Majorettes Fascinate German School Leader in Long Beach
German school superintendent Alfred Zettl toured Long Beach schools under the Federal Security Agency. He praised American football and drum majorettes as symbols of school spirit and planned to film them for Berlin. He contrasted conditions in West Berlin with East German constraints and noted emigration, schooling ages, exam pass rates, and teacher salaries.
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Long Beach
Alfred Zettl
West Berlin
Herr Zetti
Berlin
Zettl
West Germany
Wesi
Parkway Plan Change Seeks Revised Lakewood District Annexation
The board of supervisors was asked to consider a revised plan for expanding the Lakewood Park Parkway and Recreation District. The Mayfair section of Bellflower is removed from the annexation area following opposition by the Mayfair Civic Association. The revised proposal would annex all Lakewood territory between South and Spring Streets, with the district tasked to maintain and beautify parkway strips along streets.
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Board of Supervisors
Lakewood Park, Parkway and Recreation
Mayfair
Bellflower
Mayfair Civic Association
Howing
Lakewood
South
Spring Sts
Parkway
Court Tosses Out Petition of Sex Murderer Heirens
A Chicago judge ruled William Heirens 24 cannot win a new trial claiming his 1946 conviction for the dismemberment killing of 6 year old Suzanne Degnan and two other murders violated his constitutional rights Heirens serving three life terms expressed anger and vowed to appeal to the State Supreme Court while being taken back to prison by guards
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Chicago
William Heirens
Ge Harold Ward
Heirens
Suryanne Degnan
Llingis
Bloodshot-Eyed Bank Bandit Steals from Burbank Branch
A robber with bloodshot eyes entered the Magnolia Park Branch of Security-First National Bank in Burbank on Tuesday. He handed a teller a note threatening two guns and demanded all bills, then fled with $742 after the teller Mrs. Helen R. Roose complied and handed over the cash.
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Blebank
Magnolia Park
Security-First National Bank
Helen R. Roose
Headon Collision Kills 3 and Hurts 2 Near Plaster City
Three people died in a head on crash between a sedan and an 18 wheeler on Highway 80 near Plaster City. R. G. Ruplinger 63 of San Diego was the sedan driver. Eunice and E Forbes both 30 from Thousand Oaks also perished. Two passengers in Ruplinger's car, Richard Mingling of San Diego and Leo Canine 57 of San Diego, were seriously injured and taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Brawley.
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EL Centro
Plaster Cit
R. G. Ruplinger
San Diego
Eunice
E. Forbes
Thousand Oaks
Ruplinger
Pioneer's Memorial Hospital
Brawley
Richard Martin G
Leo Canine
Polio Claims L A Baby 11 Days Old
Eleven day-old John Franklin Houk died Tuesday of polio at General Hospital, the youngest victim in the hospital's polio records. He was admitted a week after birth. His mother, Mrs. John Houk of Canoga Park, was recovering from infantile paralysis at Rabat Kaiser Institute in Santa Monica. The death marked the 34th polio fatality at the hospital this year, up from 31 on the same date last year.
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L.A
Los Angeles
John Franklin Houk
General Hospital
John Houk
Canoga Park
Rabat-Kaiser Institute
Santa Monica
Yule Gift Missing $170 Recovered
Mrs. Carmen Coulton of Lakewood recovered her misplaced purse containing $170 after a newspaper story helped connect her with the driver, Mrs. Virgie Williamson of Lakewood. Coulton had left the purse in a motorist’s car after accepting a ride to Long Beach and waiting at a bus stop.
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Carmen Coulton
Gallup Ave
Lakewood
Ivey Way
Woodruff Ave
Long Beach
28 State Safeway Boycott Hinted
A union official said a labor boycott against Safeway Stores markets in 28 states might be sought due to a current strike. AFL clerks and butchers have been on strike since Nov. 7 against Safeway and three other grocers in Denver, and Safeway in Albuquerque, N M, has wage dispute actions as well.
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Denver
Safeway Stores, Inc
AFL
Safeway
Albuquerque
N. M
A.B. Crass
Retail Clerks’ International Union, Afl
Discharge Approved for Capt Carl Izard over Refusal to Fly
Washington secretary of the air force approved an honorable discharge for Capt Carl Izard, one of the air officers who refused to fly last spring. The action follows a nonflier discharge showing administrative handling amid wartime duties and accountability.
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Washington
Secretary of Air
Thomas Finlelter
Carl Izard
City Invites Bidding for Airport Oil Project
City seeks bids on oil lease of two 520 acre parcels adjacent to Municipal Airport with a $109 per acre cash bonus, 104000 total minimum, largest royalty wins. Drilling must start within six months of lease execution, two well minimum to 12000 feet, 35 year max, gas kept by city, unitization required, bids due January 12 at 10 a.m.
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City Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
Raymond C. Kealer
Harbor and Oil Committee
Whipstock
Jessee
Kealer
Board of Water Commissioners
County Pupil Enrollment Up 8.7 Percent in County
Public school enrollment in Los Angeles County rises over the previous year with totals reaching 915 1883, a gain of 68 379. Kindergarten through eighth grade houses 556 393 pupils, high schools 159 418, junior colleges 54 487, and adult education 145 0. Military service shifts show 21 939 fewer boys than girls.
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Los Angeles County
Trillingham
County Honors Aide David W Calfelt For 25 Years Service
David W Calfelt a health department chief sanitarian at 77 W List St received a 25 year pin from the County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, recognizing a quarter century of service to Los Angeles County.
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David W. Calfelt
W. List St
County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
Calfelt
Health Department
Massive sardine school sighted off California coast
Observer reports a million ton sardine school migrating south from Monterey, tracked 150 to 200 miles offshore by Hugh McDonald of Santa Monica. Sightings last seen five weeks ago off Santa Cruz Island. fishermen say the distance makes purse seining impractical, though the find offers hope as season nears.
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San Pedro
Monterey
Hugh McDonald
Santa Monica
Santa Cruz Island
Rhee vows renewed probe into bribe attempt in Korea
President Syngman Rhee said he would resume the investigation into the alleged bribe plot aimed at swaying national assembly members to strike a deal with the Communists. He urged national unity and said patriotic people must fight anti government elements still active in South Korea.
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Susan
Korea
Syrgman Rhee
National Assembly
Rhee
South Korea
Laundry Fire Prompted by Nylon Garment Friction
Texarkana firemen responded to a false alarm at a laundry on Tuesday. Officials said a friction between a pair of falsies and a nylon garment in a tumbling machine started a small fire. Damages were reported at nine dollars.
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Texarkana
Tex
ABP
Truman and family fly home after Missouri funeral
President Truman and Mrs. Truman with daughter Margaret and brother J Vivían Truman flew to Washington aboard a special presidential train from Independence after attending the funeral of Mrs. Wallace. He spent the morning at Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City handling official business and was due back in D C by eight p m Wednesday. He walked at dawn with Secret Service nearby and spoke briefly with his sister Mary Jane Truman at Grandview. The president also inspected the family farm there, a potential permanent home after the White House.
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Washington
David Wallace
Truman
Margaret
J. Vivian
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Jin
Roger
Tubby
Secret Service
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
White House
U S Jet Bases Move West of Rhine in Germany
The U S Air Force finished relocating all its jet fighter bases in Germany to positions west of the Rhine River on Tuesday. The move marks a major step in building Europe’s defenses against potential Soviet attacks.
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Rhine
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Rhine River
Europe
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