Life Awards, Scouts and Civil Service Notices
Life Scout awards will go to Ronald Douglas and Ally Alward at the Uptown Dan Beard District Now Scout Court of Honor Thursday night in Hughes Junior High School. Star awards go to Peter Ross, Gerald Joyce, George Dias and Larry Latshaw, with additional honors announced during the evening. Long Beach agent Adaline Axtell, president of the Women Purchasers Association of Los Angeles, meets Thursday night at Rodger Young Auditorium. Civil service exams are planned for water utility man on March 1 and planning assistant on March 8 at Municipal Utility. Fluor Corp honors include Kines al Graves receiving a 2-year pin among 253 pins awarded. Over 30 Fluor employees have five years or more with the firm. Long Head Chapter No 190 Military Order of the Purple Fit and Ladies Auxiliary host a dinner February 22 at Veterans Memorial Hall to mark George Washington’s 250th birth anniversary.
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Ronald Douglas
Ally Alward
Dan Beard
Hughes Junior Vgh School
Star
Peter Ross
Gerald Joyce
George Dias
Larry Latshaw
Adaline Axtell
Johinn Manville Products
Long Beach
Women Purchasers’ Association of
Los Angeles
Rodger Young Atetitorium
Veterans Memorial
Fluor Employes
Kines al Graves
Fidler Ave
Fluor Corp
Jie
Miliary Order of the Purple Tenet
Ladies Ausilary
George Washington
22Th Veterans Memorial Hall
Broadway and
Cedar
Incomplete Corporate Reward Notes From Fragmentary OCR
Fragmented text mentions Kwikset Locks savings share valued at 267 dollars for an individual named Ewing Kiweeds, with ongoing rewards for buffing machine operation. Also references Viet Mweets Swagvont Kalea Co as a frozen foods broker chosen to distribute Sara Lee baked frozen cakes. Finishes with an unclear 1955 1956 income note from Fitzaimman Stores Ltd and Thriftimarts operators.
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Ssr
25Th St
Kwikset Locks, Inc
Edwards
Viet Mweets Swagvont Kalea Co
Sara Lee
Chicago Bakery
Fitzaimman Stores Ltd
Britain Will Not Cut German Defense Without Talks
London officials said Britain would not reduce defense forces in Germany without proper consultations with NATO allies. The stance came as the House of Lords and Commons debated Macmillan's economic and defense policies. Labor pressed for a confidence vote on the economy. the government won 322 to 249, with a similar defense motion expected to fail. Norstad's NATO visit and talks with Sandys backdrop the debate, as senior officers warned against substantial cuts. Macmillan emphasized the need for a strong alliance and urged ministers and parliaments to decide defense matters, not generals alone.
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Britain
Germany
Ita
Commons
Macmillan Af
Lauria Norstad
NATO
Norstad
Duncan Sandys
Macmillan Haa
Macmillan
Sconces
Doomed Greek First to Win Cyprus Mercy
In Nicosia a 38-year-old Greek Cypriot was sentenced to death for possession of a revolver, but the governor Sir John Harding commuted another death sentence to life imprisonment for killing a British policeman. The case marks the first commutation of a Cypriot condemned for assassination on the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Nicos
Tsardestia
Harding
Senate Group OKs Herter for Undersecretary Post
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved former Massachusetts governor Christian A. Herter for undersecretary of State. Chairman Green said the approval came by committee poll, with a report to the full Senate likely Thursday confirming Herter to succeed Herbert Hoover Jr. The nomination had been held up at Senator Langer’s request pending testimony from Hoover about the Iranian oil agreement.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Green D-Rd
Senate
Hertor
Herbert Hoover Jr
Sen. Langer
Rend
Senate Armed Services Committee
Teatlmogy
Hoover
Lincoln's Birthday Observed Across States and Springfield
Lincoln's 348th birthday was marked nationwide with ceremonies led by Gov. Stratton and National Commander W. C. Daniel as wreaths were laid at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In Springfield a memorial joint session heard speeches by a Negro state Senator and other officials while the Sangamon County Bar Association traditionally walked to the tomb.
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Eisenhower
Oak Ridge
Abraham Lincoln
Alnte
Land of Lincoln
Nerro
Willam G. Stratton
W. C. Daniel
American Legion
Lincoln
Rochard Boerem
Illinois National Guard
Elsyne Hower
Indianapolis
Thomas Jefferson
Kansas
Benjamin Weaver
Oregon
Robert Holmes
Supreme Court
Sangamon County Bar Association
County Court House
State Capitol
Fred J. Smith
Chicago
Federal agency corrects slip grants license to water project
The Federal Power Commission corrected a typographical error on Tuesday and issued a 0-year license to the California Department of Water Resources for a hydroelectric project on the Feather River. The previous permit to the California Water Project Authority was voided after the agency had been abolished.
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Uncle Sam
Wasilington
Federal Power Commission
California Department of Water Resources
Keather River
FEC
California Water Project Authority
Lincoln era debates on union and education echo through time
A historical column recalls Lincoln era rhetoric on preserving the union and promoting education. Daniel argues that descendants of freed slaves remind us of dignity and destiny, while warning against godless tyranny and ideological struggles.
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Lincoln Ived
Daniel
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