Drouth Strains Yugoslavia Amid Food Shortage
Belgrade AP reports a crippling drought strains Yugoslavia's larder, prompting Tito's government to cut defense spending by about 19 percent, raise imports taxes, double rents, and seek foreign aid as it projects a 466 million dollar loss in food production and an 800 thousand ton wheat import need.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Ivan Gosniak
Gosniak
U. S
Britain
France
Tito
U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Spinal Dislocation Suffered by Rider on City Bus
Mildred Fisher of Lakewood, 39, suffered a spinal dislocation on a Long Beach Municipal bus traveling along Bellflower Boulevard at Spring Street. She was removed by ambulance attendants and taken to Long Beach Community Hospital in fair condition, according to driver Stella Glynn.
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Long Beach Community Hospital
Long Beach
Mildred Fisher
Lakewood
Bellflower Blvd
Spring St
Stella Glynn
Talmadge Not To Intercede For Negress
Gov. Herman Talmadge refused to promise a mixed group of white and Negro women that he would intercede in Rosa Lee Ingram's case. He cited rules for visiting prisoners and said clemency decisions are not his to grant. The Civil Rights Congress group sought access to the prisoner at the state penitentiary and traveled to his Twelve Oaks estate after a failed visit in Atlanta.
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Twelve Oaks
Atlanta
Here
Reidsville
Savannah
Teacher on Bail For Tying Pupil in Bed Raid
Miriam Zumwalt, 39, a boarding school teacher from Etna, was released on $1000 bail after admitting to whipping and tying 9 year old Gary Don Grover to his bed for raiding the ice box. Police say he sought food and begged neighbors for meals on several occasions.
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Yreka
Fuiday
Miriam Zumwailt
Etna
Gary Don Grover
Gary
Spellman Visits Korean Troops In Christmas Flight
Cardinal Francis Spellman flew nearly across the Korean front to meet 14,000 U S soldiers including units of the 25th and 40th Divisions. He spoke on two battles: preserving the country and saving soldiers souls, urging steadfast faith amid war. He met Maj. Gen. Smythe and Maj. Elisenhower and visited a forward hospital by helicopter to see patients.
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Seoqul
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S
Spellman
George W. Smythe
John Elisenhower
Ehisenhower
J. Palmer
Brooklyn
N. x
Forward Army
Cardinal Speilman
Ninth Corps
Rubén E. Jenkins
American lieutenant recalls wild six hour "ride" into East Germany
First Lt. Horace J. Sincore, 25, of Homestead Florida, said Soviet officers abducted him from a US sector road on November 24. They released him deep inside the Soviet zone after a Christmas beer ruse and a car ride. He walked 11 miles to Berlin through villages with Soviet guards.
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Berlin
Germany
Horace J. Sincore
Homestead
Fla
East Germany
S. A
Sincore
U.S
Nolice
U. S
Potsdam
West Berlin
Jet planes for Italy arrive aboard Longview Victory
The U S transport Longview Victory arrived Friday at Brindisi with jet planes for the Italian air force and other military equipment. It carried 4000 sacks of Christmas mail for U S servicemen in Trieste and Austria.
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Italy
Brindisi
U. S
Longview Victory
Trieste
Austria
Blonde moll sings about Brink's holdup in Boston
A 25 year old blonde, described as a gun moll, testified before the federal grand jury probing the Brink's robbery worth 1 219 000 dollars. She was linked to Boston racketeers George R. Killeen and Louis Ava and knew Joseph O Keefe, with rumors of bribe attempts after her association with the case.
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Boston
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Brink's Gang
George R. Killeen
Louis
the Pig
Ava
Lynn
Mass
Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
FBI
O'Keefe
Pennsylvania
Pair Chased By Police Hit Gas Station
A high speed chase through five miles of traffic ended when a fleeing car crashed into an Esbasoline gas station in San Pedro. Teenager Joseph Lara and Clarence Gulick were arrested. Lara reportedly drove the car and had prior juvenile offenses.
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SAN _ PEDRO
Harbor
Abe Tavera
E. A. MacKilligan
Joseph L. Lara
Los Angeles
Clarence J. Gulick
Manhattan Beach
Gulick
Tavera
MacKilligan
Paseo del Mar
Gaffey St
Lara
Pacific Ave
Channel St
Friendly Bandit to Face Sentencing for Bank Holdup
Robert M. Smart, 28, pleaded guilty to robbing Bank of America of 1300 dollars at the First Street Pine Avenue branch on December 1. Identified by teller Mrs. Phyllis Reams, Smart was arrested four days later in Astoria, Oregon. He awaits a Superior Court sentencing. He claimed not to run from the scene.
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Robert M. Smart
Bank of America
Superior
Frank C. Chatvat
Smart
First St
Pine Ave
Phyllis ‘Reams
Astoria
Ore
Boozer Boozed in Detroit Jail Sentence
Baxter Boozer, 53, was sentenced Friday to 10 days in jail for drunkenness in Detroit.
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Detroit
Baxter Boozer
Solon Urges U S To Seek Cutdown Of Aid To Europe
New York Republican Rep Jacob Javits urged cutting American aid to Europe after a European economic conference would study reducing trade tariffs currency stabilization and currency interchangeability to foster economic independence. He said the conference could speed trade to replace aid and that withdrawal should wait until trade goals are clear.
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New York
Jacob IK
Javits
United States
New York Republican
Europe
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Independent
Pine
Long Beach 12
Solon
Long Beach Federal Savings and Loan Association
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