Youth Stays Girl in Reno Hotel Murder Case
Tracy California high school student Pat Chavez Alvillar, 16, admits firing the fatal bullet that killed Barbara Hapman, 13, in a Reno hotel room where they had allegedly fled to marry. The couple reportedly drank vodka after escaping Tracy, with Alvillar claiming a reverse Russian roulette game went wrong. Wofford, 12, held as material witness.
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Hit-Run Suspect Hides In House In Shootout
In Atlanta a 32 year old man sought for a hit run exchange fled into a three story house. Police used tear gas and gunfire as a crowd of spectators watched. Officer W M Richards died from chest wound. Homer Marvin Spruell identified as shooter was wounded and later dragged from a rear window. The pursuit crossed near Georgia Tech dormitories and involved about a hundred police cars and fire apparatus.
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Harbor District oil oversight proposed by city chamber
City chamber of commerce committees advocate extending Harbor District to east city limits to place future oil development under Harbor Commission. They argue Harbor Department supervision would cover Alamitos Bay programs and large upcoming oil projects, while acknowledging need for a city wide oil department. Continued on Page if
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Armed Force Cancels Vote In Venezuela Leader Declares Chief Executive
In Caracas on Tuesday night General Marcos Perez Jimenez proclaimed himself president by armed forces decree. He, head of the FEL party, announced via radio that the armed forces had made him chief executive, supplanting a three man junta that had governed since November 1948. The move followed elections for a constitutional reform assembly, with the presidency not directly at stake. The FBI backed the URDG opposition in the vote count as the dispatch noted.
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Court Order Ends Hawaii Dock Strike
Honolulu report says the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union reluctantly bowed to a court order on Tuesday and ended a 13 day strike against Castle and Cooke Terminals, freight agents for Matson Navigation Co.
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Kiev court sentences trade and industry officials to death
A special military court in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday sentenced former trade and light industry officials to death by firing squad for being enemies of the people. The verdict names several heads of sections from the industry sectors among the convicted.
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Ex-Guerrilla Chief Killed in Colombia
Saul Fajardo, former gala chief in, was slain Tuesday while g transferred from one prisor joiner, the government an nounced Tuesday night.
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Basin Water District Formed by Vast Vote in Local Areas
Residents of 40 cities and unincorporated areas near Long Beach voted to form a Central Basin Municipal Water District in a special election with about 312,215 registered voters. A five member board was elected, Ler T Holiopfler winning from Division 5. Division results varied across areas including Bell, Downey, Huntington Park, Lynwood, South Gate, and more. The district seeks extra water, with annexation to the Metropolitan Water District as the likely path.
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Taft attacks Durkin pick as partisan liberal critic
Senator Robert A Taft denounced President elect Eisenhower labor secretary nominee Marlin P Dumkin as a "partisan Truman Democrat" and accused Herbert Brownell of wielding influence over cabinet appointments. Taft warned of GOP labor voter backlash and suggested Dewey allies control patronage, raising questions about Eisenhower’s expected cooperation with wary lawmakers on Taft Hartley policy.
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Match Lit Gas Blast Hurls Boys Into Fire
SAN LEANDRO two youths were badly burned when a railroad tank car ignited aboard naptha fuel. William Carpenter 14 crawled inside the car and suffered critical burns while Arthur Simpson 18 atop the tank was blown off and burned less severely. Authorities say five inches remained in the bottom of the car when ignition occurred.
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First nationally televised cesarean birth shown to millions
Denver's Colorado General Hospital broadcast the first TV birth during the AMA session. A baby boy delivered by cesarean section was shown heartbeats and moments after birth, with NBC cameras in the delivery room. The event accompanied AMA actions on veterans’ care and advances in heart surgery.
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Rough Odds Pilot Doom As He Foresaw Korea
Portlander Cohn was cited for speeding in Fairfield on November 4 but warned by Judge Georgia Crowley that failure to pay would trigger a death notice. A letter claimed his jet crashed on November 13 while training aboard the USS Philippine Sea, killing Ens. Cohn.
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Patch Roof Leaks as Weather Improves
The district forecaster says today will be mostly sunny with a high near 65 and only a few clouds. A Gulf of Alaska storm is brewing, but its track is uncertain. rain tonight has been postponed and rain timing remains unclear.
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