City Weighs Liquor Ban in Long Beach Amusement Zone
City Council moved to ban liquor sales in the Long Beach amusement zone. Council members urged City Attorney Trin L. Smith to study zoning changes to prohibit such sales. Protests against transferring an on sale liquor license to Angelo G Apostolou and Theo Athas were filed with the State Board of Equalization due to police concerns. Of 23 businesses on W Ocean Blvd, 11 operate as liquor outlets.
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Long Beach
Carl Fletcher
Trin L. Smith
Max Livoni
San Pedro
W. Ocean Blvd
Angelo G. Apostolou
Theo Athas
State Board of Equalization
James T. Starr
W. Ocean
Starr
Brush Beaten For Convicts
PORTLAND Ore KPF reports seven city and county police units surrounded tangled brush on Rocky Butte near Portland to capture two men believed escaped from Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Monday. A woman overturned a car near the area and witnesses saw them flee into dense terrain. Descriptions matched seven escapees from Walla Walla Penitentiary.
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Portland. Ore
Rocky Butte
Portland
Washington State Penitentiary
Multnomah County
Walla Walla
Wash
Santa Arrives Early as Long Beach Braces for High Winds
Santa will arrive early tonight in Long Beach as a brisk north east wind builds to 30 miles per hour with gusts. Small craft advisories span from Newport Beach to Ventura until 10 am. Forecasters warn residents to hold onto doors and stay cautious but expect winds to ease around Donder and Blitzen time.
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Santa
Long Beach
Railwind
North East
Newport Beach
Ventura
Donder
Whopping Tax Bill Clapped on Kid Mexico Faulkner
A federal tax lien of 5,262,024 was filed against Ted C. Faulkner known as Kid Mexico and his wife Edna, tied to 1948 and 1949 incomes. The lien, assigned to Long Beach IRS, targets property in Signal Hill Palm Springs Laguna Beach and other holdings until settled. Faulkner faces a Dec. 28 voting fraud hearing and remains free on $5,000 bail.
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Ted C
Kid Mexico
Faulkner
Palm Springs
Signal Hill
Los Angeles
Edna
Long Beach
Internal Revenue Dept
Christopher P. Gilbert
Internal Revenue
Fred Girard
Gilbert
Faulkners
Palm Springs Villa
Laguna Beach
Ferchwood
23Rd St
Orange
Cerritos Aves
Orange Ave
Luc’ Cadilac
Hie
Fly
Americans Overseas Enjoy Comfortable Aid Work Life
In Europe and Britain more than half a million civilians and military personnel, paid above local averages, sustain aid programs and write lengthy reports. They live well, hire local servants, and buy American foods at commissaries, finding an easy, attractive life abroad. Over 184,000 administer the aid programs, with evident satisfaction in giving. Continued on Page 4.
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Europe
Britain
Gromyko Leads Soviet Delegation Home From U N
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko heads 62 Communist diplomats aboard the Queen Mary for homeward sail. The group includes 32 Russians 8 Poles and 23 Czechs with Anatoli Baronovsky the Ukraine prime minister nearby. Gromyko declines to say when they will return.
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New York
Andrei Cremyko
United Nations
Iron Curtain
Anatoli Baronofsky
Ukraine
Gromyko
Plane crashes into home after pilots bail out in midair
A British military plane carrying 12 American pilots to Malta caught fire and was abandoned in flight over Pointoise France. Fourteen crew parachuted to safety while the unpiloted craft dived into a house, injuring three sleeping French girls aged 13, 7, and 5 named Andree Dobigny, Micheline, and Monique.
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Pointoise
France
Germany
Malta
Andree Dobigny
Micheline
Monique
Fanatical Chinese assault targets Seoul frontline
Chinese infantry of about a battalion charged Allied lines northwest of Yonesan in a six-company attack near T-Bone Hill. U.N. forces, backed by artillery, repelled the assault as Clark reported troops stood their ground amid a 10 day lull and renewed Communist threats of Seoul by Christmas.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Reds
T-Bone Hill
Yonesan
U. N. Jine
Aasaal
Mark W. Clark
U.N
U. N
North Korea
Bus Spree Ends with Hazardous Lawn Hangover
A 48 passenger Pacific Electric bus carrying revelers ended its wild joyride hung over on a lawn after wrecking three fences. The damaged vehicle showed empty wine bottles on its floor, and two by four timbers were driven into the bus body during the spree.
