Landslide Near Santa Monica Halts Coast Highway
A massive slide at 5 p.m. knocked out a 600 foot stretch of the six lane coastal highway between Santa Monica Canyon and Sunset Boulevard. Crews with bulldozers and shovels work to clear 120000 cubic yards of dirt while authorities assess potential victims. Early reports of cars buried were unconfirmed and several minor slides followed. It may be five days before the road reopens.
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Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Ocean Beach
Ben R. Paris
Ray Eckleberger
Nixon avoids comment on Truman clash during trip
Vice President Richard Nixon offered no comment on former President Truman after Truman accused him of traitorous conduct in the 1934 campaign. Nixon arrived from Rio de Janeiro where he attended Brazil's inauguration and, amid cold rain, refused further remarks while noting ongoing Eisenhower Bulganin talks.
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Washington
Fifm
Richard M. Nixon
Truman
Nixon
T Nixon
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Republican National Committee
Isbe
Na Gonal
Eisenhower
Mikalai Bulganin
Calif Democrats Duel Between Stevenson and Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver spoke at the Fresno California Democratic council state convention about foreign and domestic policy. Stevenson pressed against Eisenhower era brinkmanship and Dulles while Kefauver warned of an emerging economic superstate from business influence and mergers. Both avoided attacking each other and aimed at the Republican party in November.
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Fresno
INS
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
California
Eisenhower
California Democratic Council
Stevenson
Dudles
Kefauger
Aly
Ara Pf
Russia
Kefauver
Washington
Kefanver
Hissenhower
Republican Party
McKinley PTA backs teacher amid theft probe
San Francisco teachers aide Lorraine Stoker 43 faces receiving stolen property charge after a 16 year romance with Dr Rodney Yoell while a group of McKinley parents offered moral and financial support. Stoker, free on 3000 bond, was ordered to return to municipal court February 15 to enter a plea.
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San Francisco
Parent-Teachers Association
McKinley
Ling
Lorraine Stoker
Rodney A. Yoell
Miss Stoker
Yoell
Richard Taylor
Miss Staker
PTA
Hagerty
San Joaquin Valley
Antarctic expedition reportedly includes 14 Soviet women
French scientists in Hobart report radio contact with polar stations indicating 14 Soviet women stationed at Mirny base in Antarctica. Moscow dispatch notes peaceful co existence policy and research collaboration with Australian expedition visiting the Soviet camp.
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London
Ibi
Hobart
Australia
South Polar
Mirny
Moscow
Antarctic
Tass
Ladejinsky Ousted Again From U S Vietnam Role
Washington reports embattled land reform expert Ladejinsky has resigned as a specialist for the International Cooperation Administration in Vietnam. The resignation followed accusations he violated government rules by investing in a glass factory partly built by ILS in Vietnam.
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Washington
Wolf Ladejinsky
Internation Cooperation Administration
Viet Nam
Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
U.S
Tokyo
U.S. International, Cooperation Administration
Viet
Tonight Is Deadline For California License Plates
The 1956 California license plates deadline looms with penalties for late renewals. Mail postmarks must be by midnight to avoid an extra registration fee and an additional 50 percent In Lieu charge. The In Lieu fee varies by model and age of the car, comprising the largest share of the total. State DMV branches will stay open until 5 p.m. statewide.
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Sacramento
California
Department of Motor Vehicles
Motor Vehicles Department
Three Arrested In Love Cult Case In Buena Park
Three people including a former Santa Ana College instructor were charged in Buena Park with morals offenses tied to a so called love cult. George Edwin Andrus, 33, his son Paul, 19, and Mildred Florence, 47, were linked to sex education classes at the International Christian Revival association squatters. Florence’s daughter was allegedly taught arts of love. officials said about 20 cult members were in attendance.
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Santa Ana
INL
Buena Pack
Calif
George Edwin Andrus
Santa Ane
Paul
Mildred ‘Florence
Viola
Vote Set Monday On Case Incident
Washington Senate leaders agreed to form a two party special committee to investigate whether any improper influence affected the controversial natural gas bill. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson said the probe would not delay action on the measure which would remove gas producers from direct regulation by the Federal Power Commission.
