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Oakland Tritium, Wdwtriay, Aug. 22, 1956 29 Savings Sought On School Jobs County Acts As Banker For Schools Architects assigned to draw up plans for Oakland's new banta re tiementary School and Lowell and Joaquin Mil-Miller Junior High Schools will be asked to make preliminary drawings combining auditoriums and cafeterias By substituting multi-purpose units for separate audito STEAM FROM COOKER BURNS ALAMEDAN ALAMEDA, Aug. 22 Glen A. Simpson, 35, a security guard, suffered painful burns on the face, chest and arms today when a pressure cooker he was using sprayed him with steam. Simpson, of 1241 Versailles was cooking chicken parts for his dog.

He apparently failed to let all the steam out before opening the pressure cooker and it sent live steam over the entire upper part of his body. He was taken to Alameda first aid station for treatment and released to his family doctor. He is employed at the National Guard base on Bay riums and cafeterias and by i i i i i cii ni v- i trx I r- L'' VI Ma 11 rv i i r4 ik in r-VYi tt-v 1 11 Jl Wvi vi a I 2rCJ er I i (1 VVUi 1 I making other changes, it is estimated that $94,085 could be saved in the construction of each of the junior schools and $54,635 on the elementary school. The board's building and grounds committee agreed to in vestigate the money-saving tea tures at a session prior to the regular board meeting yester day. Committee members noted that under existing school build ing standards it would be im possible to construct all the facilities needed with the recently passed $40,000,000 school bond issue money.

POSSIBLE CHANGES Possible changes in the junior high school plans would include combining the auditorium and cafeteria, a $78,040 saving; omitting stage equipment, ex cept curtain and other essentials, reducing the size of the library, reducing the size of individual administrative of fices, and combining the kitchen and serving area, $3,080, Possible elementary school changes would be a multi-pur pose room substituted for sepa- rate cafeteria and auditorium, a $42,840 saving; reducing the size of administrative offices, omitting all stage equipment except essentials, and omitting a special education room, $4,590. COMMITTEE ATTENDS Members of theCitizens' Com mittee for Better Schools, headed by Charles P. Howard, attended the session, which was presided over by Chairman Carl B. Munck. At the board meeting follow ing the committee session the board received bids from four construction firms for recon struction of Whittier School.

They included Beacon Con struction John E. Branagh and Son, Mc-Clellan Construction, 000, and W. H. Wisheropp $429,200. Alameda County government is going to act as banker, but without any interest, in lending $922,600 to 11 school and special districts to finance their operations until tax monies are avail able.

The funds are to come from the county general fund. School district needs total $799,000, but $74,000 of this will be drawn from the county service fund and junior college tuition re serve. The County Flood Con trol District has asked for Hayward Recreation Dis trict and Livermore Rec- Noting that Berkeley Unified School District asked for 000; beard chairman Kent. D. Pursel declared "these boards should be more realistic on their budgets and know what they have to operate on.

However, Supervisor Francis Dunn said that in qualifying for state loans qualifying school districts are required to apply their reserves to the building program, hence most don't keep a reserve. Dunn added that the loans is another service to cities and districts which is not generally recognized. The money is to be repaid the first week in Janu ary. Ex-Envoy Speaks On India Problem A former American ambassa dor to India said yesterday that Portugal could make "a great contribution to international peace" by giving up its "colony" of Goa on the Indian continent. John Sherman Cooper, speak-ng at the Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco during a meeting of the World Affairs Council of Northern California yesterday, called for better understanding between the United States and India.

He said some of the differ ences between tne two nations were due to their differing for-i eign policies and their approach to some international problems He pointed out, however, that India, by its own free choice, had chosen the democratic way. VODKA-MARTINI 0 Itows yov fefMlMMf I Smirnoff, rin fntttit MM VODKA 10 tntt Olit. from into. Stt. Htm Smlrntfr Hi.

