State Police Raid Hits Pismo Beach Club Bust
Fifty four people were jailed in San Luis Obispo after a Saturday night raid on Pismo Beach by 65 officers. The operation, led by the state attorney general, netted 93 arrests, including 23 women charged with prostitution. Cash and gambling paraphernalia were seized while most detainees were farm laborers.
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San Luis Obispo
Pismo Beach
State Attorney General's Office
Ang
Justice Court
Amos Dana
Murray Hathaway
Thomas Martin
Edmund G. Brown
San Luis Obispo County
Herbert Grundell
Martin
Dana
H. E. Boosinger
Pismo ‘Beach
Boosinger
Paso Robles
Board of Equalization
Attorney General’s Office
District Attorney's Office
General Clark to head examination of top secret CLA
General Mark W. Clark will direct a CIA study on structure and administration later this year as part of Hoover commission efforts to modernize government. He will meet with Herbert Hoover in Washington in about two months before the task force proceeds.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
Central Intelligence Agency
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
McCarthy
CLA
Wisconsin Republican
Agency
Allen W. Dulles
Clark
CIA
Herbert Hoover
United Press
Dulles
Hoover
Glark
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Congress
Thelinta
Jand
Lator
Iew
siFerman
Iman
Ferman
McCarthy Says Verdict Should Rest on Sworn Testimony
Senator McCarthy who heads the Senate Permanent Investigating subcommittee notes the final verdict must depend on sworn testimony but adds that Dulles has ordered CEA employees not to testify.
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McCarthy
Senate
Dulles
CEA
Atomic pact tightens U S Britain arms talks
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill announce a twofold accord starting immediately to notify each other before using atomic weapons. The agreement envisions later U S Britain consultation on atomic and hydrogen arms once Congress amends the Atomic Act. No veto power exists between the nations.
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Washington
U.S
Britain
Eisenhower
Churchill
Evidence of terror era under Arbenz regime in Guatemala
Guatemala City reports evidence that the deposed Arbenz Guzman regime carried out a Nazi style terror before collapse. A five man junta led by Col Elfego Monzon ordered roundups of officials tied to mass atrocities. Dozens of pro Communist officials and civil guards were deported or fled. Mass graves with at least 50 victims were found at Esquintla and other villages. Some officials were executed by junta squads, including Romulo Reyes Flores known as the Hanging Judge. Army and rebel forces under Col Carlos Castillo Armas hunted pro Communist peasants armed by Arbenz. More than 300 captives since the revolt ended. Castillo Armas appeared at a Fourth of July party in Guatemala City hosted by US Ambassador Peurifoy, receiving cheers for ousting Arbenz. Rebels reportedly held back a fleet of surplus American bombers. air raids were limited to four light Cessna planes with P-47s used for psychological aims.
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Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Elfego Monzon
Esquintla
Junta
Romulo Reyes Flores
Salama
Carlos Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Peurifoy
Castillo Armas
Youth Held For Murder In Oakland Slaying
Seventeen year old James Lee was held for investigation after admitting he fatally shot his stepfather Thomas Ferguson, 43, with a 16 gauge shotgun early today. Police said Ferguson had recently divorced Lee’s mother and had threatened to burn down the house. an escape attempt and approach to the car led to the fatal shot as Lee and a 15 year old nephew awakened in Mrs. Ferguson’s home.
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Oakland
James Lee
Thomas Ferguson
Ferguson
Lee
Fire Destroys Oakland Home in North Oakland Hills
A fire destroyed Merle W. Garing’s home in the North Oakland hills yesterday, causing about 45000 dollars in damage. Garing, his wife, and two children were away on a trip to Calistoga when the blaze started.
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Oakland
Merle W. Garing
Oakland Hills
Garing
Calistoga
Rotary to Hear Loyalty Oath Professor
Castro Valley Rotary will host guest speaker Dr Harold Winkler UC political science professor at Castro Gardens luncheon. Program chairman Sherman Arash notes the talk Problems of Security and Power in the United States. Winkler holds a Harvard doctorate.
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Castro Valley
Rotary Club
Harold Winkler
University of California
Sherman Arash
Castro Gardens
United States
Harvard University
French Planes Try to Slow Reds' Advance
Reported air strikes by French planes targeted rebel concentrations around Phu Ly as Communist columns pushed north from the Delta. Talks at Trung Gia between Communist and French Union delegates opened, focusing on troop regroupment while Geneva handles major decisions. Rebels likely bypass Hanoi defenses as the Red thrust presses, with French and loyal Indochinese troops expected to reinforce the northern delta defense.
