Editorial: Can We Break the Habit
The Press Telegram reports a Hershey meeting where governors and federal officers tentatively plan shifting duties back to states. Goals include states taking over tax sources and local services while the federal government relinquishes some functions. Officials warn the move will be painful but possible despite congressional and state resistance.
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Howard Pyle
Hisenhower
Press-Telegram
Washington
Federal-State Action Committee of Governors
Hershey
New Hampshire
Anderson
Congress
Sunset Years Prove Age No Barrier for DeForest
Dr. Lee DeForest, age 84, celebrated his birthday while continuing to push innovations in television and heat power experiments. The inventor notes moral decline despite scientific progress and urges renewed religious principles as he perseveres in laboratory work and long-term projects.
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Lee DeForest
DeForest
Dr. DeForest
Diplomatic Posts to Be Harder to Buy, Says Senate Panel
Washington observers note that Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hint at tighter rules for ambassadorships, aiming to curb post appointments tied to large contributions. The piece cites past donors among ambassadors and ministers from 1932 to 1952, including Joseph P. Kennedy and Averell Harriman, and reports debate over committee scrutiny and pronunciation tests for nominees.
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Washington
Department of State
Democratsc
Leitle
Averell Harrimen
Russia
Great Britain
Robert W. Bingham
Democrats
Bert Fish
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Portugal
William D. Pawley
Peru
Brazil
Democratic Party
Max Gluck
Ceylon
Republican Campaign Fund
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Min Ister
Fortign Relations Committee
United States
Funt
Hayri Urguplu
Gluck
Pro Politicos Favor Defeat Over Party Reins in Wisconsin
Walter Lippmann argues that Wisconsin results favoring Democrat Proxmire reflect a split within the Republican Party. He notes labor support for Proxmire and a McCarthy wing that failed to back Gov. Wohler, suggesting insiders prefer losing to losing party control and predicting rising intra party conflict and potential shifts by 1958 and 1960.
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Pro Politicos
Wisconsin
Sen. Proxmitt
Proxmire
Wohler
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Knight Unperturbed by Senator's Blast
Sacramento notes a clash over appointing a director for mental hygiene after the resignation of Dr. Walter Rappaport. Senator George Miller Jr urges swift action citing a Lake Tahoe incident and calls for reforms. Governor Goodwin J. Hight defends actions, noting salary disputes and a committee's push to fill the post at the increased pay.
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Sacramento
CNS
Goodwin J. Hight
Department of Mental Bygiene
George Miller Jr
D-Contra
Costa County
Mulloy
Lake Tahoe
Miller
Senate
Waters
Walter Rappaport
Modesto
John Fisher
Gather Your Roses Now Poem and News Bulletin Mix
A poem urges to seize moments of beauty while warning that pleasures fade. It shifts to a Washington monthly bulletin noting living costs rising, signaling sensational economic news amid broader reflections on time and value.
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Washington
Long Beach Labor Day Reflections Across the Nation
A commemorative note recalls a three day Labor Day with no beach injuries while Amvets meet in Municipal Auditorium, 1,000 delegates attending the California convention. The Long Beach Municipal Airport is praised as a weather landing field for major airlines and a Navy fleet returns home after east coast maneuvers.
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Long Beach
California
Amvets
Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach Municipal
United Airlines
TWA
American Air Lines
Western Air Express
Chamber of Commerce
USS
United States Battle Fleet
Public Forum Letters Edited for Taste and Space
Community voices submitted letters for a public forum may be edited to fit space and taste. Signatures and addresses are hidden, and content may be trimmed to meet a 250 word limit while preserving core viewpoints.
Long Beach City Life: Pros and Cons Lively
A Long Beach resident weighs Belmont Shore living in a reflective letter praising beauty parks beaches and a strong bus system while noting littered alleys aging libraries and risky sports car traffic. The author concludes credits outweigh debits and wishes for continued attention to quality city services.
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Ruth Westfall
Elm St.Anzhaim
Answers and facts from a historic Q and A page
The Q and A cover distances between New Zealand and Antarctica about 2250 miles. It explains ancient city layering due to gradual building, reuse, and abandonment leaving mounds up to 200 feet high. Jubal Early is described as a Confederate officer and lawyer who raided Shenandoah Valley and later worked with Beauregard on the Louisiana State Lottery.
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Antarctica
New Zealand
Sucha Early
Jubal Early
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Sheridan
Mexico
Canada
Lynchburg
Gen. Beauregard
Briefs From Sen Soaper
The Fellow at the next desk notes children dislike swimming pools due to discipline they miss at home and in school. A Des Moines resident says he is not worried about atomic fallout while living in Iowa. An old boyhood friend recalls shedding three nicknames since Slim.
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Ft Dces
Des Moines
Towa
Slim
She's Against All Alleys Opinion Letter by Anne Fickes
A reader named Anne Fickes of 3819 Livingston addresses the Lafayette alley closing and expresses surprise at preferring streets over alleys. The letter emphasizes front-door type views and doubts the fuss over a dirty alley.
Please Wake Me Up Dream of Happiness and Love
A poetic plea to awaken from a dream and merge happiness with a lover. The speaker seeks waking resolve and a favorable decision, asserting the lover as their sole joy and essential reality beyond dreaming.
Press Telegram Contacts and Editorial Staff Listing
A framed listing shows the Cameron Gantria LA Colina Tiemme BO Mal F Burmester Editor Matern Epley Executive Editor Miles E Sinsa Managing Editor and Washington News Bureau with numerous advertising representatives and office addresses in New York Chicago Detroit and Los Angeles noting the paper’s metropolitan ad network and staff contacts.
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Tiemme
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Inge
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Ste
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Wrigley
Detroit
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