Bruins Prepare for 29th Annual Homecoming at Wilson High
Wilson High outlines a full Homecoming day on October 7 with alumni registration by Ming Leadership Club, a morning refreshment hour, exhibits, and booths selling beanies and pennants. A special assembly, pep rally, and a Poly Wilson game crown the day, followed by a Homecoming Dance in Wilson Gym from 10 to 12. Tickets at the door.
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Wilsor High
Georgia Higgins
Ming Leadership Club
Girls’ League
Memorial Stadium
Poly-Wilson
Wilson Gym
Students Return From Europe Year Abroad Program
Wilson High juniors Don Lenzer Susan Boyies and George Hayter returned to Long Beach from Europe after spending two months with host families. Sponsored by the American Field Service they joined 609 U S teens in cultural exchange. Don Lenzer stayed in Hannover Germany with a host mother and siblings aged 18 19. Susan Boyles lived in Elsesvold Denmark with three siblings and shared trips to northern Holland and the town of Odense. George Hayter resided in Bern Switzerland with a family including two boys a girl father and grandmother. They traveled to Italy and Paris before returning home and concluded that European youth share similar interests and ambitions.
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Long Beach
Europe
Don Lenzer
Susan Boyies
George Hayter
American Field Service
Wilson High
United States
Don Lenzey
Hanow
Germany
Sit
Doa
Barlin
Tooring
Baltic Sea
Elsehoved
Denmark
Susan Boyles
Brotha
Susan
Réarthern Dutland
Gdensé
Hans Christian Anderson
George Haxter
Berne
Switzerland
Italy
George
Paris
Punished 1uty Sunday 2 Sixth Bireet Ad Play
The fragment notes a weekly newspaper item from Long Beach with a 1885 post office entry under the act of March 1872. It mentions carrier delivery and pricing per week, and a single copy per Mont. The garbled OCR shows Bureau of Circulation and distribution details for a local press.
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Lone Beach
Bureau of Circulstion
Mont —-Soue
Long Beach
Ghitfarma
Serles Wins Sophomore Class Election at Polytechnic High
Jim Serles, a former Hughes Junior High standout and active in clubs, is elected sophomore class president at Polytechnic High. Ken Wilson becomes vice president. Lana Grey continues as secretary. Wilson and Grey bring prior leadership roles from Franklin and Stephens respectively. Serles vows to make the class the best yet.
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Bady
Blughes
Jim Serles
Polytechnic High
Ken Wilson
Franklin Junior High
Jim
Stephens
Lana Grey
Hughes Junior High
Long Beach Lions Club
Hughes
Long Beach
Red Cross
Tranklin
Polytechnic
Alma
Jordan Scholars Elect Officers at Jordan High
New officers for the fall semester of the California Scholarship Federation Society at Jordan High School were elected September 22. The president is Vaith Assisting Whitley de Ken Zommick, secretary Margaret Matley, and treasurer Berk Carter. New sponsors appointed to handle a growing society include Gloria Patton taking Rosalee Wride’s sponsor role, while Wride becomes counsellor.
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California Scholarship Federation Society
Jordan High School
Vaith
Whitley de Ken Zommick
Margaret Matley
Berk Carter
Treast
Ute) Federation
I Society
Gloria Patton
Rosalee Wride
Federation
Miss Wride
P-T A Luncheon Planned at Jordan High School
The North Long Beach P T A presidents and principals will hold an annual social hour and lunch on October 5 in the Jordan High School Home Arts building. Mary Black leads the advanced foods class in preparations, with art class decorations by Mrs Ferguson. About 26 attendees expected next week.
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P-T.a
North Long Beach
Jordan High School
Advanced
Mary Black
Ferguson
Home Arts
Dance Show Ends Jordan High School Subscription Drive
Jordan High School wrapped up its Cat's Purr paper drive at the annual show. Ticket sellers roamed Pantherville campus during the week to boost subscriptions, with the drive entitling the welder to attend the assembly and receive twenty issues. An Arthur Murray trio performed for ten minutes, showcasing swing mambo and waltz before a brief student dance session.
