Navy Man's Wife Reported Missing in Hometown
Mrs Jean Adams 20 years old and a telephone operator at the Naval Hospital has been missing since June 23. Her husband John Adams reports she appeared nervous and may have fled with her sister Kathlene Foucher. Police note physical descriptions and missing clothing items.
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Jean Adams
Jean Claire
Adams
Commercial Street
Byer
John Adams
Naval Hospital
Miss Foucher
County Tax Rate Gains Faster Than Population Does
California and Riverside County property taxes rose in 1954 55 with Riverside reporting an 18 637 629 levy up 14 4 percent from 1953 54 The Taxpayers Association warned that local budgets for 1955 56 will decide the next November tax bills and urged owners to act now.
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Riverside County
California Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayers’ Association
California
Cooler with a 79 Degree High Across Southern California
Mostly sunny conditions persist across Southern California with temperatures in many areas slightly warmer than yesterday. Corona reached 79 degrees and 57 at night, while the national high hit 113 in Presidio Texas and a 28 degree low in Fraser Colorado.
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California
Southland
Corona
Presidio Texas
Fraser
Colo
Make-Up Polio Vaccine Shots Tomorrow At City Hall
A make-up clinic for children who missed their second Salk polio injection will be held on the second floor of City Hall tomorrow at 9 am. Health nurse Naoma Crane asks parents to have children promptly arrive for their shots.
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Naoma Crane
Deleo and Gagner Recover From Boat Explosion Injuries
Gerald K. Deleo aged 21 of 403 Sheridan Avenue and William E. Gagner aged 19 of 229 W Grand Blvd were reported in good condition after a motor boat explosion Thursday. They suffered first and second degree burns on faces necks arms and legs while preparing a 14 foot inboard boat for a ride and jumped into the water as the engine exploded near Seaside Hospital.
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Gerald K. Deleo
Sheridan Avenue
William E. Gagner
W. Grand Blvd
Deleo
Seaside Hospital
Garden Grove Man Seriously Injured In Canyon Road Crash
Ervan Dale Dykstra of Garden Grove was seriously injured when his car hit a dividing barrier on the Santa Ana canyon road ten miles west of Corona at about 9 am. He was alone in the vehicle, and an early report of death was corrected.
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Ervan Dale Dykstra
Garden Grove
Corona
Orange County Highway Patrol
Dykstra
Santa Ana Canyon
Dkystra
House Interior Committee Votes Tuesday on Colorado River Projects
The House Interior Committee set action for tomorrow on a bill to authorize the Upper Colorado reclamation project. Representative Wayne Aspinall predicts a comfortable committee passage but a close vote on the Echo Park issue. Chair Claire Engle of California leads the session after a subcommittee approval two weeks earlier.
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House Interior Committee
Colorado
Wayne Aspinall
Echo Park
Claire Engle
California
Californian Among Five Killed in Air Crash
A Chula Vista California man Technical Sergeant Charles M Hawthorne 30 an instructor engineer was among five airmen killed in two separate crashes at Randolph Air Force Base Texas He was the husband of Mrs Jean M Hawthorne and son of Mr and Mrs John M Hawthorne of 539 I street Chula Vista He died when a B 29 crashed and burned on takeoff.
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San Antonio
Ball and Ball Neighbors in Grand Rapids Notice
Grand Rapids resident Howard Vanderbilt notes baseball thoughts when he sees neighbors Horace Ball and Richard Ball who live on opposite sides of his home in Michigan.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Howard Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Horace Ball
Richard Ball
City Building Permits Issued for Parra Residence Addition
Plumbing electrical and building permits were issued to John N. Parra for a 2804 dollar residence addition and garage at 718 Railroad Street.
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John N. Parra
Railroad Street
Rotarians Review International Convention Highlights
Rotary members heard A Harris Keiser present Chicago convention highlights. The session noted Rotary International hosts 8 690 clubs in 90 countries with 6172 delegates and 14200 registrados. The fiftieth anniversary was a featured focus with special speakers and programs.
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Corona Rotarians
A. Harris Keiser
Rotary International
Chicago
New
Rotary
Evanston
Ill
Kieser
Club
Kiesers
Grant van Valin
Pair Accused of Taking Auto Caught When They Return It
Paul Mesa and a Corona juvenile were arrested by Corona police after owners Manuel and Maria Rangel spotted the car being parked on Rimau Street. Mesa faces grand theft charges and faces arraignment in Justice Court.
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Paul Mesa
Ontario
Corona
Manuel Rangel
South Belle Avenue
Mesa
Justice Court
Rimpau Street
For Sale Or Giveaway: Four Black Cocker Spaniel Pups
A Corona resident advertises four two month old black cocker spaniel puppies for sale or giveaway. Interested parties can call 1280 at City Hall for more information.
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Corona
Last Frontier Hotel worker dies in Wyoming car crash
Nick Matanic, 34, of the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, died early today when his car went out of control on the western edge of Wilson, Wyoming, overturning in a one car crash.
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Wilson
Wyo
Nick Matanic
Last Frontier
Las Vegas
Wilson, Wyo
Corona Superman Places Fifth At San Diego Fair
Corona’s Superman figure earned fifth place at the Del Mar Southern California Exposition and San Diego County Fair. Terry Ware of the Corona Chamber of Commerce announced the exhibit in El Capitan Class 39 Feature Exhibits, competing against Imperial Riverside Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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Superman
del Mar
San Diego County
Terry Ware
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Corona
Mr. Ware
Ware
Imperial
Entura
Riverside
Loreles
Youth’s Auto Strikes Parked Car in Corona Crash
An 18 year old Louis Saso Aguirre of 315 East Third Street Corona drove east on West Fifth and hit a parked car owned by Sal Lizardo at Sheridan Street. No injuries reported. Later William Arthur Simons of Ontario in a separate collision followed Sidney King Payton of Arlington on East Sixth Street and struck Payton’s car after a third car stopped for a left turn into the park.
