Police seize Cuba revolt arms in Mamaroneck raid
Westchester County and local officers seized three men and a large cache of weapons at a vacant gasoline station on the Boston Post Road, saying they uncovered a plot for a Christmas revolution in Cuba. Investigators questioned two arrested suspects as the operation closed.
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Mamaroneck
N.Y
Westchester County
Cuba
New York City
Boston Post
Morton Edmiston
State Dept Knew Of Munition Cache Near Mamaroneck
The State Department said it knew of a weapons cache near Mamaroneck and monitored it to ensure no illegal export. No evidence suggested weapons were about to be exported. Cuban exiles and agents linked to Carlos Prio Soccaras were named in the wider plot. Duart and three others faced charges and would be arraigned in Mamaroneck. Police expected further arrests in Miami and New York.
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Washington — Ile
State Dept
Mamaroneck
United States
Department
State Department
Prio
Fort Worth
Tex
Batista
Miami
Fla
Alfred Manheim
New York
Frank Connell
AFL
Bill Posters Union
Brooklyn
Edmiston
Jose Duart
Yonkers
N. Y
Duarte
John E. Hoy
Westchester County
New York City
Youth killed in crash on unopened Long Beach Freeway
A Long Beach youth, Gilbert G. Schrank, 22, died after a car crashed into a gravel pile on the unopened Long Beach Freeway. Joseph F. Gilbert, 18, was critically injured with a basal skull fracture. Police believe the pair removed a barricade to drive onto the unfinished highway near Pacific Coast Hwy.
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Long Beach
Gilbert G. Schrank
Gaviota Ave
Seaside Hospital
Joseph F. Gilbert
W. Williams St
Schrank
Pacific Coast Hwy
Kenneth Schrank
Signal Hill Golice Department
Banker Heiress Weds in Phoenix Amid Private Ceremony
L B Banker heiress Betty Kelly of Long Beach marries Percy C. Scott, vice president of Security First National Bank, in a Friday ceremony at El Encanto Church Phoenix. They plan a brief honeymoon at Westward Ho hotel before settling at 4275 Country Club Drive. Scott is a former WWII Air Force colonel and Long Beach civic leader. widow Mrs. Kelly was Paul L. Kelly’s spouse. Only close friends accompanied the trip by TWA.
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Phoenix
Aziz
Betty Kelly
Long Beach Oi
Percy C. Scott
Security First National Bank
W. S. Richards
el Enjcanto
Country Club Dr
Scott
Paul L. Kelly
Hurley and Kelly
Long Beach
TWA
Student Flier Missing On Hop to Van Nuys
A student flyer, Thomas Moore of Palmdale, disappeared Friday night on a hop from Palmdale to Van Nuys. The Civil Aeronautics Authority reported he left Palmdale airport at 3 45 p m Thursday afternoon and has not been seen since.
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van Nuys
Ognt
Thomas
Moore
Palmdale
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Thursiday
L A C Says Upset Over Wage Stabilization Board
A column criticizes President Truman for interfering with the Wage Stabilization Board after overruling it in the coal miners case. It argues the agency is wrecked and questions the willingness of officials to act impartially amid 12,000 wage cases and unclear price controls as farm prices fall.
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Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Newsman Slated To Head GOP
Wesley Roberts, a former Kansas newspaper man, won Eisenhower approval to chair the Republican National Committee. Officials said the move clinches the post, with the committee election set around the inauguration on January 20. Roberts would succeed Arthur E. Summerfield, slated to be Postmaster General.
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Washington
Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Roberts
Arthur E. Summerfield
Plane carrying 148 ignites and lands safely at Moffett Field
A 92 ton Navy Constitution plane carrying 139 passengers and 19 crew from San Diego landed safely at Moffett Field after one engine caught fire over Fresno. The airship, flying on three engines, reduced speed by 10 to 15 mph as the damage was cut.
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Sunnyvale
Navy Constitution
Moffett Field
Fresno
Militearn
San Diego
Bus Crash Kills Two Injures Sixteen in Texas Panhandle
A Panhandle Trailways bus a milk truck with a tank and a car collided Friday night near Amarillo. Two killed are R. L. Denney 29 and E V Shea both Amarillo drivers. Sixteen injured, fourteen aboard the bus and two Air Force Base airmen in a private car. Fire and ambulance crews battled flames from the milk truck tank as authorities sorted weather and road conditions on U S 60.
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Amarilla
Tex
Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo Air Force Base
Continental Trailways
Canadian River Bridge
U. S. 287
West Texas
U. S. 80
Odessa
Weather Affects Golf Plans With Rain Likely
The forecast warns of morning rain and cool temperatures around mid 80s, turning to variable showers by afternoon. Strong clouds over Lower Beach could brighten the day with brief showers and peeking sunlight later, keeping outdoor play uncertain.
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Lower Beach
Graham in Seoul Arrives Overnight Train from Taegu
Evangelist Billy Graham arrived in snow covered Seoul this morning from Taegu after an overnight train ride.
