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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1961
Page
8
The piece assesses President Eisenhower's final State of the Union, noting its historic value as a personal record of achievements and its broader role in framing the coming Kennedy era. It highlights unresolved global and domestic issues, the ironies of progress, and the call for steady leadership and moral guidance.
New York Governor Rockefeller establishes a West Coast branch of the New York State Department of Commerce in Los Angeles. A Michigan executive at a conference predicts California will outrun New York in 1961 retail sales and households, while noting New York will remain a large market. The move aims to attract East Coast business and workforce, with New Yorkers visiting and spreading the word.
Column by Bill Vaughan lampoons public chatter and past fame with satirical quips about free hors d oeuvres rumors Laotian names and civil war reading. It critiques faux informants ego motives and jokes about family traditions while noting political change and a messy club minutes scene.
An elder friend notes he has witnessed at least three revivals of the sideburn, marking fashion cycles across generations. The remark reflects ongoing changes in men’s grooming trends and nostalgia for past looks.
Doris Fleeson analyzes a divided New York GOP and the national scene. Kennedy's limited leverage, reformers against Desapio and Prendergast, and Wagner as a potential middleman frame a struggle for a fresh leadership. Fusion prospects seem doubtful. Rockefeller’s influence and eastern power dynamics shape a evolving Republican stance. Clifford Case backs James Mitchell in New Jersey as a potential catalyst.
A letter criticizes welfare state expansion and bureaucratic spending, urging readers to press Washington Sacramento and county officials for cuts. Signed by W. T. Hamilton of 1370 W Burnett St. and Helen Price of 222 Belmont Avenue, the letters question national economy reform and domestic spending, noting personal purchases labeled Made in Japan.
A fragment notes that Canada imported 30 000 head of cattle from the United States during 1959. Another fragment mentions a product wax that prevents sticking. A historical line recalls Arkansas earliest Jewish congregation in Little Rock in 1870.
Walter Lippmann argues the referendum shows metropolitan France backing a peace mandate for De Gaulle to settle Algeria, with 56 percent in France and 39 percent in Algeria when abstainers are counted as no votes. He warns of risks if De Gaulle fails, and calls for negotiations with Algerians and protection for European settlers.
A sloth is described as the slowest moving animal, typically covering about a third of a mile per hour when active. The creature is capable of rapid movement if threatened, otherwise proceeding at a glacial pace.
In 1886 John Bixby laid out Alamitos Townsite east of Ocean Avenue, planning 39 blocks with four-lot widths and places between streets. Alamitos Park, later Bixby Park, began with the first trees planted by Bixby and Messick to create shade as Long Beach grew from the Log Cerritos area. The park later hosted large state picnics attracting crowds over 75,000.
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