Robbers Take Over $13,000 From Newberry Store
Two bandits robbed the J. J. Newberry Co store on Firestone Boulevard, escaping with more than $13,000 after locking two employees in a back area. One employee was knocked unconscious, tied, and later freed by a co-worker. Police were notified as the suspects fled.
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J. J. Newberry Co
Firestone Blvd
Norwick Center
Donald Jami
Norwalk
Nelson
Son
James Nelson
Jamison
Thelhad
Jamison Land
Seid
Jim
Ard
Bandits Flee Gunfire Captured After Store Robbery
An off duty officer and a quick thinking clerk repelled a robbery at a West Los Angeles liquor store. Three suspects were arrested on suspicion of robbery after a violent spree in Gardena and West LA left a sixth injured. Detectives say the trio, Richard Bagley Gary Arravile and George Hicks, were tied to a string of robberies netting about 800 dollars. The report notes police first received a tip about a suspicious person outside the store before encounters escalated and the bandits fled after gunfire.
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South
Bay Area
West
Los Angeles
Richard Bagley
el Segunda Blvd
Gardena
Gary Arravile
Veremont Ave
George Hicks
Snowstorm sweeps East Coast on Sunday
A winter storm spread from the South to the East Coast, bringing three to six inches of snow in Virginia Maryland New Jersey and New England while the Carolinas faced freezing rain. The system also hit Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Texas with cold weather as northern states prepared for clearing skies. Two Wisconsin children died in a farmhouse fire as their mother attended church. Senator Hubert Humphrey questioned a war over Berlin saying force may not be needed if the U S and allies stand firm. Eastern Air Lines and machinists reached a contract settlement raising hopes for Christmas travel. Mickey Cohen dropped his Million-dollar Libel suit against Curtis Publishing Co. Chrysler and the UAW failed to end a three-day strike idling over 40,000 workers.
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United Press Internath
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
New England
Carolinas
Alabama
Humphrey
New York
Hubert Humphrey Dgminn
Khrushchev
Berlin
Hunphrey
Komuishchtvy
Kremlin
United States
Massive 3000-Acre Brush Fire Roars Into Hills
A three thousand acre brush fire raced through the Tras buco Mountains near San Juan Capistrano in the Cleveland National Forest. The blaze, visible from Long Beach sixty miles away, swept with gusty winds up to thirty miles per hour as two hundred men with trucks bulldozers and water tanks battled the flames and feared stronger winds today.
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Long Beach
Trabuco Mountains
San Juan Capistrano
Bob Shumway
Independent, Press-Telegram
Trasbuco Mountains
Joneland
Gleveland ‘National Forest
Weather Watcher Tracks Competition With Fire Reports
The Weather service monitors a blaze near Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano affecting Highway 1. Officials note the fire’s rapid advance toward mountain regions as California forestry agencies report on the event and local impacts.
Wetbacks Stick to Trails Border Region
Border region dispatch follows photog Chuck Sundquist and an officer along the international boundary. A jeep crawl with an Intelligence Officer of the Border Patrol in the Chula Vista sector contrasts rugged dirt tracks with the freeway into Tijuana.
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Bob Wuearley
San Diego
United States
Chuck Sundquist
Joseph Hayes
Border Patrol
Chula Visit
Tijuana
Warmest Christmas Day in Long Beach and Torrance
Long Beach and Torrance reported 86 degree temperatures as a warm Christmas season persisted under clear skies. The article notes unusually springlike warmth across the area with locals commenting on heat patterns and road routes amid arid conditions.
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Long Beach
Torrance
Mothers, sons survive as parents die in canyon plunge near San Gabriel
In a 425 foot plunge near East Fork San Gabriel road a car fell over a canyon bank. Inside were Sally Parks and Junjal Ray Fenton, both 20, killed. Their two children, ages 8 and 5, survived with serious injuries and were hospitalized.
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Parks
General Hospital
Four Belgian fliers missing after wrecked Antarctic plane
A dramatic search continues for four Belgian aviators who abandoned their wrecked plane in the Antarctic. Seven persons were injured in a car crash near Torrance when a white blackout occurred at the Wheel. Page B-1 reports.
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Torrance
Nthe Antarctic
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Cohen
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