France Reprimanded for Bombing Tunisia
U S secretary of state John Foster Dulles summoned French ambassador Hervé Alphand after reports of a Saturday bombing of Sakiet Sidi Yousef, Tunisia. Dulles expressed profound disturbance and urged reconciliation between allies over North Africa. Tunisian officials said 78 to 100 were killed and many wounded in the strike near the Algerian border. A Swedish Red Cross official described the scene as a horrible sight.
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Rescue Parties Hunt Missing Mount Wilson Hikers
Rescue teams combed the Little Santa Anita Canyon area near Mount Wilson on Sunday night seeking three members of a Monterey Park family overdue from a hiking trip. Missing are Carl Wiemack 33 his son Bobby 8 and daughter Margaret 14 of Clif Hill Drive. Sierra Madre and Rescue Team members aided the search by foot and jeep.
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Actress Lauren Tacall seeks marriage again
An overjoyed 19 year old exclaimed after a blue-belly operation as the tabloid page hints at Lauren Tacall, widow of Humphrey Bogart, who reportedly wants to remarry.
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New Conventions Bring Fresh Money to Long Beach
The city hosted over 100000 convention visitors last year who spent more than 10 million dollars. Officials say the influx is new money for Long Beach, comparable to attracting a Ford plant, and require smart planning and nationwide outreach to lure events.
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15 Dead in Storms Across New York and Beyond
A massive weekend storm battered upstate New York with blizzard conditions and 50 mph winds. Fifteen people died in traffic accidents and related hazards across the region, while states from New York to New England faced heavy snowfall and freezing rain. Schools closed and highways were halted as conditions worsened, with Utica and Syracuse enforcing emergency measures. Meanwhile in Texas, airman Donald Farrell began a seven day simulated Moon mission in a sealed chamber at Randolph Air Force Base, monitored by doctors as he endures isolation and tests.
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Detroit Diamond Merchant Reports $24,000 Loss at Home
Jerry Krandall, a diamond merchant and member of a Highland Park jewelry firm, reported Sunday the loss of $24,000 in jewelry and furs from his home while preparing for a trip to New York after a Saturday night party. The police were notified of the burglary.
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Bomb Test Foes Set Sail on Golden Rule Mission
A four man crew sails the 30 foot ketch Golden Rule from a Sunday prayer meeting to the Pacific at noon today. Their aim is to urge the world to stop nuclear bomb tests before humanity is destroyed. The voyage targets Eniwetok Island, where the US plans a test in April.
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WM Crosed Up in His Experiments on TV Horror Movies
A compact notice notes how vintage horror films on television revive the mad doctor trope, highlighting recurring themes in early TV thriller programming and audience reactions. The item sketches a nostalgic view of a familiar cinematic archetype manifested across several movies.
Rumored Soviet Satellite Push Stirs Space Talk
London reports in The Graphic that a next early week Soviet satellite may be launched with more instruments than Sputniks and could include a manned mission later this year. The tabloid cited an unnamed scientist noting Sputnik I launched after multiple failed attempts.
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Quartet Going to Funeral Plane Crash Kills Three Near Torrance
A fog bound flight to Medford for the funeral of Norwalk crash victim Z R Jennings ended in disaster when the Cessna 195 struck a field near Torrance. Three men died: Rev. Kelly Ray Meritt ex of Kearney Nebraska aircraft passenger Ridmund S Hughes and Lars Cromp pilot and owner of the craft. Robert Bye survived severely injured. The crash occurred after a wing grazed a home on Flower Street and the plane broke apart near Newton Street Hawthorne Avenue. The victims were en route to attend Jennings funeral and were connected to the Norwalk tragedy.
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Los Angeles
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Coast
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Hawthorne Ave
Fred Gerken
Pair Gets 2000 in Market Robbery in Santa Ana
Two masked men robbed a Santa Ana market at 1st Street and Harbor Boulevard Sunday, forcing clerk William B. Tossell to empty registers and safe into a brown paper sack. They held three customers and clerk Morgan D. Loomis at gunpoint, escaped with $2000, and fled in a stolen car after locking victims in a walk-in refrigerator. One witness escaped and alerted the sheriff.
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Bus Plunge Kills 26 Near Kongju in Korea
Police report a Seo ul Gia bus crashed through a railing and fell nine feet into a river near Kongju Sunday killing 26 of 30 aboard. Driver attempted to evade a pedestrian at the moment of impact.
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