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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1961
Page
3
The article denounces the Soviet Union for detonating history’s largest nuclear device. It accuses Moscow of ignoring world opinion, terrorizing nations, and using Berlin as a pretext to show strength. It questions whether any Western policy should adjust to Russia’s naked power.
A October survey of Southern California business conditions shows Los Angeles Long Beach personal income at 27.5 billion dollars in 1960, placing the metro area ahead of all but five states. Per capita income reached 2826 dollars, with state and national comparisons, rising employment, falling unemployment, and continued population growth, signaling a strong regional economy despite past recessions.
A collage of odd notes and remarks spans topics from abstract art and paper clips to Halloween fears and Broadway shows. The fragmentary item references Senator Ridder, a Broadway hit, and political chatter, all presented in a stream of brief, detached musings.
The passage explains the feast of St Martin and the Indian Summer names across cultures. It notes how Europeans and others labeled the period differently from St Martin’s Summer to Allweibersommer and similar terms, reflecting cultural views on changing weather and seasons.
Washington says chances of averting war over Berlin look brighter after West and East blocs faced each other at the border. Soviets withdrew first, signaling their weakness and proving a separate peace treaty with East Germany would not ensure stability or protect Allied rights. The West will insist on access and military support, while Moscow is urged toward realism in negotiations.
The female figure with scales and blindfold is the personification of Justice. She mirrors Astraea, the Greek goddess of justice and purity, daughter of Zeus and Thetis. Astraea, last mortal to withdraw after Greece's Golden Age, became the Virgo constellation, sometimes confused with Libra.
Washington alerts on Molotovs possible removal as Russian delegate to the International Atomic Energy Commission in Vienna. The Cold War gossip links party purge talk to Khrushchev’s revival of old feuds, with U.S. troops and dependents in Europe viewed against potential policy shifts. Warnings mix with surplus bomb casings sale and a JFK speed reading anecdote.
President Kennedy adds a Trenton rally and an Los Angeles dinner as working engagements to appeal to voters amid New Jersey and California campaigns. He weighs Eisenhower ties, Kennedy family influence, and the 1968 Senate and gubernatorial dynamics as a Texas trip looms omitted.
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