(Dl. of HuHln), Htrtfert, Cam, U.l.i, FUK rXJi fXj on mil 7M4 Sri 49 New Teachers Named ALAMEDA, Aug. 22 The Alameda Board of Education -appointed 49 new-4eacherslast night, filling all vacances in the district staff of certificated personnel. Included among the new teachers is Capt. Louis E.

French. USN, former commanding officer of the Alameda Naval Air Station, who will teach science and mathe matics in the district's adult education program at the air station. In- recommending approval of the appointments, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Harold Eifert pointed out that the administration has been able to drop eight teachers from its staff as a result of decreasing enrollment. Dr. Donald M.

Roderick, su perintendent of schools, declared that this decrease in the staff, vhich was actually effected dur ing the spring term, means a saving of some $100,000 to the district. The board also adopted the superintendent's recommenda tion approving the loan of a quonset hut from the old Bur-bank School to the Alameda Little Theater Corp. The. group requested the hut for use as rehearsal and storage space. The corporation will pay for moving the building.

In approving the recommendation, the board adopted a resolution commending the little theater group for its "many worthwhile contributions to the cultural life of the community." Turning Point Changed for Two Bus Lines Key System today had per mission from the California Public Utilities Commission to change terminal routing of two Richmond bus lines the No. 72 Richmond Oakland and Richmond-San Francisco lines. By an order made yesterday nd effective Sept. 1, buses of the two lines will no longer turn arqund jmi Standard Ave. at Cas-rtro' Ibut will 'continue on Garrard Blvd.

past Standard Ave. and make a right-turning loop from Garrard around Park Place, Richmond Ave. and Washington Ave. to Standard and down Standard to Garrard Ave. Necessity for ne change is that after Sept.

1 there will be no more left turns allowed on Standard Ave. because of the prospective opening of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge to which Standard is the main access. Santa'Cruz Traffic Slowed by Slide Motorists traveling to and from the Santa Cruz area are urged to choose routes other than State Sign Route 17, which has been partially blocked by a mammoth slide just south of Los Gatos. Asst. State Highway Engineer B.

W. Booker said the slide, which began moving July 14, developed on an old cut slope 'and has no connection with the -freeway construction project now being carried on in the He said a tftrttatrie detour is maintained around the slide arean weekends, a two-lane detour during the week, a situation to continue until the slide can.be disposed of about Oct. 1. The freeway project is expected lo be completed about Sept. 1 Registrations Open for New Fremont, Tech.

High Students LEarm Island. FREE ON BAIL Wife Charges Spruance With Battery PIEDMONT, Aug. 22-Wil iiam D. Spruance, prominent in surance man, has been charged with battery on a complaint signed by his wife, Joyce, 45, who told police her husband beat her earlv vtsterdav. Spruance, 52, ii free on $200 bail.

He will make his first court appearance Sept. 4. Mrs. Spruance, 1159 Winsor called police at 1:30 a.m. yesterday and was later treated at Highland Hospital for bruises about her head and face.

Her husband was arrested at 5:30 a.m. in an Oakland motel where Mrs. Spruance directed police. She reportedly told officers that she and her husband had been estranged for two weeks, but that he returned home during the night. When she awoke, he berated her and beat her with a shillelagh, or heavy cane.

He then left without calling medical aid, Mrs. Spruance said. New Moose Leader CHICAGO, Aug. 22 George W. Young, attorney from Spokane, was elected unanimously today as Supreme governor of the loyal order of Moose.

high schools are to follows: Castlemont: Sept. 7 Low-I0 students on blanket transfers from junior high schools, 1:45 p.m., and other new students at p.m. MbCfy itf'stadmts on the first day of school, Sept. 11. Oakland: Ninth-grade transfers from McChesney Junior High and Low-10 blanket transfers from other junior high schools, 1:30 p.m., Sept.

other students, 8:30 a.m., Sept. 11. The actual programming of students who register in August will be handled Sept. 6 at Fremont and Sept. 11 at Tech.

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