Be Careful With Fireworks A Tale Of Burns And Recovery
Jerry Stansbery recounts a near fatal Fourth of July accident in Lakewood involving Roman candles and a sparkler pocket incident. He describes severe burns to his neck and chest, months of hospitalization, skin grafts, and a warning about fireworks. Ronald Simmerman arrives at Mercy Hospital as another baby boy ends a run of births.
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Jerry Stansbery
John Quirt
Independent
Lakewood
Ronny
Ronald Martin
Levelside Ave
Roy M. Stansberys
Castana Ave
Ronny's
Elwood
Ind
Mercy Hospital
Ronald Kent Simmerman
Marilyn Monroe Arthur Miller Take Option on Farm in Roxbury Conn
Roxbury Connecticut reports that actress Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller have taken an option on a 100 acre farm. The couple plans to relocate after their June 1956 marriage and consider using the property as a dairy farm with family and friends visiting for Fourth of July celebrations.
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Roxbury
Conn
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Ack
Fat Gang
Pam
Tal
Miller
Lakewood High School
Miss Monroe
Raymond Leavenworth
Leavenworth Tanji
Hancock Oil completes second producer in North Gladiola field
Hancock Oil Co. announced the second producer in Lea County New Mexico, Johnson No. 1, with depth 11 995 feet and initial production 600 B/c of 47.4 oil on a 16/64 inch bean. The well reached the allowable rate of 250 B/c and the company holds 340 acres under lease. Development follows a 40 percent pattern with two wells drilled and a third in participation on a 360-50 basis.
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Hancock Oil Co
North Gladiola
Lea County
N. M
Johnson No. 1
Hancock
Eisenhower Boosts Uranium Allocations for Peace Use
President Eisenhower announced an extra 59,800 kilograms of enriched uranium for peaceful uses. Total supplied for research and power reactors reaches 100,000 kilograms. The U S signed nuclear power accords with Germany France and Italy to aid their peace industry efforts.
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Washington Oh
Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Secretaries of State and Defense
United States
Germany
France
Italy
AEC
Probe of Shipyards Safety Codes Sparks Investigation
The Greater Los Angeles CIO Council urged a sweeping probe into shipyard safety codes and enforcement after the May 29 explosion aboard the tanker Albert G. Brown in San Pedro that killed worker Frank Stallings and injured four others. Union leaders called for tightening enforcement and safety measures at yards.
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Albert G. Brown
Greater
Los Angeles
Hanbury Ave
Albert T. Lunceford
Union Council
Strike of Machinists Spreads in State
The International Association of Machinists widened a California walkout as two more lodges joined. A new Santa Ana Freeway section opened aiding traffic flow while unions plan coordinated actions across Oakland and San Francisco lodges. About 1,500 workers are affected. The Buena Park site near Los Angeles remains crucial as strikes expand to four Bay Area plants.
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San Francisco
Californ
Buena Park
Nia
Santa
Oakland
Coyote Creek
Jine
Bay Area
Buena Parl
Oil Firms Seek 40 Year Pipeline Franchise
Six major oil companies led by Shell Standard Continental Gulf Superior and Richfield asked the Santa Ana Board of Supervisors for a 40-year franchise to cross the county with the Four Corners Pipeline. The board deferred commitment to study the proposal first. The 16 inch line would carry 69 000 barrels daily on completion and up to 160 000 during pressure, transporting oil from southwestern Colorado eastern Arizona southeastern Utah and northwestern New Mexico fields to Long Beach and Los Angeles refineries.
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Santa Ana
Board of Supervisors
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Four Corners
Shell
Standard
Continental
Gulf, Superior
Richfield
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Four Corners Combine
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Alelt
Marilyn
Art
N.M
Hancock Oil
S.A
Maeve
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John Berry
DE Soto
Fey
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