Editorial: Can Gigantic Ballots Be Reduced
An editorial laments California ballots as too long and asks if relief is possible. It cites consolidation, city and state election overlap, and initiative petitions, urging screening of measures and coordinated priorities to shrink the ballot without harming sincere proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Boards of Supervisors
Winston Qroucil
University of California At Los Aneles
Don Urquhart
Political Science Division
Long Beach State College
Stern Fiscal Realities Face New California Governor
California will confront a looming 1959 60 deficit of about 250 million dollars as it moves to Sacramento to appoint a finance chief and craft a budget. Revenue declines and oil reserve rules threaten cash usability, forcing decisions on spending cuts or tax hikes while deficit financing is unlikely. Tobacco and liquor taxes are proposed options, with cigarette levies favored amid political resistance and timing concerns.
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Sacramento
Cns
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Paing
Donations to Demo Senator in Wisconsin Scrutinized
Washington reports allege heavy out-of-state campaign funds for Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire. Wisconsin-for-Proxmire Club collected 46,724 from Sept primary to Oct 27, with 37,660 from outside the state and 9,064 from within.
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Wisconsin
Washington
NEA
William Proxmire
Republican National Committee
Madison
Wis
Proxmice
Proxmire Club
Jebor
Wi Tonsin Machinists
Wisconsin Cope
Afl-Cio
Committee
COPE
Machinists
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
New York
Transportation Workers of America
United Steel Workers of America
Amalgamated (Clothing Work
Proxmire
Senate
Joseph XR. Mc
Carthy
Asian Flu Prestige Fades Amid Immunity Claims
Columnist notes the Asian flu outbreak is milder due to acquired immunity and social fatigue with the epidemic. Commentary also covers wartime reminiscences by Field Marshal Montgomery, rising costs of living, census insights, and political mood trends as the year progresses.
Preas Telegram Humble Reflections on Education and Media Offerings
The Hermann Rider Publisher Harold M Hines and staff discuss scholarship awards through letter sweaters for top students and athletic rewards for high grade scorers. An Army sergeant faces discipline for cruel treatment of recruits via dollar bills, while editors note TV education and suburban shopping centers’ appeal to youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Public Forum on Lantern Bond and Signatures Edit
A public forum discusses the Lantern project and bond approval with emphasis on hiding signatures and addresses. Attendees debate cost, timing, and feasibility while officials outline procedures to keep personal data private and reduce clutter in published records.
Propeller installation facts and sailor notes
A letter from Carl L. J. Christensen explains propeller shaft fitment and that propellers cannot be placed in reverse. He notes standard practice uses right-hand propellers on starboard and left-hand on port shafts, making cross-assembly possible but reverse mounting impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. J. Christensen
Snowden Ave
Long Beach
Doyle to introduce federal tidelands quitclaim bill
Representative-elect Clyde Doyle announced plans to introduce a federal tidelands quitclaim bill as his first act in the new Congress. He believed President Truman might sign if conditions changed, while a Pacific Coast shipyard rehabilitation program began with the USS Vestal entering Bethleher Shipbuilding. A Pine Avenue building boom showed $3,000,000 in new structures, with the Sergins Trust addition, the Porterfield building, and plans for the Famous Department Store and other commercial work under way.
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Clyde Doyle
Tidelands
Congress
Truman
Pine Ave
Sergins ‘Trust
Ocean Blvd
Poeterfield
Hugh A. Marti
Ow! Drug Co
Fourth and Pine
Dept
Sixth St
Phillins Furniture Co
Binding the Moon With a Rocket Faces Enormous Diffculties
A reader questions whether scientists account for earth gravity waning as a rocket ascends, noting the complex interplay of orbital, terrestrial, and lunar motions. The letter expresses concern that gravity effects may have been overlooked in the ascent analysis.
Prolific Max Brand and Trademark Q&A
Reader questions reveal Max Brand or Zane Grey as the more prolific Western author with Brand credited under multiple pseudonyms and hundreds of works. Bruise fading timelines and trademark registration steps cover general color stages and U S Patent Office checks for new marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Brand
Zane Grey
AL Boths
Frederick Faust
Mr. Grey
Ms Faust
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