It's a Crime Wave Rushes Through Our Society
A bold call to action protests a mounting crime wave in Southern California. The piece links population growth, unemployment, and weak enforcement to rising thefts, murders, and assaults. It urges coordinated action by law enforcement and leadership from Attorney General elect Stanley Mosk and Sheriff Pete Pitchess to transform the social climate and halt crime.
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Southern California
Opportunity Unlimited
Stanley Mosk
Pete Pitchess
No Notice in Death Toll
The piece discusses crime and road danger, citing a grim season with motorists on chaotic streets. It notes a four day Christmas period with 620 deaths out of 40 million on nations roads, and warns luck remains unpredictable as New Year traffic counts begin.
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Bloor
Associated Press
Belize
LIPPMANN on Senate rules clash in 86th Congress
Walter Lippmann argues the new Congress faces a clash over changing Senate rules to end debates. He compares Johnson and Douglas plans, noting cloture thresholds, the potential for long filibusters, and the need for broader support beyond a simple majority to guard against minority resistance.
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Senate
Lippmann
Tryndon Johnson
Texas
Paul Douglas
Illnois
Johnson
Muust
Douglas
Veteran battler Dirksen urged to rally Republicans
The piece argues Republicans must rally behind Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois to unite conservative voters against liberal Republicans in the Senate and to support Eisenhower era fiscal policies. It notes tensions with liberal Republicans and predicts a tough Congress as the administration faces its policy agenda. Dirksen is urged as a veteran, battle-tested leader to inspire the party.
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Wasellington
Senate
Jeader
Themeely Borat
Bush
Connecticut
Cooper
Kentucky
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Taft
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Alle Ig
Dirksen
Republican Party
Long Ago Lang bah and 1930s housing drive
A 19 year old note recalls Sgt William J Mooney taking charge of reserve police training to build a 500 strong corps. It mentions a 500 family rental housing project in Long Reach funded by a $2.4 million federal grant via the National Housing Authority, and lists 1934 Long Beach police personnel appointments. It reflects on 1910 Republican losses and 1960 budget politics, noting Eisenhower as stabilizing force amid liberal wing tensions and the push for a balanced budget and dollar stability.
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Alvin F. Slaight
William J. Mooney
Mooney
Europe
Slaight
Long Reach
Workers Alliance
Central Labor Council
Long Beach
Los Angeles
National Housing Authority
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
Newspaper masthead and office listings
The Press Telegram publisher and staff details are listed with names such as Daniell Ridder Harold M Hines Samuel C Camerencenl L A Colling Jr Haieam Epley Miles E Lines Harry Karnsedit and Fosse Washington Mews Gureat. Advertising representatives and office addresses across New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco are noted along with current filing locations.
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Aldder-Jonas, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Eatath
Los Angeles
W. Eth
San Franciato
Sutter St
Press-Telegram
Brown appoints Thomas W. Martin to liquor control post
Gov-Elect Edmund G Brown taps Thomas W Martin to direct the Alcoholic Beverage Control department retaining Malcolm Harris as deputy. Martin, a Democrat, helped craft the reform and oversaw Southern California liquor investigations, praising the industry while stressing strong enforcement. The new administration seeks smooth operation and Democratic staffing.
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Bacramento
CNS
Edmund G. Brown
Alvo- Nolic Beverage Control
ABC Department
Russell S. Munro
Thomas W. Marti
Malcolim Harris
Harris
Martin
Phere
Department
Brown
Southern California
Mind Guides Instruments For Writing Today
The poem extols many writing tools from pencils to fountain and ballpoint pens while asserting that tools do not shape thoughts. Only the mind can first instruct the hand to form sentences, since instruments merely aid expression, not the act of thinking or messaging.
Questions Answers Philadelphia Rebel Capital QQ
A quiz style piece notes Philadelphia as the Rebel Capital built as the rebel colonies capital in 1776 before moving federal seats to Washington in 1800. It covers paleography vs epigraphy, Flag Day origins in 1877, Van Cliburn's birth pronunciation, and the National Peanut Festival held each October in Dothan Alabama.
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Philadelphia
Washington, D
Dothan
Alabama
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Erie
Walter Lirpmann
Trouglas
Elrcten
Staten
David Lawrence
Gop
Battler
Long Deadh Police Officers Association
Joe McClelland
Ethel Williamson
George Jones
Chinf
Olie Faulkner
Dfece
DSH, Hom Wee CO
Comin Advertising Representatives
Mateepolling Gesupyne
By Wenuy Machkthyre
Munro
James I. Metcalfa
George Clark
van Cnourn
C.D
Shreveport
Cligh-Burn
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