Fire Tragedy Claims 11 Firefighters In California Ravine
Eleven men died as a wind shift drove a 33 000 acre brush and timber fire in Cleveland National Forest near Ramona California trapping a crew from Vieja Honor Camp and forest service personnel. Ten escaped, six of them prisoners, as bodies were hauled from the ravine to a San Diego morgue and a county rescue effort followed.
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Ramona
Calif
U.S. Forest Service
Viejna
U. S. Forest Service
Ritchie Creek
Cleveland National Forest
San Diego County
Walter Puhn
Forest
Here
James G. Reed
Reed
San Diego
Forest Service
Sheriff's Office
Viejan
Con Trol
B-52s Demonstrate Record Nonstop Flights Across U S
Air Force B 52 bombers staged a weekend demonstration claiming nonstop flights up to 16 000 miles, eight aircraft aloft 26 to 31 hours as part of a routine training mission. The same display projected intercontinental striking power and included a simulated San Francisco bombing over the North Pole route from bases in Maine and California. Two aircraft landed at Friendship Airport Baltimore testing dispersal from civilian airfields.
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Washington
Russia
Air Force
U.S. Air Force
San Francisco
Strategic Air Command
Loring Air Force Base
Maine
North Pole
Strategic Airs Command
Soviet Union
Castle Air Force Base
California
United States
Canada
Friendship
Baltimore
Civian
Plasterers Suit Opens in Alameda County Court
In Oakland, 13 Alameda county builders joined a suit to enjoin the plasterers union from enforcing three coats of stucco on homes planned or under construction. A temporary injunction issued by Judge Charles Wade Snogh remains in effect as contractors claim two coats meet the uniform building code.
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Oakland
Alameda County
Plasterer's Union
Arthur Coats
Charles Wade Snogh
Plasterer’s Union
Contracting Plasterers’ Association
Statewide freeway routing sparks assembly probe clash
Strong objections to how the state picks freeway routes dominated an assembly investigating committee hearing led by Assemblyman Richard Dolwig. Testifying locals argued counties and residents lack influence, urging limits on highway commission powers and a statutory, not discretionary, route selection process. Assemblyman McCollister said Marin and Sonoma residents are angry, urging explicit state rules governing freeway siting.
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Sacramento II
Assembly
Richard J. Dolwig
Athlerton
Highway Commission
Division of Highways
Richard H. McCollister
San Anselmo
Marin County
Sonoma County
Commission
McCollister
Boards of Supervisors
California registers seven million motor vehicles
California’s registered motor vehicles surpassed seven million, announced by Paul Mason director of Motor Vehicles. He told the governor’s council meeting that California has about 160000 more registered vehicles than the upper Mississippi valley and more licensed drivers today.
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Sacramento
California
Millon
Paul Mason
Mason
Mississippi Valley
Oregon State to represent PCC in Rose Bowl game
Pacific Coast Conference commissioner Victor O. Schein announced in Los Angeles that Oregon State College has been chosen to represent the PCC in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day in Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
Oregon’ State
College
Pasadena
Pacifc
Victor O. Schein
Healer Swindles Elder. Leandro Man Loses Savings
In San Leandro a 71-year-old man, Antonio F. Neves of 1180 Victoria Ave, was swindled out of 143 dollars by a “miracle healer” who works with a male companion. She stops elderly targets on the street, performs a quick exam, then flees with the wallet. Police describe the duo as dark skinned, 40s to 45, heavyset.
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San Leandro
Antonio F. Neves
Victoria Avenue
Neves
Big Wallet
East Hit by Snow and Rain Across the East
Strong winds drove snow and rain into New England while forecasters warned of adverse weather for the eastern United States. Heavy snow advisories covered eastern New York and much of New England. snow stretched south into Tennessee and North Carolina as temperatures fell from Minnesota to Texas.
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United Press
New England
New York
Tennessee
Caroilina
Rochester
N.Y
Minnesota
Texas
U S Athletes Lead Russia at Olympics
United States athletes lead the Olympic standings with 167 points to Russia's 97 after victories by Bob Richards in pole vault Tom Courtney in the 800 meters and Tommy Keno in weight lifting. Two more golds were to be decided in weight lifting tonight as Americans chase more medals.
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Sagan Rere
Russia
Bob Richards
Tom Courtney
Tommy Keno
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Australia
Poland
Norway
Hungary
Korea
Czechoslovakia
New Zealand
France
Iran
Denmark
Canada
Japan
Switzerland
Argentina
Finland
Cops Smash Core of Big Done Network
Federal agents and sheriff’s narcotics squad said they disrupted a large drug import conspiracy into Southern California from Mexico. Eleven suspects were arrested, part of a 34 member federal indictment, including three Leyvas brothers identified as primary importers of heroin and operating with violence and intimidation.
