Pair Cleared in Baby Sale Case by Municipal Court
Charles B. Haynes and Velda Coley faced a preliminary hearing after a Lakewood woman testified Frances Myre Haynes was sold for 250 dollars. Judge Frank C. Carvat found the evidence insufficient to bind the couple for trial, noting the $250 was a loan for hospital bills and that Coley planned to adopt the child.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Charles B. Haynes
Cherry Ave
Lakewood
Frank C. Carvat
Haynes
Frances Myre Haynes
Velda Coley
Adenmoor Dr
British Hunt For Saboteurs In Ship Fires
British Admiralty CID agents probe possible sabotage after unexplained engine troubles on HMS Warrior at Plymouth and minor defects aboard HMS Triumph. Incidents on the Empire of Canada at Liverpool and two fires on Queen Elizabeth prompt search for saboteurs or arsonists.
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Plymouth
England
Admiralty
Plymouth Dock
Liverpool
Stolen Cadillac Reported With Classified Radar Trunk Secret
Los Angeles police say an early Friday theft of a gray Cadillac sedan from near Box Springs Grade and U Highway 205 involved a military radar system in the trunk. The car belonged to Capt Frank G Gudoski of the 3nd Bombardment Squadron at March Air Force Base.
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Los Angeles
Frank G. Gudoski
3Nd
March Air Force Base
California Highway Patrol
Gudoski
Box Springs
U. Highway 205
Eight big business executives run Eisenhower cabinet says L A C
A reader argues the Eisenhower cabinet is dominated by eight big business executives with one big labor figure. The piece questions how large corporations grew under Democrats and links wartime needs to corporate influence, hinting at continued discussion.
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Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Kid Mexico Faulkner Loses Bid to Quash Election Indictment
Los Angeles Superior Court denied Faulkner and accomplice Royce J. Bushong’s bid to dismiss a grand jury indictment charging them with conspiring to register voters for Signal Hill’s Nov 4 election. A tax lien of 262000 against Faulkner and his wife remains unresolved.
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Tod
Kid Mexico
Faulkner
Signal Hill
Friday
Clement D. Nye
California
Los Angeles
Royce J. Bushong
Eana
Bushong
C. Ransom Samuelson
Charles Frickey
Frickey
Signal Hill Improvement Association
Cercitos Ave
Weatherman Sings Of Sunny Weekend Ahead
A weather report sketches bright weekend skies. The weatherman promises light coastal fog easing to clear sunshine, with temperatures near 78 degrees, about six degrees warmer than Friday. He notes no fog tonight, ideal for Saturday night plans.
AEC says USSR has exploded three atomic bombs
Washington report states the Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that the Soviet Union has exploded three atomic bombs to date, with two in 1951 and one in 1949, and has a supply of fissionable material. Dean’s one page statement counters Truman doubts and cites available government facts.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
AEC
Gordon Dean
Truman
Dean
Independence
Ussr
Res
U. S
U.S
Soviet Union
Fire Levels Square Mile in Pusan Korea City
A major blaze in Pusan, Korea, razed about one square mile of business blocks and homes, displacing thousands and causing millions in damage. Two U.S. soldiers and two Koreans suffered smoke exposure. no fatalities reported. Separate fires hit Wonju, amid suspicions of possible arson by Red agents as President Rhee visited the scene.
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Pusan
Korea
U. S
Wartorn Korea
Wonju
Seoul
Suwon
Taegu
Red
Syngman Rhee
North Korea POWs At Koje Island Kill American Soldier
North Korean prisoners on Koje Island beat a U S soldier to death during a Wednesday incident in the Choguk compound. A Republic of Korea sergeant entering to clear barracks led to the fatal assault, with tear gas later used to restore order as three prisoners were alleged guilty and others resisted returning to their cells. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Pusan
Koje
U. N
Republic of Korea
Choguk
ROK
Mind Power and Positive Thinking Book Serial
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale promotes change your thoughts and change your world as the thesis of his upcoming book The Power of Positive Thinking. The Independent will serialize the first chapter starting Monday, recalling his psychological religious clinic near New York and his prior bestseller A Guide to Confident Living.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Independent
Dr. Peale
New York
Ity
Jet pilot struggles to restart engine midair over Korea
Captain Robert L. Hayes of Cleveland Heights piloted a jet fighter bomber toward a North Korean target when an engine failure cut power. With no bailout altitude, he continued a glide at 500 mph, reached friendly territory, and finally restarted the engine at about 1000 feet.
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Seoul
Korea
Robert L. Hayes
Cleveland Heights
Transport, Carrier Bring 2116 Home
The carrier USS Espey lands with 2116 aboard after a transport mission. General G. M. Bandai confirms the return, noting the operation proceeded without incident.
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Dan Brangisco
Gen
Narcotic Victim Describes All Consuming Pain in Court
Mrs. Jean S. Coe, 43, testified about battling morphine addiction in a suit seeking 200000 dollars against Los Alamos Medical Center and doctors Roscoe Wilcox and Charles A Behney. She and husband Joseph claim medical treatment caused dependency while they lived in Los Alamos, now Manhattan Beach. She described sleepless nights of agony, writing of skin-rubbing during cure at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Santa FE
N. M
Jean S. Coe
Coe
Joseph
Los Alamos Medical Center
Roscoe ‘Wilcox
Charles" A.behney
Atomic City
Los Alamos
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Medical Center
Coes
Mc Coe
Good Samaritan’ Hosp
Los Angeles
Crash of B-50 Takes Four Lives at Savannah Air Base
An Air Force B-50 taking off from Hunter Field near Savannah Georgia crashed just beyond the runway, exploded and burned, killing four of seven crew aboard. Col Henry Amen, the base commander, said the aircraft reached about 50 feet then plunged into woods at the runway’s end.
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Savannah
Air Force
Hunter Air ‘Force Base
Henry
Apartment Blast Triggers Three Alarm Fire in San Francisco
A three alarm blaze swept through the Court Apartments at Bush and Leavenworth Streets, exploding and sending over 100 residents into the street. Fire Chief Edward O’Neill ordered the arson squad to investigate the suspected blast caused by a back stairwell fire.
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San Francisco
Bush
Leavenworth
Edward O'Neill
Mighty Mo And 3 Flattops Lash Wonsan
U S Navy reports a mass bombardment of Wonsan by three carrier groups led by battleship Missouri. The strike includes destroyers Moore and Ahmann with Rear Adm Hickey aboard the Kearsarge as part of Task Force 77. Additional carriers Oriskany and Philippine Sea participate.
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Associated Press
U. S
Missouri
East Korea
Wonsan
Navy
Tokyo
Uss. Moore
Ahmann
Adm
J. J. Clark
U.S Seventh Fleet
Robert Hickey
Task
Force 77
USS
Kearsarge
Oriskany
Philippine Sea
Wonsari
North Korea
48Th Parallel
Pyongyang
Ujong
Yellow Sea
Korea
Fifth Air Force
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