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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
11
Opinion piece criticizing the American Airlines pilots strike for crippling travel during holidays. It argues workers and companies should seek peaceful settlements, noting widespread harm to the public and other workers. It urges turning from medieval instincts to modern, rational approaches to labor-management disputes.
Selection of Sen. Thomas Kuchel as party whip restores some of the prestige California lost after William F. Knowland left the Senate. The appointment elevates a western Republican and signals bipartisan recognition of California's growing political importance. Kuchel, the lone West Coast Republican senator, is praised for cool headed, efficient service and fits the post’s high level of responsibility.
Public forum reports two stories on recent traffic deaths. Story A notes five fatalities in the county area with rising concerns. Story B mentions ongoing traffic issues and community calls for action.
The letter writers comment on obituary prominence and traffic deaths in Long Beach. Norman M Waske argues readers prefer dramatic traffic stories to statistics. Henry Long warns of Hoffa and Bridges organizing labor abroad, fearing loss of public safety and future leadership roles. The piece reflects editor notes on news taste.
Ten years ago the city council considered authorizing an architect to develop plans for a new health center at Willow Street and Pine Avenue. A special committee of city officials reviewed the project amid ongoing harbor oil deposit lawsuits while the Arbor Commission announced $1,274,187.10 in wells port area proceeds and praised the effort to correct misleading broadcasts.
A Washington op-ed argues Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan should not be welcomed warmly by American officials or the public. It cites alleged Soviet crimes, censorship, jailings, and denial of elections as reasons to deny soft political embraces and urges scrutiny during his U.S. tour.
Senator Soaper notes a brave New York lady journalist who would rather face jail than speak. The piece mocks mischief in auto sales, jokes about Russian drinks, Teamsters bribery views, and Harvard anthropologists finding ancient purple bones in Argentina suggesting new ages for the Purple People Eater.
A partisan spoof portrays Lyndon B. Johnson as Senate Majority Leader in a lavish expansion of Capitol offices. The piece notes a six room suite on the Senate side, a separate two room space near the floor, and a three room office in the Senate Office Building. It humorously imagines aides as vassals and emphasizes Johnson’s drive for order and efficiency.
Governor Edmund G. Brown voids ten late term selections by former Gov. Knight, returning one to the Senate for approval. The move follows a law requiring Senate consent for most gubernatorial picks, ending the practice of using last minute appointments to settle political debts. Several Brown withdrawals affect education and labor posts, with potential further Senate referrals anticipated. Brown continues filling his official team amid ongoing approvals.
A reflective verse contrasts bachelorhood with holy marriage and family joys. It argues a man who never wed cannot know the warmth of home, companionship, and the deep devotion that comes with loving a wife and child.
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