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Seoul
Billy Graham
Taegu
Elderly Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Two Autos
Chester D. Blakeman, 80, of 482 1 59th St, died after being hit by two cars at Linden Ave and 59th St at 5 30 p m Friday. Police say Blakeman attempted to cross when first car driven by 17 year old Robert W Avery struck him and a second car driven by 23 year old Charles C Sander Jr ran over him. He died on arrival at Seaside Hospital. body to White's Mortuary in Bellflower.
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59Th St
Linden Ave
Chester D. Blakeman
Seaside Hospital
White
Bellflower
Blakeman
Robert W. Avery
Charles C. Sander Jr
Olive Ave
Avery
Sander
Stopped by Officer, Teacher Dies at Wheel
In Los Angeles a 52 year old school teacher, Nina Thornburg, died of a heart attack after a motorcycle officer stopped her for running a traffic signal Friday night. The incident occurred as she was driving her car and she collapsed at the wheel.
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Los Angeles
Nina Thornburg
Hope in Form Takes VA Hospital by Storm
Genial Bob Hope headlined a three hour Christmas show at Long Beach Veterans Hospital with 60 Hollywood entertainers before 300 patients. The event, sponsored by the Independent and Press Telegram, was broadcast over hospital loudspeakers and featured Constance Moore, the Bell Sisters, April Stevens, Les Brown and his band, Rose Parade Queen Leah Feland, and others among a starry cast.
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Sandra Gilman
Eleanor Johnson
Bob Hope
Long Beach Veterans’ Hospital
Stani
Hope
The
Independent and Press-Telegram
Constance Moore
Bell Sisters
April Stevens
Les Brown
Leah Feland
Hollywood
Paris
Woman in Iron Lung Ordered From Home by Mother-in-Law
Mary Elizabeth Kitsmiller a polio victim in an iron lung faced eviction 90 days after her mother in law obtained a court order for nonpayment of $95 monthly rent. The case links to her separation suit from husband James and a cross bill for divorce. Her condition requires ground floor access and respirator space as she and her 6 year old son face displacement. The Chicago NFIP chapter has funded much of her medical costs.
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James
Posse Captures Two Airmen After Five Day Arizona Manhunt
In SAFFORD Arizona two runaway airmen Clifford Davies and George Sullivan surrendered to a sheriff's posse southeast of town after a five day manhunt. Sullivan admitted wounding State Patrolman Thomas K Woolan near Willcox last Monday and the pair also confessed to robbing a Phoenix liquor store and being absent without leave from Rapid City Air Force Base in Weaver South Carolina.
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Safford
Ariz
Arizona
Clifford Davies
Indianapolis
George Sullivan
Cincinnati
Here
Sullivan
Thomas K. Woolan
Willcox
Monay
Davies
Phoenix
Rapid City Air Force Base
Weaver
5. C
H. Skeet Bowman
Graham County
Rudder Repaired On Drifting Ship Maplecove
Coast guard reports the freighter Maplecove with 50 crew aboard steadied after a damaged rudder was repaired and she began moving toward Vancouver at reduced speed ensuring safe anchorage and Christmas plans for the crew.
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Yalu VE
I.ner
DHE
Maplecove
Vancouver
Firemen Battle Ventura County Oil Well Blaze
A major oil well explosion near Fillmore injures three Long Beach workers and cripples a fourth. Fire crews from Fillmore Moorpark Santa Paula and Saticoy struggle to control flames seen for miles as 100 cars turn back curious onlookers. The Cleveland Oil Co well, drilled by Petrie Drilling, produced at 4000 feet and is being deepened.
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Long Beach
Fillmore
Ventura County
Stovall Construction Co
Herman Rottman
Myrtle Ave
Wiliam Millikin
Bedflower Blvd
Sam Morrison
Locust Ave
Leon Dennis
Fillpire
Moorpark
Santa Paula
Saticoy
Highway Patrol
Here
Dennis
Ventura Hospital
Cleveland Oil Co
Petrie Drilling Co
Two Teen Girls Charged in Pittsburgh Extortion Plot
FBI says two 14 and 15 year old girls attempted to extort 30000 from H J Heinz II and Art Rooney. They demanded 10000 from Rooney and 20000 from Heinz, threatening harm to Heinz's son and Rooney's children. Notes directed in Heinz letters. Rooney note mailed August 9. Letters admitted by the girls, rendezvous set for payment in a park. Public details kept due to juvenile status.
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Piltsburgh
H. J. Heinz II
Art Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Fred J. Hallford
Pittsburgh
FBI
Heinz
Rooney
West Fork
Northside
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Fulgencio Batista
Caribbean
Houston
B. E. McNeill
McNeill
L.A.C
Graham
L. B. Man
J. C. McBrien
Sun Valley
Tony Martin
Gale Robbins
Ineésita
O’connor
Moran
Arthur Duncan
Crothers
U.m
Mary Elizabeth Kitsmiller
Hazel Bond
Clarence Tilléma
Rottman
St. Mary's Hospital
Foster Memorial Hospital
Ventura
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