Secret Indictment Ties Spies to National Security
A sealed indictment affecting national security was issued in federal court in Washington. Espionage connections are suspected as prosecutors ordered the case sealed pending arrests of several high ranking officers. The papers also show McGranery designated two Justice officials to probe leaks of defense information to foreign powers.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Justice Dept
U. S
Alexander Holizoff
Atty. Gen. McGranery
Harold D. Koffky
Oran H. Wattman
Dozen Killed As B-50 Falls Near Gridley
An Air Force B-50 carrying 12 men crashed into a flooded rice field 12 miles west of Gridley California it broke apart with no explosion. Deep mud and water blocked access as helicopters and Coast Guard units joined Beale Air Force Base personnel in recovering the crew. Four bodies were found near the crash site with others inside the wreckage.
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Oroville
Calif
Air Force
Gridley
Here
Floyd Jensen
Tehrel Surtain Ranch
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
Hamilton Air Force Base
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Beale Air Force Base
Redondo Officials Seek Aid Amid Fierce Pacific Storm
Storm lashed Redondo Beach as Mayor J Russell Shea and Conager Franz C Nybye prepared to carry an appeal for financial aid to the California State Legislature in Sacramento.
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Redondo Beach
J. Russell Shea
Franz C. Nybye
Sacramento
Redondo Beach Seawall Damage Triggers State Aid Plea
City officials seek 1000000 in state funds after giant waves undermine the Redondo seawall endangering a main sewer line. Gov Warren to confer with engineers on disaster declaration while federal aid and a 4 to 6 million dollar breakwater completion are pursued. Heavy surf causes widespread flooding and property damage along the coast.
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Earl Warren
Fred Arnold
Redondo
Arnold
Cecil King
Redondo Beach
Army
Inquiry Will Call Justice Tom Clark
Rep Keating of New York said lawmakers will call Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark to testify on a major mail fraud case. The Justice Department file is to be turned over to a House judiciary subcommittee that has investigated the department since last spring. Keating is set to lead the panel after reforms under the Republican administration.
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ULP
Keating
Run. Y
House
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Rulence “Department
McGranery
Justice Department
Governor Warren Seeks 67 Million Tax Hike to Fund School Expansion
Governor Warren calls Prop No 2 a tax rise of over 67 million to support constitutional school funding. He proposes new taxes on cigarettes liquor and horse racing to cover the cost, arguing reserves should not be drawn.
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Warren
Police Car Hits Pole During Time-Chase
A police car pursuing a motorist through city streets struck a signal post amid a chase that aimed to rush a motorist and his wife to a local hospital maternity ward. The incident disrupted traffic as officers halted the pursuit and responded to the crash.
Way Pointed To Remake School Map
County counsel says Long Beach lacks direct authority to withdraw from the Long Beach Unified School District. A legal route exists under Chapter 16 for an optional district reorganization by electors, with the county committee leading the process and public hearings to follow.
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Way
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Long Beach Unified School District
Douglas A. Newcomb
Harold W. Kennedy
Newcomb
Lakewood
Kennedy
Eugene Tincher
Board of Education
Tincher
Nursing Home Fire in Warren County Feared Seven Missing
Fire swept through the McCoy Nursing Home near Warren, leaving seven people missing. Chief J E Chapel of Youngville said four Durlin siblings and three nursing home patients named Maude Stroupe Merle Nourse Nettie Clark were unaccounted for. The operator Mrs J A McCoy and another patient Mrs Cones escaped with Patricia Durlin, sister of the children. Firemen pumped water from 200 yards away as flames engulfed the building.
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Warren
McCoy
J. E. Chapel
Youngville
Chapel
Maude Stroupe
Merle Nourse
Nettie Clark
James, Thormas
Joseph
Jo Ann Durlin
Congress Passes Early 1953 Legislation in Washington
In Washington on Tuesday the House and Senate approved an early year measure amid a brief session. Details are sparse due to fragmented text, but the action marks the first legislative move of 1953 with potential implications for upcoming inaugurations and federal procedures.
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Long Beach
Truman Urges McCarran-Walter Reform Immigration Quota
President Truman urged quick action on a presidential commission report calling for sweeping changes to the McCarran-Walter Act. The plan would abolish the quota system and raise annual admissions by 100,000, prompting partisan rebuttals from Rep. Walter and Sen. McCarran who defend the law while some groups push reform.
