Budget Hearings Show Public Interest vs Pressure Blocs
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors opened budget hearings amid demand for economy. Paul Sheedy, executive vice president of the Property Owners Tax Association, urged rigid spending cuts citing voters’ rejection of bond issues. Voters favored education measures but rejected other public spending, placing pressure on officials to resist pet projects. The board faces a clash between public sentiment and special interest pressures as it weighs questionable expenditures.
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Los Angeles’ County Board of Supervisors
Paul Sheedy
Property Owners Tax Association of California
Sheedy
Brown
Long Beach Bond Sale Signals Strong City Economy
Long Beach sold 1.535 million in fire department bonds at 3.1183 percent, with a high bid of 3.31068, saving about 60 thousand dollars. West Covina Glendora Culver City sold bonds at 3.570 3.449 and 3.375 percent respectively, reflecting varying market conditions. The Long Beach issue, last sold in 1958 at 3.1516 percent, underscores a stable economy, solid budgeting and a bright outlook for the city administration and future growth.
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Southern California
Long Beach
West Covina
Glendora
Culver City
City ’Administration
Warp and Woof in Leadership and Public Life
A composite editorial asks if advisers to the President are fit, questions highway policy and driving fears on four lane roads, jokes about un-American money loss, genealogy, boxing, and politics, and quips on graduates facing future confusion. It includes lines on Congress, history, and Bureaucrats.
Public Interest Must Bar Giant Labor and Steel Collusion
Walter Lippmann argues for a sober approach to a steel price crisis, urging common lines to limit implicit collusion between steel monopolies and unions. He warns against government fixed prices or wages and calls for federal action as a guardian of public interest and fair market conditions.
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Roger Blough
U.S. Steel, Corp
Kennedy
Uepmann
Blough
Kennedy weighs how U S labor may be handled in West Coast strike
The West Coast maritime strike may test President Kennedy's stance on organized labor and the national interest. Public sentiment turns against prolonged action as ship owners warn of trouble for American flag vessels. Kennedy signals Taft Hartley use while unions face waning rank and file enthusiasm amid limited berths and jobs.
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Kennedy
Tanped S
Hawaiian Islands
U.S
Pacific
Democratic Party Council
Public Forum letter complains of bias and Kennedy blame
A citizen letter denounces editors for sensational bias and accuses Goldwater and Nixon supporters of misleading readers about Kennedy and the 1929 crash. The writer defends social programs like unemployment wages and social security and blasts alleged ultra right wing falsehoods. The missive includes an address and signatures.
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Kennedy
B. Meyer
No Change in No Win Policy Debated by Editor
Editor argues U S foreign policy remains unchanged across administrations. He claims State Department leadership is internationalist, supporting socialism worldwide under both parties. He cites Tito Castro and Cuban events to claim continuity from Truman to Kennedy.
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State Department
Cisenhower
Tito
Castro
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
Mothers Let Children Run Wild In Stores
A clerk recalls mothers failing to control their children as they wander aisles in stores. Children knock over stools, climb ledges, and a girl discards dresses on the floor while the mothers, unaware of their location, do not correct the behavior.
Leader-Elected to Serve Not Rule Letter Primes Public Debate
In a mailed public letter, Mrs Marjorie Dunn argues leaders are elected to serve not dictate. She supports constant citizen vigilance and questions Ike's foreign policy as a potential threat to freedom. Address listed at 2711 E First St.
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Koruny
Eisenhower
America
Marjorie Dunn
First St
Spanish Phrases for Travelers Card Learn Common Greetings
This piece offers basic Spanish phrases for travelers such as good morning and good evening, basic questions like how are you and polite requests. It repeats pronunciations and encourages reading aloud to fix memory, ending with tomorrow and future phrases for continued practice.
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Buenos Dias
Conocerie
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