Train Victim Pulled Out By Brother
Eight year old boy lost an arm and two legs beneath a freight train. His alert ten year old brother pulled him from immediate death as the 50 car train passed. Richard Wade Hammond, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Hammond, is hospitalized a paraplegic at the Long Beach VA. The accident occurred on the Union Pacific right of way near WL Pacific Coast Hwy. Gary Hammond pulled his brother to safety.
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Gary
Marian Hammond
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Richard Wade
Himmond
Richard
Willard St. Hammond
Long Beach Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Husbant
Taspirst
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Gary Hammond
Truman lashes House on social security bill defeat
President Truman denounced House economizers for killing a bill to raise social security benefits saying the AMA pressured defeat. He called the measure a good bill with desirable changes but said it was wrecked on the House floor Monday as the medical association objected.
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Washington
Truman
House
Alan
We Agree With Darby Editorial Opinion
Editorial arguing Supervisor Ray Darby deserves support for opposing the county lease of Lakewood golf course. It urges voters to consider his reasons as a cautious stand against a trend in county actions, noting his re election concern and call to condemn and buy the property rather than lease it.
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Ray Darby
Lakewood Golf Course
Darby
Long Beach
Panty Raids Hit Three California Colleges
United Press reports panty raids erupted at three California colleges on a Wednesday night, targeting women’s dorms at USC Claremont College Pomona and Stanford University. Los Angeles police intervened at USC while UCLA officials warned students of possible expulsion or tear gas for panty raiders.
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California
University of Southern California
Claremont College
Pomona
Stanford Universi
Los Angeles
USC
University of California At Los Angeles
Schanol
University of Oklahoma
Temple University
Cornell University
Michigan State
Mercer University
Garfield Dies in New York Actress Flat
Jules Garfinkle known as Garfield, born in Varna, died of a cardiac condition after suffering a heart attack in 1949. Iris Whitney, 36, actress and dancer, was visited by police at her apartment after Garfield was found dead, with detectives ruling no foul play. Garfield had been separated from his wife for over a year.
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John Garfield
Robbie
David
Julie
New York
New Yorker
Varna
UU Auuul
Iine
Lower East Side
Jules Garfinkle
Iris Whitney
Thorities
Miss Whitney
Misa Lee Garfield
Churchill Wins Commons Support for Trucking Privatization Plan
London May 21 Prime Minister Winston Churchill wins House of Commons backing for plans to return Britain's long-distance trucking industry to private ownership.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
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