Portland Miss Universe contender accused of rigged pageant
Sonja Landsem of Portland is slated to represent the city in Miss Universe at Tong Beach, Calif, but claims of rigged judging surface. Rotenberg, the chief judge, allegedly favored Landsem and blocked ballots, while dress fit claims and vote counts are disputed.
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Portland
Ore
Sonja Landsem
Tong Beach
Calif
Jack Hurd
TV Magazine
Pulfigher
Miss Landsem
Ieving Rotenberg
4 Health and Beauty Studio
Hurd
Rotenberg
Oscar Meinhardt
Long Beach
Briscoe Out as Mayor of Dublin
Dublin council elects James Carroll mayor after drawing names from a hat. Briscoe, Fianna Fáil veteran and longtime lord mayor, previously won by draw a year earlier. Carroll secured 21 ballot votes as the city moves on from Briscoe’s tenure.
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Briscoe
Dublin
P—Dillin
Robert Briscoe
United States
James Carroll
Carroll
Briscor
Fianna Fair Party
Eamon de Valera
Denis Larkin
Flu Outbreak Briefly Halts National Assembly Sessions
About 200 of 1,860 youths and advisers at a national church meeting fell ill with influenza, prompting abrupt session closures. The West Minster Fellowship National Assembly began with 12 cases last Friday, then spread to 200 by noon Monday, affecting California delegates and a Nevada participant.
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Grinnel
Towal
State Health Department
West Minster Fellowship National Assembly
California
Nevada
Pilot Survives 54 Day Ordeal in Sequoia Park
Air Force Lt David Steeves, 93, survived 54 days in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park after parachuting from a damaged jet trainer on May 9. He crawled 12 miles to a ranger cabin, subsisted on rations and caught fish, berries, and game, losing weight but regaining strength. He walked up to 49 miles during his ordeal before hobbling to a packer and a doctor, then to Castle Air Force Base for checks.
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park
Calif
Air Force
National Park
David Steeves
San Francisco
Trumbull
Conia
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Simpson Meadows
Steeves
Park Rangers
Hamilton Air Force Base
Tze
Gene Valer
Granite Basin
Albert Ade
Orange Cove
Charles Howard
Fresno
Weather man vacations at Creud Farm
Weather man takes a break at Creud Farm to rest from daily duties. Boss orders psychiatric evaluation after a twitchy spell, but doctors find no serious issue beyond odd behavior and a stash of pancakes at home.
Brewster Reelected TDU Head Despite Contempt Conviction
Brewster was reelected chairman of the Teamsters Union, which has about 385,000 members in the western states, the same day he was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to disclose union fund use. He argued the Fifth Amendment to avoid revealing information that might incriminate him.
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Teamster
Brewster
Western States
Congress
San Diego
Sheree North Divorce Action Filed in Juarez
Actress Sheree North seeks a Mexican divorce from Bud Freeman in Juarez second civil court. Married February 20 1933 the couple separated last March. Freeman not expected to contest the suit.
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EL Paso
Tex
Isheree Worth
Ln Juarez
Mexico
Bud
Freeman
Juarez
Atty
Adolfo Chavez Calderon
Miss North
Pope Sends Sympathy to Victims of Hurricane Audrey
Washington reports Pope Pius XII sent warm sympathy and a papal blessing to the victims along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Audrey. The message reaffirmed solidarity and prayers for those affected by the disaster.
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Washington
Pius XII
Audrey
Mosquito Plague Rumor Replaced by Midge Invasion
City officials determined the recent alarm of a mosquito plague in West Long Beach was an invasion of midges. After reviewing dozens of complaints and conducting inspections along Gale and San Francisco Aves between 28th and Anaheim Sts, councilman John F. Baker noted swarming midges. The legless reddish-bodied insects with clear wings breed in stagnant pools near the Los Angeles River, with a 6 to 9 week lifespan.