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Gabriel
John Steinbeck
Pacific Electric
Major pre Christmas roadblock nets 329 arrests
California Highway Patrol in the Norwalk and Compton area stopped 19 618 cars at eight points and seized 329 motorists. Across Los Angeles 58 arrests came from 22 596 vehicles. Most violations were mechanical defects with faulty lights most common. Only one drunken driving arrest occurred in the region. Over 100 officers participated, with 55 patrolmen aiding the operation.
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Lifornia
Norwalk
Campton
Los Angeles
Compton- Norwalk
Highway Patrol
Clifford E. Peterson
Four Tucson Scouts Lost in Pepper Sauce Cave
Four Tucson Boy Scouts are missing in Pepper Sauce Cave near Oracle Arizona as rescuers search the deep, treacherous passages after reports of their disappearance Tuesday night. Local authorities and search teams coordinate efforts amid difficult terrain and fading daylight.
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Cave Oracle
Ariz
Tucson
Pepper Sauce Cave
Wise Burglar Huffs Puffs Then He Blows
Thomas J. Gately returned home to 5468 The Toledo and found a burglar inside his hall. He chased the thief with a butcher knife, but a second man pretended to assist and fled in a car. Loss amount undetermined as police investigated the scene.
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Thomas J. Gately
Toledo
Gately
Man Sees Santa From Behind The Scenes At Buffums Toy Dept
John Frizzell custodian at Buffums toy department visits Santa after hours. He hasn’t seen Santa since his children were small in Chattanooga yet believes the legend lingers in the warm throne and echoes of daytime whispers. He works late, sweeping up debris and hears the faint sounds of Christmas magic. He plans to slip a note to Santa with his Christmas list.
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Santa
John Frizzell
St. Nick’s Department Store
Buffums
Chattanooga
John
Andy
St. Nick
Santa Claus
Ocean Blvd Jog to be removed and realigned
The City Council authorized 7500 to realign Ocean Blvd between 19th Place and Lindero Ave. The south side will be widened near the Municipal Arts Center to ease the dangerous curve. Funded by the H-15 Special Projects Fund after several accidents at the site.
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B. Ocean Blvd
Municipal Arts Center
19Th Pl
Lindero Ave
Ocean
Art Center
WATCHMAN Burglar Dips Him for 255 Dollars
Henry W Mulliken and his wife returned to a jimmied door at their Santa Ana home on Monday night. Mulliken sat up all night, then the burglar returned and lifted his wallet containing 255 dollars from his hip pocket and also took 3 dollars from Mrs Mulliken's sugar bowl.
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Santa Ana
Henry W. Mulliken
Oak St. de Mied
Berserk Teacher Slays Children Then Tries Suicide
A 31 year old high school English teacher Archis Connett killed his three children by smashing their heads and stabbed his wife before ingesting poison and slashing his own throat. Police found the victims amid blood and toys in the family home as the estranged wife fled to safety. Connett, praised as a top notch teacher, collapsed at a county hospital after the brutal attack. The mother, Wynona Connett, described the struggle and attempted to intervene as the couple fought over the children. The three children were Carl aged 3 months, Teresa 2 4 5, and Michael aged 4. The incident happened after a Christmas visit to the wife’s Cupertino home. Principal Carl Ekoos of San Lorenzo High quoted colleagues about his exceptional teaching abilities.
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San Jose
Archie Connett
San Lorenzo Hi
Santa Clara County Hospital
Wynona
Cupertino
Here
Connett
James Cunningham
San Lorenzo
Carl
Teresa
Michael
Cunningham
Sheriff's Office
Carl Ekoos
San Lorenzo High School
Lick Junior High
California
Stanford
William Woodward
Local hero saves hundreds from Cham pollion shipwreck
In Beirut a Lebanese sailor Capt Radwan Balpajy piloted a small motor launch through raging seas to rescue the remaining passengers and crew from the Cham pollion after it struck a reef. Twenty six died and 41 were injured as panic spread and many leaped into the sea. Balpajy and his brother guided survivors to shore as the ship’s 318 aboard were whittled to 26 fatalities.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Radwan Balpajy
Here
Holy Land
Port Security
Balpajy
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