Mayor Egan jailed after City Hall arrest in 1920s town drama
Mayor Paul Egan quarrels with Alderman William Robertson over YMCA land, punches fly, a speeding stop and a station rest room jam lead to a half hour lockup before he posts bond. He later tells reporters he plans to “sting things up,” while news notes mix in with jokes about liars and a humorous wake for a Dan buried after a drunk charge.
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Bob Wells
Paul Egan
Aaron
City Hall
Paul
YMCA
William B. Robertson
Bill
Bil
Ban Gallagher
Chicago
Dan
Tom
Tor
TIDES AROUND THE COASTAL CITIES FOR TODAY
Tidal readings across major ports show high tides reaching 34 feet in some locations with low tides around 27 feet. Forecasts list times for peak tides and note city ocean levels in Los Angeles Boston Chicago Des Moines Seattle and New York among others.
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Hidal Hobe
Okla
City
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Boston
Cortland
Salat Vist
St. Wis
Hiah
Des Moines
Salt Lake
Errols
San Fran
Fairbanks
Seattle Bips
New Orleans
Washington
New York
Ohio Governor Grants Dr. Sam Sheppard New Chance Test
Ohio Governor William O Neill approved a lie detector test for Dr. Samuel Sheppard following a Florida inmate’s confession. Lt. Gov. Paul Herbert noted the test would form a basis for possible new moves to seek Sheppard’s release from life imprisonment. Washington-era details and dates omitted.
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Columbus
Ghio
Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Relph W. Alvis
Ohio
Sam
Court of Last Resort
Dam holds as Colorado reservoir threat subsides
In Capulin, Colo., residents packed up as Terrace Reservoir leak subsided. Officials led by State Engineer J Whitten and deputy David Mathias deem the danger serious but improving. Water releases reach 2000 acre feet daily to lower levels, with four to five days needed to drop 40 to 50 feet. a dog alerted the alarm as the dam’s downstream face shed gravelly chunks.
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Capulin
Colo
David Mathias
Alamosa Creek
Mathias
Air Force admits delaying Navaho plant closure details
Air Force officials told Congress that they knew nine months earlier the North American Downey Navaho plant would close but withheld the news until July 11. Assistant Secretary Dudley Sharp said the Navaho program was overtaken by advances in ballistic missiles. The panel pressed for timing, unemployment impact, and possible Downey contracting to keep workers.
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Air Force
Downey
Sharp
Congress
North American Aviation
Clyde Doyle
James Roosevelt
Los Angeles
North American
Roosevelt
Doyle
Air Materiel Command
Seoul
California
Navaho
Southland
21 Die as Riviera Express Crashes in France
A Riviera passenger express derailed near Bollene at about 75 mph, killing 21 and injuring 77. Among the dead was a 12 year old English girl. an American passenger Mrs Pearl Poitier of Boston was among the injured. Authorities blame signals and possible failure to heed the 30 mph siding limit.
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New York
Bruce Bliven
Palo Alto
Bruce
Wedler
Florida
Sheppard
Sam
Bay Village
Cleveland
Ieveland
Herbert
Wedlers
Bollene
France
Riviera
Pearl Poitier
Boston
Paris
Niceto-Paris Express
Ratations
Avignon
Bellene
Anaster Express
Free Land Offered for Naval Hospital
Washington reports five Southern California congressmen pressed the Navy to build a new hospital at no cost on unused government land in the Long Beach area after Corona Naval Hospital’s planned closure. They warned moving patients to USS Haven would leave the harbor area without hospital facilities.
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Washington
Naval
Long Beach
California
Corona Naval Hospital
Los Angeles
Navy
Craig Hosmer
Point Fermin
Adm
Bradley
Corona
USS Haven
Long Beach Harbor
Sound
Formosa
Los Angeles Harbor
Navy budget questioned over hospital funding query
A Navy controversy emerges as Doyle presses why the service did not seek a special appropriation to keep a hospital open in this year’s budget. Rear Admiral Bradley replied to deputy surgeon general with an incomplete official statement, according to the fragment.
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Navy
Doyle
B. E. Bradley
Angeten Gouna
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Colorado
Dwight Davis
Husky
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Army
Gordon L. McDonough
Hosmer
Hoitt
The
Naval Hospital
Finn
Glyde Doyle
Ddowney
D. S. Sound
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Corona Hospital
Pine Ave
Std
Ocean Blvd
Th St
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Long Beach Associates
Long Beach Folk Dance Cooperative
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