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West Long Beach
Gale
San Francisco Aves
28Th
Anaheim Sts
John F. Baker
Los Angeles
Senate approves housing bill lowering down payment rules
The Senate unanimously passed a compromise housing measure to cut minimum government insured down payments up to 50 percent for cheaper homes and authorize 1.74 billion dollars to spur home building and slum clearance. The bill, sent to President Eisenhower, faces reservations from Senator Clark over public housing gaps and income housing provisions.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
House
Senate House
Joseph S. Clark
William
A. Gleckler
Health Dept
Fullerton Flier Killed in F86 Jet Crash
Chandler Arizona reports Capt Hobart E Palmer 29 of Fullerton California was killed when his F86 jet crashed moments after takeoff from Williams Air Force Base Air Force officials announced.
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Chandler, Ariz
Hobart E. Palmer
Fullerton
Calif
Williams Air Force Base
Here
Air Force
Lost in wild country woman survives week then dies
In a Lyon's Den column on Page C4 Leonard Lyons recounts a humorous anecdote about pitcher Bob Feller on Sea Page A-2. The item notes Lea Vata surviving a week in harsh terrain before death, with Lyons’ lighthearted tone accompanying the era’s sports flavor.
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Leonard Lyons
Bob Feller
Lyon's den
Geophysical Year Launched As Rocket Opens Space Era
The Deacon rocket from San Nicolas Island lifted 75 miles into space to inaugurate the International Geophysical Year, the first of 24 missions this summer. It carries 20 pounds of instruments to study solar radiation and its impact on radio transmissions and climate, with results shared globally over 18 months. The launch featured a Nike booster, a 29 second burn, splashdown in the ocean, and a 4 minute 50 second flight, sending instrument data back from 93 million miles away via telemetering as scientists seek to understand solar flares and their effects on Earth’s ionosphere.
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San Nicolas Island
Earth
Herbert Fried
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
Mass Burials Leave Louisiana Hurricane Survivors
Lake Charles reports a long motor procession carrying the dead from the coast. A growing death toll feared to reach 500, with 267 bodies counted at one center. Unidentified victims were buried in mass graves as Cameron survivors watched, many unsure if loved ones were inside.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Val Peterson
Eisenhower
Washington
Crew Grounded by Storm Faces Snakes Trap
A Coast Guard plane from Biloxi searched for a 60 foot fishing vessel lost near Cameron Louisiana after the hurricane Audie struck. The crew reported being low on food and unable to leave due to poisonous snakes aboard. The vessel drifted into a thick marsh 25 miles east of Cameron after the storm. Another boat, the Miss G.M. from Jacksonville, has not heard from Camero, following unloading fish before the hurricane.
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Cameron
Eri
Coast Guard
Biloxi
Miss
Morgan City
New Orleans
G.M
Jacksonville
Flo
Progress Stalled on Tracts and Big Projects
Labor walkouts by Sheet Metal Workers Local 420 and District Council 16 plumbers halt residential tract progress and many large commercial projects. Carriers strike last week. negotiations to resume are set with the Sheet Metal Trades Administrative Council. Contractors belong to Plumbing and Heating Employers' Council or Utility Pipe Line Contractors Association as a federal conciliator mediates.
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Sheet
Local 420
Long Beach
Orange County
District Council 16
Southern California Pipe Trades
Phisterars
Johy
Hod Carriers
Stan Graydon
Buena Park
Sheet Metal Trades Administrative Council
Harbor Area
Orange ‘County Sheet Metal Contractors’ Assn
Pipe Trades Council
Council of
Southern California
Utility
Assa
Big Con
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J. J. Quijlan
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Bonja Landsem
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Jess
Ade
Cedar Grove
Camp
Jin Teumball
Steevens
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
Celif
Weatherman
Creud Farm
L.A.C
Sheree North
Skeeters
Mgr
J. R. McHenry
Burton W. Chace
Hisehhower
Lea Vata Ee
Geophysical Year
Southland
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