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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1957
Page
6
The piece cites Truman criticizing Eisenhower for slow action on the Russian satellite while noting a 1953 warning to stay sensible. It contrasts past doubts about Soviet bombs with current defense budgeting and Sputnik fears, urging calm amid escalating costs and tech races.
California Department of Employment in Long Beach celebrates two decades of service aiding 200000 area residents. about 1300 placements a month now, 5000 handicapped helped to self support, wartime peak of 4000 monthly placements, honored manager George Toil and staff of 60. governors and state officials praised the humane impact and confidentiality of placement work.
California lawmakers face growing costs with aides clocking about 214000 dollars monthly and nine month travel expenses near 70000 dollars plus over 40000 dollars in daily per diems. The Assembly Rules Committee plans a 30000 dollar renovation of the Capitol annex, eliminating a committee room for a lounge with gin rummy tables and TV to be placed near the speaker’s office. The project also envisions a library to supply more reports for quicker speeches, improving access to research for lawmakers.
Out Our Way notes the assembly wants to remove a Senate committee room to create a lounge for California lobbyists. They currently sit in hotel suites and the telephone room, while the Senate has not agreed. The plan would also dislodge the state Controller from computing machines, forcing new space hiring elsewhere. No bar plans are included due to Capitol law.
Poetic meditation on divine power over weather and seas contrasts biblical imagery with a Romantic note. The speaker invokes a supreme author who controls winds, storms, and the oceans, framing nature as a ordered creation under a single sovereign.
The piece reports GOP claims that U S missile and satellite delays stem from Democratic policies. It cites Sen Stuart Symington and former Truman Air Force policy, notes Korea era constraints, and outlines 1953 to 1954 shifts to ballistic missiles. It also mentions possible forthcoming launchings and a future defense report by McElroy or Eisenhower.
Senator Soaper notes the Coast Guard spent 300000 to rescue a drifting disc jockey, establishing a new gauge of their value. The rest of the item mocks fashion trends, a jab at a Moscow quiz show, and hints at political satire involving Khrushchev.
The poem recalls a dream of perfect luck at fishing. A speaker stands by a brook and quickly fills a creel with trout in a short dream sequence. He longs to return to that effortless angling where fish bite at every cast and asks the God of fishing to revive the dreamful spell.
A long historical note recalls Col Ira Clifton Cop ley publisher of 17 newspapers who died in Aurora Ill and Hughes flying boat tests in Long Beach. It also mentions Harbor Commissioners bids for 30 acres of harbor land and veterans memorial building charges as well as a Coast Artillery Corps reunion with Ray Beacham as toastmaster and speakers.
Letters urge action on teacher pay and science education. Floyd Ralston cites demands for better teacher status and criticizes neglect of science and math teachers amid a broader inflation debate. Boyd Bennett notes farm price shifts and grocery costs, urging consumer savings and inflation terms.
A Sioux Falls reader, identifying as a farmer, challenges city dwellers and editors over perceptions of farmers on government payrolls. He urges a broader removal of government subsidies across agriculture and other sectors, arguing for market self reliance and an end to subsidies. The letter references a 1957 Oct 19 reprint in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
A short reflective verse urges strict honesty and fidelity to pledged words. It cautions that promises should not be made lightly and that fulfilling even small vows earns respect, while unkept pledges reveal weakness. The piece emphasizes sincerity over boastful assurances.
A reader questions crossword origins and Bible word counts. Answers discuss the oldest puzzle, the Phaestus disk, Arthur Winn’s modern crossword debut, and the King James Version word total of about 773,692 words. Also explains the Scottish term fittie land meaning near horse or ox.
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