Newsmaker Smith Elected to National Academy of Engineering
A.M. Smith, Caltech graduate and early rocket researcher at what became JPL in Pasadena, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He received multiple awards and currently consults after a long career with McDonnell Douglas and Aerojet. He and his wife Elizabeth have lived on Ashbourne Drive since 1943.
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A.M.O. Smith
National Academy of Engineering
Academy
Smith
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Pasadena
Caltech
United States Naval Technical Mission
Europe
Hitler
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company
Aerojet Corporation
Robert H. Goddard
McDonnell Douglas
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
University of Colorado
Elizabeth
Ashbourne Drive
Davis joins Disney Design Group as Vice President
Jack Davis has been named senior or vice president of Show Ride Engineering and Production at Walt Disney Imagineering. The appointment aims to leverage his technical and production expertise to address the division’s decade ahead. Davis holds physics and electrical engineering degrees from Colorado College and Rice University, and resides with wife Natalie in San Marino with three children.
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Davis
Disney Design Group
Walt Disney Imagineering
Jack Davis
Senor
Imagineering
Mickey Steinberg
Disney Imagineering
Disney-Mgm
Florida
Euro Disneyland Magic Kingdom
Paris
Walt Disney World
Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland
Colorado College
Rice University
San Marino Ave
Natalie
Jeff
Karen
Brad
San Marino
Gaal Named Man of the Year by Big Ten Club
Alex H. Gaal was honored as the 1988 Man of the Year by the Big Ten Club of Southern California. The club, founded in 1933, supports Big Ten universities and hosts a yearly Rose Bowl team welcome party at the Palladium in Hollywood. Gaal, a 1948 graduate of Oro Ste University and 1936 Harvard Business School alumnus, long active in the club, served as president in 1966 and is an honorary Tournament of Roses director.
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Alex H. Gaal
Big Ten Club
Southern California
Big Ten
Tournament of Roses
Palladium
Hollywood
Gall
Oro Ste University
Harvard Business School
Tournament of Roses Association
John H. Biggar
Eastern Stainless Steel Corporation
War Production Board
Gaal
Betty
Neighborhood preps for quake after Whittier event
Dick Spencer leads Lombardy Road residents in a neighborhood organized for a 72 hour self reliance during utility outages. the block will recognize neighbors and care for elderly or ill, with personal survival packets and water stored in drums for immediate needs. Spencer notes the importance of water, aiming to sustain families until aid arrives.
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Lombardy Road
San Marino
Allen Avenues
Dick Spencer
Whittier
Spencer
Hie
Planning Commission Delays Ruling On Two Lot Split Request
San Marino Planning Commission postponed a decision on John and Sondra Kaufeldt’s amended plan to divide their 2.67 acre 1125 Rosalind Road property into two lots. Staff endorsed a negative declaration but commissioners sought stronger environmental safeguards, delaying action until the April meeting.
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San Marino
Commission
James Hutter
Kaufeldes
Rosalia Road
Planning Commission
Kaufeldts
Philharmone
Moratorum
Earthquake safety plans guide San Marino schools during emergencies
San Marino Unified School District outlines emergency policy prioritizing school as safest place during quakes. Teachers direct drop drills, assemble at designated areas, and conduct roll calls with buddy pairs. Students not released without signed consent. districts urge keeping fire lanes clear and specify post quake supervision and parent pickup procedures.
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Sts
San Marino Unified
California Earthquake Preparedness Month Proclaimed
The April edition proclaims California Earthquake Preparedness Month by Governor George Deukmejian and announces a Tribune focus on earthquake safety and local preparedness efforts. The issue includes the insert Family Disaster Plan and Personal Survival Guide by the American Red Cross.
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California
George Deuimejian
the Tribune
American Red Cross
Pasadena Red Cross Advises Earthquake Prep Tips
Pasadena Red Cross urges Californians to plan for quakes during April Earthquake Preparedness Month. Virginia Kimball notes faults run wide, urges household drills, safe spots, and a prepared plan. The agency highlights Red Cross roles in mass care, food, shelter, and first aid.
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American Red Cross
Sase
California
Red Cross
Pasadena
San Marino
Is Cross
Along The Drive
A fragmentary line hints at a sentiment about not discouraging an effort or journey along a route. The readable text is limited and provides no clear event or named entities to anchor a fuller summary.
Five Period Teaching Day OK'd at Huntington School
The San Marino Board of Education unanimously approved a five period teaching day at Huntington School starting September. Huntington will shift from six to five periods with six classes taught by teachers, and a commission devised the schedule. Principal Charles Johnson and the commission earned praise from Selma Sax and Nancy Bartlett.
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Huntington
San Marino
Hows Huntington
Charles Johnson
Commission
Sax
Mary Snaer
Johnson
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Sperker
Carver
Valentne
Pasadena Red Cross
By Susan Matthews
Selma Sax
Nancy Bartlett
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