Are You Getting Soft in Modern American Life
An editorial argues that modern life with television and cars reduces physical activity. It cites Dr. Paul Dudley White on exercise as vital as diet, noting middle aged Americans are increasingly sedentary. It warns a one sided existence harms both body and mind and weakens the nation.
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America
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
White
U. S. News
World Report
Tome
When a Mother Gives Her Child Away
A discussion of whether a mother who places a child for adoption should regain custody years later. The piece notes California adoption rules require foster parents to reside in state six months before finalizing and cites a case where military orders influenced the outcome. It urges legislative study to reexamine adoption laws and child custody principles.
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California
Korea
Washington
Island in the Sun cited as argument against school integration
A Jackson ville screening of Island in the Sun triggers debate on interracial marriage and school integration. The film portrays mixed relationships with plausible treatment, suggesting Southern arguments against desegregation while provoking concerns about youth attitudes toward interracial romance and social mixing.
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Sun
Washington
Rews
Bolgest
South
Hoffa Framed as Naive Youth in Senate Grilling
Washington report portrays Jimmy Hoffa as an innocent young union leader facing senators who link him to Sam Feldman a Philadelphia Teamsters organizer with a criminal record and to a Detroit area training school financed by Paul Ricca The piece notes Hoffa’s denial and cites Kennedy’s questioning while highlighting the era’s tension over union corruption probes.
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Washington
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Sam Feldman
Philadelphia
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Focal
Jimmy
Robert Kennedy
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Hennedy
John D. McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
Union Big
Feldman
Atlantic City
Sing Sing
Holfa
Sant
Donly
Hoffa
Detroit
This One Had Better Get Off Truck and on Wagon
A truck driver testifies before a Senate committee that he was elected to a union post while drunk and only learned of it later. The column riffs on fame, fashion, gadgets, and social quirks with humorous asides about politics and progress.
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Senate Committee
Just Folks by E A Guest The Pride
A reflective verse exploring life stress and pride in relationships. It questions what success means and argues the joy of friendship, home, and family outweighs the strain. The poem asserts it is better to have lived than to avoid risk.
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Joss
Long Beach Pastor Marks Sixth Year at Our Savior's Lutheran
Reverend Arnold M. Nejson completed six years leading Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Under his pastorate the parish bought the Judkins estate in Carrol Park for a new sanctuary valued at sixty thousand dollars. Long Beach finished second in the Sweep Stakes at the Newport Balboa Tournament of Lights, with Pasadena taking first place.
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Arnold M. Nejson
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Judkins Estate
Carrol Park
Long Beach
Newport-Balboa
Pasadena
Public Forum Letters Set for Signatures and Addresses
Public forum letters must include bona fide signatures and addresses and are limited to 250 words. Submissions may be edited for taste or space to fit the format.
Why Brown Horned Into Ac Price War Debate
In a Denver letter, Floyd Ralston questions Atty Gen Edmund G Brown on meddling in the gasoline price war. He argues there are no California laws to fix prices, compares to potato pricing, and condemns fair trade pricing as a misnomer. Dwight D. Eisenhower's note commends the reader, while Eunice Tilston urges U.N. police for world order and sovereignty protection.
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Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
Mr. Brown
California
Onlng
Floyd Ralston
Current Postal Pay Bill Doomed
Richard L. Elliott of the Long Beach Post Office writes that postal worker pay raises depend on higher postal rates and criticizes Senate politics blocking business-style operation, urging readers to consider the issue.
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Richard L. Elliott
Long Beach
Defends U N Police Force Plan in World Federalists clash
A message from the U S President to the 11th National Assembly of United World Federalists defends a United Nations Police Force plan amid sharp exchanges with Anna M. Bache John Robb and Ernest Denning. The President emphasizes UN growth in strength and responsibility as a path to peace.
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United Nations
U.N
United World Federalists
Eunice Tilston
Belmont Ave
Long Beach
Lis Etasraiyas
Anna M. Bache
John Robb
Ernest Denning
United States
11Th
National Assembly of
Questions Answers Farm Gas Taxes Refunded
A reader asks if federal gas tax refunds are still issued and how to apply. The IRS refunds the tax per gallon only after filing on forms provided, with refunds for the year ending June 30, 1957 due by September 30. average refunds last year were about $20.
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Internal Revenue Service
Fragmented header from Press Telegram page
Fragmentary newspaper masthead shows names and roles including publisher editor and managing editor. The text lists Press Telegram and San Francisco links with incomplete staff lines and advertising representatives.
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