Editorial Weve Done Our Part
The Long Beach urging immediate state funds to acquire rights of way for the San Diego Freeway in East Long Beach. The city argues it has protected the route for seven years, faces a rise in population and traffic, and seeks priority funding as current budgets overlook Long Beach needs.
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Sacramento
East Long Beach
San Diego
Long Beach
Southland
East
C. M. Gilliss
State Highway Commission
California
Los Angeles County
National Anthem Key Change Proposed by Rep. Kearns
A Pennsylvania congressman introduces a bill to officially transpose The Star Spangled Banner to A flat to ease high notes at the end. Supporters say the change would help singers avoid vocal strain and may boost participation in patriotic events across parties.
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Rep
Kearns
Pennsylvania
Congressman Kearns
Francis Scott Key
America
Rockets
Auditors Probe State Spending and Rat Holes
In Sacramento the Legislative Auditor A Alan Post highlights numerous wasteful pathways for taxpayer funds. The report notes a California Highway Patrol project costing 343000 for an automotive shop at the academy with a 26968 square foot building and a total cost exceeding the structure itself. It questions private industry limits and signals a shift toward more government control of work.
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Sacramento
CNS
Legislative Auditor
Alan Post
Post
Eee
Goodwin J. Knight
California Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Portraits of a Valentine’s Day Confession
A nostalgic speaker recalls growing up and receiving valentines. Now older, they visit with a heartfelt request to be loved beyond a card, hoping for flowers, time, and a lasting place in the beloved’s heart. The poem blends tenderness with a plea for enduring affection.
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St Valentine's
Valentine
Thoughtful Sermon Quotation From Ephesians Slain by Morality
A devotional fragment quotes Ephesians urging awakeness and Christ as light. It pairs with Thomas Dick's note that moral light is radiation of the divine glory. The text blends biblical exhortation with a 19th century moralistic interpretation.
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Thomas Dick
Byrd's Senate Chair Will Pass to Kerr If Democrats Hold Power
The article notes Sen. Harry F. Byrd likely won’t remain Finance Committee chair as Democrats may keep control, with Sen. Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma set to take the post. Kerr, an oilman and New Dealer, would steer the committee differently, contrasting Byrd’s long leadership and the current liberal-leaning Senate. It also mentions a possible Republican regain and Sen. John J Williams’ contemplated retirement shift.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Senate
Virginia
Finance Committee
Robert S$. Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Byrd
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Walter F. George
Eugene D. Millikin
Tom Connally
Texas
Byrd-Sen. Allen
Frear
Delaware
John J. Williams
Williams
Carter
Finance
Wife of sixty years returns home in chorus of joy
Old man rejoices as his wife of sixty years comes back to him. He recalls her hair turned white with age yet remains beautiful and true. After being away a month, he prepares to meet her in his best clothes and feels like a kid again.
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Nes
Law
Port of Long Beach Eyes First Class Lighthouse at Harbor Entrance
Ten years ago Long Beach and Los Angeles shared growing ship traffic as the Coast Guard proposed a first class lighthouse at the harbor entrance. Patrolman Richard H. Davis arrested two church burglars in a tree near First Methodist Church. Lewis P. Lane elected president of the Long Beach Bar Association, succeeding Newland Reid. School board awarded contracts for a 172000 administration building at Locust Ave to J D Sherer & Son and others. Fire of unknown origin destroyed Barker Auto Wrecking Co at 2848 American Ave.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Richard H. Davis
First Methodist Church
Lewis P. Lane
The
Long Beach Bar Assn
Newland 4. Reid
Board of Governors
Locust Ave
Board of Education
J. D
Questions Answers Surgery Repairs Eardrum by RASKIN
Readers ask about repairing a damaged eardrum and related procedures. Two recent operations use skin grafts to repair perforations and to replace the eardrum and middle ear bones, both requiring a microscope.
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Press Telegram Masthead Details and Advertising Offices
The press telegram shows the newspaper masthead with publishers and editors listed, followed by the network of advertising representatives and office locations across major cities. It notes current files maintained at local offices and identifies advertising representation by Ridger-Johns, Inc and Metropolitan Group, Inc.
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Ridger-Johns, Inc
New York
Bath St
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot Lidg
Minneapolia
Foshay Tower
St. Paul
Bant
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Bueter St
Prese-Telegram
Metropolitan Group, Inc
Aop
President Puts Big Bet on Future of American Business
President Eisenhower asserts the bottom of the recession will be reached next month and a pickup will begin, with recovery under way later this year. He outlines government measures to boost construction, accelerate defense contracts, and relax credit, especially for mortgages, stressing a psychological push toward revival and noting unemployment trends and past lessons from Hoover and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Swareness
Wadin
America
Hoover
Public Forum Letters Policy and Signatures
Public forum letters must not exceed 250 words and require bona fide signatures and addresses. Letters may be edited for taste or space savings, with signatures and addresses preserved for credibility.
Wants Economy in School Spending
In a letter to the editor, E. E. Driscoll argues Gov. Knight will exhaust the rainy day fund on a near 2 billion dollar budget. He urges strict spending cuts in state colleges including Long Beach State College’s 700000 for heated outdoor pools and a golf driving course, questioning frills and arguing for belt tightening if federal aid declines.
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Knight
Long Beach
P T Serves As Cultural Guide Card
Margaret A. Duthie thanks the Press Telegram for public access cultural events in Long Beach including an impressionist art exhibit at the Long Beach Museum of Art a documentary edge of the world by Long Beach State College and library and a tour of La Casa de Rancho de Los Cerritos preserving early Long Beach history expressed from 1622 W 34th St Long Beach 13.
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Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach State College
Long Beach Public
Long Beach
Margaret A. Duthie
34Th St
Dulles Still Roaming World Secretary of State Profile
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles remains famed for roaming the globe as he once rode a merry-go-round too long. The piece by Anne Fickes from Long Beach reflects on his lifelong love of travel and world affairs.
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Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Just Law Right to Join or Reject Union Fee Statement
D. JAMES ROBBINS of Bellflower writes that the right to work gives individuals a just legal right to join or reject union membership, calling it a very just law for all freedom-loving workers.
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D. James. Robbins
Arkansas Ave
Bellflower
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