NATO eyes broader ties as revision of alliance looms
NATO leaders consider expanding the 1949 pact to include political and economic cooperation. Three Wise Men Lester Pearson Gaetano Martino and Halvard Lange study options after their Paris meeting drafting a 40 item questionnaire. Responses due by August 21 with further council in September and a December report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Josef Stalin
Soviet
Russia
NATO
Arts
Lester B. Pearson
Gaetano Martino
Italy
Halvard Lange
Norway
Paris
Canada
Lester Pearson
Pearson
Security League” of Free Nations
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
The
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Iceland
Portugal
Washington
Greece
Turkey
West Germany
Upturn in Juvenile Arrests Reported in California
San Francisco reports a marked upsurge in juvenile delinquency over 18 months with arrests rising from 73 509 in 1954 to 99 176 in 1955 and ongoing this year. California Youth Authority member O H Close cites war baby divorces broken homes and migratory populations as factors and urges curfews more forest camps and looser compulsory education rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
O. H. Close
California Youth Authority
Close
State Senate Interim Committee On Child Welfare
Senate
Frank Ahern
Thomas C. Lynch
California
Erosion Damages Ten Million Acres in Great Plains
The Agriculture Department reported wind erosion damaged about 1 million acres in the Great Plains during the Nov 1 to May 31 blow season, a 38 percent drop from 1954 55. Most losses were in Colorado Texas Kansas, with Nebraska Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming showing smaller figures. Eastern Colorado and western Kansas bore the largest concentrations of severely damaged cropland. An additional 9.4 million acres were at risk of wind erosion as of June 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Cver OK
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Texas Panhandle
High Plains
Altadena Lions Install New Officers in 39th Convention Role
Maynard C. Pritchard is named president of Altadena Lions Club succeeding Douglas Spiers and will represent Altadena at the 39th International Lions Club convention in Miami. Newly installed officers at Altadena Town and Country Club include John McLellan as first vice president William Hatfield as second vice president and bulletin editor Milt Wood as secretary Jack Fielding as treasurer Wendell Olson as tail twister and Nels Warrer as lion tamer. Board members are Arthur Mueller Howard Cox Carlin McKnight Preston Orem and Pritchard, active in civic affairs, also serves as vice president of the Altadena Tournament of Roses Association and treasurer of the East Altadena Improvement Association.
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Maynard C. Pritchard
Altadena
Arthur Mueller
Howard Cox
Carlin McKnight
Preston Orem
Spiers
Pritchard
Altadena Tournament of Roses Assn
East Altadena Improvement _Assn
Alhambrans Seek Five Million High School Construction
The Alhambra Citizens Advisory Committee has recommended a five million dollar construction program for the Alhambra high school project. The plan calls for new facilities and upgrades to meet growing student enrollment.
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Alhambrans
Alhambra Board of Education
Leed's Shoe Store appoints Gayle W. Jones manager
Gayle W. Jones promoted to manager of Leed's Shoe Store at 302 E. Colorado under Edison Brothers Stores Inc. He succeeds Morris Finch who moves to Pasadena. Jones began in 1944 in Dallas and has since served as salesman, assistant manager, and manager in California cities including Huntington Park, Long Beach, and Santa Monica. Edison Brothers runs 270 stores in 68 states and 142 cities with last year’s sales over 87 million.
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Gayle W. Jones
Leed’s
Colorado
Edison Brothers Stores, Inc
Leed's
Morris Finch
Pasadena
Jones
Dallas
Tex
California
Huntington Park
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Edison Brothers
Bomb threat empties Rialto Theater in South Pasadena
The Rialto Theater at Oxley and Fair Oaks Ave was evacuated at 10 05 pm after a call warned a bomb would go off. Firefighters from three companies searched the building and found only a penny a pencil and an empty bottle of bourbon. Patrons returned to their seats after the all clear.
