City Secures Emergency Gas Supply Agreement
Southern Counties Gas Company will supply up to 10 million cubic feet daily of natural gas in December and January to relieve a city shortage. The city will repay with gas from Huntington Beach once a new pipeline between the cities is finished. The deal, signed in Los Angeles by Arthur Bridge and city officials, avoids Public Utilities Commission approval and targets households and small businesses during the shortage.
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Southern Counties Gas Company
Huntington Beach
Southern Counties
Wilmington
Arthur Bridge
Los Angeles
Sam Vickers
L. L. Bendinger
City Gas Department
Public Utilities
Commission
Bendinger
Skiers Flock to Fairbanks For Winter Fun
The piece highlights Fairbanks Alaska as a top West Coast winter sports spot with snowy landscapes and brisk 22 degrees below zero conditions. It notes shifting weather from crisp clouds to typical mid 60s by day and asks about local sports offerings and daily sun patterns.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Pair Pass 87th Sleepless Hour in Midland
Two groggy house painters in Midland, Robert Cook and Jess Henslby, closed in on the 87th hour without sleep after a $1000 bet they could outlast each other. Five friends keep them awake as a local radio broadcast plans to feature the pair if they are still awake. Both men reported feeling groggy yet better than 24 hours earlier.
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Midland
Tex
Robert Cook
Jess Henslby
Cook
Ees
Spear
Grogey
Communist Boss Togliatti Chauffeur Wins 87360 Pool Prize
The chauffeur for Red Party chief Togliatti wins 87360 dollars in a football pool on Monday. He leaves the premier stranded at the Chamber of Deputies as he departs in Togliatti's car. Deputies joke about the escape while the boss contemplates sharing winnings with the party.
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ILI
Red Party
Patriro Togliatli
Kremlin
Reduz Monarl
Moncri
Togliatti
Chamber of Deputies
Tagliatti
Chier
Tax Deadline 5 Wednesday In Bresena Office
Taxpayers rush to City Collector Frank in Bresena’s office to meet the Wednesday 5 p.m. deadline for the 1952 levy. Collections show 31496029 to date, about 61 percent of the levy, with last year’s receipts around 3289 thousand at the same date. Payments postmarked by 5 p.m. Wednesday avoid penalties even if letters arrive the next day.
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Frank
Bresena
Brejcha
Storm Maroons Coast Guardsmen Woman Stabbed 20 Times Dies
Crescent City report says a 60 year old grocery store proprietor Molly Bien was stabbed 20 times and died after locking her shop and attempting to reach a lighted church across the street. Coast Guardsmen were marooned nine days near George's Reef. A passerby heard her last gasp as a man attempted a robbery.
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Crescent City
Calif
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Coast Guardsmen
Lonely St.i
George’s Reef
Molly Bien
Back WSB Plea Aims to Restore Wage Board Role
Washington economic stabilizer Roger L. Putnam urged industry leaders Monday to reestablish the wage board and bolster the administration's wage stabilization program after industry members quit. He warned of possible emergency action to approve 42,000 pending coal miners wage increases if needed. Labor officials cautioned workers could strike if cases stall.
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Washington
LLP
Roger L. Putnam
Wage Board
Folster
Truman
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Putnam
State Dept. Africa expert faces security probe in Virginia
Foy D. Kohler, 44, former head of Voice of America and North Africa expert on the State Department planning board, is under review after carrying two secret papers to a drunken party in Arlington, Virginia. The documents reportedly covered Morocco and Tunisia amid regional unrest and riots.
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Washington
State Department
Foy D. Kohler
Voice of América
Virginia
Kohler
America
Exppert
State Department jPlanning Board
Bucharest
Athens
Cairo
Moscow
London
Greece
Secretary of State
Acheson
Arlington
Lighthouse Crew Stranded By 75 mph Waves
The men cannot depart the 50 foot lighthouse as ferocious surf drives heavy seas along a seven mile stretch to shore. Coast Guard commander Einar Nilsen reports regular radio contact with the stranded crew at Humboldt Bay station.
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Einar Nilsen
Coast Guard
Humboldt Bay
Alaska Crash Reaches Anchorage Wreckage Found
Four members of a ground party reported reaching the wreckage of a C124 Globemaster at the 8000 foot level of Mt Gannett. The aircraft crashed November 22 killing 52 military men aboard.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Lofty
Gannett
Union Aims 1953 Oil Contract With No Wage Cut
L A C SAYS union plans ahead for CIO International Oil Workers contracts in 1953. Leaders insist no wage reduction during recession, condemning proposals to cut hours from 40 to 3 per week, arguing production drops as defense spending tightens.
