Editorial Puzzling Crisis at City Hall questioned
Letters respond to May editorial The Crisis at the City Hall criticizing city management and a call for the departure of Mrs Vickers Editors defend stance and discuss political pressures The other letter challenges Capps claims about fiscal reform for fairs and credits Western Fairs Association with pushing for responsible funding and transparency
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Vickers
Manaport
OHM
W. Wilson
Hrayton Ave
Capps
Edwin S. Capps
Capital News Service
Mc Capps
Thomas Rees
Los Angeles
Sant Geddes
California Defends National Defense Against WPA Charge
Senator Clair Engle refutes a New York claim that defense dollars flow unfairly. He argues national defense contracts must be awarded on merit and competition, not by political or geographic favoritism. California benefits from efficient work, and New York should gain contracts only if it can perform better.
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California
Clair Engle
New York
Sen
Ens Gle
Keating
Sen. Engle
California Republicans lose Senate seat by party switch
California politics notes a state Senate seat shifting party hands as Sen. Ralph Collier, long a Republican leader, changed registration to Democrat after observing a Democratic majority. The move prompts questions about timing and party alignment.
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California
Senate
Ralph Collier
Missiles by Missile Mail Changes Life and Banking
The article forecasts the first successful guided missile mail delivery and its ripple effects. It predicts faster cross continental mail, disrupted banking by checks arriving before posting, and a surge in mail related storage needs for households. It also jokingly envisions future headlines about mail mishaps and damaged envelopes.
Noisy headlines mix of jokes and jabs in daily notes
A collage of quirky items notes pessimists sometimes right about elections, Russian bans on a Moscow jazz show, and everyday absurdities. It mocks taxes and public ideas while hinting at a new magazine and unbreakable discs.
Long Beach Flood Precautions Amid Storm Tides
After a 6.5 ft tide flooded harbor areas in Long Beach, authorities laid sandbags for an anticipated 6.7 ft tide overnight. The event impacted Alamitos Bay Marine Stadium and Anaheim Slough as crews prepared and residents braced for worsening conditions.
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Alamitos Bay
Marine Stadium
Anaheim Slough
Khrushchev uses summit talk to press West
Nikita Khrushchev voices contradictory stances on Berlin and a Geneva summit while pressuring the West. He warns of threats from Albania and the Balkans and mocks NATO while asserting hard line aims. The piece argues his tactics reveal a calculated bid for power and prestige behind the Iron Curtain.
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Bawrencs
Berlin
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Khirushchev
Khyruchchev
Genover
Khrushchev
Greece
Albania
Balkans
Kremlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moscow
NATO
Fresh water depletion cited as top federal worry
The Christian Science Monitor reports Secretary Free A. Seaton warned at the National Watershed Congress that within twenty years fresh water could become the nation’s major issue. Pollution and rising demand shrink supply, while desalting salt water offers a potential solution with volume-enabled plans for a million gallons per day demonstration plant on the Gulf of Mexico and other sites along the Pacific and Ness to Wither-short areas.
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Christian Science Monitor
Secretary of the Interior
Free A. Seaton
National Watershed Congress
Seaton
Governors Mansion folly shows false economy in California
Sacramento officials inspect a 26 year old East Sacramento house valued at 115000 as a potential governors mansion. The piece criticizes the state Finance Department and Legislature for delaying a modern mansion, arguing the mid-Victorian location on a busy highway reflects neglect of duty and pride in state living.
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Sacramento
CNS
State Department of Finance
Deepartment Waacarthur
Department of Finance
State Legislature
California
Advertising Representative Details for Press Telegram NY Group
Reading shows scattered names and addresses for advertising representation tied to The Press Telegram. Mentions Ridder Jokrs Inc and New York contacts, with partial street and building cues among garbled text.
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Hasignal
Ridder-Jokrs, Inc
Tlhces
New York
Finn
Avcoua Exer Sewogley
Foshaw Toaer
St. San Frances Ne
Sutter SF
al Inese Othey
Civil Liberties Bill opposed by Congress groups
The editorial denounces proposed civil liberties legislation as a move to restrict freedoms and empower policing. It argues congressional committees have intruded on judiciary and that Supreme Court rulings protect liberty. It urges Americans to oppose the repressive measures in Congress. STUART INNERS! 2620 E. Orange Grove Ave, Pasadena.
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Congressional
Supreme Court
Congress
Thepal
Senate
House
Stuart Inners
Orange Grove Ave
Pasadena
Questions on Japanese rhymes and Derby legend
A brief Q and A discusses Japanese poetry’s lack of rhyme and common form patterns such as five and seven syllables. It notes the tanka as a classic five line form. It also recalls jockey Edward M. Garrison, who never won the Derby but rode Pure Rye to a Kentucky Oaks in 1886 and was famed for a dramatic “Garrison finish.”
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John J. Throckstoule
Long Beach
Washington, D. C
Garrison
Edward M
Singer
Miami Beach
Ila
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Western Fairs Assi
Leu Mer Moour
Joe Blenkle
Western Firs Assn
Stockton Bird
U.S. National Defense
New Jersey
Soaper
Brill Vaughan
State Department
FBL
Fast
Av Ats
USC
Gretchen Parr
Coliseum
Los Angeles County
David Lawrence
Nikita
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Gelearam
Long Beach, Calif
Advertising Reprett Native
Eportny Geoup, Inc
Herman H. Rieder
Pubisher
Putither
Samuel C
Cameron
A. Calling Jr
Business Managuer
Malcolm Boley
Harney Barns
Warrington Hews Bureau
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