Martha Rave Recovers After Suspected Overdose in Miami Beach
In Miami Beach Martha Rave, TV star earning about 150 000 yearly with large audiences, was found unconscious from pills at 3:33 am. Doctors at S. Fraress Hospital reported her consciousness returning to a satisfactory condition. Police said she had taken an estimated 35 sleeping pills. motive unclear.
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Miami Beach
Martha Rave
Ralpy Robbins
Robbins
Miss Raye
Roodins
Alon Road
Mss Rave
Lolday
Classified Ads Drive Fast Housing Results
Mrs Ed Sias of 1715 Olne Ave Alhambra reported rapid results after placing a three line ad in Independent Star News. The paper’s classified section promises quick responses for housing needs.
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Ed Sias
1715
Olne Ave
Alhambra
Independent
Star News
Sivas
Altadena Presses Toward Incorporation Amid Annexation Clashes
Altadena residents push for incorporation to gain local government control and lower taxes. The Altadena Committee for Incorporation filed maps and a petition with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seeking a new city of about 45 960 population and $35 000 000 assessed value. Co chairs Oscar Werner Roy Hottis Lawrence Glasen and Capt Marion Smith say goals include a unified tax rate 30 to 90 cents per 2 00 assessed value lower than the county rate and permanent boundaries to curb annexation while preserving zoning authority. The County Boundary Commission has 21 days to review legality and accuracy before citizens begin circulating petitions requiring 25 percent of property owners and 25 percent of assessed value representation.
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Eres Ane
Altadena Altadena
Altadena
Los Angeles County Board of Supenssors
Oscar Werner
Roy Hottis
Lawrence Glasen
Marion Smith
Altadenans
County Boundary Commission
Naw
Inside at the Convention and Page Ad Highlights
Report outlines Alvin Spivak Dune delegates facing a fight between states. Bob Considine Adar supporters claim a win on the second ballot. Red Smith notes surrender after a key note speech. Thomas J Foley discusses Democratic platform writers on labor laws. Arthur Edson Gering on TV marks a struggle for a poor politician.
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Alvin Spivak
Dune
Bob Considine
Adar
Secord
Red Smith
Thomas J. Foley
New Deal
William Theis
Sem Fayburn Burns
Ike
Arthur Edson
Gering
Betsy Slows as It Curves Off Florida Coast
Hurricane Betsy slowed to a crawl and shifted toward a northwest to north northwest path off Florida. The Miami Weather Bureau lifted warnings from Augustine to Palm Beach as Betsy, about 190 miles east of Stuart, moves at around nine miles per hour, with prospects of turning away from the coast increasing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U. S
Miami Weather Bureau
Augustine
Here
Palm Beach
Gorden Duns
Betsr
Stuart
Weather Bureau
Betsy
Fort Pierce
Fiz
Hitler in Kentucky charged with mail fraud case
A Lexington part time minister is accused of obtaining more than 10000 dollars by writing letters posing as the German dictator. The report appears on page 3 of todays Independent.
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Hitler
Kentucky
Lexington
Pasadena Cuts Tax Rate By Three Cents For 1956 57 Budget
City Manager Don C Nee Millan presented a tax rate of 105 dollars per 1000 assessed value to fund a 7.5 million budget for 1956 57. The board noted a three cent reduction, with firings and finances discussed, and a federal grant of 5960 for admit programs noted. A Los Angeles County committee endorsed a 30 dollar per capita tax for county roads to provide 1500 000 for the program.
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Pasadena
Don C Nee- Millan
Cats
McMillan
Pasadena Heart Dept
Los Angeles County Citizens Committee For
Pasadena Board of City Directors
Judge Rules Leg Search Invasion of Privacy in Pattison Case
Municipal Judge Joseph L Call of Los Angeles ruled a police search of Ralph W Pattison’s artificial leg violated privacy. Officers reported finding 3232 dollars in cash and bookmaking paraphernalia but the judge dismissed bookmaking charges due to the unlawful search.
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Joseph L Call
Los Angeles
Ralph W. Pattisons
Pattison
California Demos Favor Kefauver as Stevenson Teammate
California delegates at a party gathering showed strong support for Estes Kefauver or Hubert Humphrey as a running mate for Adlai Stevenson in 1956. Kefauver and Humphrey received the warmest applause as Stevenson’s ticket prospects loomed, with no final decision announced and results kept confidential.
