U S Ship Thompson Sunk by Korean Shore Batteries
The Navy disclosed that the minesweeper Thompson was struck by ten direct hits from Communist shore batteries on the Korean east coast. Three crew members were killed and four wounded, with the ship able to reach a Japanese port under its own power. The casualty list includes three dead and several wounded among officers and enlisted men.
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Washington
Thompson
United States
Navy
Arnold J. Isbell
Walke
Korea
New Jersey
Magpie
Pirate
Pledze
San Diego
Mire Walter H. Barckmann
John Dreith
George Dreith
South Sixth St
Lincoln
Neb
Jose Gallegos Sr
Jose Gallegos
P. O
Box 145
Canutils
Tex
Willis Devon Gregg
Roberta MacGregs
Middlebury
Elthart
Ind
Arlent Dale Allman
Amos Roscoe Allman
Arcadia
Clarence Dexter Lynn
Vila Helen Lynn
Bayard St
Calif
Charles Edwin Pittman
Naomi Elaine Pittman
Beard St
Shawnee
Okla
Daniel J. Murphy
Charlotte Murphy
Promontory St
Braille Picnic Aims to Welcome 100 Guests at Bixby Park
More than 100 guests are expected at the Long Beach Braille Club annual picnic today at Bixby Park. Mrs. Ora Howerton, president, says Los Angeles and Orange County clubs along with Foothills and Eagle clubs will be represented.
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Long Beach Braille Club
Bixby Park
Ora Howerton
Los Angeles
Orange County
Foothills
Eagle Clubs
Long Beach Delegates Attend YMCA Centennial in Cleveland
Sixteen Long Beach residents join about 5000 delegates from the U S and Canada gathering in Cleveland for the YMCA Centennial Convention Thursday through Sunday. Speakers include President Truman Sen Paul Douglas Dr Ralph Bunche and Paul Hoff man with themes on Youth and Our Christian Purposes. The Long Beach group represents Downtown North Long Beach and Armed Forces and lists members Glenn R. Snyder Lewis Ek Hester Gunderman Ann Milanovitch George McLean E J Wightman J R Whippo Leland Bowers Gary Driver Kenneth Nelson Stephen Brixey and families Atwater Griffiths and Humphrey.
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Long Beach
Cleveland
United States
Canada
Truman
Paul Douglas
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Trusteeship Department
Paul G. Hoffman
Ford Foundation
North Long Beach
Glenn R. Snyder
Lewis Ek, Coax
Hester Gunderman
Ann Milanovitch
George McLean
E. J. Wightman
J. R. Whippo
Leland Bowers
Gary Driver
Kenneth Nelson
Stephen Brixey
Dave Atwater
Lee Griffith
Les Humphrey
Contino Granted Permission to Return to Burbank
Dick Contino, famed accordionist, obtained permission from Federal Judge Edward P. Murphy to return to Burbank for case preparation on draft evasion charges. He will be with his attorney to interview witnesses, and must return to San Francisco by June 25 after previously being denied leave.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Edward P. Murphy
Burbank
Murphy
Contino
Solons Aim Ko Blow at Dope Racket
Washington June 15 A House Ways and Means Committee vote backs a hard line against narcotics with prison terms up to 20 years for peddlers and no early release. The bill sets 2 5 years for first offenses, 5 10 for second, 10 20 for third, with fines up to 2000 and no probation.
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Washington
RIA House Committee
Harry Anslinger
House
Ways and Means
Grange switches convention site to San Jose
The California State Grange announced the 79th annual convention will be held October 16 to 19 in San Jose instead of Sacramento. The site change followed advice from the executive committee that housing would be in short supply for delegates.
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Sacramento
California State Grange
San Jose
Four Children Die In Fire After Party Line Refusal
Wash June 15 investigators report a woman refused to release a busy party line delaying alarm for a house fire in which Beth Bryant 2 Boyd Bryant 3 Paulann Sweeney 5 and Renee Sweeney 2 died. Viviah Bryant saved baby Bernice 10 months old leaping to a roof. Alarm came from a nearby naval reserve armory as firemen arrived to find the six room home engulfed. The Sweeney parents were visiting in Aurora Illinois when tragedy struck.
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Wash
Beth Bryant
Boyd Bryant
Paulann Sweeney
Renee Sweeney
Viviah Bryant
Naval Reserve
Roger Sweeney
L. B. Yank Heads Home on Korea Rotation Aboard Navy Transport
Sgt. Ronald B. Sutter and 1488 other Army enlisted men are scheduled to arrive in Seattle on Monday aboard the Navy transport Pvt. Joe Martines, ending a Korea rotation.
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Ronald B. Sutter
W. Broadway
Seattle
Army
Korea
Navy
Joe Martines
Dope crackdown nets 21 peddlers in New York drive
New York police arrested 21 dope pushers in three boroughs during a wide narcotics sweep tied to a state inquiry. The crackdown targets youth drug use with hundreds to be arrested. officials cited hotels and bars in Broadway and Harlem as narcotics sources and noted a violent clash with a suspect in Harlem.
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New York
Broadway
Harlem
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Marcellano Flores
Flores
Book Suspect In Woman's Death
Barber Adams 27 was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of murder in the death of Vera Sue Hoyle 19 in a downtown hotel room last Tuesday. Barbara Hughes, in whose room Hoyle died, said Hoyle lapsed into a coma after a man gave her a heroin injection. Adams admitted drug addiction but denied giving the drug to Hoyle.
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LOS Angels
Iy Barber Adams
Vera Sue Hoyle
Los Angeles
Murdder
Barbara Hughes
Adams
Hayle
Housing Agency allows 1200 new housing units in Escondido
In Washington on June 151NS the Housing and Home Finance Agency announced relaxed credit controls to permit construction of 1200 housing units in Escondido California and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Escondido
Calif
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