Viking plane crashes near Belfast beacon. 21 dead
A British European Airways Viking airliner attempting to land at Belfast crashed after hitting a beacon, killing 21 passengers and crew including two American teachers. Surviving passengers and injured were rushed to nearby hospitals as weather worsened the approach.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
British European Airways
Miss Grissing
United States Education Foundation
Smith Center
Kan
E. J. Duerksen
Ionia
London
Kidnapped LA Girl Released By Abductor
A four year old girl, Virginia Conrad, was released unharmed by her kidnapper Monday night near the home of Mrs. Syrene Kerner, a nurse and friend of the mother Lydia Conrad. The child cried for help and then calmed, saying the abductor drove her to the neighborhood in response to her pleas. The mother, also a nurse, had been seeking a job at a doctor's office.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Conrad
Citizens' Unit OKs $1.1 Million Art Center Plan
A city citizens subcommittee voted 28-15 to recommend a $1.1 million municipal art center for the April 2 election, rejecting the $1.8 million cultural center. The panel favored a smaller project with a 50,000 square foot building and an 850 seat auditorium, while not deciding on a site. Proceedings will go to the larger citizens group and then to the City Council by mid January.
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Lart
Citizens Committee On Public Improvement
Bixby Park
Samuel W. Heavenrich
David Hargrove
Dean Godwin
Cultural Art Center Association
Eugene Tincher
Tideland
Dangerous philosophy of official pay and junket talk
A local city note argues that officials are enticed by expense account trips and criticizes the rise in pay from 50 to 200 dollars a month for city councilmen while harbor commissioners earn 50 dollars. The piece warns this mindset risks dishonesty and reflects a troubling attitude among some elected or appointed leaders.
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En Moss
Crewman Killed as Ships Collide at Sea
A Spanish vessel Monte Arbaja collided with the Danish tanker Rosa Maersk off Buenos Aires. One crewman died and several passengers were injured, all casualties on the Monte Arbaja as it traveled from Tenerife to Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Monte Arbaja
Rosa Maersk
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Weather Turns Chilly After January Warmth in Long Beach
Heavy clouds roll in over the Long Beach area this morning with rain expected by afternoon. Temperatures will cool to a high near 60 degrees, about 2 degrees below Sunday’s warm spell.
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Long Beach
Young Tough Robs Lad After Threat Near School
A teenage thief stopped Eugene Skillman and demanded $15 as he rode from Branklin Junior High. The 13-year-old described a thug with dark hair, a gray or green sweater, about 60 pounds and tall as nine feet ten inches, who then rode away on one bicycle with Larry Forster watching. Police search ongoing.
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Branklin
Eugene B. Skillman
E. 10Th St
First St
Hermosa Ave
Larry Forster
Orange Ave
Crash Injures Comic Olsen in Greenville
An auto truck crash in Greenville injures John S. Olsen of Olsen and Johnson, 60, but doctors say he will join a St. Louis show scheduled to open today. He suffers a shoulder injury a leg wound and a head cut. initial reports said serious injuries but he is to be released for the performance.
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Greenville
John S. Olsen
Olsen and Johnson
St. Louis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Highland
Olsen
Malverne
Churchill Arrives in New York Seeks Europe Focus in Cold War
Prime Minister Winston Churchill met with President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York and urged that the cold war center be moved from Korea to Europe along the Iron Curtain. He praised UN action in Korea as the greatest event in five years while warning against a prolonged war wandering through China. Churchill spoke of stalemate risks and cautioned against expansion of the Korean conflict.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Dwight JD. Eisenhower
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
United Nations
Korea
Britain
China
Jin
Churchill praises television as global medium during visit
Prime Minister Churchill lauds TV's rise to world standing after disembarking from the Queen Mary. He notes that every facial expression is viewed by millions and hopes content matches distribution. Churchill visits President Eisenhower, meeting at Baruch and Baruch’s Fifth Avenue apartment. Eisenhower aides offer no comment. Mrs. Churchill attends while Mrs. Eisenhower is ill. Continued on page 4.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Gen
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Baruch
Fifth Ave
Central Park
Lonly
The Fat Boy's Downfall and Elmer Wheeler's Quest
A memoir recounts Elmer Wheeler shedding 40 pounds for The Fat Boy's Book and later regaining it. He explores why weight returns, interviewing dietitians and doctors, and questions if dieting can be sustained without daily restriction.
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Elmer Wheeler
Elmer
Elmer. Wheeler
Independent Press-Telegram
Independent
6Th and Pine
Mistress quotes sorrow as colonel dies in court martial
In Tokyo police court martial testimony Lt Col Joseph Hardin described Mrs Dorothy Krueger Smith, wife of Col Joseph Smith, reacting to her husband’s knife wound. He recounted her remark I it's too bad I didn't get him in the heart I as the colonel lay wounded and dying after Oct 3 1952. The trial centers on premeditated murder charges against Mrs Smith, daughter of Gen Walter Krueger.
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Tokyo
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Joseph Hardin
New Albany
Ind
Smith House
Smith
Hardin
Los Angeles Hires Canine Psychologist
The Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced it has hired a canine psychologist, Bert Turnquist, 47, a World War I Kanine Korps trainer, to treat neurotic dogs free of charge. The group says about 250,000 of the 700,000 city dogs suffer barking or nervous issues due to sound sensitivity.
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L.A
Los Angeles
Los ‘Angeles
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Bert Turnquist
Kanine Korps
Mutilated Memo Triggers City Hall Clash Over Chief’s Suspension
Signal Hill council suspends Police Chief Ted Murphy for 0 days amid a scandal over a defiled memo copied from a commendation that was posted on the police bulletin board. The move prompts recall talk against Mayor Lloyd Tomlin and two council members amid claims of incomplete evidence and morale concerns.
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Signal Hill City
Ted Murphy
Lloyd J. Tomlin
Foster
Murphy
Nellie Combellack
Emil Handly
Tomlin
Betty Ketchum
Signal Hill
John C. Lybarger
Set. C. R. Blake
Blake
City Civil Service Commission
Independent
Council
Women Gravely Injured in South St crash
Two women were seriously injured Monday evening when their car collided with a gravel truck at South Street and Paramount Boulevard. Mary H Hotchkiss, 45, suffered broken tibias and Nina Tprecea, 45, had broken shoulders. Edmond J Hotchkiss, 50, was the driver. Charles E Mitchell, 22, truck driver, was cited for failure to use due caution at the intersection.
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South St
Paramount Blvd
Mary. H. Hotchkiss
Etre
Eneycricopical
Nina TF Precea
iLander
Wyoming
Edmond J. Hotchkiss
Charles E. Mitchell
Whittier
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Laguna Beach
Citizens’ Unit
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Kenneth Wing
Subcommittee
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Vital Churchill
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