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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 19

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I -V, I i I Bids on School two McClymbnds Nation Plans To Cut Holiday Death Toll Dismissals Upheld Oaklind Tribune, 19 Wednesday, Mjy 27 Record-Setting Balloonist Dies' WASHINGTON, May 27-(Jt Chester L. Fordney, a retired Marine colonel who set a world's altitude record in a balloon, died yesterday in the Bethesda Naval Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 66. i mi.ni ii jr w'i wi-mmm. r' wm I 1 Dismissal of two probationary teachers, at McClv.

monda High School hat been supported by the faculty, the ichool P-TA and the Oaklancl Teachers Association. Representatives of all three groups were Dresent at Ktsterday'a meeting of the Board of Education to back the administration and DAD FAILS IN AOVIRTISIMINT TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF BABY BERKELEY. May 27 An Project Top Budget Figure Bids for the construction of offices, a library and 14 classrooms at Jefferson Elementary School were among several opened at yesterday's meeting of the Oakland Board of Education. The low bid was made by Able Builders Co. of Oakland and was $491,623.

Project budget is $427,351 on the job at 3019 Carrington. Elimination of a playground building, kitchen equipment and exterior planting and sprinkler system would shave another $24,200 from the bid, and would bring it within 8 per cent of the budget. Bids were awarded to J. H. Fitzmaurice, Inc.

for construction of football bleachers at the Fruitvale athletic field, to Eric F. Anderson, Inc. for alterations to chemistry classrooms at Oakland Technical High School and to three firms for moving 99 portable classrooms and relocating another JEFFERSON SCHOOL Architad'a sketch shows how now construction will appear when completed. Bids were opened yeiUrday on the 14-cIatsroom proiect CHICAGO May 27-UrT-The National Safety Council said today state and local plans for the greatest crackdown on traffic violators in history may cut Memorial Day holiday traffic deaths below its estimates. i I The council had estimated 260 persons could die in traffic during the holiday weekend between 6 p.mFriday and midnight Sunday.

This compares with an estimated 225 traffic fatalities during a non-holiday period of similar duration. During last year's three-day Memorial Day holiday, United Press International counted 380 persons killed in traffic. The council said it had received reports from 25 governors indicating that entire state police forces wo'uld be thrown into the fight save lives this weekend. Local police in many communities also have been ordered to strictly enforce traffic laws. Oakland police officer failed today to breathe life back into his baby son.

James Powell, 26-day-old iton of Officer David R. Powell, 24, and his wife, Jerry, 24, was found dead in his crib at the family home at 14244 Hearst Ave. open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 7.

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The board also approved the use of 10 schools for polio clinics on June 7. Mrs. Conway Pendleton, who spoke for the Alameda District of the California Federation of Wom-ans' Clubs, said her group was working with (he Alameda County Health Department on the clinie and would offer polio shots for $2. She said the 10 schools would be decided his lungs while the mother 40. All bids were under budget estimates.

Ronnkvist Construction Co. of Oakland" was 'awarded the job of building quick lunch facilities at Oakland High School with a bid of $31,584 $1,584 above the estimate. Bids were also opened on Installation of tile at Manzanita and Toler Heights schools. They will be reviewed along with the Jefferson bid and awarded at next week's meet TOKYO, May 27 Tokyo called the Berkeley Fire De has just installed its first park partment. An inhalator rushed to the home and the baby was ing meters 1,200 two-hour de vices in the center of the busi taken to Herrick Memorial ness district Another 3,000 will Hospital.

be erected soon in other down- He was pronounced dead on upon later and all would be town areas. arrival. Coroner's deputies said the NOW! CUSTOMERS PARK ONE HOUR FREE IN SWAN'S OWN FULL-BLOCK LOU rhild had been ill for several days. cash your paycheck free 11 iVI tw we An autopsy will determine AW1E W1K ObOP U' JFAf.lli cause of death. II II i i r- -v it mm mi mi mi mi am V.t r4 pedal pushers enpris jnmnicas Sizes 10 to 18 wi -V'li II tv Reward Spurs Hunt for Two Take a Look at the Fabrics! 11 ml 111 II I II If ii ft vi i nr a all washable cottons mm A i A Swift Thieves nancena corded cotton novelties woven fabrics cotton sheen WasfcmcitrOASlmrV.

I Washington et VOHi Street Principal Elwood Hess on the decision 'not to rehire James Clark and William D. Mclntyre. The two teachers were among seven not recommended for rehiring next fall. At the two previous meetings of the board, Robert Aash, secretary of the Central Labor Council of Alameda County, and George L. Stokes, president of the Oakland-Alameda County Local No.

77.AFL-CIO, spoke in favor of retaining Clark and Mclntyre. BIAS CHARGED They charged that the teachers had been discriminated against because they are active in union matters and because they are Negroes. Nearly 100 McClymonds High students also appeared at last Tuesday's meeting to protest the dismissals but the board stood firm in backing the administration. At yesterday's meeting teacher Leonard Frazier spoke for the McClymonds faculty and presented a statement supporting Hess which was signed by 59 of the school's 61 instructors. Frazier said the faculty disliked commenting on what should be an administrative matter but because it had been made a public issue, it was believed the teachers' position should be known.

SHOW Or HANDS He asked the many McClymonds teachers who were at the meeting to stand. He then informed the board that they represented the major religions and races, adding there were 18 Negro teachers on the faculty and that nine have tenure already. Of the nine probationary teachers, seven have been offered new contracts. fjp next year, he said. "We agree there are areas where the fight against prejudice needs to be carried on, but it isn't McCTyrnonds High School," Frazier concluded.

