Corona School Board Delays Over Architectural Error
The Corona School Board meeting ran late as officials chased a numerical error in the Senior High School cost estimate. An item listed at 18000 instead of 180000 skewed totals toward 2,105,108 dollars, delaying adjournment amid auditing. Margaret Verity nearly cast a dissenting vote before fatigue ended the session.
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Justin Hammond
Corona School Board
Margaret Verity
Corona Project
Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall
Night-Owl firemen save Merrihew home from blaze
Fire started in the Merrihew garage at 1 47 a.m. when their 1956 Chevrolet station wagon burned. Regulars on duty at the station halted the fire with help from volunteers who were playing cards after a station dinner. Fire Chief Glen Hart credits timely regulars for the quick stop and notes budget requests for more staff.
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Horn
Night-Owl
Merrihew
Bart Irwin
James Merrihew
West
Ontario Ave
Merrihews
Glen Hart
Hart
Riverside
Corona
California Division of Forestry
Norco
Corona Unified “School
CDI
Youth Breaks Up Teenage Party
A party at the home of Charles Wood, a junior high school teacher, was broken up Saturday at 10 30 by an intruding local youth. The former Corona Senior High School student reportedly insulted guests and fled before police could arrive. The Woods reside at 1857 Via Santiago in Coronita.
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Charles Wood
Beverly
Wood
Corona Senior High School
the Woods
Santiago
Coronita
Possible reconciliation between Shah and Soraya after exile
A reconciliation between the Shah of Iran and former Queen Soraya, who was exiled after failing to provide an heir, appeared possible as Soraya sailed from New York on the Queen Elizabeth. The voyage was seen as potentially carrying a significant secret regarding their future.
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New York
Iran
Soraya
Bob Smith Collapses on Pier Halting Hawaii Cruise
Bob Smith a Corona florist collapsed on the dock an hour before his long planned Hawaii cruise aboard the Lurline. He was taken to Long Beach Hospital where doctors advised against sailing and began tests to determine the cause. His parents visited and reported he could sit up and feed himself but will stay hospitalized and rest after returning home.
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Bob Smith
Hawaii
Corona Florist
Long Beach Hospital
Bob
Pears
Alvan Smith
Lurline
Long Beach
Friday Night Cash Giveaway Hits Corona Stores
A promo in Corona offers a $65 cash prize to a shopper present at any of multiple participating merchants. Tickets are available all week at listed shops and the drawing will be announced simultaneously at 8 p.m. Friday night, with a second drawing if the first fails to produce a winner.
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Corona
Corona Drug Store
Wasels Department Store
Collins Bootery
England’s Jewelry
Toy Carousel
Emerson’s Men's
Blandi’s Food Market
Hemphill-Mount Furniture
Shrader’s Pharmacy
Karl's Shoes
Schwartz Furniture
Weatherby Furniture
Kay's Fabric Shop
Local Plant to Produce Full Glass Fiber Line at Corona
L O F Glass Fibers plans a complete line of thermal and acoustical insulation glass fiber products at its Corona California plant slated to open August 1. The 105000 square foot facility will melt marbles to draw and blow glass fibers, then finish into insulation materials. Manufacturing will begin with basic glass fiber production and later move high temperature insulation components for aircraft to Corona. Official ground breaking was February 5 1958 with foundations and tilt-up walls completed despite rain.
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L-O-F
Corona
California
John A. Morgan
Pacific Coast Division
Burbank
Morgan
Fiber Industry
Mr. Morgan
West
Aircraft and Allied Industries
United States
Sunny Skies Dominate Southern California Forecast
The noon temperature in Corona reached 77 degrees. Yesterdays high was 84 with a 50 degree low. Expect mostly sunny weather this afternoon and on Wednesday across Southern California with night and morning low clouds along the coast. Gusty winds remain in the desert regions.
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Corona
California
Argentine airliner crashes near Rio with 22 aboard
An Argentine state airline plane with two engines out crashed on Ilha Grande Island near Rio de Janeiro. All 22 passengers were rescued, with injured travelers being flown to Rio by helicopter. Circumstances remain unclear.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
UPI
Iiha Grande Island
Helicopbe
Dover Manufacturer Plans New Sherman Plant
John Smith of Dover Manufacturing Co describes plans for a new Verdun Industries plant near Sherman and Railroad Streets to Building Inspector Edgar Hollenbeck. The $175,000 permit covers main shop and mill buildings by Butler steel and a 2240 square foot office. The $193,000 project includes an 40,000 square foot shop, 10,000 square foot mill, sprinkler system, parking for 100 cars, and a half-mile chain link fence. Completion is expected by August with a Santa Fe rail spur and 150 local workers.
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John Smith
Santa Fe
CDI
Air Force aims three lunar shots this year
Air Force Lt. Gen. S. E. Anderson said three attempts to reach the moon would occur in August September and October. If misses occur the plan is to place a long elliptical orbit around the moon. Travel time from earth to the moon would be about 244 days. Dulles hints China in future test ban talks.
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Milwaukee
Wis
APS
S. E. Anderson
Air Force Research and Development Command
Air Force
Algerians Defy De Gaulle's Orders
UM BLP PARIS UPI reports Algeria's Public Safety super-committee openly defied Gen Charles de Gaulle demanding an end to all French political parties and warned the movement would spread across the French mainland. MACMILLAN GETS IN PLAG FOR U.S. FOREIGN AID
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Paris
UPI
Macmillan
U.S
Baltimore
Jailing Parents Cuts Kids Crime in San Pedro
Five parents were jailed last week for curfew violations under a city ordinance, with police reporting juvenile crime in the harbor area dropping from an average of 20-plus incidents to two over the weekend.
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San Pedro
UPI
Earl Johansen
Harbor
Reds to Free Two Priests Sunday
Two American priests held in Red China prisons are expected to be freed Sunday. Joseph P. McCormick of Ossining New York and Cyril P. Wagner of Pittsburgh were arrested in Shanghai June 15 1953 and sentenced to five years. Remaining detainees include four civilians with 15 years to life terms.
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Hong. Kong
UPI
Red China
Joseph P. McCormick
Ossining
N. Y
Cyril P. Wagner
Pittsburgh
Shanghai
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Lisa Casillas
Martinez
Jennie
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UPS
American Rocket Society
Donald W. Conover
Eugenia Kemp
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
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U. S. Space Academy
Reds
Berlin
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Germany
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East Berlin
ESPN
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