Riot erupts after boxing match at Olympic Auditorium
Police battled a 6000 strong crowd after a boxing night at the Olympic Auditorium. Tear gas and hoses were used as bottles flew, fires started in the balcony, and windows were kicked in. A planned bout between Dwight Mawkins and Moi Torras was canceled as officers called for reinforcements.
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Olympic Auditorium
Mexi- Obe
Halfuny
Xing
al Diaz
Divight Mawkins
Los Angeles
Moi Torras
Alecran
Dockmen Suspend Over Japanese Shipwork Boycott
One hundred Vancouver longshoremen were suspended after ignoring a British Columbia Supreme Court injunction and refusing to work four Japanese ships. The workers, members of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, defied a TWU order to boycott the vessels in support of better working conditions for Japanese crews.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia Supreme Court
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union
TWU
State Guard Plane Overdue Believed Down Near Lake Tahoe
A single engine California Air National Guard plane, nine hours overdue, is believed down in the rugged Sierra near Lake Tahoe with two aboard. Lt. Col. Robert J. Sins on commanding the 49th Aviation Battalion at Mather AFB and Captain William J. Becker of the same unit were passengers.
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Hamilton Afb
California
Air Natonal Guard
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
Robert J. Sinson
49Th Aviation Battalion
National Guard
Mathers Afb
Willam J. Becker
Ose
49Th
Spinster Slain Near MacArthur Park In Dollar Leot Case
A year old spinster Marguerite Snyder was stabbed to death near MacArthur Park Los Angeles by a tall thin man. A neighbor heard screams and saw the victim fall and the assailant flee toward Third and South Flower Street. Witness Daniel reported scenes similar to a previous knife murder. Police found the purse and breadcrumbs in the victim’s hand.
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Los Angeles
MacArthur Park
Snyder Aia
Pallee -M
Sader
Marguerite
Sullivan Snyder
Tooming
Thomas Vicbirdseed
Daniel
Charles Help
Police. Co. Gay
Ihose
Castro Says Cuba Will Fire on U.S. Planes
Castro warned that Cuba will shoot down U S planes if curbs against its sovereignty persist. He spoke during talks with foreign reporters in Havana and pledged readiness to seek peaceful solution but warned of war if United States backs anti Castro measures. The remarks come as U S reconnaissance flights continue and as a pro Castro exile movement in Latin America is discussed at Havana May Day events.
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Washington
Rel
Havana
Prime Mint Publican Council
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Mont-In-Exile
Coba
Council Ofj
Milton 8
Eisenhower
Bration
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Castro
Relief Expressed by Mother Jean Frederick Loba Released
Jean Frederick Loba, a 29 year old Altadena man held in East German custody for nearly two years on alleged refugee smuggling charges, has been released. His mother, Florence Loba of Altadena, expressed relief after learning the news in Berlin where she had pursued access to her son during his trial. He had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
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Jean Frederick Loba
Altadena
Iron Curtain
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Loba
Florence Loba
E. Pine St
Independent
Tenterhooks
Twin double pays $192,252.80 at Roosevelt Raceway shows seven winners
Four men from New Jersey share in the largest ever mutuel payoff at Roosevelt Raceway, a $192,252.80 twin double. The seven winners include William Bresnahan, John E. Laker Jr., Joseph Saker, and Michael Sherman of Freehold, with the Lakers and Bresnahan owning Fair Acres Farm. IRS and U.S. officials take note as the group handles tax plans while partners await their alleged eighth partner Uncle Sam.
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Loba
i_ WESTBURY
Roosevelt Raceway
Shelin
Cahil
Jon
Jersey
William Bresnahan
John E. Laker Jr
Joseph Early
U.S
Saker
Michael Sherman
Joseph Saker
Borris Landis
Roosevelt
Bresnatian
Lakers
Sherman
Freehold
Sbresnehah
Fair Acres Farm
Internal Revenue Service P
Sam
Landis
Bresnahan
Brest Tenan
Betty
Joseph Lynch
Par? Mutuals
Man pays IRS with 25000 pennies in parking meter caper
San Bernardino AP report states James A McKeehan deposited 25000 pennies at the IRS to settle a 1962 tax refund dispute. After leaving with cents, he found the parking meter empty and drove off before a ticket. Authorities weighed the gesture as a settlement attempt and pursued further action.
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San Bernardino
James A. McKeehan
McKeehan
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
McKee
Baldwin Park
EL Monte
West Covina
Barks
Rest Assured With Classified Ads Boost Rentals
L W Townsend reports heavy response to a four bedroom home rental after an Independent and Star News classified ad ran. He recalls round the clock calls from San Gabriel area readers, prompting him to rent the property by the third day as eager renters flooded him with inquiries.
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Independent
Star- News
L. W. Townsend
Las Tunas
San Gabriel
Star
Sycamore
Murray
Zenith
Executive Admits $166,000 Thefts At Dress Shop
Arthur Keller, 47, general manager of Mainbacher’s Fifth Avenue dress shop, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $166,000 as part of a $227,000 swindle. He used funds to buy a $79,000 yacht while wealthy customers helped mask the scheme. Sentencing set for June 11 in State Supreme Court.
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NEW York
Mainbacher
Fifth Avenue
Arthur Keller
State Supreme Court
Charles Marks
Keller
Asst. Dist. Atty
Leonard Newman
Mafnbécher
Priests and Governor Push School Prayer Amendments
A Ro man Catholic bishop and Alabama Governor George Wallace urged Congress to overturn the Supreme Court to allow school prayers. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen proposed using In God We Trust as the school prayer while Wallace urged a constitutional amendment to undo the ban on oral prayers and require state ratification. Both testified before the House Judiciary Committee, the hearings starting April 22, as Protestant critics and others weighed in.
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Washington
Alabama
Congress
Supreme Court
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
House Judiciary Committee
United States
George C. Wallace
Skren
Bishop Sheen
Wallace
Hemhi
Playboy Admits Theft of Woman's $52,000
A Nevada man named J Ovid Wickham 34 pleaded guilty on the eve of his federal trial to stealing $52,000 from Michigan resident Margaret Inman. The money, taken across state lines, was reportedly linked to Wickham's Nevada cowboy image and was tested by FBI agents in Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
Nevada
Michigan
J Ovid Tra Wickham
California
Asiustice
John Wickham
Margaret Inman
Mount Clemens
Acriss
Mich
H. J
Sharp
Carson
U. S
Joseph P. Lich
Wickham
FBI
Couple of Nice Old Ladies Delays Bourbon Measure
Washington AP reports a bill to recognize American made bourbon faces delay as Rep Lind of New York cites constituents, two elderly ladies, who rely on a small Mexican distillery. Lind argues for constraints to prevent Mexican bourbon from being sold as genuine U S bourbon while noting potential health concerns and foreign competition. The measure awaits a two thirds House vote and may return Monday with further discussions between Lind and Rep Watts.
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John V. Lindsay
New York City
Lindsay
Juarce
Mexico
United States
Riles
Sen
Thruston Ia. Morton
Kentucky
Watts
Tabaleign Howe
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