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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1955
Page
8
John Dewey Continuation High School blends work and classroom study. Marilyn O Bleness works six days a week at Mannings while attending school one day weekly. Roger Notin rose from washing walls to baker's helper at Mazie Callender's Pies.
Students from Poly, Jordan, and local colleges discuss tuberculosis at the Long Beach Health Department auditorium this Wednesday November 9 at 7 30 p m The meeting chooses two speakers for the Christmas seal breakfast on November 16 at 8 00 a m in the Cavalier Room at the Lafayette Hotel Other students will visit organizations to promote Christmas seals and raise community support for tuberculosis victims
Nancy Peery has been selected by the Gaviota Chapter of the DAR to represent Polytechnic High School in the national Daughters of the American Revolution citizenship contest. A five-member senior committee chose her, with winners earning a $25 district bond and a $190 state bond based on tests, school and community activities, and patriotism.
Wilson High's Junior Statesmen of America plan to attend the state convention in Sacramento on Nov 18. Ten delegates plus the president travel, with a governor candidate speech, a mock court, banquet, and dance.
Police and demonstrators clashed in Sunakawa as workers and villagers tried to halt survey work for a US air base expansion. About 1,200 police and 1,200 protesters faced off, with injuries reported on both sides. Police arrested three, including a Socialist Party worker, for obstructing duties.
In September, authorities maintained restraint rather than violence as activists pressed protests. Police stood ready with high pressure water hoses while villagers burned straw barricades to hinder law enforcement.
Brig Gen Robert Stillman told a Pueblo high school audience that American youths entering the U S Air Force Academy are physically weak. He urged teens to spend less time watching TV and more time outdoors, saying European youth show stronger fitness. He warned that poor athletic aptitude reduces chances for success in military careers.
Wilson girls and boys join inter school event on November 2 with Los Angeles County schools sending three volleyball teams five tennis doubles and twelve swimmers. Participants include Poly Jordan Wilson Excelsior Compion Dorney Paramount and Lynwood. activities include an afternoon treasure hunt and refreshments in the Girls Gym.
Sixteen ROTC cadets at Poly received promotions after meeting scholastic and military standards. Promoted to sergeant first class were Jack Blanchard Donald Grove Larry Cofield and Larry Beth. Second Lieutenant ranks went to Richard Carter George Wright Donald Christenson and John Reichard following selection by platoon leaders and the company commander.
Josefina Gutierrez, an 11 year old Mexican girl, avoided deportation after a Bruinville group lobbied U.S. officials. Principal Bernis and American teachers helped secure a student visa extension, allowing her to stay at Wilson High School in Los Angeles and continue studies, sports, and English learning with the Borges family.
The annual Sophomore Guidance Day will be held November 8 at Jordan. At 1 30 parents gather for an assembly on graduation and college entrance requirements led by Principal Joan Wilson. Social culture teachers meet with parents later to discuss sophomore progress. Each student earns a point toward the David Starr Jordan award for participating.
In Kilgore Milam County Texas a Shell Pipeline worker died after falling into an oil tank during maintenance. Fellow crew members reported he fell through the tank top while on duty. He had 30 years with the company and was to retire in February.
Marion J. Javier ignored his wife’s warning and continued assembling coils and mesh barrels for a still. He pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of an unregistered whisky still and was released on $500 bond pending sentence.
Las Vegas police say Alden D. Kelley, 24, an ex-con from Illinois, admitted fatally wounding Officer Wilber McGee, 33, after a struggle in a Sahara Hotel room. Kelley claimed the officer shot first and was captured after a city-wide manhunt by about 200 officers.
In a hotel cocktail bar on 11th Street and Broadway, six Marines fought after one asked a waitress to dance. Corporal pushed, a melee ensued with knives drawn. Marines Gerald Heffelfinger and Jack Hutchinson joined William Stevens. Heffelfinger stabbed in stomach and cheek. Stevens stabbed in groin. Both men hospitalized. Hutchinson treated and released. The others fled the scene.
Vienna marks cultural rebirth as the famed opera house reopens after the war. Secretary Dulles and 300 foreign guests attend a state ceremony, while Be ll and Shostakovich era premieres promise Ukraine's postwar revival.
Former Argentine leader Juan D. Peron, exiled since his ouster, sails from Venezuela to Nicaragua aboard a Paraguayan transport seeking a private life in exile. He warns Argentina’s CGT could topple Lonardi, and says he is already 60, aiming for a lifelong retreat.
In Honolulu a SEATO planning source says eight-nation maneuvers may occur in the near future perhaps next spring with non-atomic drills under discussion. top advisers meet in Melbourne next January to approve. US participation is not likely in home exercises but allies may witness demonstrations.
Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pearson told reporters that conferences outside the United Nations weaken the organization. He cited Geneva summit and the Bandung African-Asian meeting as examples and urged a return to UN framework while praising the Geneva atom parley as encouraging.
Chinese reports say two gunmen tried to kill Maj. Sen. Ya Hao-Cheng at Tsoying naval base in southern Formosa in October. Six shots were fired, three hit him in the leg, wounding the deputy commander of the Nationalist Marine Corps.
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