Foot in the Door Proposition debate in California Senate
Editorial argues Prop 15 aims to reapportion the California Senate with Southern California gaining power. Gov Brown opposes Prop 15 and hints at a 1961 special session to study reapportionment. Bonelli advocates for Southern California, highlighting regional imbalances and calling for commissions to refine a fair plan. Several counties’ population versus Senate seats are outlined as obvious inequalities. The piece notes potential need for further study or alternative proposals.
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California
Ate
Pat Brown
New Land
Frank G. Borielli
Los Angeles ‘County Board of Supervisors
Brown
Bonelli
Senate
Traffic Islands Spark City Council Debate
An irate citizen urged the City Council to review traffic islands at intersections while the council investigates. Motorists have long studied the matter by driving the course, and engineers say the left turn lane islands smooth traffic flow and provide a safer sanctuary to make turns.
One Big Molotov Cocktail A-CHAP With Khrushchev
A crude attempt to assassinate Khrushchev is described as a short-range view. The speaker argues removing Khrushchev would not end communism and notes the West should deter with substantial force. He warns that communism itself menaces world peace and cites captive Eastern European nations as a potential Molotov threat to Moscow.
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Europe
Moscow
Political Satire from a Veteran Columnist
The piece mockingly contrasts algebra with athletic focus, mocks political rhetoric and crowd size guesses, and notes a British traffic campaign. It jokes about politicians like Nixon and Kennedy, laments campaign slogans, and quips on Moon shots and Teapot Dome references with a light, opinionated tone.
Advertising agency Seeks Representation at Metropolitan Grau
The Press Telegram reports that Soho Beach California firm Combe Advertising seeks representation agreements with Metropolitan Grau Inc. to manage campaign work. Details remain scarce but the inquiry signals potential partnership and regional outreach.
Kennedy Following Lead on Captive Lands and Liberation Promise
The piece contrasts Democratic and Republican views on liberating Eastern Europe, citing Eisenhower Dulles and Kennedy statements. It questions if Kennedy's promise implies armed action and notes criticisms by Stevenson Truman and Dulles. It warns against misinterpretation of peaceful liberation and stresses that two wrongs do not make a right.
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Kennedy
Ike
Dulles
Dwight Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Sen. Kennedy
United States
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Europe
Truman
West Virginia
Transport link gains pace as Bixby grants right of way
Long Beach news notes progress on downtown to Douglas plant and Lakewood areas transit. Bixby Co agrees to give the city easement for the necessary right of way to start service. Montana Land Co awaited to complete Lakewood Blvd incorporation. Morley Drury, USC All American quarterback from Long Beach Poly, rushed to hospital with infantile paralysis and fever.
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Douglas
Lakewond
Bixby Co
Montana Land Co
Lakewood Blvd
Morley Drury
Long Beach
University of Southern California
General Hospital
Los Angeles
Hinds
Poly
Pros and Cons Prop 4 Eight-Year Terms for Trustees
League of Women Voters presents a pro and con discussion on Proposition 4 to permit eight-year terms for state college trustees. The measure aims to move California state colleges toward greater independence and stability, aligning with a Master Plan for Higher Education and expanding the system. Opponents worry longer terms reduce legislative oversight and risk entrenched control.
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League of Women Voters
California
University of California
State College System
Board of Education
Public Forum on Fraternities in City Apartments
DON HARDING of 1827 Mariquita St argues in a public forum that the presence of sororities and fraternities in the city apartment house district should not lower property values, noting that in other Midwestern towns such clubs were common and did not harm values.
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Long Beach State
Middle West
Don Harding
Mariquita St
Demos at Helm In 5 of 6 Wars
Luray St. reader L. E. Gray argues Democrats led U.S. policy through five of six major wars. He links Mexican War under Polk, WWI, WWII, and Korea to Democratic administrations, noting disputed Spanish-American attribution to Republicans and Wilson’s re election on anti war stance.
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Demos At
James J. Polk
White House
Lincoln
McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
W.W. I
Europe
Wilson
U.S
Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
W.W Wan Dee
Harry S. Truman
L. E, Gray
Californians Harness Earths Steam Power Plant Dedication
California opens the nations first earth heated steam plant near The Geysers in Sonoma County. PG&E built the automatic facility to generate 12 500 kilowatts daily with steam drawn from wells and cooled before returning water to a creek. Engineers project the steam to last at least a thousand years.
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Ithe
Earth
California
United States
Italy
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Sonoma County
Pg&e
William Bell Elliott
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Teapot Dome
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Press-Telegram
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Uel C. Sroniera
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Washington Haws Area
Alber Building National Advertising
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Ealleas
David Lawrence
Ion Curtain
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Truma
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Nedy
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Sacramento
Macarthu
Fulton
Santa Rosa
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