Real Estate Rents Soar Pins Families in Hard Times
Letters to the PRESS TELEGRAM rail against inflated rents that force families into cramped homes or drastic choices. Clifford Hartley, Christine van Daken, and Gene M. Bishop voice concerns on housing costs, postal mixups, and charity drives, urging government controls and community action.
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Europe
Clifford Hartley
W. Q SC
Wilmington
Salvation Army
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Lakewood
Domingues
Gene M. Bishop
Labor and Congress Power After the 1950s Senate Case
A conservative Washington column argues labor’s influence shapes the Senate and House, citing AFL-CIO backed candidates and voting patterns. It says 220 House members lean toward labor, versus a 219 majority, and urges strong labor reform to counter claims of undue influence.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
William Langer
North Dakota
Senate
House
Labor-Unio
U. S
U. S. Congress
Congress
McClellan Committee
You Cant Turn Back Ford Retires From Los Angeles County Post
Joan Anson Ford, serving as Los Angeles County Supervisor since 1934, retires next Monday and writes about his 23 years observing county growth. Population rose from under one million to about six million while the board’s budget climbed from 90 million to 300 million. He notes migration and modern changes that defy returning to the old days, criticizing insistence on unchanged solutions in growing Southland communities.
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Joan Anson Ford
Los Angeles County
Ford
Board of Supervisors
Aew
Wondon
Southland
Long Beach
Senator Soaper Critiques One Story Home Fitness Link
A column by Bill Vaughan satirically links a one story home to national fitness decline. It riffs on political ads, long distance calls, college recruiting, bank jobs, peace, and small towns merging into mega cities, with quips on era trends and social observations.
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Megalopolis
6Th Bt. and
Fine Ave
A. 8. Hirsch
Anniversary Verse Expresses Long Married Bond
A heartfelt poem recalls a long marriage and shared faith as the couple celebrates another anniversary. The speaker reflects on youth, time, and enduring loyalty, thanking God for a life built on confidence and mutual love that will continue in the years ahead.
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Araime
Chandler's Times Back Nixon Amid Dark Hour
In a rare interview Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times expresses strong GOP loyalty and faith in a Nixon-led rebuilding of California politics. He sees Nixon as a decisive leader likely to lean left of Eisenhower, with Democrats sweeping state offices and Knowland poised to regain control of the Oakland Tribune.
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Chandler
Nixon
Los Angeles
Republican Sun
Norman Chandler
The
Los Angeles Times
Hit
Republican Party
California
Gublisher Chandler
West
Tintes
Golden State
Congress of the
William F. Knowlsrd
Knowland Family
Oakland Tribune
Goodwin J. Knight
Knowland
Senate
Nixan
Eisenhower
AFFAIRS OF STATE Republicans Plan Rough Up Demos
Henry MacArthur reports in Sacramento that Republicans in the state Legislature discuss tactics to burden Democrats after the 1960 elections. With a Democratic Assembly majority, hearings suggested possible deficit financing for 1959 60 and delaying tax hikes until 1960 while debating cigarette and sales tax increases to cover a projected 250 300 million deficit. Some experts fear higher interest costs and housing funding impacts, while Democrats push new taxes to close the gap.
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Henry MacArthur
Sacramento
CNS
Capitol
All-Western Band Review Opens Christmas Parade Night
Downtown streets host 5000 musicians in the eighth All-Western Band Review marking the Christmas season with Disneyland figures on Pine Avenue floats. Clarence Nash rides with Santa as Mayor Eaton’s 26-year-old committee debates city stadium sites near the harbor and airport.
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Disneyland
Pine Ave
Orean Blvd
Tth St
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck
Santa Claus
Thomas M. Eaton
City
Recreation Commission
Press Staff and Advertising Contacts Listing
The press staff and advertising reps are listed with executive editors managers and offices in New York Los Angeles San Francisco and Minneapolis. It names Ridder Hines Cameron and other editors and publishers with multiple bureau addresses and advertising representatives.
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Ridder-Johne
Int
New York
Fifth Avenue
Saicaio Formminom
Retrait
Penobssot Biige
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
St. Paul
East 4Th Ste
Los Angeles
Ste
San Francisco
Sutter Ste
Press-Telegram
Pederara Ae Pens Comic Advertising
Matrepebtsn Group, Inc
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Ariz
Highway Patrol
Bnck
C. Watkins
Ostrum Ave
Labor and the
Asce
Soaper
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Wwe
Miami
Portland
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Calavan
James J. Metcalfe
Doris Fleeson
Democrata
GOP
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Colonel McCormick
Chicago Tribune
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Daniel H.ridder
Harold M. Hines
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