Editorial The Car Insurance Hike in California
Californians face a $52 million rise in auto insurance driven by a 20.9 percent jump in liability and 13.8 percent rise in auto damage costs. Factors include more accidents, high jury awards, higher car values, and a stronger economy. Merits for careful driving could lower rates, while reductions hinge on cutting accidents. The State Department of Insurance notes fewer traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths since 1940, with hopes of substantial rate reductions if trends continue. An improved liability rate structure is expected to lower costs as insurance volume grows, though California’s 7 million drivers and constant new registrations keep challenges high.
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The Great Fraternity Of Writers And Their Quiet Joy
A reflection on writers forming a vast but underappreciated craft, noting millions pursue poetry and fiction though road signs for literature do not exist. Despite meager monetary rewards, many write for personal satisfaction and happiness, not wealth, a stance not understood by wealth-focused minds.
Adams as party slugger shifts role in 1955 campaign
Doris Fleeson notes Adams swings hard at Democrats while the President and Vice President adopt milder tones. The piece describes Adams as the civilian chief of staff steering fundraising and party matters, with GOP leaders pressing for stronger White House action and Simpson’s criticism of advocating support without aiding the party.
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Richard M. Simpson
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Hosmer selected for Joint Atomic Energy Committee post
Virginia Kelly Hosmer campaigns defend his push for the vacancy as reporters debate his atomic credentials. Washington figures like Minority Leader Joe Martin influence the choice while columnist George Dixon criticizes Hosmer as self praise. Hosmer releases a three page outline of his qualifications and efforts.
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Joe Martin
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George Dixon
Virginia
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Klan in Maxton Fails to Hold Odds Against Lumbee Rally
Editors note that in Maxton North Carolina the Ku Klux Klan faced strong opposition from Lumbee Indians who equalized odds and forced the group to retreat. The piece cites cross burnings that sparked indignation and calls for vigorous prosecution of incitement to riot while arguing that the Klan embodies subversive ideals akin to communism. It also references Afro- Asian nations voting on a Cairo resolution and urges decisive authority action to combat racial prejudice in America.
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Cairo
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Pentagon head knocking stirs lawmakers says senator
Senator Lyndon Johnson calls for drastic action at the Pentagon amid a disputed incident described as a stirring sound. The exchange centers on officials discussing a clash over security, with tensions rising as statements reference smocked heads and a clang-like disturbance.
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By George Clark on brass hats and dogs at doors
A fragmented column mocks rival officers and budget debates while humorously noting a dog’s foot wiping habit. The piece quips on political philosophy and ends with a playful salute to friends overseas and a reflection on television programs and Spanish influence on horses in North America.
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Tress Telegrama Harman HB and publishers
The Prens Telegram maintains current staff and offices including publisher Harold M. Hines and executive editors Malcolm Epley and Milee Lines, with advertising representation by Metropolitan Group, Inc and multiple bureau locations in New York, Chicago, Detroit, St. Paul, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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Malcolm Epley
Milee
Go to the graveyards and ponder the dead
A reflective poem by E A Guest urges readers to visit graveyards, read inscriptions, and weigh human greatness against mortality. It contrasts boastful lives with the silent, enduring memory of those interred, urging humility as the world continues after death.
Long Beach History Moments From Three Eras
A Long Beach-Los Angeles Harbor recap notes 10 years ago county supervisors shifted the Whittier Narrows dam site 1000 feet to ease opponents. 20 years ago ground was broken for Silverado Park community club house with officials present. 30 years ago detectives seized two ounces of morphine in a major Long Beach raid linked to multiple areas.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Jeter
Silverado Park
Clyde Doyle
Recreation Commission
Thomas M. Eaton
K. M. Dérion
Col. E. H. Wilcox
Works Progress Administration
O. M. Murphy
J. H. McClelland
Tie Angeles
Hollywood
Nobel Prize Cash Value Noted For 1957
Q and A from the Harkin PA cadets page explain the Nobel Prize cash value. The 1957 Nobel awards in each field totaled 208,000 Swedish kroner about 40,000 dollars. Authorities advise disconnecting radio or TV sets during electrical storms to prevent lightning damage and tube burnout.
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Portraits Nostalgia Verse Captures Waiting Home
A nostalgic poem about nostalgia as a haunting recollection of youth. It describes home, familiar faces, and scents that spark longing, calling back a past world. The piece frames nostalgia as a ghostly force created by memory and art.
Liberals Lose Ground as Victims Speak Back in Debate
In a charged political moment, Democrats rebuke defense policy while Sherman Adams counters with a robust rebuttal in Minneapolis. The piece notes partisan exchanges, calls for resignations, and Truman's defense of Eisenhower amid foreign policy critiques.
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China
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