Heavy Rain Floods Alviso Town Evacuation Ordered
California floods grew as heavy rain soaked soil and raised the Guadalupe River. Alviso, with 900 residents on San Francisco Bay, was evacuated to San Jose and nearby areas after six foot tides threatened homes. Seven rivers ran full or overflowing as a new storm loomed.
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Alviso
California
Cali
Aulilg Lavall
San Francisco Bay
Guadalupe River
San Jose
Landslide closes lane on Highway 99 near Castaic
Bakersfield GF The Highway Patrol reported a landslide closed the southbound lane of U S 99 on Tuesday afternoon from five mile grade to just north of Castaic. Traffic was slowed as southbound cars used the northbound lanes. More slides were expected and both lanes could be closed, cutting off all traffic at that point.
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Bakersfield GF
U. S. 99
Five Mile
Castaic
Nuclear submarines join Atlantic Fleet as normal units
NEW LONDON Conn The Navy's three commissioned atomic powered submarines Tuesday became normal operating units of the Atlantic Fleet The Nautilus Seawolf and Skate which have operated directly under the fleets submarine force commander since commissioning now will operate within the normal frame work of the Navy organization They joined Submarine Division 102 marking the first time in history that nuclear driven submarines have become units of normal fleet operational organization Cmdr Robert G Black is division commander
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Nautilus
Seawolf
Skate
Navy
Division 102
Squadron 10
Cmdr
Robert G. Black
Crews Stand By For Floods Near Madera Mills
Standby crews along the Fresno River at Cottonwood Creek Dam ten miles east of Madera prepared to sound flood alarms if the earthen dyke fails. River flow neared 8 000 second feet, with Chowchilla River at 6 000, as snow drifts lowered to 2 700 feet in the Sierra foothills. Officials warned that a heavy storm could melt snow and trigger a major flood impacting lowland farms and water districts.
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Fresno
Cottonwood Creek
Chowchilla
Sierra Foothills
Opportunist Taxpayer Gets Cash in Santa Cruz
A Santa Cruz report recounts a cashier Merrill who, to calm an angry woman protesting a tax increase of 19 dollars, emptied his valets of 7 dollars and urged belief in his claim. The woman accepted the money and left.
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Santa Cruz
Merrill
Fire Rages Overnight Killing Three Little Girls in Beds
A Monaco incident reports ex Queen Godmother and Joan Spain among those affected as a fire in an apartment claimed the lives of Sherry aged six, Helen three, and Elma Louise five months. Firemen say the blaze began near a living room heater while the mother, unconscious, and Grace and Prince Rainier’s child were among those critically affected.
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Monaco
Victoria Eugenia
Joan Spain
Kingery
Victoria
Grace
Prince Rainier
David
Sherry
Helen
Elma Louise
Wild school bus ride injures 25 pupils and driver jailed
A school bus with 25 pupils on board rolled on steep Ohio hills injuring several as students leaped to safety. Driver James McConnell of Chesapeake faced a six month sentence and a $500 fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Elmer Floyd of Chesapeake was found at the wheel when patrols stopped the bus in a ditch.
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Con Tronton
Ohio
Deen Mead
James ¥. McConnell
Chesapeake
Highway Patrol
Elmer Floyd
McConnell
Floyd
Greasy Ridge Rd
Rebels Hit Highways and Railroads in Cuba War
Rebel chief Fidel Castro launched a first phase of total war against President Batista. Guerrilla bands attacked highway and rail transport, paralyzing communications between Santiago and eastern Cuba. Rebel sources said the action would spread nationwide after a Saturday deadline. Government authorities armed and threatened martial law as workers fled the area.
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Fidel Castro
Nis
Fulgericio Batista
Oriente
Santiago
Cuba
Batista
Bua
Man Flushed Out by Sorority Adds Full Dress to Shorts
Lawrence Kansas UP report details an incident at a University of Kansas sorority house where a 25 year old man Le E Johnson of Talihina Oklahoma was found in the attic and later arrested. After a brief scuffle with police he was taken into custody fully dressed in a women’s restroom. Johnson claimed fatigue and a desire to rest. Disturbing the peace charges were filed.
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Gamma’ Phil
University of Kansas
Nouseboy
Lawrence
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