Ike Orders Ax for Demo Secret Pacts
President Eisenhower asked Congress to end tax cuts until the budget balances and ordered the U S Seventh Fleet to stop shielding Chinese Reds from Formosa attacks. He pledged to repudiates secret understandings of the Roosevelt Truman era and urged a declaration that the United States will not be bound by such pacts. The speech outlined foreign and domestic plans for four years, with strong applause from Republicans and cautious optimism from Democrats.
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U. S. Seventh Fleet
Formosa
United Nations
Korea
Chiang
Truman
Hiang
Fisenhower
U.S
Far East
Congress
Soviet Union
Yalta
Potsdam
U S Freighter Gro ton Tralis Catches Fire In Genoa Harbor
A 7200-ton American freighter named Gro ton Tralis burned in Genoa Harbor after docking from New York with cotton and lubricating oil. Fire crews from Genoa battled the blaze, but immediate extent of the damage was not announced.
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U.S
Genoa
Italy
New York
AWOL Army Privates Held After Desertion Attempt
Two Army privates from Ft. Bliss Texas Buell 18 of Whittier and Ahrens 21 of Whittier were taken into custody by sheriff's officers Monday night after declaring they fled to avoid Korea They said they aimed to qualify as deserters under a new Army policy Their capture followed Buell's father locating them on a street corner and MPs from Ft MacArthur were en route to take custody.
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Ft. Bliss
Tex
Korea
James Howard Buell
Lambert Rd
Whittier
Elmer George Ahrens
Scott Ave
Buell
Les Buell
Young Buell
Ft. MacArthur
Woman Refuses Talk In Highway Collision Report
An Oklahoma City motorist filed an accident report noting Vehicle 2 as a hereford beef with a 1947 driver, age 5, no license plate, female, and remarks stating she refused to talk after bumping a tow on the highway.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
L A Cays The Fight for Oil In Long Beach
The city faces a looming clash as oil firms and promoters push to drill beneath oceanfront sands. Congress may quitclaim lands to the states by midyear, likely signing by the President, ending claims by rival promoters and their mineral filings on beaches and submerged funds up to the breakwater.
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Long Beach
Congress
Wife Sold For Heroin Case Shocks Long Beach Court
In a strange three way narcotics case in Long Beach a drummer named Joh Poole 27 his wife Sylvia 24 and Los Angeles man Carroll Dean Wills 22 faced charges after police raided their rear apartment at 1840 Marber Ave. Officers heard a plan to blame the wife for drug possession to protect the drummer’s career and found 13 heroin capsules along with other drugs equipment. The trio was held on 5000 bond each for Feb 17 Superior Court arraignment.
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Joh Poole
Sylvia
Pooles
Carroll Dean Wills
Los Angeles
Marber Ave
Vic Armitage
Martin DeVries
Armitage
Pooles and Wills
Wills
Poole
Superior Court
Sylvia Poole
Carroll Dean -Wills
Calls for State Dope Bureau and Narcotics Authority
Los Angeles DA S Ernest Roll urged creation of a two state narcotic authority to combat California dope problems in a letter to Gov Warren. Atty General Edmund Brown will oversee dope addiction probes among prize fighters. Judge Call urged life terms for dope peddling. Judge Nye urged greater judicial discretion in narcotics cases.
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Los Angeles
California
Dist
Atty
Ernest Roll
Warren
Edmund G. Brown
Joseph L. Call
Clement D. Nye
Narcotics Authority
Roli
Thriftimart Bandit Steals Cash Across Bellflower
A lone gunman entered the Thriftimart at 2164 Bellflower Blvd Monday evening and forced cashier Anna Egolf to fill a paper bag with cash. The suspect, in his early 30s, about five feet ten inches, 150 pounds, brown hair, blue flannel suit, hatless, escaped with bagged money believed to number in the thousands. Police report ongoing investigation.
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Bellflower Blvd
Anna
Egolf
Ocana Ave
Power of Positive Thinking Excerpt Peaceful Serene
The Independent presents a Norman Vincent Peale excerpt on mind power and Bible verse Romans 12 2. It urges emptying the mind twice daily to gain peace and health, sharing an anecdote from a voyage on SS Lurline where worries are cast overboard at sunset for relief.
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Independent
Norman Vincent Peale
Daily Independent
Norman Vincent Peale, DD
Honolulu
Six Seriously Hurt in Crash Near Harbor General
Six people were seriously injured in a high speed broadside crash at 223rd Street and Wilmington Avenue on Monday afternoon. Three elderly victims were thrown from their car and transported to Harbor General Hospital. Victims include Bert Parks 81 Adeline Parks 67 Zettin Blankenship 49, all of Redondo Beach. Lee Jackson 65 of Wilmington Robidoux Street, Lovell Estell 59 of Los Angeles. Harrison Coles 62 of Los Angeles was released to a private physician's care.
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Dominguez
Annual Pledge Rite Marks Long Beach Scout Parade
More than 3000 Long Beach area Boy Scouts marched down Pine Avenue to the Municipal Auditorium for their annual recommitment to Scouting aims. Leo Carrillo appeared in costume as former Governor Frank Merriam introduced him. Billy Wood, 9, joined on stage as Carrillo spoke against race prejudice. Colors were massed on stage by district flag-bearers and the Tribe of Tahquitz performed Indian dances. Jake Groenewegen led the pledge exercises and Bytum Zinn presided.
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Long Beach Area
Pine Ave
Vta
Fifth St
Leo Carrillo
Frank Merriam
Billy Wood
Lewis Ave
Carricle
Pershy
Long Beach
Tribe of Tahquitz
Jake Groenewegen
Weatherman Predicts Foggy Long Beach Day
The forecast says patchy fog will hover this morning with hazy skies this afternoon in Long Beach. Winds will reach up to eight miles per hour and the temperature is expected to peak around 72 degrees, three points below Monday's high.
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Ground Hog
Long Beach
Death Toll From Great North Sea Storm Near 2000
Britain Holland and Belgium faced a rising death count from a historic storm as 1420 lives were confirmed dead with estimates nearing 2000. Holland suffered the heaviest losses with towns like Stavenisse and Oude Tonge reporting hundreds drowned.
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London
Britain
Holland
Belgium
Little Holland
Stavenisse
Humbers
Thames
Humber River
Canvey
RokS Rout Red Attackers At Luke Castle In Korea
South Korean infantry repelled a two hour Red assault near Luke the Gook's Castle with bayonet counterattacks. Reds suffered heavy losses and were driven back into their lines. U.S. B 29 raids and Sabre jet actions supported UN forces.
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Tokyo
UPI
Outaumabirea
Luke the Gook's Castle
United Nations
East Central
U.S
U. S
Redheld
Pay Raises Halted by Wage Stabilization Board Status
Washington regional offices were told on Monday to stop processing wage adjustment petitions pending clarification of the Wage Stabilization Board's status. The notice indicates a pause in wage increase actions as the agency resolves its official position.
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Washington
The
Wage Stabilization Board
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Thriftimart Bandit
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Oude Tonge
Goeree
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