Couple Must Give Up Child They've Loved All Her Life
A Lakewood woman tearfully told of relinquishing 14 month old Tena Marie whom she and her husband hoped to adopt. Mrs Pettijohn, licensed to care for children of unwed mothers, had cared for about 50 babies since joining Hols Kamilye Adoption Service. The child’s birth mother disappeared after birth and adoption workers cited Catholic Protestant differences as a major hurdle.
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Kathalefn
Charles Pettijohn
Tena Marie
Pettijohns
Stalfy
Lakewood
Katheleen Pettijohn
Greentop St
Hols Kamilye
Los Angeles
Los An
Geles-Area
Charles
Holy Family
Nationwide fires claim 18 children and 3 adults
A spate of bitter cold linked fires across the East killed 21 people, including 18 children. In Kentucky six children died in a Tompkinsville frame house blaze. four more children perished in Manning South Carolina when a gas can toppled and exploded in a wood stove. Knoxville Tennessee saw a widowed mother and son burned, plus four injured. Conshohocken Pennsylvania and Dallas Texas also reported multiple child deaths in wooden homes.
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Associated Press
Tompkinsville
J.B. Maxeys
Manning
S.C
Knoxville
Tean
Ruth Lee
Gerald Kohansky
Conshohocken
Kohansky
Dallas
Alsa
Grady Foster
Florida Frost Ends Cold Snap With Warming Trend
Florida's frost driven arctic spell weakened as temperatures fell to 16 at Fairbanks and scattered snow touched Pensacola Fort Walton Beach Defuniak Springs Crestview and Freeport melting on impact while a warming trend forecasts ahead. In Washington Secretary of State Herter hosted a Sunday briefing with Ambassador Borisale and Roy Rubottom on the Cuban situation at his Georgetown residence.
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Florida
Fairbanks
Fla
Weather Bureau
Sunshine State
Pensacola
Fort Walton Beach
Defuniak Springs
Crestview
Freeport
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Philip W. Borisal
U.S
Havana
Herter
Roy R. Rubottom
Inter- American Affairs
Georgetown
Uprising in Algiers Kills and Wounds Many as Rioters Clash
In Algiers, twenty thousand French settlers battled police with bullets and grenades, seizing blocks in a bloody uprising against de Gaulle. At least 20 killed and 169 wounded, including eight policemen dead, as Paris declares a state of siege and paratroop reinforcements arrive. De Gaulle and Debre rush to Paris for crisis talks.
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Algiers
Apt
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Maurice Challe
Alegeria
Algeria
Michel Debre
de Gaule
University of
Jacques Susini
Joseph Ortiz
Woman Injured by Train in Runaway Horse Incident
Viola Mae Lucero, 18, of Long Beach, was injured Sunday when her runaway horse toppled a 450 foot embankment after a southbound Pacific Electric train hit the animal near Los Cerritos station. The horse was killed. Lucero was treated at St. Mary's Hospital for facial, back, and head injuries. The train was operated by Michael Cherwin, 58, of Huntington Park.
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Long Beach
MTA
Viola Mae Lucero
Baltic Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Highway Patrol
Los Cerritos Pacific Electric Railway
Michael Cherwin
Huntington Park
Cabby Dashes After Bandit Saying I Will Let You Have It
Cab driver Herman Jones of Al Alamitos Ave ran after a fleeing bandit who warned him with the threat If you do anything crooked I’ll let you have it. Jones leaped from his stopped cab and sprinted straight, pursuing the bandit while the robber fled in the opposite direction.
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Herman Jones
al Alamitos Ave
Jones
Fireman Rescues Woman From Burning Long Beach Apartment
Long Beach Fire Department Captain E J Rainboth carried 58 year old Mrs Marie Eastick from a blazing apartment at 112 E Carson St Sunday night. Fire confined to a divan and furnishings. Eastick unharmed though dazed. She was taken to Seaside Hospital for examination.
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Long Beach
Marie Eastick
E. Carson St
E. J. Rainboth
Mrs. Eastick
Potato Patch Yields Vary From Marbles To Peas
The weather man asks the boss about last season's crop. The bureau chief answers with a blush describing uneven yields, noting many small potatoes and a few very large ones, while mentioning he also grew many small ones.
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Jones
Investigators chase beatniks after spy work arresting narcotics suspects
An investigative report notes officers failed to wash the beatnik image from the scene as 30 narcotics suspects were arrested following undercover espionage activity. Page A-4. A separate item reports the heiress gamble involving a beneficiary turning away her father at a door. Page A-7.
Memorial for Ricky Fahrney Erected in 1955 at 4579 Stearns Ave
Ricky Fahrney, 15, who suffered cerebral palsy and epilepsy, died of pneumonia after flu. His parents founded the Long Beach Exceptional Children's Foundation in 1951 and built a training center by 1956 aiding fifty severely retarded children. Memorial requests donations to support similar work.
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Ricky Fahrney
Stearns Ave
Ricky
Ven
Edna
E. Kempton Dr
Rossmoor
Long Besch
Fauhrney
Rickey
Costa Mesa
Dispay Family
Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of
West
Terra Bells
Calif
Long Beach
Thug Steals $6000 at Garden Stove Market
A robber hid in a Garden Stove market at closing time Sunday night and forced the manager to open the safe. He held a gun on an employee's wife and escaped with about $6,000 after confronting Walter Daughtry as the Alpha Beta Market on Harbor Boulevard closed. Police identified suspects as James Derichsweiler Jamies Poch and Charles Salibe.
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Harbor Blvd
Walter Daughtry
Cem
Richard Davenport
Mads
James Derichsweiler
Jamies Poch
Charles Salibe
Daughtry
Lilita
Jonnie
Teenagers set British nations 24 hour jive record
Seven teens finished a 24 hour rock and roll marathon at a Leamington Spa youth center to set a new British nations record. A 19 year old Derfea Marriott commented on the grueling pace and celebration following the feat.
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Leamington Spa
England
WPT
Derfea Marriott
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Pepper Hass
Fred Harris
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Alt
Settler 'S Fight
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Challe
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Tairl
St. Mary’s Hospital
Thug
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