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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1960
Page
6
After a 15 year debate council approves a community shoreline project named Long Birch. Supporters praise democratic process and urge opposition and proponents to unite for successful implementation and broad community progress.
Imaginative proposal from civic and business leaders suggests converting the Wise Building at Pine and Broadway into a main downtown library. They claim costs would be far lower and project could renew downtown, while officials weigh objections on cost and parking space with a study to follow.
A Santa Barbara radio station inadvertently aired a red alert stating an imminent enemy attack. Residents in two counties fled to basements and ditches before learning it was a large error. The incident raises questions about the credibility and security of civil defense warning systems.
A Washington GOP era piece criticizes Democratic National Committee chair Paul Butler for linking President Eisenhower to the 19 Navy sailors killed in a Rio de Janeiro air crash. It notes Navy statements that the band tour was not White House ordered and cites Admiral Burke defending Navy autonomy. Butler apologizes, but calls grow to oust him at the Los Angeles convention.
Readers discuss city subsidy for Long Beach transit and the impact of new tourism efforts. Fannie Gaston argues against subsidies, urging price-system principles and route rationalization to cut losses, while Bob Goodrics questions travel taxes and bus service waste. A Brit doctor quip and campaign sticker note close the letter section.
A reader recalls hearing a meadowlark like gar song and worries about a marauding cat. The note urges Cal owners to keep their cats indoors to protect birds in a yard near 1865 Prospect.
A garbled OCR inspired text fragment lists staff and office locations for a California newspaper, naming publishers editors and business staff including Norman H. Rinkier, Harold AM Hines, Samuel C, Cameron, Harry Kerns, and Ridder-Johns Inc. It references addresses in New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco and other cities, with stray phrases about advertising and office lines.
The text explains coal origin as vegetable matter transformed under pressure through stages peat fin ite bituminous coal anthracite to graphite. It notes Old Hundredth as the sole hymn tune kept in original form and used for the doxology. It adds fire insurance began after the 1666 Great Fire of London with early companies marking insured houses and maintaining fire brigades.
Congressman Craig Hosmer argues the United States would become second rate if it traded places with the USSR. He warns of a massive Soviet missile and bomber advantage, global radar and jet interceptor systems, and widespread enemy forces. He envisions drastic American economic and social upheaval to match Soviet power.
A fact notes that bears do not hibernate. Instead, a female bears will den in snow to give birth and care for her cubs, staying in a snug den until spring.
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