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Walter
Europe
Javits
Truman
Congress
Free World
Clerk Convicted on Felony Counts in Traffic Case
Los Angeles municipal court clerk Phillip J. Prene Vest, 58, was convicted Tuesday on three felony counts related to taking fines from traffic violators. The case involved similar allegations against other clerks and attendants including Leslie Thompson and Pedro Stanne.
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Angeles
Phillip J. Prene Vest
Leslie ‘Thompson
Pedro
Stanne
Ike appoints demo tax bureau head
Ike names T Coleman Andrews of Richmond as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Elbert Parr Tuttle of Atlanta is chosen as general counsel of the Treasury. Charles R. Hook Jr. of Cleveland is named deputy postmaster general. Roger Steffan named director of operations for White House internal organization. Byrd recommended Andrews, but Hagerty says he was in mind before asking for views.
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Bureau of Internal Reveue
T. Coleman Andrews
Richmond
Certified Public Accountants
Elbert Parr Tuttle
Atlanta
Re*publican Committee
Eisenhower
Chicago
The
Treasury
Charles R. Hook Jr
Cleveland
Qhco
Arthur FE. Summerfield
James C. Hagerty
Sen
Byrd
D.-Va
Andrews
Hagerty
Roger Steffan
New York
Vista
Calif
White House
Steffan
Sherman Adams
Modern
Stalin Confers With Chinese Leader on Peace Defense
Moscow radio reported Tuesday night that Prime Minister Joseph Stalin met with Kuo Mo-jo, deputy chairman of the Chinese Soviet Friendship Society and chairman of the All-Chinese People’s Committee for Defense of Peace. No details were released.
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London
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Kuo Mo-jo
Ohio Finally Seeks Formal Admission To Union
Rep. Ben Bender announced a resolution in Washington to retroactively admit Ohio to the United States dating from March 1, 1803. He notes Congress defined Ohio’s boundaries in 1902 and a constitutional convention presented the Ohio constitution on February 19, 1803 but was ignored.
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Congress
Ohio
Washington
Ben
Bender
Edwin Tiffin
Mexicans Warned To Flee Volcano Eruption Feared
In Villa Ocampo near El Mante Tamaulipas residents urged Gov Horacio Teran to deploy trucks for evacuation as an old volcano shows rumbling noises and smoke for the first time in memory along Mexico's East Coast.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Horacio Teran
Tamaulipas State
Villa Ocampo
el Mante
Forts Lace Red Rails in Pre-Dawn Assault
In northwest Korea, B29 Superfortresses dropped 110 tons of bombs on Sinanju rail targets as Allied air power pressed a sixth straight day of strikes. Sabre jets shielded raiders while two new Chinese Red armies, totaling about 70,000 men, arrived on the front. No fresh offensive signs were seen at present.
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Seoul
Sinanju
Korea
U. S
Sabre
Manchuria
Virus outbreaks hit rural Texas hardest, schools closed
Influenza spreading across the Midwest and Southwest with Texas towns hardest hit. In Fannin County seven communities closed schools as district officials anticipated more closures. Denison and nearby areas saw high school bands affected and rising student absences. Some Kansas and New Mexico areas show easing, while no deaths are reported yet.
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Southwest
Texas
George Cox
Fannin County
J. W. Moulton
Texas- Oklahoma
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Wyoming
Denison
Tex
Eisenhower
Washington
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Las Vegas
Raton
Lakewood forms trash district by voters vote 326 to 30
Lakewood Village approves creation of a garbage and trash disposal district by a 326 to 30 vote at a special election. The district covers Del Amo to Carson and Lakewood Blvds plus Lakewood Country Club Estates. Private collectors had served the area since 1952. Taxpayers Association pushed the proposal and seeks a 60 cent per 100 valuation tax for year one, dropping to 40 cents in year two, with contracted twice weekly garbage pickup and once weekly trash collection in business areas.
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Lakewood Village
del Amo
Bellflower
Carson St
Lakewood
Taxpayers’ Assn
Los Angeles Nurse Reports Kidnapping and Assault
Los Angeles nurse Carmen Garcia, 27, told police she was kidnapped Tuesday by a man in dark clothes who dragged her from a car, beat her, tore at her clothing, and assaulted her before releasing her in an alley near White Memorial Hospital.
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Carmen, Garcia
Miss Garcia
White Memorial Hospital
Ther
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