City council grants dairy variance despite protests
The Corona city council voted 4 to 1 to allow the William Vander Pols to establish a 400 cow dairy within the city limits, provoking protests and recall threats against the four supporting members. A legal challenge and possible recall election are being considered, with an initiative petition in progress.
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Judy Humble
William Vander Pols
Yorba
Maple
Vine
Smith Streets
John Logan
Herbert McKee
Kenneth van Orsdel
Karl Erickson
C. R. Miller
Council Chambers
Erickson
Ben Sampselle
H. E. Garton
A. K. Whidden
Miller
A-1
W. M. Colbern
Frank Morrell
R. J. Steiner
Jess E. Lillibridge
Charles Verity
Steiner
Jess Lillibridge
Home Gardens
Corona
Corona School Board to Hear Debate Over Curriculum Coordinator Elimination
Citizens School Advisory Council urges removing the curriculum coordinator post, replacing it with an assistant superintendent, and shifting operational details from the superintendent. The 27 to 10 vote adopted Day Jewell’s Organization al report with mixed reactions among trustees and citizens alike.
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Citizens School Advisory Council
Corona School Board
Jewell “Organization
Jewell
Marion Johnston
Johnston
Fred McMullen
Ray T. Williams
Day Jewell
Mary Gard Jameson
George Schuster
McMullen
Schuster
Doris James
Norman Shame
G. Stanley Wilson
Coord
Mother of twins earns high school diploma at adult education graduation
Mrs. Mary Lusk formerly Miss Mary Provost completed credits after 17 month old twins birth. She attended night school for 1 year 8 months and summer and day classes to graduate with 25 others at the adult education ceremony. The Lusk family resides at 601 West Seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lusk
Dwight
Mrs. Lusk
Lusk
West Seventh Street
Ramos
Photographer Rudy Ramos Captures Road Race Celebration
Corona photographer Rudy Ramos shot the road race celebration pictures featured in last night's paper. his excellent images filled the page where the photographer’s name could not be printed.
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Ramos
Last Knight’s
Corona
Rudy Ramos
All Corona School Bands in Festival Tonight
Director Charles Heckel leads the advanced grade school band in preparation for the All Corona Schools band festival scheduled for Tuesday evening at 7:00. Multiple bands from Corona schools participate in the event.
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ALL Corona School
Charles Heckel
Ning
Redwood Grove Honors Robert L Willits Memory
Mrs Shirley H Willits and family arrange a 40 acre Willits Memorial Grove in Prairie Creek State Park Lot 27 near Eureka along the Redwood Highway. The half funded by Mrs Willits and half by the State of California honors Corona citrus grower Robert L Willits, longtime Foothill Lemon Co. president and California Fruit Growers Association director who died January 3 1951. The site includes a boulder and plaque and sits near Earl Warren and California Garden Clubs groves.
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Robert Lee Willits
Corona
Redwood
Redwood Highway
Willits
Foothill Lemon Co
California Fruit Growers Association
Shirley H. Willits
Edward H. Willits
Nancy Willits Prough
Ontario
Foothill Lemon Company
R. L.hampton
California
Prairie Creek State Park
Eureka
Earl Warren
California Garden Clubs Grove
National Garden Clubs Grove
New Grove
Williams Forecasts $700 Salary Push From Teachers
Chairman Ray T Williams of the Citizens School Advisory Council says teachers will seek a $700 raise this year, recalling last year’s $600 increase and noting the board promised no further raises. He asks the budget committee to study the request and remains against large salary increases this year.
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Williams
Ray T. Williams
Citizens School Advisory Council
Paul Crabl
School Board Seeks Community Help on Senior High Expansion
Corona school board president Henry Hoeger told the Citizens School Advisory Council the board wants two council members to join a committee for senior high expansion plans. Red Harvill and Dr. R. L. Johnson were named with alternates Clifford Tillotson and Frank Pinkerton. The board also seeks two representatives from Corona Chamber of Commerce Norco Chamber of Commerce the PTA Council and the high school faculty to join discussions.
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Henry Hoeger
Corona School Board
Citizens School Advisory Council
Ray T. Williams
Red Harvill
R. L. Johnson
Clifford Tillotson
Frank Pinkerton
Hoeger
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Norco Chamber of Commerce
PTA Council
Harvard Names New President Nathan Marsh Pusey
Dr Nathan Marsh Pusey, president of Lawrence College Appleton Wisconsin, was named president of Harvard University today. He succeeds James Bryant Conant who resigned to become United States high commissioner to Western Germany.
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Nathan Marsh Pusey
Lawrence College
Appleton, Wis
Harvard University
James Bryant ‘Conant
United States
Western
Germany
Army costs reach 15 billion in Korean War
Army Secretary Robert Stevens testified before a Senate sub committee that Korean War expenses have reached about 15 billion dollars in army costs. He noted the 1954 Army budget request totals 13.671 billion and cited risks but pledged to maintain combat effectiveness. America Britain and France plan a one week Bermuda conference delay to allow a new French cabinet.
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Army
Robert Stevens
Stevens
Senate
Eisenhower
America
Britain
France
Bermuda
Calif
California Senate
Warren
Assembly
Luther Lincoln
Oakland
Lincoln
Rosenbergs denied delay execution set for June 18
The Federal Court of Appeals in New York denied a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and refused to substitute a prison term for the death sentence. They are scheduled to die in Sing Sing’s electric chair at 11 p.m. EDT on June 18.
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Federal Court of Appeals
New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Electric Chair
Elizabeth Crowned Queen as Coronation Lights London
Queen Elizabeth becomes Britain’s monarch with a televised coronation in London. She delivers a vow of future hopes, thanking subjects as Duke of Windsor aids with quiet tears, while Prince Philip stands beside the queen during the processional ride from Buckingham Palace.
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United Prea
Elizabeth
London
Paris
Duke of Windsor
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Three Selected For Boy Scout Moffett Award
The Temescal District honors three Scouts for leadership advancement and character Robert Hendrickson Explorer Post 34 Robert E Rigg Troop 38 Bruce W Strauss Explorer Post 54 An alternate list includes Roger Verity and Kenneth Carroll. The ceremony was led by Robert Snedecor with E S Ely presenting the awards and a committee including Dr D G Nelson Earl Copenhaver and George Stanley.
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Moffett
Robert Hendrickson
Explorer
Robert E. Rigg
Bruce W. Strauss
Roger Verity
Kenneth Carroll
Boy Scout Court of Recognition
Robert Snedecor
E. S. Ely
Temescal
Ely
Snedecor
D. G. Nelson
Earl Copenhaver
George Stanley
Frederick Moffett Jr
Corona
Fred
John C. Brown
Robert Fitzpatrick
Auburn
Calif
Robert Simpson
Goon
Florida
Edward Blum
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United Press
Queen Elizabeth II
Girl Guide
Redwood Grove
Robert L. Willits
Foothill Lemon
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Ike
ATOM
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Ways and Means
CIO
AFL
Walter Reuther
George Meany
Montana
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Great Falls
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Grounds
Goose Bay
Labrador
Royal Air Force
Montreal
Boston
Canadian Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
CBS
United Press Movietone
Royal Canadian Air Force
NBC
Logan Airport
Lawrence Welk
Keca
Armed Forces
U. S
Sparkman
Sen
Knowland
John L. Sparkman
Ala
William
Duke
Boy Scout Moffett Award
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