Heat Wave Sets April Records Across Los Angeles
A blistering heat wave sweeps Southern California with Las Angeles and Long Beach posting record April highs. Temperatures reach 106 in parts, 100 in Burbank, 104 in El Centro, and 95 in Los Angeles. Bathing beaches attract crowds while lifeguards rescue dozens amid traffic jams and heat related ailments.
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Los Angeles
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Burbank
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Rival
Long’ Beach
Your Schools Look at What Tax Dollars Buy
Warren Walters examines Long Beach Unified School District costs as operating and construction figures rise. He notes a 45 percent increase over a decade, with 53 elementary schools, 14 junior highs, seven high schools, and a city college financed by tax dollars guiding the district's financing and facilities.
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Lakewood
Arthur A’ Knoll
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Burglars Bind and Gag Couple in Covina Home
Gunmen entered through a window at midnight, bound and gagged Hubert Scott and his wife Phoebe, ransacked the house, and fled with $15,000 in furs and jewels. They used fish hooks to keep them from thrashing. The couple were rescued six hours later when a passerby heard cries. Records say Scott operates an auto parts firm and held cash on the premises. Police say the 64 and 55 year olds rolled from beds and escaped through open windows, crying for help. Continued on Page A-8.
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Scott
Harlem Tenement Fire Kills Six as 250 Flee
A Harlem three alarm blaze caused by a careless cigarette killed six and injured sixteen, including nine firefighters and five residents. The second floor apartment housed twelve people in a seven story building with 53 families. The dead include four children from the Mandiville family and Yvonne Thomas.
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Aligil Qdd Pull Bases
Edward Cavanagh
Robert Mandiville
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Robert
Anthony
Sandra
Yvonne Thomas
Europeans' gypsies invade Italian town for death vigil
Independent caravans and Cadillacs arrive in an Italian town on a Sunday for a death vigil honoring their queen. Page B-8 reports. Chairman Harris drags feet in FCC probe as Drew Pearson charges. Page B-4.
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Drew Pearson
Mountain View Boy Drowns After Fall Into Reservoir
Gilbert Sandoval, 14, of Mountain View, died after losing balance and falling 100 feet into Stevens Creek Reservoir on Sunday. Rescue crews recovered the youth from the water, and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Stanford Plans World’s Largest Atom Smasher Project
Stanford proposes a two mile long accelerator tunnel in the Coast Range to build a machine 50 times longer than the present facility. The $105 million system would use 1,000 klystron tubes to propel electrons to about 99.9 percent light speed, enabling new atomic research and potential element discoveries.
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Soviet’ Union
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Sity
California
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Laborer claims he shot nuns to get even in Fallsington
Louis Marrero, 24, confessed he planned a shooting spree three weeks earlier to retaliate against a priest over a Bible revision and Bishop Sheen. He wounded three nuns at St. Joachim's Convent and two others including a policeman. one nun was seriously hurt but survived surgery. He fled to a parochial school and then toward a Delaware bank, saying he sought medals for spacemen and an equivalent for rocketeers.
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Flippin Order
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Pennsylvania
Long Beach Man Dies in Highway 101 Crash
A Long Beach man died and his passenger was seriously injured in a head on collision four miles north of San Diego on Highway 101 Sunday. Norman Stevens of Nieto Avenue died on arrival at Oceanside Hospital. Stanley Reed of Redondo Avenue was hospitalized with multiple injuries. The other driver, Duane Crandall, 18, aboard the carrier USS Bennington, was less seriously injured.
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Nieto Ave
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Redondo Ave
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Sailéy
Bennington
Beat It Challenge Echoes From Shore to Shore
An unclear fragment marvels at a rival challenge with repeated lines about beating it. Jumbled quotes reference a boss, a two month horizon before summer, and a bemused assistant asking a question about Texas. The passage offers no clear event or names to anchor a full summary.
Dodgers Ready for Chicago Cuba After Exhilarating Series
By Lucifier Lightfoot reports on the Coliseum floor where fans claim rumors of 105 hits are exaggerated. The Dodgers, buoyed by the San Francisco series, prepare to host the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night, hopeful after a day of few errors and renewed energy.
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