Miffed Marine Suspect In Booby Trap Attack
A booby trap exploded at an empty Laguna Beach apartment injuring real estate agent Kay Lee Davis. Deputies suspect a Camp Pendleton Marine as the jealous husband who rigged the door handle to injure an estranged wife. The weapon resembled military explosives. exact type undetermined.
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Pensions Approved for Ex Presidents by House
The House approved pensions of 25000 yearly for former Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman and 10000 for Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt. Provisions for free office space staff and mail were removed after GOP and Southern Democrat opposition. The measure heads to Senate conference after debate.
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Vice Admiral Glassford Dies After 39 Years Navy Service
San Diego UP reports retired Vice Admiral William Alexander Glassford, 41, who led U S naval forces in the Southwest Pacific in 1942 and served as Roosevelt’s representative in French Africa in 1943, died Wednesday in Naval Hospital. Survivors include his widow Henrietta, a son, two daughters, and two brothers. Funeral services will be in All Saints by the Sea Church.
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Jacoblot
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Poland
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All Saints By the Sea Church
Lewis
Nation approves 40 billion defense bill in 71 to 0 vote
The Senate passed a record 40,042,922,000 peacetime defense bill after four hours of debate by a 71 to 0 margin. Extra funds head off manpower cuts and boost fleets, bombers, submarines, and troop carriers. Also notes a Manila flight record attempt and railroads loan guarantee plan.
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Lawyers Support Probe Long Beach Police Chief Clears Brutality Claims
Long Beach Police Chief William H. Dovey said he completed his own investigation into alleged police brutality and found nothing. He noted he never received any complaints and welcomed investigations but opposed publicity based on rumors.
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William H. Dovey
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Anvestiga Jtien
Desert storms lash Southland as heat waves, floods hit region
Long Beach endured 90-degree heat as desert air surged into the Southland amid sudden heavy rains. A Weather Bureau forecast warned of continued heat with sea breezes by Friday or Saturday. Desert towns faced flash floods and evacuations, with mud slides blocking roads into Barton Flats and forcing emergency measures in Barstow after hail and flood damage.
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Eton Flats
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San Bernardino Mountains
Barton Flats
Redlands
State Eyes 7-Seat Gain in Congress
Washington reports California is poised to gain seven congressional seats after the 1980 census, matching its post-1950 increase. NINE states could gain, while 14 lose seats. Florida, Michigan, Texas gain, with New York and Pennsylvania gaining three each. Several states face one or two seat losses, including Alabama, Georgia and others.
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Michigan
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Indiana
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Ohio
Oregon
New York
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Alabama
Georgia
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Iowa
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Maine
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Predict Shehab's Election
BEIRUT AP Parliament aims to elect Gen Fuad Shehab as president today hoping the top soldier can bring peace to the troubled land. Adel Osseiran, speaker, said the session would be held and predicted nearly unanimous election of the amiable army chief, who would succeed pro Western President Camille Chamoun as his term ends September 23 amid rebel pressure.
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Fuad Shehab
Lebanon
Adel Osseiran
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Shrine game ends in draw before crowd of sixty five thousand
A crowd of 65,094 watched the North and South football teams tie in the Shrine game at the Coliseum. A La Lakewood housewife is caught in a tangle of cellophane red tape in a separate brief on page B-L.
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Center of United States shifts as Alaska becomes state
The geographic center of the United States will move from Lebanon Kansas to near Butte County South Dakota after Alaska achieves statehood. Geodetic director Karo said the new center lies about 439 miles northwest of the old point, near a hill called Two Top Peak, close to the SD Montana Wyoming corner. The change, first since the current center was set, draws interest from tourists and chambers of commerce.
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