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Arthur Murray
Jordan High School
jCat
Pantherville
Jordan
Welder
Poly High School Homecoming Rites Planned Friday
Poly High School schedules Homecoming events on Friday October 7 including a campus assembly parade and crowning of the queen. Alumni will attend a social and dance after the football game with duties shared by Student Body President Ray Sugiyama and committees led by Judy Windsor Bob Ward and Patricia Creighton.
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Poly High School
Paly-Wilson
Rayi Sugiyama
Ray
Ann Sat
Henry Wallace
Sandy Hammer
Jack Martin
John Katsumata
Chamber of Commerce of Poly
Pene
Morley Drury
Alumni Association
Poly-Wilson
High Life
Long Beach City College
Jennese Thompson
Judy Clark
Nancy Mervill
Sue Wylie
Hutch
Judy Windsor
Bob Ward
Barbara Braid
Richard Thompson
Patti Creighton
Norma Tanega
Jackie
Arbios
Nancy Barker
Diane Sbelenger
Carolyn Byrd
Glenda Gabe
Carole Shase
Pet Creighton
Gail Curtis
Willene Edwards
Mamdlil Harris
Judy Johnson
CarolesMarcus
Joan McMur
Greyhound and workers reach tentative contract accord
Greyhound Lines and the AFL Motor Coach Employes Union announced a tentative agreement Friday night on a new contract covering about 300 office employees. The pact affects workers in San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles and Phoenix and appeared to avert a potential strike. Details were not disclosed.
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SAN Manually O.i
Pacific Greyhound Lines
AFL Mator Coach Employes Union
San Francisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Japan Typhoon Louise Devastates Niigata and Homelessness Surges
Typhoon Louise battered Niigata City with 45 mph gusts triggering a fire that destroyed 1,200 buildings, left nearly 5,000 homeless, and killed 31 with 41 missing and 253 injured. A second typhoon Marge formed southwest of Iwo Jima, likely targeting Kyushu.
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Tokyo
Louise
Japan
Niigata City
U.S. Air Force
Niigata Air Base
Marge
Iwo Jima
Kyushu
Polytics Award Assembly for Homecoming Day
Jackrabbits distribute service plus Gold L awards to Polytics students at Homecoming assembly on Friday Oct 7. Principal Weil Philips and Jennese Thompson present awards for school service and activities. 25 Gold L points, athletic letters, and GPA requirements determine recipients.
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Gold L's
Poty
Polytics
Jennese Thompson
Weil. Philips
Jackie Archios
Nahey Barker
Judy Clark
Pat Creighton
Francine Engels
Deerna Halli
Jim Hanna
Diane Link
Kay McPherson
Diane Miller
Richard Dye
Roger Rose
Phyllis Stribley
John Vafis
Polyites
Nancy Goodman
Nancy Peety
Jim Sylles
Bob Ward
Suey Wyllie
Cattle Rustlers Hit Kern and San Luis Obispo Counties
Police and state brand inspectors pursue raids that have stripped California ranches of 350 cattle valued at over $50,000. In Antelope Valley 180 cows and 175 calves, worth about $20,000, vanished during the latest raids. Officials note raids resemble past patterns as efforts focus on tracing origin and tightening cattle inspections.
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San Luis Obispo
Atl Ranch
Bakersfield
Bath
Kern
Houchin
San Luis Obispo Bern
Howard Jack
R. F E. Jack Company
Ernest Stil
Anmtelope Valley
California
Kern County
Jeast
San Luis Obispo County
Dorothy Twisselmann
Death by own action watch on Blond kidnapper
SAN FRANCISCO charged kidnapper Betty Jean Benedicto, 27, held after attempting to abduct newborn Robert Marcus from Mt. Zion Hospital. She is under 24 hour surveillance to prevent possible self harm amid an emotional outburst leading to hospitalization with a bloodstained ear.
