Long Beach District Pushes More Foreign Language Classes
The Long Beach Unified School District committee voted to expand foreign language instruction to 23 schools for sixth graders, adding German alongside Spanish and French. The plan aims to meet a 1965 state mandate, with a two year teacher training expansion to prepare about 50 teachers for the program.
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Long Beach Unified School
Board of Education
Distrit
Long Beach
Jack W. Rhodes
State Fund Surplus on Books in California
California ended the 1961-62 fiscal year with a 40.6 million dollar surplus, amid rising costs and accounting notes from State Controller Alan Cranston. He cautioned the surplus may reflect transfer timing and future allocations, with education, social welfare, and code works as top expenses and a general bonded debt of 2.6 billion.
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Sacramento
California
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Finance Department
Plan Portraits OTTAWA The Soviet Invitation
The Soviet Union invited Yousuf to Ottawa for portraits and discussion. The terse note indicates a formal cultural exchange plan with potential political overtones. The invitation signals ongoing ties between Soviet and Canadian cultural spheres during a period of thaw.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Yousuf
Million Dollar Broadloom Sale Brings Wide Carpet Choices
Wide sale offers 11 styles and 53 colors of 100 nylon pile carpets in DuPont nylon piles including 501 wool blends and textured embossments. Complete installation is included with one fixed price and easy credit terms, highlighting savings on carpet floors.
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DuPont
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