Editorial A Good Start for AB 5
Long Beach area stakes sit on 30 items in a special state session with a major Long Beach bill to combat subsidence. The measure has 45 co authors, hearings set March 11 and 12, and faces informed questions from a knowledgeable committee. Shipyard tax relief prompts debate with LA County support and a West Coast build up possible with strong Washington backing. The session opened amid Democratic calls for relief funding, dismissed as political posturing, urging focus on real economic need.
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Long Beach
W. 8. Grant
Herbert R. Klockstein
Legislative
California
Oil, Manufacturing and Mining Committee
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Craig Hosmer
Cecil King
Thomas Kuchel
William Knowland
Washington
Harold K. Levering
Assemblyman
Levering
Khrushchev Puts Campaign On Alcohol to Death Knell
Russia wages a campaign against drinking with Izvestia calling vodka Public Enemy No 1. Khrushchev backs the drive warning those who “get people drunk” face punishment, contemplating death by their own actions.
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Izvestia
Russia
Mr. K
Long Beach Subsidence Study Warns of Urban Disaster
Henry Macarthur and nine Sacramento reporters report on Long Beach oil subsidence risks affecting the Navy yard and shorelines. Adm Ralph K James warns of 6500 workers at risk as land sinks toward a 25 foot center, with cemented dry dock and potential tidal flooding. A state bill seeks unitization and saltwater reinjection costing around 32 million dollars to remedy the sinking.
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Henry OC. Macarthur
Gapital News Service
Mad Eigh
Sacramento News
Long Beach
Mr. Macarthur
United States Navy
Navy
Adm
Ralph K. James
Thoughts on Reverence and Anointing Commentaries
A fragmentary reflection contrasts scriptural anointing with Carlyle’s remark on human worth. It notes a woman’s alabaster box poured on Jesus and the broader idea that society venerates human worth as a noble sentiment.
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Matthew Peer
Probers of FCC Go Into Tae-Dance
Washington dispatch notes a House subcommittee pressuring FCC commissioner Richard A. Mack to resign amid impeachment talk. The panel faced pushback citing reluctance to probe senators tied to FCC matters and criticized lawmakers for conflicts of interest and outside earnings while overseeing regulatory decisions.
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Probers
FCC
Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
Richard A. Mack
Me ‘Aéyed Sta
Rep
Harris
D.-Ark
Congress
Subcommittee
Press-Cetegram Harman H. Bids atone Publisher
Harold M. Hines asat to Publi Samuel C. Carmeron Gens Manager L. A. Collina Jr Rua Manager Malcolm Epler Executive Editor Miles E. Sines Managing Editor Washington Newses DC 808 Albee Building National Advertising Representative Ridder John Inc offices New York Chicago Wrigley Minnesota St Paul Los Angeles San Francisco 110 Sutter Street Current files of The Press Telegram maintained at these offices Comité Advertising Representative Metropolitan Group Inc
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Ridder-Johng, Inc
New York
Chicago
Wrigley
Penobaest
Minnespailz
Penny
St. Paul
4Th St
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sutter
Press-Telegram
Questions and Answers from the Haskin Readers
Readers mailed questions to the Long Beach Presa Telegram Information Bureau seeking quick facts. The odometer indicates miles traveled in a car. Lumber is graded at mills by official rules from regional associations, with green graders doing preliminary work and veteran graders finalizing grades. In 1946 47,273 teachers from the United States and 57 other nations joined the Office of Education exchange program under the State Department.
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Haskin
Long Beach
Forest Products Laboratory
W.J. A
United States
Office of Education
State Department
Just Folks by E A Guest Apologies and daily harm in cuffs and hats
A brief poem reflects on apologies after small social mishaps. The speaker recalls polite apologies when someone steps on a corns or sits on a hat, yet notes the hurt remains. It argues prevention of harm is better than repeated apologies.
Long Beach Firemen Graduation and Historic Local Notes
Ten years back in Long Beach the city’s newest firemen graduated from the department school at 1417 Peterson Ave and received diplomas from Chief Sandeman. Twenty years earlier Governor Merriam backed legislation to safeguard the state tideland interests. Thirty years ago oil pools in Long Beach spurred a special legislative session. Earlier, warrants were issued for four people linked to a gean raided on E Fourth St for conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses and for lacking a city license.
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Peterson Ave
Frank §. Sandeman
Frank F. Merriam
Tideland
Long Beach
Fourth St
Public Forum Letters to the Editor Guidelines
Readers are invited to submit letters up to 250 words with genuine signatures and addresses. Editors may edit letters for taste or to save space while preserving the core meaning and author identity where possible.
Worker Should Save for Hard Times
A RESS-TELEGRAM editorial argues economic cycles are inevitable due to rapid production and consumption imbalance. It urges workers to save for downturns, criticizes extravagant spending, and dismisses blame on political leaders as electioneering.
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Ress-Telegram
Eisenhower
Truman
KRM
Pacific Coast Hwy
Long Beach
Truman’s harsh attack on Truman’s party pace
The Press Telegram criticizes President Truman’s aggressive political tactics and alleged false statements. It warns such rhetoric could depress economic activity and aid Communist aims, urging restraint to avoid worsening recession and public fear.
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Harry
Truman
Set Back 100 Years by TV Editorial Letter
Beulah Allen and Charles Klopf el of Magnolia Ave vent disapproval at a TV western they deem exploitative and morally harmful. They urge viewers to seek higher quality programming reflecting modern intellectual and spiritual progress. The letter criticizes sensational plots and poor acting, arguing television should elevate rather than regress society.
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TV Press-Telegram
Beulah Allen
Oil Company Opposition to Subsidence Debate
Patrick A. Stanley objects to claims on oil withdrawal causing subsidence and says a large Wilmington Oil Field producer backs anti-subsidence efforts for profit if unitization proceeds. He notes engineers dispute oil removal as a cause and cites Long Beach studies while predicting state administered unitization would apportion equities.
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Wilmington
Patrick A. Stanley
S12
Rose Ave
Long Beach
California
U. S. Navy
Long Beach Harbor
Six Year Old Makes Hole in One In Light News
A six year old boy scores a hole in one prompting reflection on golf and grown ups taking the game seriously. The piece playfully contrasts optimistic forecasts about space travel with cautious predictions delaying ambitious plans for the future.
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