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Morrie Landsberg
Chicago
California
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Bobert Humphrey
Miemnesota
Adiai Stevenson
Oca
Romnees
Humphrey
Sala
Clair Engie
Red Bluff
Stevenson
Kefanger
Fotn Kennedy
Massachusetts
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Henry Jackson
Washington
Albert Gore
Kefanver
Staite
Edmund G iPat Brown
Telnnessee
Refauser
Can’t Win Parked Car Hit by Moving House
A parked car in Los Angeles was struck yesterday when a house being moved to Riverside slid off rollers onto Sunset Boulevard. No injuries reported. The incident involved a moving house damaging a stationary vehicle on public roadway.
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Los Angeles
Riverside
Sunset Blvd
Demos Plank Deadlock Delays Platform Draft
Chicago June 19 The Democratic Convention committee nears a final platform draft as a subcommittee hones planks on statehood for Alaska and Hawaii a Brannan farm program and a critique of free trade The full committee vote is set for ten am with reporters barred during deliberations reflecting an internal split between northern and southern leaders.
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Bill Broow
Conrtation Bureau
Chicago
Charman
John Wo McCormack
Tedar
McCormack
Esterday i
Alaska
Hawaii
Brannan
Wade
Dixiecrats Walk Out During Morse Speech At Convention
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago about half of Georgia’s delegation walked out during Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon speaking. Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin said the walkout was not serious and would not prevent their return. Morse accused the White House of aiming to purge his party affiliation after leaving the Republicans. He pledged loyalty to liberal Democratic ideals and condemned Eisenhower policies.
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Chicago
INS
Georgia
Sen
Wayne Morse
Marvin Griffin
Nawsamen
Morse
Oregon
Alabama
John Sparkmen
Eisenhower
White House
Oregonian
Eisenshowers
GOP
Douglas McKay
Democratic Party
Senate
Monticello cafe blast leaves 15 dead in Utah
Monticello Utah sees a cafe explosion killing 15 as 40 injured and fire crews search for exact cause. A new natural gas line had just begun service Monday morning and witnesses describe the building puffing up and collapsing. A quick action by a passerby shut a gas valve. Blood serum flown in and townspeople formed an emergency brigade to search rubble. Names of the dead listed include Rex L Miller and wife, plus others from Utah and beyond.
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Monticello
Utah
Ins
Nerenas
Robert YF. Brian
Cortez
Colo
Sonticello
Steve Hazelwood
Lariat
Salt Lake City
Utah Air National Guard
Rex
L. Miller
Jacqueamé
Deerfield
Kar
Veryt Adams
Nancy
Robert S. Barles
Newcastle
Ind
Henry A. Gorman
River
Ton
Theodore C. Smith
Franklin, Ky
William B. Harvey
Houston
Tex
Lynn Curnett
Winslow Ariz
Harry 5. Morrocco
Roy W. Grissom
Jet Engine Contract Awarded to Defense
Washington reports Marquardt Aircraft Co and Van Nuys Cal. will receive a 1,496,588 dollar defense contract to manufacture jet engines, disclosed by the Defense Department yesterday.
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Washington
F Marquardt Aircraft Co
van Nurs
Cal
Defense Department
Stevenson Edges Toward Democratic Nomination Amid Delegation Shifts
Adlai Stevenson slowly gains ground for the Democratic presidential nomination as Northern favorite son delegates waver and hint support. Truman blasts Stevenson as defeatist while Harriman fights to improve his tally. Washington moves toward Stevenson, and Southern and Harriman factions press to keep a deadlocked convention.
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Walter T. Ridder
Comention Burau
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Averell
Adlas
State of Washington
Warren G. Magnusson
Stevenson
Harriman
South
Segregaon
Slain Woman Edith Thatcher Left Estate Details
In Glendale the estate of Edith M. Thatcher, 50, found murdered after her body was discovered in a burned car near Tijuana, was estimated at 25 200 by her brother Frank Mat tersol who filed for letters of administration. He listed 2 200 cash 21 000 bonds and 5 000 in personal property not including the Glendale home.
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Glendale
Edith M. Thatcher
Mexico
Frank FR. Matterol
Thatcher
Oitmar
Roy M. Thatcher
Jsher
Tijuana
GOP Chief Promises A Rough Campaign Ahead
Republican National Committee chair Leonard W. Hall warned of a rough campaign driven by Harry Truman's tone. He criticized Tennessee Governor Frank Clement's Chicago keynote as full of distortions. Hall forecast a Truman type campaign and prepared for a possible overlapping convention week at Cow Palace.
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San Francisco
Republican National Committee
Harry Truman
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Tennessee
Frank Clement
Chicago
Clement
Eisenher
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