Voter Registration Week Underlines Sept Deadline
Editorial notes Sept 11 as registration deadline to vote in November. Volkman twins lead bipartisan drive with UCLA backing. County Supervisors proclaim week. registrars at stores and theaters offer free service. County total to be updated. lists eligibility and how to register by Nov 4.
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Annual legal checkup for estates proposed by bar presidents
A Los Angeles conference提 discussion advocates an annual legal checkup to detect subtle legal illnesses before they harm heirs. Hugh W. Brennerman argues laypersons can suffer from unseen legal issues due to new laws and taxes, with lawyers possibly offering free preventive service to build trust.
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Lansing
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Senator Soaper Says Who's in Charge Here
Bill Vaughan notes Dorothy Thompson's column is ending making it harder to answer the Martian visitor about leadership. A National Allergy Day proposal triggers sneezing thoughts, reflecting light political satire and public policy whimsy.
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Dorothy Thompson
Old New Yorkers and Moon Shots in 1950s Era Satire
The column criticizes national preoccupations with Liberty on Liberty Island, space travel, and moon myths, while poking fun at Detroit car model previews, Pentagon spending, and prestige politics. It lampoons Jack Kennedy, the five cent dollar, and cultural propaganda, noting playful ironies and social quirks of the era.
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Portraits of Beauty and Light in Life and Virtue
A poetic meditation on beauty arising from virtue. The speaker links inner goodness to brightness that illuminates darkness, asserting kindness shapes a shining soul. The verse pairs nighttime imagery with moral character, suggesting character guidance and light against dark.
Worst Congress in 50 Years Says Lawrences View
David Lawrence writes that the 85th Congress adjourned inaction, failing to curb communism, curb inflation, fight racketeering, with the Supreme Court complicating matters. He cites missed passports, labor monopoly concerns, and neglect of states’ rights while accusing Congress of vote trading and behind the scenes manipulation.
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Doris Fleeson analyzes Johnsons imprint on Congress
In this portrait of the 85th Congress, Doris Fleeson notes four parties at work and credits Lyndon Johnson with shaping the record through a large White House influence. She highlights Rayburn's House leadership, Johnsons long House tenure, and the Senate House conference dynamics shaping inflation and budget pressures.
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John Sherman Cooper
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Argument for Christian Schools
Mrs H Waveren of Lakewood argues taxation should fund education regardless of religious content. She contends freedom of religion, the public school teacher's neutrality, and a God centered education justify tax free status for Christian schools.
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Pilgrim Fathers
H. van Waveren
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Lakewood
Must Resist Metro Movement in Local Government
E Callaghan of Long Beach denounces "metro" government moves as assaults on Constitutionally guaranteed states rights. He urges local papers to aid in exposing and resisting proposed new charters that would abolish elective offices and let centralized bodies govern citizens.
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Supreme Court
E. Callaghan
7Th St. Long Beach
Defends Right to Join or Not to Join
Lester L. Marshall defends the right to join or refuse union membership. He argues Proposition 18 permits employment without forced union affiliation and criticizes candidates opposing the measure as aligned with union bosses. He states personal loyalty to citizens over organized labor.
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the Painters
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Smith
United States
Lester L. Marshall
Paseo de la Concha
Redondo Beach
Site survey for state college spans Huntington Beach Downey Irvine Long Beach
A 10 year old report notes a survey begun by Dr Aubrey Douglass and Dr P Victor Peterson to locate a new state college for southeastern Los Angeles and Orange counties. 150 acre minimum site, 200 acres preferred, considered in Huntington Beach Downey Irvine and Long Beach amid WPA grant efforts and rail line support.
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Aubrey Douglass
Sacra Mento
P. Victor Peterson
Los Angeles State College
Huntington Beach
Downey
Irvine
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