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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1958
Page
8
A reader argues teachers are essential yet student supply won’t meet demand. They propose using less trained aides for routine tasks and expanding television and film instruction to reach more students.
Readers debate the cost of public pensions as California must fund $85,000 yearly for retired officials. Gov Goodwin Knight begins $16,000 annual pension next year, Warren and other legislators receive varying sums. The letter urges reform of overlapping pensions and questions long term public benefit.
A Long Beach Exceptional Children's Foundation campaign highlights a seven year old community effort to educate mentally retarded children. It notes a training center with five classrooms for nursery to handicapped groups and urges local support during National Planned Children's Week.
Bright young engineers shape our freeways with ingenuity and vision. They rely on steady supplies of basic tools like pencils and snacks to keep ideas flowing and projects advancing.
The piece mocks machine intelligence versus Winnie and Churchill, notes colleges vetting scholars and athletes, and hints at Halloween loot and party politics. It comments on two party dynamics and previews spring fashion as men watch 1961 presidential candidates.
The Senate Republicans face a reorganization as Sen Ruchel of California emerges as a leading liberal candidate for Minority Leader. Tensions run between liberal and conservative wings with Sen Bridges proposing a new Assistant Leader post to include policy-club access and White House briefings.
The Kon-Tiki raft was fashioned from balsa wood from the Ecuadorian jungle. No metal was used. ropes bound the logs as the 4,000 mile Pacific crossing rode the high seas.
A reflective piece extols study as a path to mental growth. It emphasizes reading alone in a comfortable corner to relax the body and let the mind absorb knowledge, portraying study as a pleasurable, solitary pursuit that enhances thinking.
Analysis shows less than 2 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the congressional election, about 1.6 million of 100 million. The North split 52 percent Democratic to 48 percent Republican, while the West and border states yielded a Democratic edge in many districts. The small turnout amplified by “switch voters” and discontented blocs shaped a 104 Democrats to 141 Republicans margin, with many districts inflating totals beyond the national figure.
A garbled excerpt lists staff and offices for a newspaper unit including publishers Daniel Ridder and Herman Hidder, executives Malcolm Epley and Miles Sinea, and editors Malcolm Kays and L.A. Collin Jr. The text cites Washington News Bureau and advertising representation by the Metropolitan Group, Inc.
Ten years ago Long Beach endured a second heavy dust storm in weeks with 25 to 30 mph winds. A Quonset hut barge and an icy vessel were driven aground off Rainbow Pier and freed by a Coast Guard cutter. The seventh annual Poly Technic vs Wilson city championship football game was moved to the Pasadena Rose Bowl with 30 000 attendees anticipated after 1000 tickets were stolen. City plans included buying powder extinguishing gear for oil fires as part of a public safety program, costing 1490 dollars.
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