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CIO International Oil Workers
Busman With Hour of Glory Ends Wild Bus Ride
Chicago driver W. E. Jackson, angry at rush hour, locked passengers inside his bus at Joop corner. He ignored doors, muttered phoney, refused to let anyone off, and finally quit after confronting his supervisor at the company barn. The episode ended with Jackson stepping off the bus.
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Chicago
W. E. Jackson
Jackson
Freighter Yorkmar Aground Off Gray's Harbor In Peril
The 7000-ton freighter Yorkmar with 37 crew members was driven aground by heavy seas off Gray's Harbor. Coast Guard cutters a salvage tug and a helicopter fought to reach the ship as it rode the surf. The crew remained aboard as the ship showed a list and potential breaking up risks amid an approaching offshore storm.
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Wash
Yorkmar
Gray’s Harbor
Coast Guard
Jay
Joscat Kullbom
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
McLane
Hoauiam
Wasi
Cmdr
W. C. Morvill
Port Angeles
Balsam
Astoria
Dozen See Accused Knifer Shot Dead
A man accused of assaulting his wife with a knife was shot to death Monday by the wife's brother, police reported. Louis Navarro, 24, Mountain View, was killed. Police held his brother-in-law Manuel Gonzales, 27, San Jose, on suspicion of homicide.
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San Josep
Louis Louis Navarro
Mountain View
Manuel M. Gonzales
San Jose
Reinstating Of Hill Cop Up to Board
The case of Chris Roy Blake, discharged Signal Hill police sergeant seeking reinstatement, rested with a three man civil service board today after conflicting testimony from Blake's fellow. Lybarger, former radio car partner, testified seeing Blake in an Orange drive night club the night of Nov. 9 after he reported off duty due to illness. He said notes he gathered as a personal record disclosed other alleged absences from duty by Blake. Lybarger admitted working off time for Ted Faulkner in Laguna Beach.
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Chris Roy Blake
Signal Hill
Civil Service Board
Blake
Partalmanohn Lybarger
Lybarger
Jeneth
Ven O. Fahrney
Ted
Kid
Mexico
Jet Falls in River Chutist Sought
Blythe Calif TM reports an air Force F-34 thunderjet fighter plunged into the Colorado River about 25 miles north of town. Fishermen saw two parachutes as Indians reported the sighting. Air rescue at March AFB Riverside identified wreckage as from Luke AFB Phoenix Arizona.
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Blythe
Calif
Colorado River
Here
March Afb
Riverside
Luke Afb
Phoenix
Ariz
Turkeys Destroyed by Fire at Fresno Packing Plant
A blaze of unknown origin swept through part of the Cudahy Packing Company's turkey plant in Fresno on Monday, destroying turkeys valued at $60,000 and causing an estimated total loss of $78,000. Company officials reported the figure.
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Fresno
Cudahy Packing Company
Jail Overcrowding Reaches Record High at City Jail
City Jail Sgt. Howard H. Sweet reported a population of 185, with 83 in the drunk tank designed for 30. He described the overcrowding as typical of the pokey’s poor conditions.
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Howard H. Sweet
Sweet
Casablanca Battles End In Ruled Martial Hand
Thousands of French and African troops sealed off Casablanca after rioting killed at least 57 people. European and Moroccan forces deployed with tanks, curfews, and martial law discussions as protests followed the assassination of Tunisian nationalist Ferhat Hached.
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Morocco
Moroccan General Labor Confederation
Workers’ Movement
Farhat Hached
Ferhat Hached
Goumier
Protectorate
Goumier Cavalry
French Foreign Legion
Sengalese
Lost C-47 search pushes up Mt San Gorgonio slope
A 12 man rescue party moved camp on Mt. San Ger Zonio's wind swept slopes to reach the snow crusted wreckage of a C-47 with 13 aboard believed missing since the plane vanished near March Field. Marine Pfc Carleton B. Yow, 19, of Long Beach is among the missing.
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Sup
Mt. San GerZonio
Poopout Hill
March Air Force Base
Lake Dollar
March Field
Arizona
Pfc
Carleton B. Yow
R. W. Yow
Myrtle Ave
Long Beach
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