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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1958
Page
6
The piece argues Americans may favor smaller, cheaper, fuel efficient cars as foreign makers gain ground. It notes benefits like easier parking, lower costs, and less fuel use, while acknowledging big, feature rich American cars will persist. It predicts American producers will expand into the small car market.
California Youth Authority director Hem an Stark argues compulsory schooling harms youth who resist. He favors allowing 16 year olds to choose, while noting current rule until 18 or high school graduation. Proposals suggest honorable discharges with alternatives and ongoing concerns for student and societal welfare.
Sacramento reports the Senate and Assembly face a key test as Gov. Knight seeks 72 million to fund Feather River work. The move reopens the Northern Southern California water rights clash, with Southern lawmakers resisting budget inclusion and tensions echoing the 1957 battle. The dispute also hinges on the state general fund’s need for new revenues.
Press notes funds from Long Beach tidelands are held for water development but Assembly estimates they will last only a couple of years. Legislature contemplates using some funds to aid subsidence repair in Long Beach, with a special legislative session likely. The election year complicates taxes or bonds for controversial projects like Feather River, signaling a messy water issue needing statesmanship and North-South compromise.
The article notes New Lexington Ohio hosts the proclaimed world's largest roofing tie plant while recounting that Grover Cleveland remains the only U S president married in the White House with the event occurring in 1886.
Washington analysis argues that union dues integrity could drive the 1952 election. It notes $620 million paid yearly by about 19 million workers and cites Senate rackets hearings on misused funds. It warns voters may sanction improper practices at the polls, affecting urban Democrats.
A readers Q and A column explains possible future circle shaped supermarkets offering more shelf space per store and the trade off of exterior wall costs. Other questions cover gun laws antifouling paints and the origin of Easter with concise, factual answers.
A quiet life described by E A Guest as one who never won prizes or held power yet consistently did duties well. He kept promises, helped friends, cared for others, and left no mourners when his day ended.
Representatives from chambers of commerce of 11 western states met in Long Beach for the Western States Council session to back the tideland bill before Congress. Navy officials, North American Aviation leaders, and USS Boxer crew observed V-1 plane operations from the carrier deck as city editor Harald A. Park reports on the event. Strong sea breezes added to the day’s flood-related fatalities, with Charles Yount and Lemuel L. Stewart among the victims. and the First National Bank of Long Beach saw its controlling interest sold to Merchants National Trust de Savings Bank of Los Angeles, announced by president R. D. Juditins.
The piece reports on a senator criticizing citizens for overreacting to threats while doctors warn against underestimating dangers. It notes scientists arguing for vigilance and frames worry as a civic duty. A light nod to radio girl singers singing about sugar in the morning and evening appears as a cultural aside.
By George Clark a puzzled old dad questions Latin fluency while joking about swing and hat-red. Frankie’s fan club meeting becomes social as readers learn Sumatra is being bombed. Nixon may take over if Tie is disabled. Von Braun toys with beer cans on the moon. First American TV films to Russians will be a science fiction series. Old West tracking skills pop up in spring TV spoofs.
Residents weigh in on school policy in a public forum letter from Mrs. Harry W. Hutchins at 285 Nipomo Ave Long Beach. The writer cites Ronald Cox of the education department praising a request and urges thoughtful discussion while noting children visiting to view Johnny's new book.
A Douglas Aircraft employee and union member offers seven questions for workers to consider before supporting a strike. He asks how long rent, car, furniture, and grocery credit can be stretched, how long a dairy can deliver milk if unpaid, and whether wages lost in a strike can be recovered after it ends. The letter warns against taking a chance on losing pay and luxuries.
A parent argues against the Assembly and Ways and Means Committee over restricting science teaching in the first three grades. The letter shares a firsthand account from Emerson School showing youngsters asking natural science questions. The writer asserts a clear need for basic science education at the primary level.
FRIEDA BASHISTA of 1351 Garilenia Ave argues against sales tax on medicines and health items such as aspirin vitamins and nose drops. She contrasts with taxes on luxuries like beauty services and cites other states with no sales tax, claiming California should tax less.
The passage extols a Punch and Judy show as a vivid, imaginative experience for children. It praises heroes, courage, and the shaping of destiny, hoping children remain free from manipulation while striving to help the world reach a brighter day.
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