Fast Life at PETRONICS Jr and Long Beach School Growth
The article notes PETRONICS Jr and a record kindergarten cohort in Long Beach. It discusses overcrowding as the class advances, challenges for VUE SCHOOL building and programs to keep pace, and ongoing scrutiny of education officials amid idle weeks in school buildings and teacher downtime.
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Roy E. Simpson
P. Victor Paterson
Long Beach State College
Wilson High
George Barker
City Appoints Heads of 2 New Divisions
City government creates two new divisions to start July 1. Ralph Holbrook named superintendent of the duplicating division. Robert C. Creighton to head the admin division. Holbrook, longtime city print shop foreman, is father of Air Force Captain Ernie Holbrook, WWII hero. Creighton, Berkeley graduate and Navy veteran, lives at 2224 Stanbridge Ave. Starting salary for both jobs is 471 dollars per month.
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City Mer
Sam Vickers
Ralph Holbrook
Department of Central Services
Forman
Jlotbrook
St15
Campo Wk
Air Force
Ernie Holbrook
Poly High
USC
City 13 Dept
Robert C. Creighton
Public Health
Uniaf California
Berkeley
Stanbridge Ave
Hiroshima survivor to speak at First Methodist Church
Jan Veteran of Hiroshima Rev Kiyoshi Taniiyoto will address the public at Fifth and Pacific 8 taught. He appears after having spoken to Congress and the press. no admission charge for the Hiroshima lecture hosted by the community.
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Jan
Hiroshima
Kiyoshi Taniiyoto
Hiro-shima
First Methodist Church
Fifth and Pacific
John Hersey
United States
House
Long Beach
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Walter Gilkey
Policeman's Son Helps Fight Fires In City Blaze
Gary and John Skelton two brothers ages 12 and 1 2 helped fight a blaze near 2244 Delta Ave with a group of youngsters and the Long Beach Fire Department. They earlier alerted a liquor store fire on Santa Fe Ave showing steady courage in duty.
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Gary
John Skelton
Police Department
Skelton
Santa Fe Ave
Delta Ave
Ute Long Beach Fire Department
Assembly Rejects Disabled Benefit Plan in California
Sacramento June 15 The California Assembly rejected Gov Karl Warrens proposal for a permanent and total disability aid program with an 84 022000 appropriations for nine months costs Only 42 of 54 votes were earned as 29 opposed The bill would have given disabled persons aged 18 to 65 up to 75 a month Gov Warren warned of limited funds vetoed school aid measures and a new rules committee was installed with Speaker Sam Collins leading a reorganized panel The changes include replacing veteran lawmakers and naming new members from both parties
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Sacramento
Assembly
Karl Warren
Earl Warren
Old Guard
Rules Committee
Thomas Maloney
San Francisco
Warren
Levering
Senate
Robert Kirkwood
Saratoga
House
Randal, Dickey
Alameda
Sam L. Collins
Fullerton
Kirkwood
Silliman
Stanley Tomlinson
Santa Barbara
Robert McCarthy
William Rosenthal
Los Angeles
John Moss
Klocksiem’s Poker Bill Bottled Up In Assembly
Freshman Assemblyman Herbert Highsiem of Long Beach pushed a plan to have the Assembly ask Senator Harry L. Parkman for a hearing on his bill to outlaw draw poker. The measure would abate public nuisances and limit poker rooms to 40 players or five tables in Gardena and similar districts. Several lawmakers warned the move was poor procedure and Klocksiem withdrew the resolution after colleagues questioned its propriety.
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Sacramento
Dune Li
Herbert Highsiem
Long Beach
Klocksiem
Assembly
Harry L. Parkman
R-Millbrac
Parkman
Hluckstein
Gardena
Hklockstein
Senate
Ernest Geddes
R-Pomony
Klocksicn
Vaughlin Waters
Los Angeles
L B Hero Saves Shiamatey On Walke Disaster
A Long Beach sailor Vernon Hirtland 4509 Haseda Ave removed comrades from a flooded compartment despite a broken leg after the USS Walke struck a mine in Korean waters. The destroyer limped into Sasebo Japan in drydock as authorities described the explosion that killed 26 and possibly 27 crewmen. Vice Admiral Turner Day announced the action and credited crew bravery aboard the Walke commanded by M F Thompson.
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Long Beach
Hfe
United Press
Tokyo
Vernon Hirtland
Haseda Ave
C. ‘Turner Day
Far East Naval Forces
Walke
Joyty
Comde
M. F. Thompson
Japan
Sasebo
Weather tides forecast with multiple high and low tides
Low tide today is 1.8 feet at 12:48 PM and high tides 2.6 feet at 8:07 AM and 6.4 feet at 9:... PM. Tomorrow low tides -1.1 feet at 2:41 AM and 2.0 feet at 1:32 PM. high tides 2.6 feet at 9:05 AM and 6.2 feet at 7:59 PM.
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United States
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H. L
Long Beach
New York
Los Angeles
Seohia
Chicago
Omaha
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Denver
Portland
Des Moines
St. Louis
Detroit
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Miami
Francisca
Minneapolis
Seattle
N. Orleans
Washington
House Subcommittee Votes State Control of Tidelands
A House Judiciary Subcommittee approved a bill to grant states title to tidelands oil deposits. President Truman reportedly vowed to veto any measure ceding tidelands to states. The plan would give California and Louisiana three miles, Texas seven miles, with outer lands remaining under federal control.
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House
Tidelands
Washington
House Judiciary
Truman
California
Edmund G. Brown
William ¥. O'Connor
Brown
White House
Walter
D.-Pa
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Pens Stolen at Jordan High School
A burglar entered Jordan High School yesterday and stole 25 fountain pens. The Board of Education informed police of the theft.
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Jordan High School
Board of Education
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Sion
Peggy
L. B. Hero Saves
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