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East Third Street
Corona
Sal Lizardo
Sheridan Avenue
Aguirre
West Fifth
Sheridan Street
William Arthur Simmons
Ontario
Sidney King Payton
Arlington
Simons
Payton
East Sixth Street
Simmons
Ernest McLagen Dies at 88 in Riverside Hospital
Ernest McLagen 88 of 717 Harris Street died early today in a Riverside hospital. Born May 6 1867 in Sycamore Illinois he was a brick mason and longtime California resident. Survived by a sister two nieces and a nephew with services pending at Brown and Grimes Funeral Home.
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Harris St
Riverside
Mr. Lagen
Sycamore
California
Joliet
McLagen
Foursquare Gospel Church
Corona
Estella
Ethel Singer
West Seventh
Georgia Funkhouser
Ridgefield
Wash
Myrtle Funkhouser
Liberty
Ore
C. R. McLagen
Brown and
Senator Green Recovers After Weekend Hospital Stay
The Senate's oldest member, 87 year old Democrat Theo dore Green of Rhode Island, returned to work after a weekend at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He said a faint spell followed a one mile walk and plans to continue his morning route to the Capitol.
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Senate
Bethseda Naval Hospital
Theodore Green
Rhode Island
Capitol
Tyler Thompson to describe wartime faith at fundraiser banquet
Dr. Tyler Thompson will narrate his World War II prisoner of war experience at the Five-dollar Parsonage Fund Banquet of The First Methodist Church this Wednesday. He and his missionary family were in Singapore when the war began and he chose to stay to minister to prisoners, later released.
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Tyler Thompson
First Methodist Church
Singapore
Thompson
United States
Dr. Thompson
Garrett Graduate School of Theology
Evanston
Ill
Corona
Corona High School
J. Lorin Farmer
California liquor tax raised to 1.50 a gallon
Governor Knight signed a bill boosting state liquor taxes from 80 cents to 1.50 per gallon, expected to yield about 14 million dollars annually. The measure, part of an 80 million dollar tax plan, was the sole tax item approved by the legislature. Knight also outlined payroll privacy and a $50,000 study team for boxing and wrestling industry regulation.
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Walter L. Barkdull
U. P
Sacramento
U.P
Goodwin J. Knight
Glenn E. Coolidge
Felton
Knight
California
James E. Cox
Martinez
Alameda County
Herbert Richard van Brunt
van Brunt
Ontario
Kefauver Committee
California Crime Commission
Three Youths Freed After Manslaughter Convictions
In Los Angeles, Judge Charles Fricke dismissed manslaughter charges against Manuel Mata, 21, Robert Marquez, 20, and Richard Venegas, 20, after the state appeals court ordered a new trial and the DA dropped the case. William D. Cluff, a 57-year-old manufacturer, died from a brain hemorrhage after being knocked down while attempting to separate a street fight in 1953.
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Los Angeles
William D. Cluff
Charles Fricke
Manuel Mata
Robert Marquez
Richard Venegas
State District Court of Appeals
Tri Cluff
Jumps to Death From Ferry On San Diego Coronado Run
A 63 year old Santa Ana man Alfonso C. Davis apparently leaped to his death from the San Diego Coronado ferry this morning. Police say a man was seen walking near the deck rail and Davis' coat and briefcase were found on a seat. His wife in Santa Ana stated she had received a death by own action not from her husband on June 24. A search continues for the body.
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Santa Ana
Alfonso C. Davis
San Diego-Coronado
Davis
Nationalist claims spark air clash and UN atoms plan
A nationwide alert cites Chinese Nationalists saying Soviet aircraft shot down a patrol plane and hit a commercial airliner near Matsu. Reports say Moscow aims to influence the Geneva conference on Eisenhower’s atoms for peace with a five day Moscow meeting starting July 1.
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Eisenhower
Geneva
Switzerland
Academy of Sciences of
Soviet Union
Moscow
Japan
India
Burma
China
Moscow Radio
American Academy of Science
Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters
United States
Lewis Strauss
New York
Atomic Energy Commission
Matsu Island
Dulles
Maine
Alaska
Washington
Formosa
Fisherman reels in 362-pound ocean sea bass off San Diego
H B A Johnson of Puente California lost his fishing outfit when he threw it overboard while fishing for yellowtail Sunday. The line fouled the boat Betty Lou and Jost, but Jack Vance helped recover the rig and Johnson hooked a 362-pound black sea bass after a two hour battle.
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San Diego
B. A. Johnson
Puente
Calif
Johnson
Betty Lou
Jack Vance
Vance
Justice Douglas urges US to recognize Red China on UN council
Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, on a Far East tour, told United Press in Tokyo that the United States should recognize Red China and consider replacing Nationalist China on the UN Security Council. He suggested a UN trustee group could govern Nationalist China pending a plebiscite.
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Tokyo
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Westrn
China
UN Security Council
Douglas
United Press
Union Votes Strike Against Copper Firms
The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers reports locals in 16 states have voted to strike the nonferrous metals industry. Key contracts face expiration next Thursday and involve Anaconda Kennecott Phelps Dodge and AS&R Co.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Anaconda
Kennecott
Phelps-Dodge
American Smelting & Refining Co
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