MWD’s Good Work Puts Long Beach Decade Ahead
Editorial lauds Metropolitan Water District for finishing pumping units ahead of schedule and securing water for Long Beach through 1975. It notes current and planned expansions, growth in population and industry, and economic benefits from ahead-of-time completion. The piece praises district leadership and Long Beach voters who joined the district in 1928.
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MWD
Long Beach
Metropolitan Water District
Southland
Colorado River
Colorado
Careys Threatening Letter and Labor Reform Debate
A letter from AFL CIO Vice President James B. Carey threatens to punish Congress members who back labor reform. The note signals public sentiment favors a strong reform bill addressing abuses like blackmail and secondary boycotts, while Hoffa previously warned politicians against voting for labor reform.
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Congress
United States
U.S
Aflcio
James B. Carey
Carey
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
House
Eisenhower Johnson blur reshapes 1960 campaign guides
New York analysts note the Eisenhower Johnson impact on party identity as 1960 draws near. Republicans fret over Nelson Rockefeller’s pace while Dewey veterans handle organization. Democrats push for clearer branding and bold colors ahead of Los Angeles primaries.
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New York
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Tookalike
Washington
Feay
Kremlin
Nelson Rockefeller
Dewey
Los Angeles
International group forms to provide better toys for children
Aimed at safer toys for children, an international group forms to improve play objects. The United Nations voices a goal of safer toys for adults too, while political parties field arguments ahead of upcoming conventions.
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United Nations
Big Brother Still Listens in Moscow, Rioting Police Describe State
Walter T. Ridder reports from Moscow that Russia remains a police state despite a veneer of relaxed life for Western visitors. NKVD power wanes but censorship and surveillance endure. The author notes two minor police encounters with locals and warns that today’s freedoms are fragile under dictatorship.
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Big Brother
Moscow
Russia
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
NKVD
Lavrenti _Beria
Stalin
Secret Police
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Nob
Siberia
Ike's Trip Abroad Aids Chiefs of Many Countries
Washington editorial argues Eisenhower's trip to Britain France and meetings with Khrushchev and European leaders influence domestic politics. It notes Britain's praise of a new Ike while de Gaulle pursues nationalism and warns appeasement risks war amid Soviet and German considerations.
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Ike
Washington
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Great Britain
London
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
France
General de Gaulle
United States
Paris
High Wages and Prices Hit Steel Strike Fallout
Editorial observes no new facts in Secretary Mitchell report on the steel strike. It notes high steel wages and profits, rising steel product prices, productivity gains, and costs per ton that lag price increases. It questions government intervention timing and predicts inflationary risks if talks break down, concluding workers bear the cost.
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Mitchell
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers Union
Carnig
Detroit
Steelworkers
David McDonald
Dave McDonald
Public Forum Inspector Hits Court Leniency
Detective Inspector Charles C. Sullans reports on a June 10 1959 assault in Long Beach where William D Kelly 20 attacked Officer Henry J Schlecht with a straight edge razor injuring chin arm and thumb. Kelly pleaded guilty August 18 to one count of assault with deadly weapon and received three years straight probation.
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Police Department
William D. Kelly
Long Beach
Henry J. Schlecht
Maine Ave
Schlecht
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Samuel C. Cameron Deseral
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