Weather Smog and Fog Hazy Sunshine Forecast
Weather report notes fog and hazy sun with little temperature change from yesterday 81 to 52. Forecast appears on weather page 40 with similar conditions continuing tomorrow.
09 Oct 1955
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1955
Page
1
Weather report notes fog and hazy sun with little temperature change from yesterday 81 to 52. Forecast appears on weather page 40 with similar conditions continuing tomorrow.
A Southern Railway passenger train on a blind curve rammed a freight train near Hazlehurst Georgia. At least five people died and 13 were injured, all crew aboard the passenger train and freight workers. Victims identified by State Sen Lawton Ursrey include Newt Askew and Bo J Johnson of Macon and others. Several injured were treated at Gollman Hospital and nearby Baxley.
The Los Angeles mayor, frustrated by smog complaints, dictated a stock reply to a mimeographed acknowledgment letter. This nearly year-old message, presented here as a refresher course in discouragement, highlights minimal action by responsible parties. Norris Poulson writes as Preface to his forthcoming text, urging readers to turn to page forty.
The Independent announces launch of United Press Facsimile Service in Pasadena becoming first local paper to sent and receive Unifax images. Readers will glimpse process from facsimile print to the morning photo and see the new technology in action on pages 36 and 37.
Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, 65, acknowledged a theoretically mistaken and politically harmful misjudgment about Russia's socialist progress in a letter published by Kommunist, the official party organ. Washington diplomats speculate he may resign soon, possibly at the Communist Party Congress next January, or earlier in a speech tied to recent leadership changes.
The personal pilot said Adolf Hitler killed himself in an underground Berlin bunker on April 30 1999 as German forces collapsed. He claimed Eva Braun died the same day and described the final days of the regime.
Sheriff's deputies report an eight year old Downey boy, Malcolm L Sellers, badly hurt after falling about 225 feet in a canyon during a church hiking group. He suffered concussion, possible internal injuries, bruises and facial injuries but no broken bones. Rescuers found him at 1 00 am and carried him out on a litter with aid from patrol members.
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