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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1962
Page
9
City councilmen urged the ordinance committee to study ways to fix the pro and con booklet mailed to voters. Critics cited unequal typography misstatements and insufficient detail. Proposals include a blue ribbon panel or council led analysis to ensure clear factual presentation and balanced arguments.
A Washington analysis cites studies and polls showing Americans' gaps in basic civics and geography while praising science education gains. Experts warn against overtraining in science at the expense of broad literacy, urging balanced development of reasoning and general knowledge alongside specialization.
A collage of editorials and aphorisms covers training camp pitches, Khrushchev and Russia, Kennedy Geneva talks, John Glenn, a perfume ad analogy, a navy jet crew surviving in a cave shelter, and musings on utopia, education TV, and urban life. The piece critiques public figures, science, and society with humorous asides.
An obscure press snippet from LONG SEACH CALIF lists merman J Ridder and others. It mentions advertising directors and group names, with scattered names like Cameron Colles Epley Miles Lines and Albee in national notices.
Walter T Ridder critiques excessive polling in U S public life and questions the value of a Khrushchev versus Stalinists poll. He notes Americans show little lasting concern for public opinion and ponders whether poll results influence politicians more than the public. He ends urging pollsters to stop.
Maryland conservatives withhold funds from moderates as McKeldin refuses to run for Senate citing lack of campaign money. Across New York California and Pennsylvania conservatives push candidates leftward, forming third parties or forcing costly primaries while GOP moderates struggle against a rising conservative wing.
Letters rebut a Kennedy claim about a Mexican war, urge unity, and accuse UNESCO of weakening patriotism. Signatures from JOHN C. CROW E and E LANGE urge apologies and warn against brainwashing youth, with addresses in Los Angeles and Norwalk.
The article surveys pre Lenten celebrations across languages and nations. Mardi Gras in French regions, Carnaval in Spanish and Portuguese realms, Carnevale in Italian, Maslyanitsa in Russia, apokries in Greece, Fasching in Germany, and the famed Rio de Janeiro carnival noted for its high energy and occasional casualties.
Buckmobile was built by Buckmobile company in Utica New York during the first decade of the 1900s. It featured wagon-type bodies and sold for 400 to 500 dollars, powered by a 2 cylinder 15 horsepower motor and marketed as the only practical motor road wagon built. It found popularity among farmers mail carriers traveling salesmen and country doctors before giving way to the Model T Ford.
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