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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1954
Page
10
The piece argues Nehru’s New Delhi remarks misread the global threat from Communism. It labels his stance as passive, benefiting no one, and urges stronger safeguards by free nations to counter aggression while criticizing his “double talk” on alliances and peace.
Los Angeles County plans a county wide Recreation Park and Parkway District for all unincorporated areas except National Forests and existing park districts. The proposal aims to end four years of park development delays by equitable financing and coordinated county led planning.
Bruce Birossat notes critics once said Eisenhower’s atomic pool for peace was only a sketch. He points to a historic agreement among the United States and seven other nations, arguing that bold, imaginative leadership can outpace cautious planning and that past leaders launched programs without full blueprints. He cites Marshall aid and Truman’s Four Points as precedents, praising free-world statesmanship despite Russia’s reaction.
The article describes a new atomic power agreement framed as an alliance for peace. It envisions training, peaceful uses of atomic knowledge, and sharing under a program to boost health, agriculture, and industry while strengthening the free world in the Cold War context.
Hawaiian lobsters have appeared 12,000 miles from home along South Africa’s coast. The migratory species, once local to the Hawaiian Islands, now spans roughly half the globe.
The premier of France Pierre Mendes France, in a Matignon office filled with imperial portraits, is portrayed as practical and austere. He rejects past grandeur, argues patriotism requires realism, and has driven a decisive shift in Franco-Tunisian relations while steering through wartime legacy and domestic reforms. He is confident yet aware the odds are against him.
Bill Vaughan reports that a Kansas City EPhilharmonic director says there is no need to relocate the New York orchestra to Omaha or Denver. In pet popularity, dogs lead cats with parakeets close third, while budget chief Rowland Hughes notes 109 miles of paper from useless records. The Army warns civilians near potential poison gas releases during transport and radio stations would air a warning to avoid breathing.
A humorous verse notes anglers must travel far from their mail and lodging to find better catches. It wryly says fishing improves away from one’s usual region and that others’ spots yield bigger fish, ending with a playful line about unseen distances.
Ten years ago quarter finals of a Southern Californias softball tournament took place at Recreation Park as seven Long Beach elementary schools ran on double sessions due to unprecedented enrollment. Twenty years ago a councilman complained that Division Street traffic felt like a roller coaster. The Junior Council Alpha Club planned a charity dance at Recreation Park Clubhouse. Thirty years ago the comic strip Dumb Dora began in the Press Telegram. The Builders Exchange Club held its first annual picnic at Orange County Park and it was a success.
Washington reports that Sen. Watkins chairing the special committee examining McCarthy charges refused to allow counsel to introduce evidence about other senators practices. The issue raises questions on what constitutes admissible proof in senate trials and echoes past debates on witness treatment and confidentiality in investigations led by figures such as Hugo Black.
Long Beach faces a crossroads as industry and commerce expand. A public forum letter argues against apathy to big business and defends a proposed million dollar downtown facility for banquets and meetings. The writer says resistance to alcohol and bar use is impractical and discriminatory, citing Shakespeare and Emerson. W. P. Monson, 147 Ocean Blvd.
Verse notes a would be friend who vanishes, returns briefly, and assumes control, yet remains unconcerned with genuine regard. The speaker laments distant behavior, unkept contact, and the hollow sense of friendship shattered by self-importance.
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