Firefighters demand fair overtime pay across cities
Long Beach and Los Angeles fire departments face disparate hours and overtime rules. Firemen argue a 67.2 hour week is excessive and seek compensation for 27.2 extra hours, while LA and County crews receive overtime with time off, and Long Beach differs with paid time off. Tale Lowell, Long Beach Firefighters Assn. president, urges fairness.
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City of Los Angeles
Long Beach
Los Angeles City
Hancock
Tale Lowell
Editorial urges sea water conversion as major water source
An editorial advocates prioritizing sea water conversion for California’s water needs. It supports Assemblyman William Grant’s ACROS measure to use 10 million dollars from the State Investment Fund for researching economical sea water extraction and building a Los Angeles County plant, arguing the resource should receive investment alongside river supplies.
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California
William
Grant
Long Beach
Assemblyman
Los Angeles County
Tidelands Oil
Assembly
No Need to Fake It Bradford M. Crittenden Says Quotas Not Set
California Highway Patrol Commissioner Bradford M. Crittenden states patrolmen are not required to make a set number of arrests or issue citations daily. No quotas exist and officers will not be graded on tickets. He says arrests must reflect observed law breaches only.
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Bradford M. Crittenden
California Highway Patrol
Crittenden
Alaska
Hawaii
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen
Kefauver
Los Angeles
Sens
Kennedy
Hamphrey
Symington
Progress in Dope Fight Spotlights Shortcomings
The campaign against narcotics law violators shows progress as federal reports indicate 7,453 new addicts in 1958 versus 8,047 in 1957 and 9,296 in 1956. Commissioner Anslinger credits stiffer 1956 laws and tougher local prosecutions. The press and youth outreach are helping, but critics note too many jurists hand out mild penalties for peddling narcotics, undermining justice amid ongoing dangers.
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U. S
Henry J. Anslinger
Navy Denies Explosive Document in Policy Row
Virginia Kelly reports on columnist Jack Anderson accusing the Navy of circulating an explosive missile document on Capitol Hill that contradicts Eisenhower era assurances. The piece explores the mystery of the memo’s authorship, the Long Range Objectives group, and secrecy surrounding top secret studies and Polaris submarine implications.
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NAVY
Sherlock Molmes
Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
U. S
John Coyle
Thomas Phipps
Armed Services Committee
Horacio Rivera
Pentagon
Coyle
Phipps
CNO
JCS
Southern Dixiecrat Movement Signals 1960 Frustration
A Dixiecrat drift grows in Alabama amid national campaign maneuvering. Southern leaders fear open party friction as Edwards Butler and Kefauver jockey for position. The piece notes Johnson’s Westward shift and Alaska Hawaii statehood impact, with Kennedy Stevenson and Humphrey as potential crossfire players. Nixon and Eisenhower Macmillan talks frame the Republican side.
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Washington
Alabama
California
Why Summit Repeats as Russ Breaks Pledge Again
Washington notes critique of the 1955 Geneva pledge signed by Bulganin and Khrushchev. The author argues Soviet reversal on German reunification shows contempt for commitments and accuses Western democracies and British Socialists of moral decline. The piece contends Eisenhower may lose public confidence and warns that another pledge may not be honored.
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Bulgania
Krishchev
Geneva
Eisenhower
Eden
Britain
Premier Faure
France
Germany
Soviet Union
Socialist Labor Party
California milk price fixing hurts housewives, costs millions
An editorial argues that California’s Bureau of Milk Control backs a half cent per quart price cut, not a cent, due to hearings influenced by dairy interests. The piece claims state price fixing eliminates competition, raises household costs, and contrasts with Oregon and Florida moving away from such control.
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Sacramento
CNS
California
MacArthur
Bureau of Milk Control
Bureau
Oregon
Florida
State Controlled Milk Trust
Jong-tun
Press Telegram Publisher and staff listed in reach article
The story lists publishers editors and advertising representatives for the Long Reach California edition. Herman H Ridder Daniel H Ridder and Harold M Hines are named along with executives editors and managing editors. It catalogs bureau locations in Los Angeles Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Paul and San Francisco and agencies Metropoliten Group Inc and Ridder Johns Inc.
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Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Samuel C. Iron
L.A. Collins Jr
Feit
Malcolm Toley
Miles E. Lines
Harry Karas
National Advertising Represrhtative Ridder-Johns, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley
Gelroitons
Penobscot
Minnieapolis
Foshay
St. Paul
4Th St
Los Angeles
8Th St
San Francisco
Sutter St
Curren
Press-Telegram
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Richard Nixons
Georgetown
Macmillan
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Russ
Lawrence
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