Long Beach Unified Faces Growth With New Term
The Long Beach Unified School District opens tomorrow with 49 schools serving about 41,500 students and 1711 teachers. Enrollment has risen about 9,500 since 1945, with 32 projects either completed or started to add capacity for 8,000 more, while material allocations risk delaying several projects under federal control.
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Link forging in anti red defense at San Francisco talks
The piece notes a stark view of Soviet aims at the San Francisco conference with Andrei Gromyko and Polish and Czech delegates. It highlights Western unity post Japan treaty and mutual defense pacts with the Philippines Australia and New Zealand as a strategic anti communist chain while India and Nehru loom as unsettled elements.
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War Fever Rising as Korea Fronts Foreshadow Wider Conflict
Alsop reports that despite American belief that Soviet leaders avoid general war, war fever grows as signs point to a renewed Korean offensive. If fighting resumes, air power from Manchuria and larger Soviet and Chinese forces threaten a wider Far Eastern war, testing public opinion and U.S. resolve.
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Miss Falls Pageant Tells Height Size Trend
A feature notes that today’s girl is taller and heavier yet the petite Miss Susquehanna Falls must wear a long sash. It contrasts trade terms from Hollywood to the dip ena scenario and hints at a missing wife and dog named Buster with a reward.
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Truman Speech Rated Great Document Washington
The article lauds President Truman for his San Francisco peace treaty address. It highlights two sentences declaring the treaty with Japan does not seed future war and aims at reconciliation. It credits Truman’s moral force as rooted in broader U.S. precedents and bipartisan support.
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The Golden Years Altruism Brightens Dying Days
A roadside essay extols giving as the path to happiness in old age. It recounts Al Houghton and others who found purpose by helping family and neighbors. Through repair work, gardening, and caretaking, these seniors gained respect, companionship, and a renewed sense of self.
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Courage and class in a era of brave deeds and jokes
A poem by E. A. Guest argues courage cannot be bought by the rich nor sold like coins, yet remains a personal asset for the poor to earn. It notes a congressman in a slugfest and a pun about a Quaker, then jokes on a woman buying a three-year-old a chocolate cone and telling him to behave.
Plans Filed For Hospital Wing Addition In Long Beach
Long Beach plans show a three story and basement addition to Community Hospital forming a northeast wing. Also disclosed are plans to assign 10 million dollars in ship conversion work to two LA Long Beach harbor yards. City may send a representative to Washington to push airport improvement work to finish 300 thousand dollars.
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Public Forum Letters Echo Call For Honest Reading
A collection of readers submit opinions on public duty and national leadership. Beulah Allen and Doris L Cole urge clear thinking, while RAMSEY and Emma Bartlett praise civic support for the Hollywood Bowl season and rubber research.
Appreciation from Southwest Christian Convention Partners
Loran L. Hancock, Secretary Convention Committee, thanks Press Telegram for cooperation during the Southwest Christian convention. The newspaper help provided needed local contact and contributed to the largest registration in the convention’s history.
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Thoughts on the Spirit’s work and guidance
A devotional note cites 1 Corinthians 12:7 about the Spirit given to every person to profit. It describes the Spirit imparting life, implanting hope, giving liberty, testifying of Christ, guiding into truth, teaching all things, comforting believers, and convicting the world of sin.
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To Have a Friend A Faithful Friend Poem
A reflective verse on friendship and mutual trust. The speaker dislikes lending or borrowing but cherishes a loyal friend who shares heart and support through joy and sorrow, valuing a real partnership over material exchanges. The poem emphasizes warmth, handshake bonds, and enduring companionship.
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