Long Beach Youth Sees Kenya Building a Nation
A Long Beach youth, Wayne Kaplan, returned from a 24 month stay in Kenya with UCLA, praisingKenya's nation building while noting U S challenges. He observed tribalism, modernization, and reliance on aid, plus Kenya’s education gaps and environmental concerns as he toured rural schools and urban centers. He contrasted Kenyan ambition with American cynicism and described how Western influence affects culture and religion.
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Long Beach
Kenya
United States
Wayne Kaplan
Millikatt High School
U.S
Wayne
UCLA
Iomo Kenyatta
Tom Mhoya
Kenyatta
Nairobi
El Dorado Library Dedication Wednesday Open House
Opening ceremonies and an open house mark the El Dorado Branet Library dedication. After brief devotionals at 1 am, Wednesday events focus on showcasing the new facility to the public.
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el Dorado Branet
Water Board to Study Waste Disposal Rules
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region will consider new waste rules on Wednesday. Topics include wash discharge standards for fish canneries sewage treatment plants and outfalls at White Point and Hyperion. Ceremony details cover library branch openings and staff appointments in Los Angeles and Long Beach with Miss Miller winning $1 591 for streamlining court reporting saving the county up to 64000 annually.
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Los Angeles
Terminal Island
White's Point
Playa de Rey
State Building
First Street
Arnelle Miller
Long Beach
Miss Miller
Burton Chace
Longch Municipal Court
Seal Beach
San Diego
Hopkinson School
Kensington Road
Los Alamitos
California
Orange County
Bellflower official resigns for Galeta district job
Bellflower Unified School District personnel director Jack Peterson resigns to take a similar post in the Galeta Union School District near Santa Barbara. Peterson had joined Bellflower earlier in the year from the Long Beach Public Library and Dorado Woman's Club roles. A new branch dedication followed by an open house announced standard hours noon to pm weekdays and 9 30 am to 6 30 pm Saturdays with Fridays and Sundays closed.
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Bellflower Unified
Galeta Union
Santa Barbara
Qcl
L. Peterson
Bellflower
TAGE
Long Beach Public Library
City Offers Free Golf Lessons At Veterans Park
The City Recreation Department will offer free adult golf lessons in three 10 week sessions next month at Veterans Park 101 IE 28th St. Day classes run 9 30 to 11 30 a m on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and evening classes 7 to p m on Wednesdays. Participants must bring own clubs six plastic golf balls and 20 tees.
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Veterans Park
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QuikFix Ad Promises Easy Plate Repair
An advertisement touts QuikeMix as a fast home fix that seals cracks and repairs broken plates without special tools. It claims an 11 minute repair and offers a money-back guarantee with a repeated prompt to use it regularly.
Denture Adhesive ADKESS Promises Daily Comfort
A promotional pitch touts ADKESS as a revolutionary denture adhesive for daily home use. It claims FIXODENT like benefits, reducing bite shock and improving chewing while offering long lasting hold. See a dentist regularly and try FIXODENT or similar products for easier denture wear.
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Texuilarly
Diver Dies After Deep Catalina Salvage Dive
Phil Jackson, 43, of Avalon, was pushed by a helicopter to a Long Beach Navy decompression chamber after surfacing too quickly from a 200 foot dive off Catalina Island. He died Monday night at 11:53 p.m. Doctors treated him at the Long Beach Naval station but the nitrogen bubbles could not be removed.
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Long Beach Navy
Catalina Island
Coast Guard
Phil Jackson
Avalon
Jackson
Long Beach Naval Station
Long Beach Disaster Chief Appointed to County Commission
Evar P. Peterson, Long Beach disaster services director since 1941, is named to the Los Angeles County and Cities Disaster and Civil Defense Commission. He becomes one of three league reps on the nine member panel, with praise from City Manager Mansell for his nationally noted preparedness and emergency operations center work.
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Evar P. Peterson
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Peterson
League
Los Angeles
United States
John R. Mansell
Mansell
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