Borealis Visible in Southland Shines Across California Deserts
Aurora borealis lit the southern skies Monday night across Barstow Big Bear Lake Bishop Needles and reached Red Bluff with reports from Battle Mountain Reno and Tonopah Nevada The Barstow resident described the northern horizon as fiery red in a remarkable display not seen there in half a century Veteran observers noted the event was rare yet notable for its brilliance.
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Yorktown Due in Port Wednesday
The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown is scheduled to arrive at Long Beach Wednesday morning and tie up at Municipal Pier E around 10:00 a.m. It is the fourth carrier assigned there, after Thetis Bay Princeton and Philippine Sea, with its designation recently shifted to antisubmarine carrier and featuring the angled deck for simultaneous launch and recovery.
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Youths Hearing in Liquor Store Slaying Recessed
A Norwalk juvenile case and accomplice hearing were recessed for one week. Nyall A. Andreason, 16, may be tried as a juvenile or adult for the murder of Paul Robert son, 43, during the December 25 liquor store robbery at 14317 Studebaker Rd. William G. Hughes, 17, of 15020 Flower St., Norwalk, also faces continued proceedings.
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Tunisia Calls for U.S. Action Over French Raid
mood in Washington and Paris deepens as Secretary Dulles and Tunisian officials urge U.S. intervention after French bombing near Sakiet Sidi Youssef. Moscow branded the strike barbarous while U.S. officials avoided confirming use of American planes. 75 killed in the village as Franco Tunisian tensions rise.
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Ejected Too Late Air Colonel Killed in Fatal Ejection
Col Quentin T. Quick deputy commandant of Maxwell AFB School plunged to his death Monday after a flameout training jet. Syria votes medals for presidents Shuldi and Nasser for unification efforts in the United Arab Republic.
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Governor Knight Proclaims Subside Losses in Long Beach
City officials and civic leaders hail Governor Knight's move to call a special session on subsidence. Aimed at halting further land sinking, lawmakers expect voluntary compliance and state action to fund repressurization and related engineering work.
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Baronet 81 Admits Affair Details Court Hearings
A London baronet aged 81 admitted in court to an ongoing affair with former model Jacqueline Gray. He said he began to feel frail and stopped payments to his wife in 1950, while maintaining gifts and mounting demands from Miss Gray. His attorney questioned payments while the affair continued. The hearing resumed with testimony about visits to Miss Gray’s flats.
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Long Beach Sertoma Club to Review Youth Employment Program
Stephen Pace, president of the Long Beach Sertoma Club, will review the organization’s youth employment program during the Governor’s Youth Conference in Sacramento. The club’s setup is among the first service clubs in the state to develop such a program, run jointly with the California Department of Employment.
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Guard Shot When Pistol Falls to Floor
Canton Sr. Pete Christiansen a 42 year old security guard at an electronics plant in Hawthorne was accidentally shot in the stomach when his 38 caliber revolver dropped from its holster and discharged as it struck the floor in the washroom. He is recovering at Hawthorne Community Hospital in fair condition.
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