Supervisors Back Private Plan for County Auditorium Measure
The Star-News reports that County Supervisors endorsed a Citizens Committee plan to fund a $51.5 million Auditorium and Music Center without a public vote. A Little Inc survey questions viability, rents, subsidies, and impact on neighboring property, warning of operating deficits and long payback, while noting the public hearing was not held.
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City of
Los Angeles
Citizens Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Star-News
Allies Disagree on Russian Motives in Peace Effort
Washington reports three leaders Pineau Adenauer and Dulles agree on strengthening NATO though questioning Russian sincerity. Pineau urged steps toward peaceful coexistence if Russia proves trustworthy, otherwise the West could reassess.
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Washington
United States
West
Russia
Pineau
West Germany
Adenauer
Dulles
National Press Club
Irresponsible Congress Misuses National Defense Debate
The piece criticizes Congress for pressuring the Joint Chiefs of Staff over defense spending. It argues that politics drives higher budgets, undermining professional military planning and trust in executive leadership. It calls for joint executive legislative responsibility rather than partisan manipulation.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Executive
IT News Publisher and Editors Listing
The IT news page lists Bernard J Ridder as Publisher with F G Runyon as Editor in Chief and L M Merriman as Business Manager. Advertising Manager E R Williams and R F Krueger are also named. Wire services include AP and United Press with City News Service of Los Angeles.
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Bernard J_ Ridder
F. G. Runyon
L. M. Merriman
E. R. Williams
R. F. Krueger Wire Services
Associated Press
AP Photofax
AP Financial
United Press
United Press Sports Wire
City News Service of
Los Angeles
National Sans
Ridder-Jonns, Inc
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Politics Plays Like Broken Record
Stewart Alsop writes to Joseph Alsop that President Eisenhower’s second heart illness dominates U.S. politics. The piece notes Republicans expect a positive presidential announcement soon, while Hagerty questions the president’s intentions. It discusses medical risk and insurability with quotes from an insurance executive on life expectancy and the presidency.
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Eisenhower
Fearful balance taxed waitress billed for entertainment
Federal Revenue officers issued a $44,693.84 tax claim against a Des Moines waitress over a scheme involving balancing glasses on her chest as entertainment. The quip contrasts virtue with a grocery bill. A separate headline notes a man shoots a woman in a delicatessen, described as unchivalrous.
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Federal
Des Moines
Pasadena Group Tours Yellowstone Park
Looking Back thirty years ago today Pasadenaans traveled to Yellowstone Park as part of a community pilgrimage. The Pasadena Choral Society organized with George Brenner as president J D Graham as vice president A K White as secretary Mrs B Marshall Watkyns as treasurer Charles Gahr as librarian Co J Crandall H E Ellenberger Miss Shoemaker and Miss Graham on the managing committee.
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Pasadena Choral Society
George Brenner
J. D. Graham
A. K. White
B. Marshall Watkyns
Charles Gahr
J. Crandall
H. E. Ellenberger
Shoemaker
Miss Graham
Hollywood Gossip Highlights And Oscar Gift Buys
A collage of entertainment notes mentions HY Gardner buying an American jeep after an Oscar win. Mae Barnes discusses Bea Lillie’s interest in the Ziegfeld Follies cast. Carl Erskine plans a children's camp in upstate New York. Helen Hayes’s son James McArthur trains with Marlon Brando for his debut Strike, A Blow. Elvis Presley reportedly owns four Cadillacs. Dr Jerry H Jacobson envisions future eye muscle correction via retina measurements. Kim Novak to receive a Saturday Evening Post biography. Lee Wood travels to Paris on a Pan Am junket. Christiana Securities stock is teased at $15,000 a share with $14,800 cited. Speculation links Adlai Stevenson Kefauver, Mayor Bob Wagner, and a possible vice presidential push.
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Ann Magani
Mae Barnes
Cupidon
Bea Lillie
Carl Erskine
Dodgers
Upstate
New York
Helen Hayes
James McArthur
Marlon Brando
Jerry H. Jacobson
N. Y
Kim Novak
Eddy Duchin
Saturday Evening Post
Scrivener
Dean Jennings
Lee Wood
The
World-Telegram
Sun
Paris
Wood
Christiana Securities
DuPont
Trib
Don Rogers
Adlai Stevenson
Kaye
Fight over public power bills splits Capitol Hill
A bitter Interior Committee clash pits Idaho Democrat Gracie Prost and Texas Democrat Walter Rogers against Republican lawmakers over the Upper Colorado and Hell's Canyon public power projects. The dispute, tied to a broader logrolling bargain, could delay key power ventures in Colorado Arkansas Nevada California New York Nebraska and requires a quorum to advance.
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Washington
Colorado
Gracie Prost
Hell's Canyon
Idaho
Walter Rogers
Texas
House Interior Committee
Capitol Hill
White House
Interior
Democratic National Committee
Nevada
California
Fort Randall
South Dakota
Nebraska
Congress
Arkansas
New York
Idaho Power Co
Uncle Sam
Saintly departure celebrated at pearly gates
A church notices a cherished member passes on with a welcoming crowd from earth and heaven. The verse recalls years of good works and the crown awaiting the saint as loved ones praise the life and faith of the deceased.
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Madison
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London
Chelsea
Thames
Paddington Station
New York City
Times Sq
Catalina Island
Graydon E. Spalding
Jane Eads
Institute For Parents Helpful
George Washington University
University
James Harold Fox
School of Education
Gladys Gardner Jenkins
Institute
By David Lawrence
N.Y. Herald Tribune
By Stewart Alsop
Stewart Alsop
Joseph Alsop
Joe
Jim Hagerty
MR. and
Mrs
By Arthur Folwell-Kin Pratt
Olin Miller
HY Gardner
Billy
Rose
Joyce Mathews
Moscow
Joyce
Vienna
Elvis Presley
Presley
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Senate
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Russell B. Long
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