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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the case of Teacher Russell was a highly embarrassing item on the Los Angeles board of education's agenda. Was it a case of censorship? Superintendent of Schools Ellis A. Jarvis pooh-poohed the suggestion, conveniently ruled that it was just a matter of obeying the law...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sin of Commission? | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

TYPEWRITER IMPORT BAN is sought by U.S. typewriter manufacturers. The Tariff Commission will investigate a petition from Smith-Corona Marchant and Royal McBee asking for a duty of 30% ad valorem per foreign machine, with a minimum fee of $10. Main reason: imports account for a disproportionate 30% of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

A recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 3 municipal election has shown that advocates of fluoridation of the City's water supply won their case, 16,069 to 16,027. This result enlarged the earlier 21 vote margin that had served as a basis for the recount petition.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fluoride Vote Holds | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

The Seniors did not present their petition until 7:55 last night, 40 minutes later than the deadline set by Jacobs. The Committee discussed the petition--which obtained only 275 of 500 required signatures--before counting the ballots.

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Council Bars Late Petition On Marshals | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

The petition to reopen Marshal nominations is not the personal petition of one man. It is a petition drawn up by a group of members of the senior class of whom Mr. Keohane is only one. The question of the publicity and the deadline for the Class Marshal nominations was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARSHAL PETITIONS (CONTINUED) | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

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