Halleck Replaces Rented Plane Crashes Martin in Revolt
Republicans in the House ousted leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. with Charles Halleck after a 74-70 vote. Halleck, Indiana, former assistant leader, led a conservative bloc against liberals led by Peter Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and included Noah Mason and John Taber. The revolt shifted GOP leadership amid internal party tensions.
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White House
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Massachusetts
Charles Halleck
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House
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Minvis
John
Taber
New York
Peter Freling
Laysen
New Jersey
California Republian
Bob Wilson
San Diego
Tore
Thomas Curtis
Missouri
Cousties
Hous
Congressment
GOP
John Byrnes
Wisconsin
Huge Oil Gains Seen in Water Injection Plan
A Long Beach city consultant testified at a public hearing led by the state oil and gas supervisor that a large scale water-injection program in the Wilmington Oil Field could boost recoverable oil by about 865 million barrels. The plan targets the upper four zones of Fault Blocks II through VI and would extend from the harbor district to the downtown business area. The hearing, under new subsidence controls, weighed effects on subsidence and oil output amid support that repressuring is the feasible stop to sinking.
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State Oil and Gas
Long Beach
R. C
Fineering
Tulsa
Okla
Beach Harbor
Besch Naval Shipyard
Tide Threatens Seal Beach Housing and Pier
Emergency crews standby as a 6.7 foot tide and surging surf threaten exposed apartments along Seal Way in Seal Beach and Magnolia Pier. Runaway barges from the Navy Landing smashed pilings, causing about $20,000 damage. City Council declares emergency as Public Works teams salvage barges and curb further danger.
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Magnolia Pier
Navy Fleet
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Magrolia
Public Works Department
Wavy
Mary Astor Diary Review Featured on Page B-4
A brief plug notes Mary Astor's diary titled purple passion reviewed on Page B-4. It invites readers to visit City Hall with George and recalls the lodey’s Inside Out feature.
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City Hall
George
Weeks
Lodey
Mary Astor
Mary
Polar Satellite Firing Planned From West Coast Soon
The world s first polar orbit satellite is expected to launch from Vandenberg A F B in California within days. The two stage missile will fire south over the Pacific to place the Discoverer satellite in orbit for a brief test of space hazards and recovery methods including animal passengers.
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Los Angeles
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Pacific Ocean
Pole
Discoverer
Man Rescued After Four Hours Buried in Cesspool Cave
Bakersfield report says 44 year old Stafford was buried about 30 feet deep for four hours while shoring prevented tight sand pressure. Firemen used pilings and oxygen tubes to support him until he was lifted to safety and taken to Kern General Hospital for a checkup.
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Leslie O.whitey
Stafford
Kern General Hospital
Cesspool
Stockdale
Frigid Winds Roil the East as Cold Wave Advances
A United Press International dispatch notes a cold wave driving frigid winds through New York City and other eastern areas, toppling trees and disrupting power lines while temperatures creep above freezing in parts of the mid Atlantic. The report also mentions shifting weather fronts across Italy and Europe with regional impacts.
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Italy
General Front
Confederation of Gabor
Pacific
Othej
Agostina
Colorado
Kansas
Two College Students Hurt In Plane Crash In Compton
Two 38 year old college students from Long Beach were critically injured when a rented single engine plane crash landed in a field near Central and Greenleaf Avenues in Compton. Rex the pilot and Fischer a passenger, both Downey residents, were taken to hospitals after emergency treatment at Compton Community Medical Center. Rex had 200 hours flight time and only recently licensed. Fischer attends Long Beach City College while Rex studies at Long Beach State College.
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Compton
Ronald Rex
Parrot Ave
Thomas’ Fischer
DaCosta St
Downey
Ghven
Compton Community Medical Center
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Sheriff's
Acta
Tri-Paces
Central and
Greenleaf Aves
Rex
Compton Municipal
Fischer
Lone Beach State College
Long Beach City College
WM Waxes Poetic In Off Hours
A weather bureau chief vents about updating children literature to modern standards while poking fun at old fashioned rhymes. He argues for realism and mocks lingering nostalgia as he riffs on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Mother Goose. The piece conveys a playful, clipped newsroom tone.
Auto Liability Insurance Rates Up 10 Percent in IL
The Long Beach Insurance Assn announces rate hikes in the Long Beach Los Angeles area with about 101 percent increases and a $7 rise for average auto liability policies. New statewide rates apply to new or renewed policies after today, with higher bodily injury costs driving the change.
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Los Angeles
Rivers
Jack Hammond
Long Beach Insurance Assnta
San Fran
Jeisco County
Soviet Deputy Premier Mohs Berlin Stance Outlined
Soviet Deputy Premier Anatas Mikoyan told reporters after a two hour policy review with Vice President Nixon that Moscow remains firm on Berlin and seeks an end to four power rule. He said Berlin was among topics in a comprehensive exchange of views with Nixon.
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Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
John Foster Dulles
Hubert E. Humphrey
D-Minn
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Life Magazine
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UPI
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Mikoyan
Russia
Berlin
Nixon
Real Fins On Foreign Car's Rear
Leonard Hogue, 19, of Compton described a bizarre accident in which a brand new foreign car had its rear bumper severely damaged after being struck by a falling object from a passing truck at Santa Fe Avenue and Anaheim Street. The object was a 40 round frozen tina.
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Leonard Hogue
S. Atlantic Ave
Compton
Santa Fe Ave
Anaheim St
Ex Actress Seized in Check Charge In Las Vegas
Isabel Jowell, 51, a former road way and Hollyward actress, was arrested on a charge of passing a bad check for 37.50 to pay a cab driver for an evening of touring strip hotels. She was released on 300 bail.
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Nev
Isabel Jowell
Roadway
Hollyward Autress
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