Public Schools Week explores a shift from rote to meaningful learning
In Long Beach California Public Schools Week 60 000 visitors sample lessons and observe a move from memorization to understanding. The piece highlights three R s reading writing arithmetic emphasis across elementary and City College, applied math, and modern reading skills, noting California top in a 30 000 pupil Army test for basic subjects.
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Palos
Spain
Santa Maria
Christopher Columbins
New World
America
California
San Joaquin County
Hollywood
Long Beach
City College
United States
New England
Artesia Street Bridge closure prompts repair delay and new bidding
State engineers inspect the Artesia Street bridge over the Los Angeles River flood control channel after weekend closure due to structural faults. Repair cost is likely too high, so the bridge may remain closed while a new structure is planned with bids opening May 14 by the City Manager. Separately, Long Beach City College and area high schools announced graduation dates and officials for upcoming ceremonies.
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State Highway Department
Sitd
Artesia St
Los Angeles River
Oil Discharge Fined For Calmar Steamship
J. Johnson, agent for Calmar Steamship Co., was fined 200 by Municipal Judge Charlies D. Wallace after pleading guilty to discharging oil from a company ship into harbor waters on April 24. State pollution officer L. C. Towers reported bunkering at Berth 6, Pier A, when oil escaped.
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J. Johnson
Calmar Steamship Co
Charlies D. Wallace
Johnson
Hisehaxzing
C. L. Towers
State Division of Fish and Game
Lineman Blinded by Flash At Pacific Coast Highway
Edison Company lineman Robert G. Lane, 29, of Lime Avenue, was temporarily blinded by a cross of two power lines while working on a transformer at a utility pole near Pacific Coast Highway and Cherry Avenue. He received emergency treatment at Seaside Hospital and returned to work an hour later.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Cherry Ave
Robert G. Lane
Lime Ave
Edison Co
Ineman
Lane
Seaside Hospital
Bbe
Weather Outlook With Sun and Light Drizzle
Night and morning cloudy periods with mostly sunny afternoons through Wednesday. Local drizzle Wednesday morning and cooler afternoons. Gentle variable winds become moderate to locally fresh from the west or southwest in the afternoons.
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Cloatia
Council Sets Up Official U.K. Police Reserve Corps
City Council approved an amended ordinance establishing a police reserve corps. Membership may be 300, currently about 200, and the group will serve without pay under the police chief. Corps members may arrest and may carry firearms on orders. previous wartime service was as an auxiliary to the defense council.
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Alvin’ F.' Slaight
Long Beach Council of Defense
Long Beach May Be Site for 1949 Employment Convention
Long Beach may host the 1949 convention of 2000 employment security specialists when the organization meets in an international session at Windsor, Canada, in June. George Toll, Long Beach State Employment Service manager, was elected president of the California Association of Employment Specialists. Toll, in service 11 years, started in San Pedro in 1937 and later led Wilmington during the war shipyard drive, becoming Long Beach manager in 1943. Clair Painter of Long Beach received an award for aiding parolees to find employment and rehabilitation. he has been with the Long Beach office three years after moving from Iowa a decade ago.
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Long Beach
Windsor
Canada
Monterey
George Toll
Alamitos Ave
California Association of Employment Specialists
Toll
San Pedro
Wilmington
Harbor
Clair Painter
Painter
Iowa
Commission Studies Protest on Motels
A protest against motels on BE Ocean Blvd was referred to the Planning Commission by the City Council this morning. Several apartment house owners in the district argued the issue, prompting the referral for study.
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Ocean Blvd
Planning Commission
Public Works Boom Stated for Summer in Long Beach
A summer rush of public works projects in Long Beach is planned. Four major items total about 3.274 million dollars with state matching funds sought for two. The Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lakewood Village tops the list at about 1.35 million, with 487 thousand from the state.
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Long Beach
Edwin M. Campbell
State Finance Department of Financial Assistance
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Lakewood Village
Finance Board
Friond Control
Artesia St
Inl Wie
Artesta St
Los Angeles River
Theounty
Board of Supervisors
Cherry Ave
Carson
South Sts
County Studies Water Purchase From Metropolitan District
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors studied using general tax funds to buy surplus Colorado River water from the Metropolitan Water District. County Counsel to rule on legality. Water would be stored in subterranean reservoirs, with Long Beach wells possibly pumping from mixed District and native underground supplies.
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Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District
Board of Supervisors
William A. Smith
Harold W. Kennedy
Long Beach City
Contest to pick Harbor Day queen and two ladies
A beauty contest sponsored by the Wilton Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Wilton Hotel on May 9 to select Harbor Day queen and two attendants. Applications are due at the JCC office by the following Sunday with name address phone age and a photo. Harbor Day observance is May 23 with Bill Berry Tyrell Smith and Lloyd Linn directing the event.
