Long Beach State College Plans $7.7 Million Expansion
Roy E Simpson outlined to Governor Knight a $7,673,912 expansion plan for Long Beach State College to be completed by 1958. The project adds an administration building, music building, science and health facilities, gym and pool, and expands library and arts space. Enrollment is 2,850 now, with 3,000 projected by 1958 and 7,500 by 1965, part of an $88 million state college package.
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Goodwin Knight
Long Beach State College
Long Beach
State College
Simpson
Francis Flynn
Gen Bradley's Son-in-Law Beukema Dies in Jet Crash
Maj Henry F Beukema 25, son-in-law of Gen Omar Bradley, died when his F 84 Thunderjet crashed during a Langley Field training flight. The jet plunged into the York River after leaving Langley around 3 pm. Beukema, assigned to the 405th Fighter Bomber Group since Sept 1, was not seen to parachute. Bradley, former Joint Chiefs chair, rushed to Beverly Hills to be with his daughter.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Protestants Join Fire on Hughes Film
A major Protestant Church coalition including The Christian Herald and the Protestant Motion Picture Council condemned Howard Hughes film The French Line saying it offends decency and good taste and urges the motion picture code not to relax. The group claims to represent 48 million Protestants. Catholics also condemns the film.
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Howard ‘Hughes
Christian Herald
Protestant
Motion Picture Council
Legion of Decenty
Dulles Aims at Atom Pact Amid Berlin Talks
Secretary Dulles reiterated that discussing an atom ban is within the Berlin talks scope and may be explored with Molotov. He said no substantive detail on Eisenhower’s proposal will be debated without technical experts. In Berlin, four-nation experts agreed on principal technical questions for preparations and security measures ahead of the conference.
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Paris
Legal settlement ends Empire Ordnance disputes with US gains
Washington reports a government settlement ending claims tied to the Empire Ordnance Corporation and its wartime contracts. The U S will recover about 1.225 million dollars, canceling judgments totaling roughly 1.357 million with interest. The affair traces back a decade of lawsuits involving Empire affiliates, tax probes, and the Empire Tractor Co. and includes ties to political figures and postwar reorganizations.
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Eratic Rational Committee
Indiana
Eternal Revenue Service
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Empire Tractor
Cohen
Empire Tractor Co
Philadelphia
Frank McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Pandit urges UN session on Korean issue continue
Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit says despite prisoner releases the Korean problem needs UN General Assembly action. She notes prisoner repatriation remains unresolved with about 300 prisoners refusing repatriation. She hopes February meeting may be set, with several nations already backing the call while others request more time to consider. Pandit, Nehru’s sister, heads to Calcutta for Congress party convention.
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Abduction Suspects Split Over Stories
In San Francisco a dramatic kidnapping case ends with Leonard Moskovitz rescued unharmed after two suspects, Joseph Lear and Harold Jackson, are arrested separately. Lear confessed blaming Jackson. authorities say the motive was a $500,000 ransom negotiations and fear-driven manipulation amid a tense manhunt.
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Disease Inoculated Chickens Stolen From Hospital
Police searched the city for two thieves who stole six encephalomyelitis inoculated chickens from Galix to Garcia Hospital. Prof Cesar Fuentes, head of the hospital's experimental pathology lab, warned exposure could spark an epidemic and threaten public health.
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Sergeant Petoniak Tells Newsmen of Family Struggles
Buffalo sergeant Victor Petoniak, a 23 year Air Force veteran, left Westover Air Force Base amid dispute over transfer to MacDill Florida to be with his wife Dorothea and daughter Victoria. He sought Washington officials after his superiors refused a transfer, while police and reporters followed developments as officials warned of armed threats.
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Trunnous War Pees
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New York
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Robert Metz
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School Board Seeks Raise in $10 Pay
The Board of Education, after 27 years paying members $10 per meeting, seeks a raise. On Monday, two members Elizabeth Wadson and Dwight Sigworth were authorized to confer with city councilmen about submitting a pay increase measure to voters.
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Elizabeth’ M. Wadson
Dwight G. Sigworth
Guatemala Vice President Shot in Apparent Assassination Attempt
Gunmen wounded Vice President Guillermo Ovando Arridia in Guatemala City while he traveled by jeep from Totonicapan. He was struck in the left shoulder and rushed to a hospital in the village of Quetzaltenango. The PAR party called the attack an act of violence tied to opposition to the government's farm program.
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Guillermo Ovando Arridia
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Idled, Workers in State Gain Both Idled, Workers in State Gain
Sacramento reports December shows both employment and unemployment rising. Civilian employment reached 5,007,000, up 3,000 from November and 56,000 from December 1952, while unemployment rose to about 197,000 or 3.8 percent. Nationwide, Labor Department data indicate unemployment may exceed 2,000,000 with 467,500 new claims and 1,816,000 claimants on benefits for early January.
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Bureau of Employment Security
House Group Votes Labor Racketeering Probe
The House government operations committee approved a nation wide inquiry into alleged labor racketeering and unfair practices by a 19 to 1 vote led by Rep. George H Ben der. The first inquiry will probe reports of a juke box racket in Cleveland and the panel has long had staff investigators and exFSI personnel in several cities.
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Cleveland
Clare E. Holtman
R.-Mich
FSI
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