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Washington Ly Senate
Ashe m Meney
Vicusry
Johnson
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Fed
al Power Commission
Francis Case
Sean
San Leandro
Floyd ‘M. Swank
Vegas Avenue
Milpitas
Alameda County
Ray B. Parkins
Clarke Street
Swank
Milpitas Ford
Vernon A. Nixon
Sunset Boulevard
Hayward
Centerville
Perkins
Estabrook Street
Washington Avenue
William Moberly
Fred Haller
Rudy Alcantar
Perkins Auto
Lowell W. ‘Ashe
Oakland
Alcantar
Lesdreine
Case
Il Times
United States Senate
Mike Mansfield
Monty
Mansfield
Select
U. S
Mike Monroncey
Dokla
J. W. Fulbright Dark
Alameda County Seeks More Funds for San Lorenzo Creek Repair
Alameda County Flood Control official Herbert Crowle reports the State Water Resources Board in Sacramento raised its request for Army Engineers to fund San Lorenzo Creek from 160000 to 2000000. The board may increase funds for the next fiscal year to implement concrete bank protection and rock rip-rap from Foothill Boulevard to the Bay, tied to flood damage needs and disaster relief.
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Alameda County
Herbert G. Crowle
State Water Resources Board
Sacramento
Army
San Lorenzo Creek
Congress
San Lorienzo Creek
Crowle
Resources Board
Army Engineers
California
Corps of Engineers
Wut
Engineers
Crowley
Foothill Boulevard
Channel Street
Foothill
Upper
Chanel Street
Bay
Water Resources A Board
United Press
Hisenhower
Biggs Files For Re Election To Council
Hayward city Councilman Frank R. Biggs filed nominating papers to seek re election April 10. He briefly resigned last summer citing time constraints but stayed in after supporters urged him. Appointed to finish Carlos Bee’s term, Biggs faces a council with five seats open this year due to a charter expansion. Other officers may run. Walter Ballard also filed. Filing deadline was February 16.
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Hayward
Frank R. Biggs
Biggs
Carlos Bee
W. 0. Wilson
Arthur Phillips
Ftom
Walter Ballard
Orchard Avenue
Magna Avenue
Mad Hit Run Killer Sought in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police hunted a presumed mad dog driver after two men died in separate hit and run crashes within 90 minutes. A large dark sedan about six to seven years old, possibly a Buick, is suspected. A broken hood ornament fragment is the lone clue near the first scene.
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Philadelphia
INS
Henry Gronczewski
Marswell Epps
San Leandro Girl Breaks Arm After Bicycle Fall
A two year old San Leandro girl fractured her right arm after falling from a bicycle left on a neighbor's porch. Maxine Squyer, 342 Bristol Boulevard, was reported to be the child involved.
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San Leandro
San
Theft of officer's car noted by police in 1918 report
An embarrassed police officer reported the theft of his automobile. Officer John Bailey said he had left it parked across the street from the police station with the key in the ignition switch.
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Gaffney
John Bailey
Red Invasion Is Repulsed Near Formosa
The Formosa Military Information Service reports Nationalist forces on Kaoteng Isle repelled a Red Chinese landing assault at night. A convoy of gunboats and junks was fired on by shore batteries and naval guns, lasting about ten minutes before Reds retreated to the mainland. It marks the first landing attempt in months of the Formosa Strait packet war.
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Taipel
INS
Formosa
China
Penichao Peninsula
Min River
Isi
Formosa Strait
Lone Bandit Takes $1125 From S F Bank
A mild mannered robber with a bulge robbed the Mariana branch of the Anglo California National Bank in San Francisco, obtaining about $1125. Marjorie Rainier reported the robber, a roughly 40 year old man with a mustache and premature gray hair, handed a note demanding cash before calmly leaving as customers conducted business.
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San Francisco
Mariana
Anglo California National Bank
Tesler
Marjorie Rainier
Prowler Flees Leandro Home
A masked prowler smashed into Joseph Agrillo’s Leandro home at 2270 Sitka Street shortly after 2 am, breaking a side door and fleeing with a purse reportedly worth about 530 dollars after a confrontation with Agrillo and his wife Sylvie. Police were notified by Sylvie Agrillo.
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San Leandro
Joseph Agrillo
Sitka Street
Aguillo
Sylvie
Charles Kane
John Cannizzaro
William Burton
Agrillo
Trains Collide Injuring 29 in Domokos Thessaly
In Domokos, Thessaly, a head on crash between Premier Constantine Karamanlis special train and the International Simp son Express injures 29 people. Karamanlis escapes unscathed, his train's 18 passengers suffer minor injuries while returning from Larissa ahead of elections. the Simp son Express headed north from Athens to Paris.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine Karamanlis
Karamanlis
Domakos
Thessaly
Larissa
Paris
Two Killed Two Rescued In Plane Crash
Two Navy airmen were killed and two rescued when a training plane crashed a mile off Fort Lauderdale beach. Parachutes deployed before the craft sank, with destroyers and ambulances ferrying survivors to Port Everglades. The plane, from Opa Locka, nosedived after the right front engine failed.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Port Everglades
Opa Locka Air Station
Miami
James Priddy
Miami Masters Field
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