Durkin
AFL
Nixon
Congress of & Messa
Eisenhower
Congress
Taft
White House
White House After Various Consultations With Mr. Durkin
Vita
Capitol Hill
Pone
White Howe
Messige
New York City
Messrs
George Meany
Walter Reuther
CIO
United States
East Slowing Speeds Cuts Highway Deaths in 11 States
A highway safety program across Maryland to Maine reduced deaths by 41 in the three summer months, despite a 6 percent rise in traffic. Deaths fell 3 percent overall as enforcement intensified. The report urges California to adopt similar slowing measures to curb roadway slaughter.
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California
Maryland
Maine
JUST FOLKS by E A GUEST Dishes learned to dry from mother
The speaker credits his mother for teaching him dish drying and kitchen order. He notes knowing where each plate, cup, and saucer belongs and offers to help with drying and related tasks. He claims modest pride in being proficient with forks and knives and assisting when needed.
Long Beach news briefs and events from the era
Long Beach topics include a proposed extension of bus service to Lakewood by the City Bureau of Franchises, Cole Bros. Circus due in town, Fred Astaire’s dance promise at the State Theater, a twenty year ago Congressional naval inspection visit, fossil discoveries near Spring St and Cherry Ave, William Jennings Bryan’s 30 years ago address at Municipal Auditorium, a winter tourist push to Long Beach, and Southern Counties Gas Co considering lowering a $4.5 million local holdings price.
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Lakewood
City Bureau of
Cole Bros. Circus
Fred Astaire
State Theater
Congressional Naval Inspection Committée
Spring St
Cherry Ave
William Jennings Bryan
Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach
Southern Counties Gas Co
Public Forum Letter Policy Summary
Public forum rule notes letters must be under fifty words and include genuine signatures and addresses. Edits may be made for taste or to save space, ensuring bona fide signatories.
Patriotism Appeal by Dave MacPherson Seeks Liberty Rally
A letter from Dave MacPherson of 2312 Iroquois Ave compares modern threats to Revolutionary War heroism. He urges readers to defend personal freedom, recalls Paul Revere and Ethan Allen, and warns against Soviet aggression, urging action today.
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Lexington
Conford
Bunker Hill
Paul Revere
Ethan Allen
Fort Ticonderoga
la Place
Continental Congress
Moscow
Dave MacPherson
Iroquois Ave
Planes Give Him Sense of Security
Letter writer Raymond Browning of 1032 Daisy Ave expresses strong support for keeping Long Beach Airport open to military aircraft. He says jet noise won’t bother him when he moves near Studebaker Road and that planes give a sense of security.
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Court Prowell
Long Beach
Studebaker Rd
Raymond Browning
Daisy Ave
County budget questioned over flower garden lease costs
Residents decry a 40000 yearly lease for a flower garden by the County Supervisors. They argue funds should aid seniors who fear poverty and struggle to meet basic needs.
Ardraata by Metcalfe and the Home on Wheels
A poetic reflection on rail travel calling the train a home on wheels. The speaker imagines the train as a sanctuary with servants and courteous staff, from porter to conductor to baggage handler, expressing gratitude while noting the limits of affordability.
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Bagge
Press staff credits for a historic newspaper masthead
The article lists staff roles including publisher Harold M. Hinva assistant to the publisher Samuel C. Cameron and general manager H. F. Burmester. It names executive editor Malcolm Epley and national representative Fidder Johnn, with advertising representation by Metropolitan Group, Jnr.
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Herman H. Aidder
Harold M. Hinva
Samuel C. Cameron
H. F. Burmester
Anne EY Itot
Malcolm Epley
Wationsl
Fidder-Johnn, Inc
Comic Advertising
Metropolitan Group
Jnr
Local Officials Propose Reallocating Boddy Rent Funds
F. J. Smith of 1825 E Third St urges supervisors to stop paying Manchester Boddy 200000 over five years for Hower gardens. He argues the money should go to Los Angeles County residents in need and expresses no disrespect to Boddy.
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Manchester Boddy
Los Angeles County
Answers from Beach Press Telegram quiz column
A reader quiz from Beach Press Telegram covers topics from the Distinguished Service Cross history to helium production and San Marino. It lists questions with concise answers: DSC established 1918 with about 6000 WWI and over 4000 WWII awards. helium produced by US Bureau of Mines. San Marino is the world's smallest republic. over-water flights smoother. few female canaries sing. cattails preserved with shellac or paint. horse chestnuts used for track fingerprinting. Moscow State University tower has 32 stories housing 14000 science students.
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DSC
Temple of Learning
Moscow State University
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Soaper Says in a Small-Town Paper Quip
A column by BILL VAUGHAN plays with newsroom clichés and culture references. It jokes about college sports pay, color toothpaste, wreck front pages, and intellectuals shifting views amid political banter.
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Soaper
Bill Vaughan
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