Editorial Quemoy Matsu Again
The buildup of Chinese Communist forces opposite Quemoy and Matsu reopens the long running question of U S defense commitments. The piece reviews 1960 campaign debates on whether the United States would defend Formosa and nearby islands and how policy might shift under different presidential judgments amid tense coast developments.
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Matsu
U.S
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Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Matsu and
John Kennedy
U. S
Eisenhower
Mr. Kennedy
New Long Beach Superintendent Named Wright to Lead District
W. Odie Wright is appointed to succeed Douglas Newcomb as superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District. A Long Beach product and California university graduate, Wright has three children in local schools and a long career as teacher and administrator in the district. He states the mission of public schools includes individualized programs within community finances, growth experiences, cultivation of human relations, economic efficiency, civic responsibility, and teaching basic skills and American heritage across all grades.
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Douglas Newcomb
Long Beach Unified School District
Wright
Long Beach
California
Unfair Differential Seeks Tariff Change to Aid Local Industry
Long Beach and harbor area spokesmen plan to urge Pacific Inland Tariff Bureau to remove a 20 percent differential on shipments to the Pacific Northwest. The higher rate burdens local firms compared with Los Angeles, discourages competition, and pushes some businesses to relocate or use their own trucks. Affected firms cite missed growth and customers. They hope to persuade truckers at a hearing to avoid a full ICC appeal.
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Random News Briefs and Snippets From A Blended Column
Senator Soaper discusses RFK olive branch while Jack Kennedy denies anti business stance. Bobby Kennedy addresses hat makers union to show it is not anti hat. Misc items include fashion trends, bearded lists, and inflation metaphor.
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Bill Vaughan
Jack Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Hatmakers’ Union
Record Museums Grow Worldwide Says Smithsonian Chief
The Smithsonian head notes a record number of new museums opening globally. A woman in the corner house contemplates charging admission to her living room exhibit of American furnishings from 1926 to 1937.
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Smithsonian
Record House
Kennedy not delivering air cover for legislative push
President Kennedy resists public air cover for his tax and foreign subsidiary plans while privately urging allies that his proposals serve national interest. He defends the tax bill but has not pressed hard, risking voter backlash as business resists concessions and advisers remain cautious.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Public Forum Opinion on Laos Crisis and Vietnam Plans
A reader letter discusses the Laos settlement and a proposed coalition government led by Souphanouvong with Souvanna Phouma traveling to Paris. The writer argues Communists repeat promises while Western leaders back off. Mentions Vietnam, Diem, and future arrangements blamed on U S diplomacy. W. Bud deCannis thanks the paper for reporting.
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Khrushchev
Laos
Nikita
Boun Oum
Souvanna Poumais
France
Souphanouvong
Viet-Nam
Diem
E. Vance
Riva Alto Canal
Says U. S. Will Pay for India's MIGs
Letter from R Dunning of Buena Park thanks the Press Telegram for coverage of the primary. She protests front page placement of a B-7 item on Nehru preferring Soviet planes and notes American taxpayers will fund the MiGs.
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Press-Telegram
Nehru
R. Dunning
Crescent Ave
Buena Park
McNamara argues France must not operate nuclear force independently
Secretary McNamara, in a declassified Athens speech mirrored at Michigan, asserts the Western alliance requires France to join NATO nuclear integration. He warns an independent French arsenal could destabilize deterrence, stressing the United States retains sole capacity to deter nuclear war while seeking a plan that gives Europe ownership without breaking alliance unity.
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University of Michigan
Lamara
NATO
Athens
Soviet Union
West
Rene
de Gaulle
United States
Africa
Asia
Britain
France
Couve de Murville
Europe
Refugees and Language Barriers in Early US Chinatown
The excerpt notes Chinese refugees arriving in the United States should face little trouble finding Cantonese speaking Chinese restaurants, with about 4000 in New York alone. It frames language as a key factor in assimilation, describing Cantonese as a common link.
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Red China
United States
New York
Origin of Mandarin Name Traced to Manchu Contact
A historical note explains that Mandarin derives from a Portuguese mishearing of Chinese for Manchu language officials. The term Manchu ren was misinterpreted as official, then anglicized to Mandarin. Berlitz Diner's Dictionary offers to mail a copy for questions used in Languages in the News.
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Berlitz
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