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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1958
Page
6
The Chief of Washington bureau argues the presidency is too vast for any one person to master. Ridder suggests essential traits, plus a thick skin and charitable nature, noting criticism is inevitable and a president cannot shirk duty. The piece cites Eisenhower and party politics as context.
Residents angered by rising taxes in the Los Angeles area are invited to a tax protest meeting at Wilson High School auditorium. Officials from State County City of Long Beach and Long Beach Unified School District will attend and answer questions about government expenditures. Paul B. Wilcox APO outlines common taxpayer questions.
Robert Clarke of Long Beach urges a broadcast exchange with Russia to show American TV. He envisions placing a TV set in every Russian home to flood the population with pro grams and curb scientific progress within a year.
Letter writers critique compulsory unionism as un American and unconstitutional. They urge curbs on strikes and unions, accuse Congress of lacking courage, and warn of a socialist party controlling the country. Signatures include W Tharp and H R Ward.
Mack Fairbanks of 2041 Palo Verde Ave Long Beach praises articles on subsidence and urges measures to repressurize underground areas. He supports stabilizing the town and asks for prompt action.
Senator Soaper jokes about loudmouths and space leadership while noting promised memoirs and a clash of names. Congress figures caution, while a busier tax-cut talk tempers expectations. A seasoned political rule underlines self-interest in public action.
A poetic piece urges continual mindfulness of neighborly care and living in loving brotherhood. It emphasizes re minding society to share kindness consistently every week month and year.
In Washington Allen W Dulles CIA chief recounted a notable anecdote during a speech about science and politics. He spoke of Walter T Ridder and the idea of severing red political chains, framing the debate in terms of national security and information control.
A synthesis of Dulles insights contrasts Soviet science aims with Western individual advancement. The USSR emphasizes science as state purpose, potentially reshaping policy long term, while Western scientists foresee risks as science aids military power. The piece discusses citizen arrest law, lotus seed longevity, and offshore Texas Tower radar platforms.
A broad economic debate unfolds with Congress urged to push public works and tax cuts while critics blame press bias for recession. Analysts note lower unemployment versus 1939, defend freedom of choice, and warn against panic as defense spending boosts jobs and purchasing power.
The Press-Telegram masthead lists Publisher Harold M. Hines Assistant to Publisher and Manager H. Burmester Editor Malcolm Epley Executive Exitos Mitee E. Sinea Managing Editor Washington News Service and national advertising reps Ridder-Johna with multiple city offices including New York Chicago Detroit and San Francisco, and comic advertising rep Metropolitan Group, Inc.
A comic sketch about a wife sharper than Wall Street and a husband drained by household costs. The piece jokes that she borrows money for laundry and cake, while he loses bets and raffles, and his chances diminish whenever she faces a bill she does not want to break.
Ten years past, police and Coast Guard hunted saboteurs of the motorboat Azeahir, a Saudi government funded craft. A 1.3 million expansion for Sears plant was announced by manager Joe Williams. City officials, swamped with improvement demands, weighed projects against the 1938-39 budget. City Atty Trammell proposed a special counsel for municipal oil rights litigation. Thirty years ago, Bluff Park and Houghton Park improvements were funded with $75,000.
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