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San Francisco
Gr— iBlond
Betty Jean ‘Benedicto
Robert Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
Stockton
Harjbor Hospital
Francine Engels
Caerulea
Poly
Benedicto
Norman Haskel
John
Trammer
Jackie Archies
Bob
Janey
Pat
Murchie
Pat Bastien
Bonnie Florine
Mancy Goodman
Gary Gustin
Jerry Gaudlitz
Margot Ward
John Cleveland
Joan Dailey
Joyce Vickers
Tani Takashi
Judy Clark
Janet Hilton
Mathew Sloan
Sandra DeLene
Cheryl Thorndike
Janice Fogleson
Dave Berg
Warren Harman
Andres Todd
Diane Link
Percy Kelley
Bays
Ralph Acosta
Virginia
Vasey
Jo Ann Leevers
jCaerulea
Morris Gordon
Dad Rewed 10 Children Home Again in Union
Allentown report details Mary McIssac of Boston marrying widower Frank Hudak after corresponding about his 12 children. Ten children moved from an orphanage to a new home, leaving the eldest at 17. A separation of his family existed since his first wife’s death.
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Frank Hudok
Egypt
Hudok
Mary MacIsaac
Boston
Mass
Stephen
Rose
Paul
Edward
Mary Ann
Frank Hudok Sr
Frank Jr
Margaret
Marath
Barbara
Eleanor
Allentown
Mary M. MeIssac
Frank Hudak
Hudak
Sue
Brooklyn
Menicipalll
Wihner
Informa
CIA
Alvin FE
Weinberger
Benedicto
R. Williams
Couns
Ohio opens first turnpike linking cities across state
Gov Frank J Lausche opened Ohio's first turnpike last midnight and within eight hours nearly three thousand vehicles tested the 241 mile toll road. The 326 million dollar highway took three years to build and stretches across the state from Cincinnati to Conneaut with a call for a second toll road.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Cincinnati
Conneaut
Nike
Woman Files 2.5 Million Libel Suit Against Douglas Aircraft
Mrs Mae Brown, 48, of 2169 Montair Ave, sues Douglas Aircraft Co and 15 executives and employees in Long Beach Superior Court claiming more than 2.5 million dollars in damages. She alleges 12 women made false statements leading to her firing in September 1954 from the Tucson plant sections.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Mae Brown
Montair Ave
Long Beach Superior Court
Doddridge Farrell
C., H. Scott
L. A. Peifer
Rich daughter omits 102 year old mother from six wills
A 102 year old Detroit mother, Mrs. Wilhelmina van Etten, is contesting her daughter Mrs. Montand's will in Manhattan Surrogate Court. Attorneys allege the late Mrs. Momand disinherited her mother in a series of wills from 1942 to 1950 and seek a share beyond what the current will awards. The case hinges on alleged fraud and improper practices surrounding the January 22 will.
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New York
Iave
Will
Wills
Westgate
Wilhelmina
van Etten
Detroit
Indiana
Manhattan
Court
Mirs
Agnes
Austria Negotiating for Atomic Reactor Power Station Plan
The Austrian state electric power company is negotiating with American and British firms to purchase atomic reactors for a 10,000 kilowatt plant along the Danube. Built at four million dollars, it will boost winter electricity and serve as a training center for Austrian atomic scientists.
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Vina
Austra Wel
Danube
Lost Chihuahua Strays From Los Altos Home
A year-old fawn colored Chihuahua weighing under three pounds, with a white stripe between the eyes and large ears, wandered from 6191 Vernon St in Los Altos. It was last seen Tuesday near Tth St and Molino Ave. The owners Mr and Mrs Hardy Clark can be reached at 82164.
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Hardy Clark
Vernon St
Los Altos
Tth St
Molino
Clark
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