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Covina Argus from Covina, California • Page 4

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Covina Argusi
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Covina, California
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1 1 FAY, FAIR Angeles County Fair Princess, Williams, in alfalfa, reminds of fair dates. Sept. 13- 'Fay, 18-year-old San Gabriel gal, is one of II coeds fing toi wear the queen's crown during the Pomona lOSition. In 1956, a new record was set by Los Angeles farm billion. Has lean, Mean Look 1 Second Training Week Ends JL State up in Applications Figures Released last week by Los Angeles State College Dean of Admissions Ray F.

Marsh indicated an increase over last year of approximately 30 per cent in new student applications for enrollment this fall. 'The deadline for applications is tomorrow and it is conceivable that the increase could go to 45 per cent," Marsh -said. percentage represents a total number of fall applications of over 3500 students at the Vermont and Ramona campuses and more than 600 at the San Fernando Valley campus. 'Although the number qf applications has risen sharply, so has the number of as the entrance requirements and general academic standards of the college have been necessarily raised," Marsh said. Commenting on this development, president Howard S.

McDonald said, "We are pleased that' Los Angeles citizens are taking advantage of the State College facilities in ever increasing numbers and that the college is able to expand at the rate necessary to meet the growing need and. at same time raise rather than lower the standards." Move, shoot and commun-iing more time 1. i on cate' the magic words srated training program pf southern -Cali- ornia's 40th Armored Divi- Vision, currently staging its Annual summer encampment jjiere and at Camps Roberts ind Irwin, the latter in the near Barstow. fpr the national guardsmen has been meet the demands of nuclear age warfare, Maj. Q.

Eaton, dMsion commander, said. more stress on mobility, greater than ever before, communica- ranges during this encampment and hours in actually firing year's longer driving and perfecting the techniques of fighting in the huge 47-ton a 11 tanks ar- which are the modern mored division's mainstay. Approximately 1000 men of the division, in three battalions, are training at the Army's Armored Combat Training Center, Camp Irwin, under the tutelage of some of the. nation's top tank fighting experts. Eaton described the Camp Irwin training as the "most significant addition" to the 40th's training program this year.

"'We've taught our men how to perform their individual jobs reasonable Eaton-said. "Nowvthe Gamp their Garden List 1. Check your local nursery now for attractive ornamental shrubs. 2. Use a stationary sprinkler when watering the lawn to insure sufficient penetration.

3. Lift Gladiolus bulbs after the tops have turned yellow. Dust with DDT or Lin- dane and store in shallow trays until Spring. 4. Chlordane makes n- trol of earwigs easy.

or divide and reset German Bearded Iris now. Thursday, Aug. fMK (i FORYOU AND YOUR HOME I CM LcSS OpXi-Mon. Fri. Till 9 Sat.

Till 6 Sun. 10 Till S. Other Days, Of EN A NEWBERRY'S CHARGE ACCOUNT NOWI Increase Noted in Each I-C Department Almost one thousand more (I usjpersons were admitted toj Community Hospital I firstf six months oil admitted dur-1 otn each man in the 7800-strong division is spend-, $2 Million For Robert C. Kirkwood, State I reported last 't week that highway users totaling $25,584,833 fwiere apportioned jn July for ttie'California counties, cities anid the State Highway Fund for expenditure on highways. Analysis of the apportion- the taxes, which ceived in.

June, shows went to the diuiities in July. The State Fund received 457,883 for distribution to as well as $16,989,774 expenditure "ays. Ang'eles on State mainitig two lanbf probably will be sent to Camp. Irwin a similar course, completion of which will mark the virtual end of individual training in the southland National Guard organization and its elevation other "training At that point, in October, 1958, fundamentals will have been learned and advance unit training will start. Hasteneing the end of the individual phase of.

training, has been the six months active duty training program made mandatory for guardsmen early this year. Under that plan, now in operation throughout the country, new guard recruits are required to spend six months at an Army training post learning the basic elements of military operations. comparing the two periods was released this week by Director John P. Preston, indicating that 5413 person's were admitted to beds in the hospital through June, compared to 4475 in the same period year. According to which reflects the the report, almost! County's amounted to said.

total apportionment fprjjuly shows a decrease of or 4 02 per cent, total distribution preceding month. The also' shows an of $1,557,939, or 6.48 over the: same "a year ago. ISjSfnicrces of the total dis-, were: net gasoline use (diesel) tax, transfer Motor Vehicle Trans- Tax $402. ss gasoline taxes col- in June totaled of cent, from ins for the preceding an increase oi f.351, or 5.91 per cent, When these partially trained Guardsmen return to their hometown units, they are ready to step into their assigned roles in the team as the organization learns to function- as an integrated unit, Eaton said. The six months' program tions made in the period last year, determining the net tax to be distribut- Ifaeif deductions were refonds.

to ad- ive expenses, a reserve for lappor- of unrefuiideii! tax jt for non-l showed an i per cent, during the thus.has eliminated the costly and time-consuming recruit schools which once were a perennial headache in every National Guard unit. "The units are being stripped down to fighting size by elimination of personnel in the luxury' category," Eaton explained, "And. they're being taught to operate as small, reliant and self-sustaining units. The advent of battlefield size nuclear weapons has made it suicidal to concentrate any large numbers of troops or equipment because they'd offer too lucrative a target for an enemy nuclear weapon;" It is the doctrine of-moving fast, hitting hard, then scattering quickly to avoid atomic retaliation that is being emphasized in the field training. The National Guard division, with 111.

company- sized units biased at some 50'hometown armories, wfll end its annual field training and return to home stations this Saturday and Sunday; unbelievable growth of the East San GabrielValley, every department in the i a 1 reported increases averaging 20 per cent higher than the previous year. The average daily including newborns, was 132 I patients compared to 106 for 1956 and the percentage of occupancy for adults a dll children was 85 per cent, or up 6 per cent. The most desirable percentage of occupancy is 70 per cent, ing to Preston. The hospital's emergency I room treated 4024 persons I during the first six months of 1957 compared to 3277 during the same period year. In the baby the hospital 12301 deliveries, an increase pf 231 over 999 reported during the I first six of 1956; surgeries were up 344 operations from there were 1599 to 1943; 1715 -x-ray pa-1 tientt compared to and laboratory" tests; and outpatients were up 894 from 16361 to 2530.

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Years Available:
1901-1958