He was backed up by Mrs. Ruth Ard, president of the Me-Cylmonds P-TA who said her group deplored "the use of our children for any reason other than academic purposes." Mrs. Ard said the P-TA supported the school and its staff wholeheartedly. SUPPORT STAND Another vote of confidence was expressed by the Oakland Teachers Association. President Jack Borum said his group had with the administration in the past and would probably do so in the future but there had never been any question of bad faith or unprofessional conduct "Nothing that has been brought to the attention of the Board qf Education in recent weeks has changed our respect for the professional competence of the superintendent and his staff," Borum added.

OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 F.M. DENVER, May 27' (Jl A $5,000 reward offer spurred Closed Saturday, Memorial Day and the colors! officers searching today for two thieves who looted an unattended armored car of 2nd Floor 540 yesterday. a wide selection of solids florals plaids stripes checks geometric designs The theft took less than a Girls' Jamaicas minute. One man described by the lone woman witness as about 43 years old and "short and fat" opened the locked see the choice of design! smartly tailored zipper fly front sanforized cotton slieerr ear with a -keyHepitcbed four sacks of currency into a Wfl i stolen car driven by an hi-rise belted slit leg waiitband side buckla novelty cummerbund 20 They sped away before Mrs. 7i4 Maudie More, the only wit 1st Quality JJL Girls' 2nd Flr 9 ff for sports for home- V3 Children's Sportswear just for fun- lit Wash 9 Wear Boys9 Shirts short sleeves 1 SALE $1 compare at 2.98! while they last conventional collars back yoke.

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The. car was found abandoned in a shopping center a few blocks away. CAR RAIDED The armored Motors Service car was raided in a parking lot outside the Jefferson County Bank in suburban Lakewood. The reward for recovery of the money, covered by insurance, was posted by Armored Motors Service. John Jeffery, 54, driver of the armored car, has been with the firm 15 years and R.

K. Peterson, 49, guard assigned to the car, has 12 years with the company. Leonagd Delue, president of Armored Motors Service, said the two men were following proper procedure. 20 SACKS OF SILVER "They had about 20 sacks of silver to take into the bank," Delue said. 'The truck was locked the door locks automatically and they were only a few yards away for just a few minutes." Officers said they were convinced the thieves used a key because of the speed of the raid and the recovery of a bokenkeyhainjat the scene.

The fragment oFchain was one of the few clues for FBI agents and local officers on MM Boys9 Trunks SportMtcenr, Street Floor mm first quality, some slight irregulars all3 I 1 Mi I a V-f A Y' A 41 Girls' Hear, Second Floor SLIPS if perfect Save on slight irregs. of quality mattress pads! foS IfiLL OlnL Laitex, Indian Head Bexar, bikini, conventional Stripes, prints, solids t-mJ se wed-in support HC9 cojnp. 1.98 Bout Wear, Htwin size .3 1.99 Full size 37, 2.49 2,500 Scout Officials to Meet in S.F. Some 2,500 members of the proportioned for the lit rf llW Perfectly Colorful Beacn roweis Street Flr Come with sni p-it hems for Urge, striped 27x52 fft 'TsV National Council of the Boy IQI if perfect 99 1 1 1 if Jiff 1 1 custom length. Il Jil till Ext-heavy Men's Trunks nylon, Scouts will attend the 49th annual meeting, first in the Bay 97 led with I rlUll JhH I ishly detai 1 Extra large, printed if perfect, 2.99 Boxer and ferief cotton, rayon Hawaiian print, novelties, checks Area in 30 and 8J thr-case." The $165,540 was the biggest have double 28-3 S.

I liii saaavHfosiurts zes S-M-L 97 88 Embroidered pillow cases if perfect 1.69 pair, ea. 59c theft in Denver since five armed men stole $200,000 from a Federal Reserve Bank truck near the Denver Mint Dec. 18, 1922. I I I i StMt It J37ffilt Shower curtains reg. i.yy full slips 32-42 white, pink, black Select irregulars Dotnentic Second 9Ien9s Cabana Sets Sporting Goods, Street Floor colorful prints on white ground a umvpr They are business, professional, religious and educational leaders from every State who administer the Boy Scout program for more than boys.

They wiir discuss progress of the Scouts, finance, leadership, camping, training and in-ternational Scouting problems. NA highlight of the meeting will be a speech by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson at the annual dinner June 5, in San Francisco's Civic Auditorium. Kenneth K. BechteL president of the council for the current "year, will open the first meetings June 5, in the Cur-ran Theater in San Francisco. After the opening sessions, SAVE 6.07! washable cotton colorfast I77 S.M.L mm SAVE 8.07! Coleman 4U-E 2-burner Camp Stove mw.

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He is survived by his widow, Ruby; two sisters, Mrs. James Rower Santarr Rosa, and Mrs, Bert Bryant of Richmond, and a brother, Alfred Jensen Of Oakland. 88 the delegates will divide into mfg. list 19.95 11 88 mfg. list 14.95 8 various committees for meet ines in eight San Francisco NO MONEY DOWN! hotels.

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The three-day AdeJaide crusade brought total of more than 10,000 decisions for Christ, and broadcast of the meeting drew an additional 1,000 decisions by mail. 1 Graham, who. was to fly to Melbourne said, "the Australian crusade is by far tfte biggest I've aver keen wa-tected with.1 per cent of it filled 88 3-lb. 100 virqin Dacron Hot Grease 31 BURNS Seethes Mia fait, aretKts eUa. se4e NO Full 36x80 cut Heavy duty water -tepellani greer) casde cloth; two bags xifr together to inake double bed .2 AIR MATTRESS 1 twT i u.

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