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South Pasadena
Rialto
Oxley
Fair Oaks Ave
Rialto Theater
Asst
Ross Victor
Bank Clearings Rise 11.32 Percent in Pasadena First Half
Pasadena Clearing House Assn president Abe J. Hay reports six month bank clearings totaling 463,817,631.66 dollars, up 47,158,293.62 from 1955. June 1956 clearings reach 81,237,682.91, up 8,924,630.66 from June 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Abe J. Hay
Pasadena Clearing House Assn
Hay
Dad Slayer Held Without Bail
Compton. Arnold Dowell, 24, is held without bail pending a Tuesday preliminary hearing on a charge of murdering his father during a fist fight. Dowell, of 502 N Crane St, was arraigned before Municipal Judge Ralph C Dills. Clifford Ray Dowell, 50, of the Crane St address, died after the Saturday night fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Arnold Dowell
Dowell
N. Crane St
Ralph C. Dills
Clifford Ray Dowel
Crane St
Real Victor of Kadesh Battle Revealed by Archaeology
Archaeology reveals King Muwatallis of the Hittites as the true victor at Kadesh, not Ramses II. The discovery comes from C W Ceram’s The Secret of the Hittites and modern science reinterpreting ancient texts and inscriptions.
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Kadesh
Hattusas
Muwatallis
C. W. Ceram
Alfred A. Knopf
Asia Minor
Christ
Music Center for L A Asks Parking Study
The Civic Auditorium and Music Center Association of Los Angeles County seeks county approval for two parking studies linked to a $51 million cultural auditorium. One study would supplement Arthur D. Little's 5740-space plan. the other would precede a lease with the county. Charles S. Jones was named president. new officers include Edwin W. Pauley Walter J. Brunmark Henry Duque and John McCone. Board members chaired by Mrs. Norman Chandler include A. E. England A. J. Gock David Hearst F. M. Banks and Arthur J. Will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Civic Auditorium and Music Center Association
Arthur D. Little
Little Firm
Charles S. Jones
Edwin W. Pauley
Walter J. Brunmark
Henry Duque
John McCone
Norman Chandler
A. E. England
A. J. Gock
David Hearst
F. M. Banks
Arthur J. Will
Cockroach Favored for Experiments At Toronto Lab
Doctors at the University of Toronto use the cockroach as a research animal to study hardening of the arteries and save money. Fatty substances like cholesterol are a focus, as cockroaches stop growing when deprived of cholesterol. Researchers test sitosterol to see if it can substitute for cholesterol in the insect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
University of Toronto
Barbara McLaren
West Ordered to Write 3000 Times Never Do It Again
Franklin W. West, 17, in St Louis was ordered to write I will never use a Hollywood muffler again three thousand times for an illegal muffler. Magistrate Raymond Har ris first required 1000 times but found the pages varied in handwriting. The judge then doubled and required in court. West said two girls helped him the first time as they felt sorry for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Franklin W. West
Hollywood
Raymond Harris
West
Pasadena Post Subscription Rates June 30 1956
Subscriptions listed for Pasadena Post dated June 30 1956 show rates by mail or carrier 1.75 monthly and 20 per year, Sunday mail 65 cents per month, daily copies five cents, Sunday 15 cents. Publication details include New Series Vol XLI and Second Class matter status at Pasadena post office under act of March 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erry Or
Cree Cerns
Werner On
Pasadena Post
Xear Twin Coast Newspapers, Inc
Colorado St
Pasadena
Cal
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles M. McCann
United Press
Wayne Keinonen
Altadena Exchange Club
Anita Wilcott
John S. Christie
Pasadena City College
Altadena’s
Lions
Maynard C. Pritchard Lions’ President
Hambra
Alhambra High School
Mark Keppel
San Gabriel
Roscoe Neiger
Board of Education
Dad
New York
Pharoah
Ramses II
Ramses
B.C
Egypt
Babylonia
By Jay Alan
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Pasadena Green
Los Robles
Tili
Music Center For
L.A
Fred Clark
Benny Venuta
la Jollan Hotel
la Jolla
la Jolla Playhouse, Inc
Star-News
Pasadena Federal Savings
Pasadena Federal Savings and Loan Association
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of
Green
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