Complaints Filed Over Late Night Ice Cream Vendors
Vendor music after 9 p.m. draws protests from district residents. Councilman Herbert E. Klockslein reported swamped by letters from householders citing disturbances to children who want to sleep, not joe the late night ice cream rounds.
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Herbert E. Klockslein
Klockstein
Casey
Trio Held in Cafe Holdup on Pacific Coast Highway
Three men, Joe J. Berry 21 Newman Berry 18 and William Witenberg 20, were held for Superior Court on robbery charges after a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Harry R. Simon. They allegedly robbed Clyde C. Hensley in a cafe on February 9 and Hensley said he lost 773 dollars. Bail was set at 5000 dollars each with May 10 for arraignment.
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Harry R. Simon
Joe J. Berry
Newman Berry
William Witenberg
Qlyde
C. Hensley
W. Pacific Coast Hwy
Hensley
Simon
Well Drilling Outfit Missing From Anaheim Yard
Arthur L. Prout reports a 13 ton well drilling outfit missing from his storage yard at Anaheim Street and Santa Fe Avenue. The bulky machinery would have required at least a 2 ton truck to move, indicating possible theft or displacement.
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Anaheim St
Santa Fe Ave
Arthur L. Prout
E. Hill St
Dlceit
State Asks City to Erase Hazard at Traffic Circle
City Engineer Jess Gilkerson reported to the City Council that the State Highway Department advises installing improved traffic controls at the E Pacific Coast Highway Traffic Circle to reduce a growing congestion hazard. Mayor Burton W. Chace said the circle now handles far more traffic than designed and urged immediate safety measures. The council called for further study by the city engineer before action.
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Jess Gilkerson
State Highway Department
Pacific Coast
Hivly
Burton W. Chace
Cash Theft at Pharmacy on Atlantic Avenue
Police report says a burglary last night at 2194 Atlantic Ave stole $500 in cash from four registers plus eight wrist watches and 12 pocket watches along with miscellaneous narcotics. Investigating Officer H. P. Wright noted the total value about 7a.
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Supls
Atlantic Ave
H. P. Wright
Lots Inspected for Expansion of Poly School
Board of Education members and Poly High officials inspected nearby land to study a four acre expansion for school facilities. Supt Newcomb said enrollment unlikely to fall without a new senior high, while land values have risen. Contracts for Lafayette Elementary classrooms were awarded with W C Smith Inc as general contractor and bids for plumbing, heating, and electrical work. Bids for stadium lighting at Ty and Jordan high schools were invited.
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Board of Education
Polytechnic High School
Howard Hicks
Helen Gass
Douglas A. Newcomb
Poly
Arthur A. Knoll
Lafayette Elementary School
W. C. Smith, Inc
Hickman Bros. Inc
H. E. Douglas Co
Ty Jand Jordan
Mishap Fatal to Dock Worker at Pier A
San Pedro longshoreman Jack Rogers aged 40 died at Seaside Hospital from injuries after a jitney overturned and crushed him on Pier A. His body was taken to Halverson Mortuary, San Pedro.
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Jack Rogers
San Pedro
Seaside Hospital
Pier A
Halverson Mortuary
Shick's, Inc. Purchases Pine Ave Realty Assets
Shick's Inc buys two parcels on Pine Ave from La Holzman for 104000 dollars. Grace Shick, head of the company at 996 Pine Ave, said no plans for the property have been announced yet.
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Shick’s, Inc
Pine Ave. Realty
Shick's, Inc
al Pine Ave
la Holzman
Grace Shick
Janparel
Pine Ave
Press Telegram Building Expands with Four Story Addition
Work has begun on a four story addition to the Press Telegram Building after a city permit. Basement work is finished and the new unit will unify the building at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue. It will include two passenger and two freight elevators and 72 feet of ground floor frontage for rent to General Telephone Directory Co.
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Press-Telegram
Pine Ave
Sixth St
Long Beach
Kew
Pur
S. A General Telephone Directory Co
Prest Telegram
Bty
J. H. Davies
Harold Wildman
Charles W. Pettifer
Boy Hurt in Pacific Avenue Hit and Run
Ronald H. Lowma ten year old of 18st Ten Ave was a pedestrian when struck by a car at Pacific Ave and 21st St late yesterday. He said he was wheeling his bicycle across Pacific Ave when knocked down. The driver asked about injuries then left without identifying himself, police filed a hit and run report.
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Ronald H. Lowma
Tne Ave
Pacific Ave
21St St
Pallce
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