Feather River Dam Project Starts Construction
Oroville marks the first earthwork on the Feather River project, a 1.5 billion system aiming to build the world’s largest concrete dam and a water conveyance extending about 550 miles to Southern California. The dam will stand roughly 710 feet high, create a 167 mile shoreline reservoir, and underpin disputes over northern water rights and state funding.
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Oroville
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Feather River
Legisature
Knight
Tidelands Oil Drilling
Harvey
Banks
Earl Warren
Mercy flight eases mother and husband crisis
In Tokyo a Korean mother, Mrs. Tae Moon Cherry, won permission for a mercy flight to San Francisco for her infant son Marvin who has recovered from virus dysentery. Her husband, U. S. Army specialist Havis C. Cherry of Monticello, Ark., is near death in Hot Springs Army-Navy hospital from injuries from an accident. Doctors say the mother’s presence at his bedside could mean life or death. She is due to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow.
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Tokyo
Ins
San Francisco
United States
Tae Moon Cherry
Marvin
U. S
Cherry
Bysband
U. S. Army
Havis C
Israelis Hit Mine On Gaza Border Scholarship To Lorenzo Girl
San Lorenzo Virginia Let TEL AVIV four Israelis were wounded when patrol vehicles hit land mines along the Gaza Strip border. Miss Shing, a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, is the winner of a $300 day scholarship to cover room and board while pursuing psychology.
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San Lorenzo
Virginia
Tel Aviv
Israel
Shing
Furdue St
San Loraeli
Torenzo
Berkeley
Gaza
Strip
Snakeeman
University of Calif
Dof Stebbins
Nechemia Brosh
Beyou
Bank Teller Foils Bandit In San Francisco Heist
SF Bank teller Walter Tussey, 34, chased an armed robber from Bank of America Hayes Street. He tackled the bandit at a used car lot after guiding a hostage to safety. suspect Roland Alles was captured as police arrived. Loot recovered, including $808. Authorities identified the robber as Roland Alles after pursuit across streets near Franklin and Market.
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San Francisco
Roland Alles
South San
Francisco
Bank of America
Hayes Street
Walter F. Tussey
Tussey
Franklin
Market Streets
Franklin Street
August F. Guerrero
Alles
Socialite Tells Slaying Scene In Washington
Socialite Edith Hough, 42, tells a coroner's jury she shot ex-fiance Zurab Abdusheli, 44, after he allegedly pressed and groped her. She described him becoming rough and ignoring pleas to stop, then she retrieved a gun and fired six times before he attacked. She waits in jail as a grand jury considers the case.
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Washington Inn
Edith Hough
Miss Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Abdusheli
Voice of America
Washington and Deland, Fla
Marilyn and Miller mum on verdict amid contempt case
Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe marked her 31st birthday in seclusion while Miller remains free on $1000 bail after Federal Judge Charles F. McLaughlin convicted him on two counts of contempt for refusing to identify persons at a 1947 Communist writers meeting. Both offered no comment. A sentencing date may be set in two to three weeks amid a potential Supreme Court Watkins case ruling.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Charles F. McLaughlin
Miller
McLaughlin
Supreme Court
Mllinois
John T. Watkins
High Court
Watkins
Ship arrivals and departures list with ports and dates
Ship report lists vessels due to arrive in San Francisco from Liverpool New Orleans Moji Yokohama and Manila with additional ships bound for Manila Valparaiso Hamburg Yokohama and Monterey schedules. Includes times in the afternoon and evening and notes on ships leaving for Manila and Yokohama.
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San Francisco
Monahan Planter
Bonalc - Fyrnlec
Anni Crockett
Seattle Star
Liverpool
Cotton Mate
New Orleans
Army Tern Lombok
New York
Coe Victory
Moji Army Tri-Oak
California
Rar
Fom Philippines
Maron
Yoxohuma Brandanger
Vancouver
Young America
Baltimore
Lishpit
Philippines
Florence
Luchkenbach
San
Mara
Cape Frow
Manila Morean
Manila
Santa’ Elana
Valparaiso
Brandanger—pim
Hamburg
P.m
Honey
Monterey
Sydney
Palmerto Statempim
Yokohama
Simmons Vista
Yakahama
Breath Control Under Fire At Chicago Brewery
Andrew Mulligan a 57 year old Michigan driver with one year suspension of his license faced drunken driving charges after claiming occupational exposure from a 16 hour shift at a Chicago Brewery. He argued breathing on the job should not be penalized. Judge Henry Ferguson rejected the defense in traffic court.
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Chicago
INS
Andrew Mulligan
Mulligan
Mar
Henry Ferguson
British Court Hears Girl Slavery Tale
In Bow Street Magistrates Court a 28 year old British inventor named Bridal faces formal charges after a salesgirl Marjorie Jordan claims she was abducted from her home and kept as an unpaid servant for months. She says she was confined in a dugout under a shed and forced to work.
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London
Sws
Bow Street
Marjorie Jordan
Lockl Bridal
Marjorie
Bridal
West Point Wedding Tactics Set For Cadets’ Matches
West Point N Y Army’s annual Operation Matrimony kicks off for a four day sequence as 51 members of the graduating class of 546 at the U S Military Academy plan weddings immediately after receiving their second lieutenant commissions Cadets wed as soon as they can in church once gold bars are won.
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West Point
N.Y. W
Filipino Flu Toll Nears 500 Deaths
Manila and the provinces added 62 deaths as the influenza epidemic spread across the Philippines. The death toll rose to 464 with about 55,000 new cases reported, lifting total infections to roughly 250,000 nationwide.
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Manila
Philippines
Stocks Reach New Highs As Week Ends In Quiet Trade
New York stocks closed the five month period with gains led by the Standard & Poor's indices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 504.93 while the S&P 500 stood at 47.43. rails slipped and utilities dipped. May saw mixed results with industrials up, rails down, and oils among gainers.
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New York
Standard & Poor
Seaboard
Schering
Norwich
Steels
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Dow Jones stocks and market totals in New York
Stock market roundup shows Dow Jones averages with varied open highs lows and changes while total shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange Friday count 1 111 issues with 513 advancing 39 declining and 289 unchanged. bond averages list higher grade second grade public utilities and industrials.
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New York
INS
Dow Jones
Inca
BO Rall
Unis
INSI
Stock Exchange
Ponds
Ing
New York Stock Exchange
Youth Must Prove He's Alive to Air Force
Huntington West Virginia news brief about Douglas MacArthur Meade 17 needing to prove he is alive to join the Air Force. He was born weighing one pound nine ounces and a birth certificate is required after a physician previously filled out a death certificate.
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Huntington
W. Va
Douglas MacArthur Meade
Air Force
Meade
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