Expanding Junior Colleges Shape Community Education
A week long study by the American Association of Junior Colleges promotes renaming and expanding the role of junior colleges to community colleges. California leads with 68 institutions and 300,079 students. Two year programs serve transfer to four year schools, immediate employment, and high school remediation while offering low cost and at home options. Universities increasingly advise starting at junior colleges for degree pathways.
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American Association of Junior Colleges
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California
Fresno
Texas
University of California Studies
California Conservation Week Calls for Wise Resource Use
The piece urges appreciation and preservation of California natural resources from land and sea. It highlights the state’s dependance on oil, timber, and fish, and calls for responsible, conservative use to benefits future generations. It notes urban sprawl and the value of open country for recreation and inspiration.
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California
Urs
New State Treasurer Bets on Bond Strategy for Water Plan
Bert Betts, 35, California State Treasurer, weighs bond versus pay-as-you-go for the water project. He backs a half‑billion dollar bond issue to advance the Feather River scheme, but favors smaller annual issuances to avoid rate hikes and keep leverage with other financing. Betts argues speed of spending remains limited, suggesting about 50 million dollars in bonds annually to balance needs and rates.
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Bert Betts
Betts
Lemon Grove
Fat Brown
California
Feather River
Reds Strongman Tactics Mirror Berlin Standoff
Washington reports Moscow and London maneuver in a Berlin crisis as Khrushchev signals flexibility on the May 27 deadline while Macmillan seeks concessions. Eisenhower and McElroy press for firm Western resolve, warning that any forceful removal of troops could escalate to broader conflict.
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Washington
Berlin
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Moscow
West Germany
East Germany
Britain
Eisenhowerr
Kremlin
Norstad
Defense
Neil McElroy
United States
McElroy
Russia
Irrepressible Truman asks to edit papers at press conference
The Irrepressible Hany S. Truman jokes about wanting to be a telegraph editor to shape coverage at a World Press Conference at the University of Missouri. The piece lampoons Truman and notes editors’ responses to presidential publicity.
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University of Missouri
Truman
Telegraph
Harry
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Parisian designers pledge women will look like women this spring
Senator Soaper comments on fashion trend urging change as Parisian designers promise women will resemble traditional female styles this spring. The piece touches on evolving silhouettes and a nod to conventional gendered look as population growth looms.
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Fill Vaughan
Public Library Bequest Noted in Long Beach History
In a notable Long Beach story, the city library received its first bequest from the estate of Ellen Neavill, with City Librarian Theodora Brewitt handling the $349.65 gift. The item also references travel notes about Riviera and Caribbean cruising and recollections of past times and prices, including barber rates.
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Long Beach
Press Telegram Masthead and offices list
The snippet shows the Press Telegram masthead with staff roles including publisher editor and managing editor, plus advertising representatives and office locations in New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and San Jose. It notes current offices of The Press-Telegram and metropolitan advertising reps.
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Ridger
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Wrigley Big
Detroit
Hida
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Sir Paul
Los Angelea
W. St. St
San Francisco
Sutter St
The
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Sacramento
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Reds
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Williams
Michigan
Detroit Economic Club
Tyrone Gillespie
Dow Chemical Co
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Walter Reuther
Philadelphia
Harold E. Slissen
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Edwin A. Lahey
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Ike
Eisenhower
U. S
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Dulles
Soaper
Shalput
Riviera
Caribbean
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Thin Man
Longfellow
John Foster Dulees
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Long Beach, Calif
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Publletier
Daniel H.ridder
Herold M. Hines
Samuel G. Carmeran
Metropolitan Group
George Clark
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