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Indochina
Falen Phu Ly
Red River Delta
Phu Ly
Trung Gia
Hanoi
Geneva
Switzerland
Maar
Dien Bien Phu
Marcel Lemayeux
van Tien Dung
Hangi
Weekend Toll May Be 100 Below Estimates
Safety experts hope the Independence Day weekend will see traffic far below predicted totals as California faces a high travel volume. The CSAA estimated around 4,000,000 autos on the roads with patrols stretched thin to curb rising deaths, including 19 killed, 13 drowned, one in a plane crash and other incidents. In Hayward and surrounding areas, several injuries and minor collisions were reported, with drivers described and residents named as involved in the weekend’s chaotic driving.
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California State Autoinno Association
California
CSAA
Hayward
East Shore ‘Freeway
One Death by Fireworks Reported During Independence Holiday
United Press reports a July 4 weekend with 406 traffic and other accident deaths since Friday 6 p m. highway deaths led with 243, California 19, Michigan 24, Texas 17. A fireworks death occurred in Harvey Illinois a toddler dies after a skyrocket strike. Officials warn highway fatalities may fall below pre holiday estimates but homeward travel risks remain high.
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United Press
Michigan
California
Texas
Ohio
North Carolina
THE
Nations Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Chicago
Harvey
Carol Hayward
Illinois
Dearborn
Near Record Farm Harvest Forecast For 1954
Government previews indicate a near record 1954 farm harvest with surpluses despite controls on major crops. Secretary Benson describes higher yields due to better land use and input, while acreage caps push farmers toward soybeans, flaxseed, sorghums, and other commodities.
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Washington
Ezra, T. Benson
Eisenhower
Benson
Most Famous Pin-Up Girl Turns 70 in New York
The world’s famed pin-up beauty, copper skinned and stately, reaches seventy as she celebrates a birthday alongside a younger Ameri can housewife. The notice links the milestone to the Statue of Liberty’s 70th anniversary and recalls Miss Liberty’s origin on Bedloe’s Island with the d’AMET family.
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New York
Liz
United States
Miss Liberty
Bedloe’s Isand
Charles d’ Amet
Bronx
Liberty Kenn
Painter Daw son Found Dead in Milpitas Area Car
Filbert C Daw son 88 Hayward painter missing since last Wednesday was found dead in a parked car about 15 miles east of Milpitas by two picnic party boys. Deputies report the death appears self-inflicted via exhaust pipe. notes were found with him and at his home his wife Jean had reported the disappearance.
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Milpitas
Filbert C. Dawson
Hayward Painter
Dawson
Anderson Dam
Santa
Clara County
Winowe
Jean
Man Tries New Cycle in Hayward Injuring Two
John Clawson on a newly bought motorcycle lost control on Joyce street and struck John M. Lewis near 24821 Joyce, injuring Lewis and causing Lewis’s wife to be unharmed. Lewis suffered a fractured right arm and was taken to Fairmont hospital. Clawson received minor cuts and abrasions. A separate July 4 incident in San Lorenzo involved Laverne E. Sa injuring a leg after borrowing a machine from Bill De Lima. Sa was hospitalized with a compound fracture.
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Lewis
Ann
I Lewis
Fairmont
Clawson
Laverne E. Sa
Bill de Lima
Pine Street
San Lorenzo
Alameda Woman Injured by Fireworks at Leandro Fair
A San Leandro Community Fair incident left Alameda resident Julia Pries injured when teenagers in a moving car tossed a cherry bomb. Seven stitches were required for a leg wound. Five youths were detained. two minors cited, three 18 year olds arrested for investigation of illegally setting off fireworks. Several other injuries were reported statewide. The fair continued at Williams Street and Lake Merritt events proceeded with speedboat races, a Coast Guard demonstration, and a fireworks display planned for tonight.
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Martinez Zacharias
Soto Street
Hayward
Ed McCombe
Oakland
Mary Jean Scott
Mersey Avenue
San Lorenzo
MacCombe
Billy Graham
San Leandro
David LeRoy Brown
Abbey Avenue
West Avenue
Edgmoor Street
Reuben A. Guerra
Jeakson Street
Fairview Avenue
Hansen Road
Guerra
Pedro Rodriguez
Wandrow Cherry
Parks Air Force Base
Highway 17
Denote Road
Alameda
Julia Pries
Fairmont Hospital
San
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Gregory Peck
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