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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1961
Page
6
Terry Kouns reports on a lecture sponsored by LBCC titled B-2-PRESS-TELEGRAM TALK. The speaker describes undercover spy life, emphasizing constant fear, quiet routines, and suspicion. The remarks highlight clandestine training and the pressure to avoid mistakes in public spaces.
A street interview asks residents about the fate of the House Committee on Un American Activities. Opinions split. several residents advocate continuing the committee for information and safety. A Navy journalist and a columnist note ongoing concerns and interest in undercover activity.
Dr Harvey G Wolfe described Communist espionage training in a school sponsored talk at Long Beach City College. He traced the agent's path from indoctrination to Lenin Technical School and a final assignment abroad, noting dual aims of gathering information and undermining the host country.
Long Beach obituary notices list Henry Griffithus and Amelia Bryson among the deceased, with services at St. Athanasius and local mortuaries. Also named are Michael Timothy Cato infant, Della M Hadower, Lawrence Whitmore, Carl Iverson, Reittie Walters, Maud May Slocum, Joseph Crawford, Martin Perigo, Sara Chavez, Frank Gati, Catherine Tolan, Edith Dexter, Edward Cook, and others. Services set at various churches and cemeteries with multiple surviving relatives and funeral directors noted.
Indian philosopher and Nehru associate Dr. Aimiya Chakravarty will speak at Long Beach State College on Wednesday in lecture hall 151. His talk titled India's Tapore Link Between East and West will address East West relations and international affairs.
A state survey shows beginning utility rates are higher in Long Beach than Los Angeles with gas electric and two party phone costs cited. Long Beach officials call the survey misleading while noting aspects of local rate policy and taxes.
Reginald E. A. Mais Jamaica’s education official visits Long Beach State College on a four month tour to learn and bring ideas back for Jamaica's six industrial high schools and colleges. He notes Jamaica is unstained by communism though refugees pass through en route to the United States and cites an integrated society with no segregation. He mentions potential student exchanges and the rise of Jamaica’s industrial awakening citing U.S. social benefits and tourism as growing factors.
Norman Hyatt, 44, former Salt Lake City junior high principal, has assumed the role of executive secretary of the Teachers Association of Long Beach TALB. The group, led by President Marvin Langlois, represents about 2,800 instructors in the Long Beach Unified School District. Hyatt, past president of Utah Education Association, will devote full time to the post. TALB offices are at Dewey High School.
Hyatt, a native of Minois, earned a bachelor of service degree from Brigham Young University in 1848 and a master's the following year. He and his wife Betty reside with their three children at 2329 A Cedar Ave.
Dr. Robert L. Buffum and Dr. Samuel Lee named directors of Saleeni Collegium, a USC School of Medicine support group. The 518 members each contribute 100 dollars annually to back teaching and research programs at the medical school.
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