Eisenhower rebuffs Soviet N test halt demand
President Eisenhower rejected the immediate halt in nuclear weapons tests and urged an ironclad disarmament pact with the Soviet Union. He sent a message to Indian Prime Minister Nehru arguing that stopping tests without a solid agreement would raise the danger of war.
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Robert I. Donovan
N.Y
Herald Tribune
Paris
Eisenhower
Jawaharlal Nehru
America
Russia
Nikolai A. Bulganin
NATO
Nehru
United States
Unlucky 'Lucky' Collides With Patrol Car in Burglary
Nelson Lin ie Turner, 30, alias Lucky, was held on a new burglary charge after his truck laden with stolen goods crashed into a Los Angeles police car. The suspect, out on bail for another burglary, collided with Officer Charles Foster's patrol unit.
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Los Angeles
Lucky
Nelson
Linie Turner
Charles Foster
Experts Warn of Rapid World Population Growth
Washington reports say population experts fear explosive growth in underdeveloped nations may threaten economic futures. Births are outpacing deaths by 123000 daily, about 45 million annually, with world population rising from 2.519 to 2.698 billion between 1951 and 1955, the Population Reference Bureau notes.
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Washington,tr
Population Reference Bureau
United States
Bureau
DAD STANDS HELPLESS AS FIRE KILLS FOUR CHILDREN
A fire tore through a Gorham Maine home killing four flaxen haired children aged 5 to 10. Parents Frank Morse Sr and another child Elizabeth 7 escaped. Morse flagged a passerby but could not reach the upstairs victims. The deceased were Beverly Anne 19, Robert 8, George 4, and Frank Jr 3. Mrs Morse 28 suffered a broken foot and shock.
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Gorham
Frank Morse
Elizabeth
Morse
Ito
Beverly Anne
Robert
George
Frank Jr
Bus Driver Drunk After Skidding Through San Francisco
A female passenger complained to police as Lewis B. Keylon swerved and hit curbs on a city bus. Officers found the vehicle astride a knocked-down utility pole with Keylon and a sympathetic passenger inside. Both were arrested on intoxication charges after the scene.
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San Francisco
Lewis B. Keylon
Keylon
Woynan
Herbert Starkey
Walter Yarnell
Iran earthquake toll climbs past two thousand
A sequence of earthquakes in Iran's northwest, centered near Far and rippling through Wurdistan Hamadan and Kermanshah, has raised deaths above 2,000. The Red Crescent and Sun Society warns the toll may rise as new tremors topple buildings and worsen injuries and homelessness amid subzero temperatures.
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Truran
Iran
Seel
Farand
Ofti
Red Lion
Sun Socials
Rebef
Sun Society
Jareas
Ivison
Wurdistan
Hamadan
Kermanshah
Crest Road Closed by Rock Slide After Southern California Storm
Heavy showers drenched Southern California with more than an inch of rain in Pasadena and foothill areas. Rock and mud slides blocked Crest Highway and San Gabriel Canyon, with rock slides closing Angeles Crest Highway. mountain snow levels were to drop later as a new storm loomed. Roads flooded in Woodland Hills and San Gabriel Valley, stranding motorists. multiple noninjury accidents reported. Pasadena totals reached 1.01 inches by 4 p.m., Arcadia 0.93, South Pasadena 0.75, and West Covina 1.50, muddy runoff transforming rivers in hills and towns. No major damage reported beyond toppled trees and flooded homes.
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Pasadena
San Gabriel Valley
Aniteles Crest Highway
San Gabriel Canyon
Malibu Carriyan
Highway
Windale Ave
Badillo
Puente
Covina
San Dimas
California Highway Patrol
Angeles Crest Highway
Camp 37
Big Pines
Bill Vernon
Mt. Baldy Lodge
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Woodland Hills
San Gabriel Vall
GIVES UP IN DISGUST GIRL CASHIER DEFIES GUN
Alhambra police reported a female cashier refused to hand over money to a young bandit who brandished a nickel plated revolver at 2401 W Hellman Ave. The thief, after waving the gun several times, fled in a 1958 sedan leaving a bottle of milk and cookies paid for. Mrs Betty Piolatto said she believed the gun was a toy.