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Los Angeles
INS
California
Mexico
Sheriff
Unider
Hergin
United States
Rudolfo Reyes Leyves
Henry R. Leyvas
Hand Seferino R. “Leyvas
Henry
U S
Laughn E
Waters
Federal Grand Jury
Cost of Living Rise Reported
Washington report shows the cost of living rising one half of one percent in October to a new record high. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes the CPI at 117.7 relative to 1947-49 and a 2.4 percent year over year rise. Commissioner Ewan Clague cautions against panic and predicts continued firmness.
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Washington Wi
Bureau of Labor Statistics
H Bureau
Ewan Clague
Western Allies Unchanged in Strength Needs Says Norstad
General Lauris Norstad new Supreme Allied Commander Europe states anti Russian uprisings in Sanesry and Poland have not altered troop strength requirements for the Western allies.
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Washington
INS
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Sanesry
Poland
Russell City Eyes Annexation Vote to San Lorenzo District
Russell City residents vote tomorrow on annexing Russell City School district to San Lorenzo. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm at Russell School. Annexation favored as 90 percent signed petitions. Trustees warn alternatives include higher taxes or reduced facilities after state aid ends next July.
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Russell City
San Lorenzo
Russell School
Russell
Atlantic Gulf Dock Workers Return to Jobs
New York and Gulf ports resumed normal activity as about 60 000 dockers obeyed a federal injunction ending a strike. An estimated 1 000 000 dollars worth of perishables were at stake in New York and other ports, with 4 000 longshoremen working overtime to clear backlogs during the 80 day cooling off period under Taft Hartley. The ILA demanded coast wide settlement, but a court order restrained such talks.
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New York
INS
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
International Longshoremen's Association
New Yorke Shippers’ Association
NYSA
Peepee
ILA
Eisenhower
Heavy Load in Las Vegas Fire at Boulder Club
A fire swept through the Boulder club gambling casino offices in Las Vegas last night. Officials carried out about 190000 in silver dollars from the burning building, separating him from the flames as crews fought the blaze.
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Las Vegas
Boulder Club
Part Of Canal Reported Open
London reports United Nations police mobilized in Port Said as British and French occupation troops withdraw. A sunken dredge was cleared from the harbor forming the Jez Canal entry allowing passage for the 10,000 ton Liberty ship. Yugoslav troops arrive by sea, Swedish UNEF forces arrive by air. tensions rise with Israel Egypt Syria Iraq amid a shaky cease fire and shifting diplomacy.
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London
United Na‘tions Police
Port Said
Tin
Egypt
Iia
Jez Canal
U.N. S
Yugoslavia
Canada
UNEF
Abu Sweir
Ismailia
Israel
Sinai
Fedayeen
Moscow
Cairo
United States
Canal
Middle East
Syria
Iraq
Australia Pleads For U S Britain To Heal Rift At UN
Australian external affairs Minister R G Casey urged the United States and Britain to mend their diplomatic split at the United Nations General Assembly. He said the British American feud affects 90 percent of non Communist nations and noted the Middle East crisis demands serious reconsideration of long held assumptions. Casey pressed for action to end the rift and urged unity for the democratic world.
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United Nations
Australia
United States
Britain
R. G. Casey
Middle East
United Nations General Assembly
Suez Canal
U.N
France
Israel
Egypt
Middle -East
Casey
Assembly
U.N. I
United States of America
United Kingdom
Austtralia
U.S. i
Mansion Robbery Stymies Police Near Louisville
Police report a late Saturday robbery at the estate of millionaire attorney William Marshall Bullitt near Louisville. About 274000 dollars in cash vanished after intruders entered via a first floor window into the east library wing as the 83 year old Bullitt and Nora retired for the night. Detectives say the crime likely involved insiders familiar with the mansion and its 5 plus rooms.
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Louisville
William Marshall Bullitt
Jefferson County
James Wyatt
Bullitt
Nora
Bullitts
Nomersnan
Bert Hart
Hungery Exodus Continues as Hungarians Cross into Austria
More than 52,000 Hungarians have crossed into Austria despite tightened border controls and risks of death or arrest, officials said. New waves of refugees departed from border camps during the night, according to Burgenland provincial government officials.
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Vienna
Austri
Burgenland
Navy Faces Choice on Crippled Sub Sea Walk
Washington reports the Navy has decided the crippled atomic submarine Sea Walk must either be rebuilt or remain permanently defective. The decision signals ongoing safety and maintenance concerns.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Russians Block Western Allied Train at Border
Berlin officials report Soviet forces blocked passage of a British military train from Berlin to West Germany for the first time since the blockade was lifted. A British spokesman said Soviet border authorities refused entry and returned the train to Berlin citing new documentation procedures.
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Berlin
West Germany
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