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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1957
Page
2
Jordan High will host Career Day on Tuesday with 29 groups led by faculty chairs. Vivian Wehbi directs the event to provide seniors with up-to-date job information, salaries, conditions, and field choices from agriculture to engineering and modeling.
Millikan High School's Eaton C. Bemis chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 100 seniors juniors and sophomores before a student body assembly. Membership requires school scholarship leadership roles and faculty leadership ratings. Sophomores inducted are probationary and may gain full membership next year. A special seal marks each member's diploma upon graduation with potential honorary memberships for others.
The Anchor Clubs of Jordan and Poly were hosted by Pilot Club of Long Beach at the Lafayette Hotel Red Velvet Room. Pilot International sponsors Anchor Clubs as a special project. The Long Beach clubs join others nationwide as high school groups led by faculty advisors with parent club support. Mary Clemens and Carli Lewis serve as presidents of the Jordan and Poly Anchor Clubs.
The Wilson Scholarship Society arranged a UCLA visit last Wednesday for members only. Three tours were offered to see the Science Department Medicine and library collections while past trips included Marineland USC and the Huntington Library. Proxy Nancy Viets planned the event with Treasurer Art Lederman and Sponsor Mr. Green making the excursion possible.
Nancy Kubo wins the Sophomore Speech Contest at Poly High Sceneal. Yukie Okubo and Sharon Hanna take second and third and all three advance to a later assembly with six junior and senior winners for a $50 prize. Judges were Dan Smith Stan Long and Marr.
Elinor Williams advises teens on dating signals and clear communication. A girl’s reluctance to commit and her mother’s views can confuse boys. the solution is straightforward: seek a direct explanation rather than mind-reading, and request a candid talk to clarify where you stand.
H James and C Barnett perform at a Jazz Concert set for April 2 in Poly auditorium featuring Lighthouse All Stars. Tickets 35 cents, benefits senior activities. Bronze front gates gift planned from Class of 1957. Ditch Day May 23 at Catalina site summary.
Saint Anthony High School student Cornel has begun preparations for next year's student body elections. Elections are slated for the last week of April or the first week of May. The Student Council and junior and senior officers plan two dances as preludes to the Annual Junior Senior Prom on May at the Lakewood Country Club.
Wilson's Girls League hosts the Backwards Dance on Friday in the boys gym with the theme On a Manhunt. Girls will bid for dates via letters, provide bid, transport, dinner, and corsage. tickets are 1.25.
Sheriff Charles Wilkerson suspects murder after the body of Howard Huff, 30, born in Compton California, was found stuffed in a car trunk near Alton Missouri Friday. Huff was last seen Thursday evening and had been staying at an Aston motel since March 10. The car contained papers under the name Curtis J. Jenkins of Compton. The trunk showed wire bindings and a hose from the exhaust, with no obvious signs of violence. Investigators are pursuing leads as a possible homicide case surrounding Huff's disappearance and the name discrepancy in the car papers.
A presidential fact finding board recommends a settlement of a wage dispute between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and U.S. railroads. Leverett Edwards of the National Mediation Board announced Friday night that about 120000 rail workers would receive a 24 cent hourly raise over three years, aligning with the emergency board’s March 15 recommendations.
Protestant churches in the United States sent 192,073,657 fes of food clothing medicines and other relief supplies through Church World Service in 1938 for free distribution to hungry homeless and destitute persons. The value of the shipments was $2,188,181, exceeding the 1935 level by a large margin and totaling about 73,000,000 pounds of materials for cooperative church programs.
A Great Northern Railway rear collision two miles south of Conrad Montana killed brakeman Merle A. Mackennie, 45, and left Lee Forrer missing. Three other trainmen from Great Falls were injured, including Conductor H K McVey in critical condition at St Marys Hospital. Firemen Albert H Tadwald and A J Gilbert were seriously hurt.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright promotes a Moorish Alhambra inspired copper dome for a Arizona state capitol. He urges teenagers to judge the plan while critics mock its feasibility as political factions weigh its appeal amid controversy.
Pheasant hunting seasons face potential delays across several California counties as officials consider new rules and bag limits. The discussion covers hunting dates, regional restrictions, and the impact on hunters and game birds in the Sierra and Modoc areas.
Cairo reports Egypt will participate in a six nation canal conference on a neutral ground to settle the Suez Canal. Al Gomhouria says Geneva will host under UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold with Israel likely not invited. Washington cautions it could trigger a Middle East crisis if Israel is barred.
Disjointed report links a belt designer's murder in New York to Middle East diplomacy. Ruth Goldsmith, a New York belt designer, was found bound and gagged in her hotel room, with robbery suspected. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem tied the case to looming pressures on Britain over aid to Jordan and regional tensions involving Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.
Wilson students attended an annual speech festival at Long Beach State College featuring discussions on teenage marines surveillance laws driving problems and adolescent views. Eleven advanced drama students presented excerpts from Mr Barry's Etchings starring Stu Rossen with narration by Pat Dunavan.
A correctional tribunal fined five members of Pierre Doujade's anti-tax party in Porcalquier France on Friday for failure to pay income taxes.
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