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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1960
Page
5
A former reader urges renewed moral standards and intolerance for perceived evil in high and low places. Signatures include FE Callaghan of 712 E 7th St and Mabel E Fergus of 29 Atlantic, Long Beach, with critique of liberalism, government waste, and appeasement of dictators.
The article denounces a smear campaign by Charles M. Garrison and City Atty. Walnfred Jacobson against Council-designate Atty. Gerald Desmond over tideland revenue settlement. It defends Desmond for negotiating the 50 50 title split with the state, notes the Mallon decision, and argues the compromise benefited city projects and funds, while asserting Desmond did not give away city wealth.
Senator Soaper comments on a big vacancy as Grandmaw Hosslot relocates to California. A municipal marriage counseling agency bond issue of 100000 is noted. The piece riffs on political figures and quotes, joking about Stevenson and vice presidential threats, and lampoons campaign rhetoric and Humphrey as an orator in tennis shoes in the snow.
Ten years ago Dr. Dwight C. Sigworth was elected president of the Board of Education succeeding Elizabeth Hudson. He had joined the board in 1947 and served as vice president last year. Dr. Walter H. Boyd was named vice president as Gov. Friend W. Richardson harshly denounced a peculiar primary election law at a Republican County Central Committee meeting held at Locust Avenue Masonic Temple.
Walter Lippmann argues the State Department erred by delaying action in South Korea but praises open intervention as necessary. He calls Rhee a despot, notes the March election theft, and says the United States must maintain South Korea with American backing to prevent domination by Red China. He insists a client Korea remains under U S influence to preserve liberty and stability in the region.
Virginia Kelly surveys the chasm between Russia and Red China as Western officials and leaders like de Gaulle Nixon and Khrushchev weigh hopes for a less tense path to the summit. He notes suspected health issues for Khrushchev and Mao Tse tung’s hard line stance as rivalry grows.
The passage contrasts divine anger and personal conscience. It cites Nehemiah 4 5 about guilt clouding peace with God and George Eliot warning that wilful sin blocks harmony with the divine.
A retired polytechnic high school history teacher voices pride in teaching justice and rights, criticizes government actions that seize assets and prosecute individuals, warns against political labeling, and urges American civic responsibility amid perceived overreach.
A 1939 letter from Ocilla Georgia by Arthur Dean Lind claims ownership of a moon titled A. Dean Lindsay's archapel lago, with a will transferring rights to Lindsay male heirs while reserving privileges for mankind, alongside a legislative query on Congress recalling a bill after presidential passage and transmittal to the White House.
Press-Telegram and related offices list publishers editors and managers. Includes Barnet H. Ridder Harold M. Hines Samuel C. Careron Miles Siees Marty Karns and others with addresses in Los Angeles New York Detroit Minneapolis Chicago and San Francisco.
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