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Alhambra
W. Hellman Ave
Betty Piolatto
Pasadena Woman Strangles Husband in Cottage Fight
Willie Mae Todd 11 year old Pasadena, woman admits strangling husband Bradley Todd 32 during a bloody 243hour family fight at their 201 S Vernon Ave home. Detectives said knives, shoes and a glass ash tray were used as weapons. Todd was found sobbing near his body as police arrived. Mrs Todd jailed for murder as a long quarrel escalated after a drink and an obscene remark. Relatives described prior disputes and an earlier trip to Los Angeles.
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Pasadena
Willie Mae Todd
Bradley Todd
S. Vernon
Ave
Todd
Leslie Todd
Millard Ave
Robert Lee Sheppard
Sheppard
Cora Bernice Haynes
Glorietta St
Masked hotel bandits steal 3710 in Arcadia holdup
Two men in Tailowear masks robbed Arcadia hotel guest at 130 West Huntington Drive last night, taking 500 in cash and fur coats worth 3150 before binding and gagging him. Victim Frank D. Grannis, 57, from Reno, reported the incident to Arcadia police at 9:39 p.m. The suspects, about 43, wore Halloween masks and used wire to bind him. later tied and gagged him. Police noted similarities to a Monrovia store holdup.
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Reno
W. Huntington Dr
Grannis
Koth Suspeste
Arcadia
Monrovia
Mom Dies in Effort to Save Children
In Dallas an early morning blaze claimed the lives of Lupe McGraw her son Tulian Jr six and her niece Trene Meo Ay as they perished trying to rescue two small children from an attic apartment. Twelve escaped the one story frame structure. Fire Capt. James P. Lytle led the response.
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Dallas
Lupe McGraw
Tulian McGraw, Jr
Trene Meo Ay
James P. Lytle
Connally
Tod
Kay
Adams
Get That Order In Now for New Year's Edition
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Thai Democrats Sweep Bangkok Seats in Election
The Thai Democratic Party led by ex-Premier Khuang Aphowongse won seven of nine Bangkok constituencies in the general election held yesterday. Independent Phra Borithan, former finance minister under the ousted Pibul Songgram government, captured one seat.
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Pawukun
Monaay
Thai Democratic Party
Khuang Aphowongse
Bangkok
Phra Borithan
Pibul Songgram
Four Car Crash Kills Three and Injures Ten in San Gabriel Valley
A four car collision on Amelis Ave near U S 66 in Glendora during rain killed Charles F. Woods Burn 36 Roland Genaway 40 both of San Bernardino and Georgia Carteman 21 of Upland. Six others injured including Woodburn family members and Diana Keene of Whittier. Police say the wreck likely started when a speeding car ran a stop light.
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San Gabriel Valley
Charles F. Woodsburn
Roland Genaway
Sam Bernardino
Georgia Carteman
Upland
Woodburn
Genaway
Amelis Ave
U.S. Highway 66
Glendora
Intercommunity Hospital
Covina
Flaine Be Woodburn
Lillian Genaway
Linda Woodburn
Dean C. Woodburn
Mary Genaway
Diana Keene
Whittier
Miss Keene
Mike John Mascarenas
Egypt Leader Flees to Jordan for Asylum
Jordan granted political asylum to Egyptian Air Vice Marshal Abdulmanin Abdulraoufe after he arrived in Amman seeking refuge. The move follows strained Egyptian Jordanian relations tied to propaganda attacks on King Hussein, with Jordan aligned to the Baghdad Pact.
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Amman
INS
Jordan
Abdulmanin Abdulraoufe
Hussein
Wife Dies as Pair Pinned Under Car
Margaret Wardlaw 40 died and her husband Luther 46 was seriously injured when their car struck the concrete bridge over the diverting canal at Waterloo Road early yesterday.
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Stockton
Margaret Wardlaw
Luther
Waterloo Road
Capitol Flooded as Sacramento Gets Downpour
A picket brigade worked in the State Capitol yesterday after rain water poured through leaks in the roof. Water flooded several offices and dripped into the Senate chamber, with workers using waste baskets to catch leaks. State Police Sgt. Harold Henderson said water in the fourth floor offices of legislative analyst A. Alan Post rose to inches.
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State Capitol
Senate Chamber
Harold Henderson
A. Alan Post
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