Letters Cite Steel Strike Charges and City Traffic Concerns
A reader critiques steel tycoons for pushing a strike to boost profits and questions government fuel price investigations. The letter also notes a Kefauver report and calls for accountability, then another writer condemns a traffic circle in Long Beach as a dangerous monument and urges a modern redesign. Floyd W. Laney, 1401 Park Ave, signs the second letter.
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Big Steel
Kefauver
Long Beach
Floyd W. Laney
Park Ave
Bus Service Plan for Douglas Plant Debated
Long Beach transit planners review a renewed Douglas Aircraft plant bus service proposal. The plan would add 627 annual miles while reducing general public service by 198 thousand miles, drawing criticism that public needs and factory employees require reliable transport. Local officials urge a joint route study with the company to test feasibility before permanent adoption.
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Amrea of
Douglas
Teall
Transportaion
Committee seeks relocation of Alamitos Naval Air Station
A community group labels Alamitos Naval Air Station an ever growing menace to nearby residents. The article notes the city council largely ignored the mental health issue and residents moved to the area with knowledge of the station’s presence.
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Alamitos Naval Air Station
Ore
Mevacadt
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Los Ala Wnitos Naval Air Station
Fragmentary 1960s Rant Mixed in Shabby Column
A jumbled, partial clipping references aviation, sports and politics with stray names such as Elvis and Nixon. The text blurbs mention strength training, a power mower, English royalty, golf players, and a political critique, but many phrases are garbled and unclear.
Steel Disputants Abandon Reason and Resort to Force
Washington editorial warns that a nationwide steel strike shows how conflicts between large groups can be settled only by economic force. It argues unions wield political power, undermine disinterested solutions, and calls for public judgment to curb monopoly-like labor power and prevent harm to the national economy.
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Waslington
Thywork. Org
Lawrence
Iksele
Umion
Party of the Third Part
Trusts
Yesteryear
America
Doris Flee son Demos Fight Over Convention Tickets
Los Angeles remains divided over Democratic convention tickets as the host committee debates a 1500 ticket proposal and a rival telegram bid for 5000 seats. Key figures include Paul Bayer, Edwin Pauley, Camille Gravel, Tul Ziffren, C Girard Davidson, and Gov. Edmund Brown, who warn the dispute could jeopardize presidential prospects.
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Los Angeles
Paul Bayer Iis
Nurtis
Winkel
Flefson
Camille Gravel
Louisiana
Edwin
Pauley
Butler
Tul Ziffren
California
C. Girard Davidson
Oregon
Gravel
National Committee
Navy officer visits Long Beach reserve air base
Twenty years ago Commander Felix Sc faker of the Bureau of Aeronautics toured the Long Beach Naval Reserve Air Base at Municipal Airport. He arrived aboard a German attack mane and conducted an informal inspection during his reserve flying tour.
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Felix Sc. Faker
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Long Beach Naval Reserve Air Base
Hasmer Surplus Sale Plan Lauded in Congress
Grace L. Stafford praises Rep Crag Hasmer of Long Beach for a plan to reduce the national debt and taxes. The proposal calls for a nine billion dollar surplus sale to store and relocate small farmers, cutting federal debt and lowering taxes. Stafford urges every reader to write in support.
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Washington
18Th
Crag Hasmer
Long Beach
Hasmer
Nosmer
Grace L. Stafford
E. Broadway
Traffic Circle Described as Major Local Menace
A reader letter from East Long Beach criticizes the traffic circle on USS 101, recalling 22 years past when the area began to deteriorate. The complainant seeks public attention for the long standing problem and asks for improvements.
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Assam
East Long Beach
California Gold Rush Travel and 21 Gun Salute Origin
The Q and A cover routes to California during the gold rush with wagons oxen ships and canal crossings and note that clipper ships rounded Cape Horn and panama crossings. It also states that the 21 gun salute began in Britain and was adopted by leading nations with the United States recognizing it in 1875.
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Cape Horn
Pacific
Chagres
Panama
Isthmus
Great Britain
United States
Paris Revisited Produces Surprises for Walter Ridder
Walter T Ridder head of the PT Washington Bureau visits Paris after six years away. The city is lively and crowded with Parisians and tourists as major construction booms reshape roads sewers bridges and housing. Auto and consumer buying surge signals a broader economic upturn with department stores reporting double digit sales gains and the currency stabilizing.
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Walter Ridder
PT Washington
Russia
Paris
Washington, D. C
Wellhaine Narvarae the Lars
France
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