TV in Education Sparks Debate on Teacher's Role
A CJCA convention panel in Wilton Hotel debated educational television's value in junior colleges. Teachers and administrators stressed TV must supplement, not replace, skilled classroom instruction while noting costs and need for proven gains. Delegates, over 1,000, registered for CJCA AAIC sessions.
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Tvarcher
California
E. Max Benton
California Taxpayers Assn
John Lombardi
Los Angeles City College
Tam
Wilton Hotel
CJCA
American Assn. of Junior Colleges
Southern California Junior College Assn
CICA
Municipal Auditorium
T. Stanley Warburton
AAIC
Bill J. Priest
Long Beach Presses Bid at CAB Hearing for Bigger Airport Terminal
Long Beach gained national support in its drive to expand its airport passenger terminal as officials prepared to present at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing at the Lafayette Hotel. Bakersfield and Monterey voiced links, naval facilities were cited, and testimony discussed direct air links and limousine schedules between Los Angeles and Long Beach. The two-week Pacific Southwest Regional hearing includes 28 cities with Long Beach seeking designation as an increased terminal or intermediary point on future routes. A second hearing is slated for April 14 in Washington, D.C.
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Long Beach
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lafayette Hotel
Bakersfield
Monterey
Floyd Ming
Kern County
Los Angeles International Airport
Ming
Fred J. Kane
Monterey Peninsula
Kane
Fiere
A. R. Allen
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Sidewalk surprises and city hall smoke habits
A lighthearted column notes spring arrivals as a poodle-buggy mystery ends and city hall debates space for the police and juvenile bureaus. Councilman Crow navigates a non smoking chamber, with peers smoking at the County Board, while the Junior Chamber Gridiron Dinner on April 7 mocks officials amid hints of corruption.
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Chamber of Commerce
Annexing Proposal Shelved for Carmelitas Housing Project
City Council shelved the annexation proposal by Mer. Sam E. Vickers and referred it to the committee of the whole. Councilman Gerald Desmond said he will bring up the issue soon. The 64-acre county land lies north of the Union Pacific Railroad between Atlantic and Orange Aves and has about 3,000 residents. Two additions to the Osteopathic Hospital Building plans were approved at an estimated extra cost of 135,000 dollars, adding a physiotherapy center and a small assembly hall for physicians as requested by the osteopathic group.
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Mer
Sam E. Vickers
Carmelitas
Gerald Desmond
Union Pacific
Atlantic
Orange Aves
State Department of Public Health
Bellflower Summer Classes Set July Through August
Bellflower and Mayfair High students will attend summer school on the Bellflower campus from July 6 through August 14. Principal Richard Robinson says preregistration is underway at both schools. Most classes run two hours, with sessions starting at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm daily.
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Bellflower
Mayfair
Richard Robinson
Hearing sought on John Brown Foundation building plan
John Brown Foundation asks City Council to reopen a hearing on a 14 story 3500 block Atlantic Age structure with a $4 million cost. Attorney George Hart contends CAB height rulings were misread and seeks immediate rehearing citing no violation near the Municipal Airport flight pattern. Council referred legality to City Attorney Walhred Jacobson for review.
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John Brown Foundation
Atlantic Age
George Hart
Togo
Civil Aeronnantics Board
Hart
Hocute
Walhtred Jacobson
Bell President for Los Altos Assn
Harold B. Bell of 2236 Radnor Ave has been elected president of the Los Altos Association. Other officers elected were Dudley R. Shelnutt of 5970 Fairbrook St as vice president and Richard Prior of 2362 Tevis Ave as director.
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Harold B. Bell
Radnor Avye
Los Altos Assn
Dudley R. Shelnutt
Fairbrook St
Richard ©. Prior
Tevis Ave
Two destroyers loaned to Japan under mutual aid pact
Two veteran destroyers with twelve battle stars from World War II are loaned to Japan. USS Leary and USS Edwards will become Ariake and Yugure under the mutual defense program, transferred at Long Beach Naval Base. They will tow to Japan for conversion, a 50 day tow. Both ships served in Leyte and Luzon campaigns and were decommissioned in 1946, then held in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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Japanese Maritime Defense Force
United States
Japan
USS
Leary
Edwards
Long Beach Naval Base
Dapat
Yukio Hasumi
Los Angeles
dRear Adm
Walter H. Price
Naval Base
Yakosula
Leyete
Luzon
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Council Accepts Prudential's Bid on Employee Insurance
City council, by a 5-4 vote after a four hour night session, approved a Prudential contract for employee medical and hospital insurance covering 3 747 major dependents. The plan costs an estimated 526 238 annual premiums with employees paying for coverage.
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Pat Ahern
Robstot
Brandenburg Physician Dies In Suspected Suicide
Dr Kenneth C Brandenburg 59 a longtime local medical leader and former president of the Los Angeles County Medical Association died at his home after a note found by his wife expressed tormented thoughts and a need to end his life. Police said he took an unidentified tablet and died by his own action. The body lay in bed at his residence on Park Avenue with coroner awaiting examination.
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Kenneth C. Brandenber
Medical Assoburg
Medical Association
Park Ave
Seaside
Mary’s
Community Hofficers
Brandenburg
Harbor
Los Angeles County Medical Assasin
Grandenburg
Chicago
University of Illinnis College of Medicine
Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
Lions Club
Long Geach Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Mottell's & Peck Mortuary
14 Foot Python Jailed With Its Owner In Local Case
Moana Santo Vincent, 52, of 134 Maine Ave, is in the city jail after being charged with violating a Municipal Code requiring a permit to keep wild animals. His 14 foot python is at the Animal Shelter. Bail set at $50. The snake was kept in a box closed with a clothespin. Vincent’s wife Princess Samara uses the snake in a Mu-Pike show. The snake is valued at $1,500 by the performer. Vincent says the snake was brought home to bathe and keep it in good condition for the show.
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Moana Santo Vincent
Maine Ave
Vincent
Samara
L B to Rome non stop flight ends short in Bristol Tenn
Hill Mullen a 35 year old Texas sales manager for Mooney Aircraft attempted a 7100 mile nonstop flight from Long Beach to Rome in a Mars 20 single engine craft. He landed in Bristol Tennessee at 104 am CST after mechanical trouble. The Mooney sponsor said Mullen chose to land to address the trouble and the aircraft will be prepared for another attempt once issues are fixed.
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Long ‘Beach
Rome
Haly
Hill Mullen
Bristol, Tenn
Mooney Aircraft Co
Mullen
Texas
Rone
Ty Jack Linnard
Coreporate Aircraft Associates
Lory Beach
Mounay Co
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Taxpuyer
William Kingsley
California Teachers Assn
Long Beach Chiropractic Assa
University Club
Sally Cannon
Il.a
Bert Resnik
C. Leland Gunn
Allen
Leslie
George Weeks
10Th St
Cherry Ave
Juvenile Bureau
Public Safety
Police Record Bureau
Bob Crow
City Hall
Crow
County Board of Supervisors
Don Webster
Faring
Bell
L.E
Council
Prudential
Prudentiallerage
Lewis D. Reese
William T
Dalessi
Charles M. Garrison
Charles R. Dooley
Virgili
CPS
Spongberg
Vereion
Raymond C
K. C. Brandenburg
Yvonne
DR. Brandenburg
L.B
South
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