Fog in London Blurs City Life and Fires Warned
In London the fog has lingered for four days causing transport disruption as planes trains and buses halt. Fire crews advance on foot with flares and water is sprayed where heat is felt. In East London a boy dies in a house fire as visibility remains dangerously low. The Long Beach forecast hints at rain while the fog persists in London.
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London
Long Beech
Scalland ‘Yard
Jewelers
Long Beach
Stormy Weather Trails Across the Nation
Stormy weather snarls travel in the West with heavy snow and high winds. Northern California reports the worst snowstorm of the season, closing passes and halting trains. Meantime in Washington, the Wage Stabilization Board crisis grows as resignations curb actions. A State Department official faces a drunken charge and internal probes. In Hawaii, a Pearl Harbor anniversary speech warns against communism as winter storms affect the Nepal peak attempts.
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California
Sierra
Sta
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger Putnam
AFL
George Meany
Truman
Meany
State Department
Foy David Keller
Arlington
State Dept
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
William Phillips
Nepal
Double Journey at Eisenhower and the man he'll succeed
A mixed account follows President-elect arriving Wake Island from Korea for war talks while President Truman heads home to Independence to bury Mrs. David Wallace. In Scotland the Duke of Off the Bea Montrose offers his castle for rent to keep up the vast estate. A lighter note reports a Vienna coffee cost a man years of java.
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Eisenhower
Wake Island
Korea
Washington
Independence
David Wallace
Edinburgh
Scotland
Off the
Bea
Montrose
Clearfield
Walter M. Kesslar
Java
Kesslar
Solna
Stockholm
Licia
Long Island
Jim Phelan
Fast Life
Petronill reports a figure that marks more than double the level seen a decade ago, highlighting substantial growth in the associated domain and suggesting sustained upward momentum over ten years.
Mother Kills Children Self in San Diego Bathtub Tragedy
A San Diego mother Mae Shafran 25 killed her two children Ronald 7 and Cynthia 2 by electrical electrocution in the bathtub using plugged in appliances, then took her own life. The coroner’s report cites apparent self-inflicted electrocution. The article also notes debate over public tax assessments and the value of brains and creativity versus tax collection themes.
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San Diego
Mae
Shafran
Ronald
Cynthia
Guarantees On Housing Rules Amid U S Housing Probe
A House subcommittee urged the government to require a binding one year warranty against bad workmanship for GI and FHA insured housing. The plan, part of nine recommendations after a 10 month probe into shoddy government aided homes, drew swift opposition from the National Association of Home Builders which warned of endless litigation and higher costs.
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Washington
House
National Association of Home Builders
Carl R. Gray
Federal Housing Administration
Albert Rains
D-Ala
FHA
Iva
Acteg
Uvo
Building Corporation
Builders’ Association
Builders
Gray
Senate
Olin Teague
Texas
Grady Elected President At Waorid Affairs Council Meet
Dr Henry F P Grady former U S ambassador to Iran was elected president at the fifth annual Waorid Affairs Council of Northern California conference in Asilomar California ending Sunday.
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Grady
Asilomar
Calif
Waorid Affairs Council of
Northern California
Henry FP. Grady
U. S
Tn Iran
Los Alamitos Station Wins Safety Awards
Weather notes from Los Alamitos Naval Air Station report high and low temperatures, tidal data, and a Navy safety award presented by Captain Long Beach. The ceremony recognized achievements in industrial and motor vehicle safety. tides and/ or water levels are listed for the day with times at 8:45 p.m. and 9:16 p.m., noting a station accident and ongoing safety measures.
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United States Weather Bureau
H. Wang Beach
Long Beach
Morse returns to Eugene after Washington trip
Oregon Senator Wayne Morse arrives home in Eugene on a Sunday visit marking his first return to the state since the election. He had been in Washington, D.C. for duties.
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Sen. Morse
Eugene
Ore
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Washington, D.C
Nearly Blind Given Sight By New Lens
Dr William Feinbloom of Columbia University announced a new microscopic lens that could give vision to about half of the 150000 partly blind Americans. The device, worn as glasses, uses espherical surfaces to lift vision for those with as little as 2 percent sight and has shown good results in over 400 patients read newspapers and books. Co-operating optometrists include Dr Robert Graham of Pasadena.
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Bangor
William Feinbloom
Columbia University
United States
Maine Optometric Association
Feinnbora
Robert ©. Graham
Pasadena
Calif
Pilgrim crowds kiss body of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa
In old Goa about 200000 pilgrims have kissed the feet of the body of Saint Francis Xavier, to be exposed for the last time on Wednesday. Manuel Cardinal Cerejeira, papal legate, presided as two Indian bishops were consecrated at the basilica before a vast crowd. The new bishops are Alexander Ede thezhath of Cochin and Michael Arattucus of Alleppey in Travancore.
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Bumbay
al Francis Xavier
Goa
Manuel Cardinal Cloncalves Cerejeira
Lisbon
Rom Jesus
Portugal
Alexander Edethezhath
Cochin
Michael Arattucus
Alleppey
Travancore
Bible battle looms at National Council in Denver
Denver hosts the National Council meeting as the American Council of Churches and its Southern Baptist faction clash over a revised Bible. Luther Weigle defends the project while Dulles Lodge and Dobelius are set to speak. County cler gy men hold National Council Day as divisions convene Dec 9 12.
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Denver
Council of Churches of Christ
Christ
United States
American Council
Denver Uigh School
Americans Council of Churches
Luther A. Weigle
Eroeritus
Yale Divinity ‘School
Fie
National Council
Secon General Assembly
Council
Sherrill
General Assembly
Henry Knox Sherritt
Protestant Episcopal Church
University of Denver
John Foster Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Rmass
United Nations
Otto Dobelius
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Dulles
Interdenominational Council On Religious Education
Cleveland
Bible Project
Deity Said
New Bible
W. Harlee Bordeaux
New York City
Aimeric
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