Gas turbine engine eyed as auto future
A 120 horsepower gas turbine powered car on a cross country trip is claimed to offer a quiet, clean alternative to conventional engines. The turbine supposedly matches a 165 horsepower piston engine while weighing less and using far fewer parts. It could revolutionize the auto industry within a decade.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
George J. Huebner Jr
Chrysler Corporation
Huebner
New York
Los Angeles
Suspected Girl Slayer Case and County Tax Cut Debates
County supervisors proposed trimming the fiscal 1956 57 tax rate by 4.5 cents using a reserve fund of 3 039 933 03 to reach a tentative rate of 1 839 per 100. The hearing also covered a 374 283 263 budget and a murder case involving Kenneth A Pashby who confessed to killing Marilyn Fink and planned dismemberment. Officials discussed aircraft industry tax disputes and potential further cuts, with input from the California and Los Angeles budget groups.
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William A. Pinley
Pixley
Ike's Plea Fails House Approves Slimmed Aid Bill
The House passed a heavily cut foreign aid bill worth 3.8 billion dollars by 273 to 122 after rejecting a move to send it back for more study. President Eisenhower warned the measure could imperil global security and NATO, with the Senate expected to mend the cuts.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Lawrence H Smith 'Ri
Wis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thuse
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Miller's Mum on Marrying Marilyn
Playwright Arthur Miller, recently divorced, dodges marriage rumors with Marilyn Monroe. When asked if he will marry Monroe, Miller declines to comment saying he has said enough.
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Miller
Marilyn
Reno
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Inside Today's Independent H Bomb Drop Rumor
An Atomic Energy Commission official comment suggests a possible H bomb test, though no confirmation is given. The item appears on Page 2 alongside other regional notes.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Los Angeles
Clerks Injured in Triple Liquor Store Holdups
A 34 year old William Nance of Glendale was shot in the abdomen during the final of three liquor store holdups within an hour. The suspect, masked in a white stocking, robbed Miller's Liquor Store and Pantry Market, taking cash including $900 at the Foothill Boulevard site.
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William Nance
Chevy Chase
Glendale
E. Colorado Sr
Nance
Miller's Liquor Store
Lincoln Ave
Altadena
Foothit Blvd
Villa
Smog Alert Threatens Los Angeles as Ozone Rises
Los Angeles area faced its first smog alert of the year with Vernon recording 0.50 ozone at 10 48 am. Winds briefly dispersed the pollution by 3 15 pm though readings showed earlier spikes and officials warned another alert could arrive today as temperatures climbed to 93 in Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
Vernon
Moore
Southland
Pasadena
Vernon Basin
Smog Bills Up Friday Hearings In Los Angeles
State Senate Interim Committee on Public Health will hear two proposed laws in Los Angeles on Friday. One would extend smog rules to cities and government units, enabling APCC chief S. Smith Griswold to target municipal steam plants. The other would require permits before installing any incineration equipment.
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Los Angeles
State Senate
S. Smith Gris- Wold
Eisenhower Rejects Russian Visit by Joint Chiefs
President Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, rejected a formal invitation for the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the Soviet Union this month. He walked 80 feet in his hospital room and was cleared as progress remained satisfactory.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Waller Reed Army Hospital
White House
Sherman Adams
James Hagerty
Tutu
Air General Seeks 3.8 Billion for SAC Expansion
General Curtis LeMay urged Congress for 3.8 billion dollars more to boost the Strategic Air Command. The plan targets more B52 bombers and enhanced long range nuclear strike capability as defense spending debates proceed in Washington. Senator Chavez, subcommittee chair, said LeMay presented the request in a closed session.
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Washington
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Sen. Chavez
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
LeMay
Big Steel union talks progressing in New York
Chavez said representatives of the Big Three steel firms and the United Steelworkers Union met in New York for about ninety minutes and emerged hopeful for a new four to five year contract. LeMay proposed using an extra 380 million dollars for spending over the next four years, with July 1 as a target.
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Chavez
NEW York
INS
Strategic Air Command
United Iron
LeMay
PTA Seeks Survey Before Opening San Pasqual Cordova Streets
The Pasadena PTA Council urges city and county surveys before approving any street openings or widenings. Seven schools will be bypassed by the projects, raising parental safety concerns amid increased traffic. The request goes to the Board of City Directors and the County Road Commission, and it is not an endorsement or condemnation of the proposals.
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California
Pasadena
PTA Council
Board of
City Directors
County Road Commission
San Pasqual and
Cordova Sts
Blanche
Theodore Kishbaugh
Stars and Bars Forever election in Altadena chooses library trustee
A quiet Altadena election chooses one library district trustee, led by renowned astronomer Dr Seth Nicholson. liquor sales rules and control officials weigh whether bars must close. The event draws little opposition, with voter turnout modest and the Alcohol Beverage Control decision pending.
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Ray Duncan
California
Altadena
Al.tadena
Aliadena
Sone
Alta
Httle
William A. Wilson
Library Board
H. R
Vehicle Beverage Control Office
Seth
Alcohol Beverage
Nicholson
Laltadena
Carnegie Institute
Mount Wilson Observa Institution
Ciil
la Verne
C. B Schorker
Jury panels delay murder trial in Mane Verodi case
San Gabriel machinist Joseph Verodi 38 pleads innocent by reason of insanity in the shooting death of his 9 year old daughter Mane vonne after an attempted reconciliation with his wife Carmine 29. Jury selection consumes the day. trial to resume at 10 am before Superior Judge Walter Evans.
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San Gabriel
Joseph Verodi
Mane ¥Vonne
Carmine
Stalin labeled sex maniac by French paper
Paris reports Khrushchev at the 20th Soviet Congress accusing Joseph Stalin of sex crime sins including recruiting a harem of underage girls. The dispatch cites alleged posthumous murder and erotic cruelty details while noting Nadazada Alluseva as Stalin’s second wife and Georgia origins.
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Paris
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
France
Stalin
Soir
Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
U.S. State Department
L. P. Bena
Alesander Orlov
Secret Police
United States
Beria
Nadazada Sergesevna Alluseva
Georgia
Adeluseva
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Fred C. Mark
Miss Fink
Ike
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U.S. Supreme Court
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All Business Ad Homemaker
Kay
Considine Nash
Vnuwea Press
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