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The article profiles television celebrity Jack Randolph Webb who is one of the most successful announcers in the U.S. entertainment industry in 1954. Jack Webb started as an unknown news announcer in a radio station in San Francisco, California in 1946. According to the author, Webb attracts all sorts of people but he has few friends and he has no social life. The author mentions that he has read only one book within five years.

The article reports on the growing concern amongst the Americans of their state of prisons and the human rights violations. It looks at the jail census conducted by U.S. Law Enforcement Administration according to which most of the people in jails are undertrials or those who are eligible for bail but are unable to raise cash. It presents the examples of prisons in Arkansas, Indiana and California and the racial tensions in prison. It looks at the prisons of Sweden and the reforms brought in New York and Kansas for bringing reforms in the prisons throughout the country.

The article reflects on the implications of the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco, California for the symbolic dove of peace of the Communists, especially the Russians, in September 1951. It discusses the history of the illustration of the symbolic dove of peace by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in 1949 wherein the wings of the dove beat over several continents including Europe and Asia. The author also explains the start of the call of Communists for peace in Europe.

The article discusses the sanctions imposed on the Long Beach State 49ers by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for violations committed during the terms of football coach Jim Stangeland and basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian. NCAA case No. 427 covered 74 violations that include six general reprimands and 22 on the grant of free lodging and transportation. Five of the 23 football violations involved Linebacker Charles Lewis who received credit for courses he did not attend, spending money and free accommodations for his relatives.

The article examines the predicaments facing the sporting city of Oakland in California. Among the athletics teams based in Oakland are the Oakland Raiders in football, Oakland Seals in hockey and Oakland Oaks in basketball. Raiders owner Al Davis criticizes the city for making propaganda out of having several teams. It points out the basic faults of the city, namely, its sports facility and love-hate relationship with the city.

The article highlights the popularity of dominoes in San Francisco, California. Investment bankers Ted Baker and Ernest Blum, who won the domino championship of the world in 1965, are among the famous individuals who have been hooked with the game. Baker and Blum earned their title at the Commercial Club, which is a venue for merchants to meet, eat lunch since 1852 and had recently opened its doors for them to play dominoes to past their time. The East Bay Women's Championship and the Palo Alto tournament are some of the domino competitions in the U.S.

The article discusses curriculum development for science in elementary education. A State Advisory Committee on Science in the Elementary School was appointed in August 1961, by Roy E. Simpson, Superintendent of Public Instruction in the State of California, to promote and formulate a description of science as an inquiry process. The task identified by the committee at the first meeting was that of describing a curriculum that would provide the most effective science education for the children of California. The committee operated on the premise that the organization for science instruction beginning in the elementary school would become more effective if a thematic approach were employed. The content and the structure of the completed bulletin reflect a concerted effort to answer the questions posed by the committee at the initial meeting. The teacher should be competent, not only in the knowledge of science content, but also in an understanding of how children learn.

The article discusses the declining popularity of U.S. professional tennis player Bobby Riggs in 1973. The supporters and manager of U.S. woman golfer Billie Jean proposed a match against Riggs at Lake Tahoe in Nevada for 50,000 U.S. dollars. According to Riggs, he was more fascinated with the reaction of the public to the match than the contest itself. Following the match, it states that Riggs treated Jean with respect.

The article looks at the career of Phil Woolpert as the former coach of the basketball team of the University of San Francisco (USF) in California. Under Woolpert's guidance, the USF team won the 1955 and 1956 National Collegiate Athletic Administration's (NCAA) national championship. In his four years with USF, Woolpert recorded 103 wins and 10 losses. Since 1962, Woolpert has been a coach with the University of San Diego.

The article describes the first half of the 1955 winter golf tour from California to Augusta as something that is marked by record high prizes and scores. It describes the tour as a motorized trip that begins in Los Angeles during the first week of January and proceeds along southwest with a tournament per week until it winds up three months later in the August Masters Tournament. Among the winners so far are Gene Littler, Tommy Bolt and Cary Middlecoff. It adds that the winter tour began in 1921.

The article presents an update on sports in the U.S. as of July 30, 1956. Southmoor Bank president Edward A. Hintz, who ruled that Johnny Saxton had won over Carmen Basilio in a controversial welterweight championship bout in Illinois, has resigned due to the issue of state checks cashed by Orville E. Hodge for his personal benefit. Four universities in California were threatening secession in light of the Pacific Coast Conference conflict. Ten out of 68 pages in the "Ussr" picture magazine were devoted to sport.

The article reports on the creation of the Citizens Advisory Commission to examine the quality of schooling in California. It mentions that the Commission recommends to change an 1872 law requiring instruction in manners and morals to eliminate time-consuming ceremonies such as the Susan B. Anthony Day. It also demands that two-thirds of class time in elementary schools be spent on basic subject, and science and foreign languages should begin no later than sixth grade.

Presents several letters to the editor on issues related to the United States politics. Remarks and clarifications on the history of the Eton College; Protests against the use of the word natives when referring to people of the so-called backward nations; Disappointment on the note on the California child genius.