Bare Trace of Rainfall in March and Fraternity Chaos
A fragment from a March weather note shows scant rainfall in Southern California with sprinkles noted at Long Beach State College. In a parallel college scene, coeds and fraternity antics disrupt campus life as Tau Kappa Epsilon promises a prank of packing 30 men into a cat.
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California
Long Beach
Marieh
Trenacan Rice
Long Beach State
College
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Davies Bridge near Marine Stadium to open this year
Engineers estimate the Davies Bridge across the Marine Stadium will be ready for traffic before year’s end. Property owners warned that a suit may be filed to declare the agreement invalid, though no further complications are reported.
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Davies
Marine Stadium
Completion of Bridge Is Assured
The Long Beach Marina bridge project clears the last major hurdle as City Council approves a land-use agreement with the McGrath estate. Bids for bridge approaches will be sought in April at about 200000, with final slip construction adding 435 berths and boosting harbor capacity to 1800 boats at nearly two million dollars.
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J. H. Davies
Long Beach
McGrath,estate
Sam ©. Vickers
BMS
Attorney General's Office
State Lands Commission
Te Ae
Creation of state tax wing support noted
A brief item on Page A-7 references the formation of a state tax collecting agency wing. Details are sparse but indicate structural support for tax administration within the state government. No individuals or organizations named beyond generic governmental bodies.
Slaying in Knoxy mining area triggers union inquiry
In Barbourville Kentucky a non union coal operator Woodrow Smith was shot six times near a Knox County pit. State police seek a United Mine Workers official for questioning as Safety Commissioner Don Sturgill orders all available men to hunt the killer. The crime follows a two day picket by UMW members amid a wage strike across seven eastern Kentucky counties. The incident is described as murder.
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Slayi Ying
Barbourville
United Mine Workers
Don Sturgill
Woodrow Smith
Stinking Creek
Knox County
UMW
Kentucky
Teens Clash Over Tax Declarations In City Debate
Council votes 5-3 to halt use of declarations by Vickers and Cole amid a bitter hour long clash over authority and private business matters. Some 1,400 copies already returned by taxpayers, 3,000 more not to be distributed next year, restoring door to door canvassing by deputy assessors at affected business places. Mayor Kealer criticizes the assessor while warning against a double standard. Continued on Page A-4.
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Cole
Raymond C. Kealer
Bing Crosby Defended by Sons on Fatherhood
Hollywood AP report says Bing Crosby felt he failed his four sons by his first marriage through too much work and discipline, while his sons Gary Dennis Philip and Lindsay defend him. Dennis and Philip dispute his claim of owning his sons. they say he did a wonderful job and emphasize his efforts and schooling advice. The piece notes Meade Alcorn’s impending resignation as Republican National Committee chairman and details related political context.
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Vickere
Ana Hollywood
Bing Crosby
J. R. Cole
Sisten
Bing
New York Herald Tribune
Hollywood
Joe Hyams
Dixie Lee
Gary
Dennis
Philip
Lindsay
Owen
Washington
Meade
Alcorn
Republican
Hertford
Conn
Mar
Las
Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
UPI
Wein
San Quentin
Leroy ‘ x
Dawson
Two Tornadoes Kill Five in Texas and Injure Thirty Nine
Two tornadic events struck Texas Tuesday night. Vaughn and Bynum north of Waco reported three dead and two injured at Bynum and two dead and twenty injured at Vaughn after 15 homes destroyed and 10 more damaged. A separate hit north and northeast of Gainesville injured seventeen and damaged a gasoline plant. A third twister near Perrin Air Force Base tracked toward Denison, crossed into Oklahoma, then affected two small communities with two injured and three houses blown away.
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Tex
Texas
Vaughn
Bynum
Waco
Perrin Air Force Base
Denison
Oklahoma
Plane Takes Off Damaged Off Seal Beach
A Long Beach Air Force amphibian plane suffered a wing tip damage during offshore takeoff Tuesday afternoon and was towed to the Naval Ammunition and Net Depot in Seal Beach. Pilot Captain Robert B Pard and crew escaped injury. The Grumman Albatross, assigned to New York Telephone Co and the Air Rescue Squadron, was intercepted to verify Bronx Zoo calls amid an April Fool’s Day prank.
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Long Beach
Naval
Seal Beach
Air Force
Robert B. Pard
Olive Ave
Grumman New York
UPI
New York Telephone Co
Dancer Bambi Linn Seeks Divorce From Rod Alexander
Bambi Linn files for divorce from dance partner Rod Alexander in Bridgeport Connecticut citing cruelty. Proceedings center on dissolution of marriage with custody or support details not disclosed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Bambi Linn
Rod Alexander
Western Big Three Press for Geneva Progress
The United States Britain and France signaled they will attend the May 11 Geneva summit only if preliminary foreign ministers talks show progress. Assistant Secretary Berding said some allied differences faded while others remain, and East German and West German reps would join Geneva as advisers. The three issued a joint plan after their first meeting and will reconvene.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Geneva
Andrew Berding
Christian Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Russia
AF tanker crashes near Killeen killing four crew
An Air Force KC135 tanker crashed and exploded near Killeen Texas on Tuesday night, killing the four crew members aboard. The incident prompted an investigation and emergency response with details pending from military authorities.
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Killeen
Tex
Apd
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