Texas-Born Negro Named Human Relations Officer in San Francisco
Texas-born Dr. William L. Cobb, former Emerson Elementary principal, is appointed San Francisco's human relations officer with assistant superintendent rank and a $17,490 salary. Cobb, 52, centers his career on civil rights work after a 24-year teaching path from Texas to Northern California, emphasizing inclusive progress. The post follows a year of debates over segregation and neighborhood school boundaries.
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Leif Erickson
San Francisco
William L. Cobb
Texas College
Tyler
Tex
Cobb
Harold Spears
Board of Education
Emerson
California
Emerson, Now
University of Southern California
University of California At Berkeley
Citizens Committee For
Million to beet growers tops 1962 payments total
Nearly 60 million will be paid to sugar beet growers for the 1962 crop as Great Western Sugar Co. completes its final payment this week. The payout includes 40,922,000 in company direct payments and 8,923,000 from sugar act returns, averaging 16.38 per ton delivered. Final payments for Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wheatland Wyoming average 2.01 per ton, with flat 1.04 payments at Billings Montana and Lowell Wyoming. Europe holds 200 remaining bison in zoos or protected preserves. last wild ones likely killed in World War II in Lithuania.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Co
Frank A
Emp
Kemp
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Wheatland
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Lowell
Europe
Lithuania
Urges Deer Hunters To Take It Easy
Minneapolis AP report finds over 40 deer hunters face heart risk during simulated hunt. 37 volunteers wore ECG transmitters as they dragged a 100 pound bag for three minutes. four showed abnormal activity. Minnesota Heart Association will publish findings to warn hunters before season.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Heart Association
Minnesota
Arthur C. Kerkhof
Heart Group
Kerkhof
Sex Education In Philadelphia Public Schools
Teachers describe rather than moralize in sex education courses for Philadelphia junior and senior high pupils. The program covers sex, marriage problems, health topics, and personal guidance by teachers who direct students to parents or professionals when needed. The revised curriculum aims to reach younger students, with hygiene, nutrition, first aid, exercise, and community health also taught weekly.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Board of Education
Benjamin L. Stackowski
Division of Physical and Health Education
Dorothy R. McQueen
Stackowski
Town in Missouri Ends Water Crisis With New Pipeline
Macon residents await flow from the Chariton River via an emergency eight inch line nearly 11 miles long set to supply the Macon reservoir today or Wednesday. The relief follows a 30 to 60 day water shortage. Adrian faces a separate issue as a 64 inch line draws water from a South Grand River pool. the river is not flowing and the pool is nearly exhausted, prompting use of a fire hose to replenish another nearby water hole.
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Macon
Missouri
Adrian
Board of Trade Jigsaw Game For Four Players
A fun project from Cappy Dick describes a giant jigsaw game called Board of Trade for four players. Each player builds a triangle on their table side by assembling 17 unique pieces from a 68 piece shuffled set and may trade pieces to complete first.
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Cappy Dick
Board of Trade
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Columbia National Bank
David Beeman
Loyd Griffith
Robert L. Walker
Beeman
Griffith
Walker
Garden City Telegram
North Fillmore
Navy
Kilgore
Hawkins
Marmaduke
Parana
Brazil
Ford
Garden City
Burtis Motor Co., Inc
Garden City, Kansas
By Lee Linder
Young Hobby Club
Southwestern Bell
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