Long Beach Freeway First Section to Open December 10
The initial leg of the Long Beach Freeway from Pacific Coast Highway to 223rd Street will open for public use December 10 with dedicatory ceremonies. The 2.48 mile stretch, costing 31.4 million, is a divided highway with three lanes each side. Local officials and state transportation leaders will attend, with further openings planned for the southern segment near Ansheim Street.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles River
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast Hwy
State Division of Highways
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
H. E. Ridings Jr
D. W. Campbell
Harrison Baker
Pasadena
Paul Harding
Los Angeles
Ansheim St
Boddumi Construction Co
Ocean
Santa Ana
Giant Lumber Mill Ablaze at Scotia
Fire at Pacific Lumber Co mill in Scotia, the world’s largest redwood mill, destroyed an experimental stacking building valued over 100000 dollars. Fire departments from miles around aided Scotia Fire Chief Jack Woods and U.S. Forest Service crews to bring the blaze under control. Scotia, a company town of 1400, lies 29 miles south of Eureka.
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Eureka
Pacific Lumber Co
Scotia
U.S. Forest Service
Jack Woods
Here
Patch Assortment Not For Pants In Long Beach
Weather note reports fog patches around Long Beach today with patches of sun from the Weatherman. Expect a high near 75 degrees with high clouds dimming some sunshine. Wednesday's high was 69 and the night low was 43.
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Long Beach
FBI Joins Hunt for Three-Finger Brown in Mafia Chase
Federal agents join a nationwide search for Thomas three-finger Brown Luchese, heir to the underworld throne after Frank Costello. Authorities believe he fled the New York area as marshals press to strip his citizenship. he has evaded process servers for two days.
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New York
FBI
Thomas
Three-Finger Brown
Luchese
Frank Costelo
New York Area
Stalin Will Decide When World War III Starts
William C. Bullitt former ambassador to Russia argues Stalin alone will choose if and when a third world war occurs based on his perceived power to win. He criticizes Western Europe defense as a tragic joke and notes Russia's air strength is superior.
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Stalin
William C. Bullitt
Russia
France
Western
Europe
Bus Firm to Propose Lakewood Park Lines
Long Beach Motor Bus Co plans to seek state approval to start service to the 3200 home Lakewood Park Mutual tract. Needed signals at Carson Street or nearby intersections are under county study with results due in ten days. If permitted, the firm would extend its Paramount Orange line into the Mutual tract and toward Lakewood Center, using Hardwick Street for exits until Canoe landings extend. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and Viking Way Association urge swift service, with plans for expansion east of Bellflower Boulevard tied to new subdivisions.
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Long Beach Motor Bus Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Lakewood Park Mutual
Carson St
Willard Lee
Sail
County Road Department
Carson and Paramount Blvd
Carson and Obispo Ave
Lee
Paramount- Orange
Cherry Ave
Mutual
Paramount Blvd
Obispo
New Homes
Lakewood Center
Lakewood
Parachute Jerked Photographer From Plane In Water
In Sanford Florida a photographer fell from an airplane while shooting in flight pictures of another craft and landed waist deep in a lake. Charles Edward Rinehart a PR man for North American Aviation said his parachute opened and swept him through the air before landing in the lake. He suffered cuts and bruises.
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Sanford
Out of the Night Opens Door Bullets Fly
Clyde Cameron 37 of 1634 E 132nd St suffered a nighttime shooting when a bell rang at his door at 2 30 am Wednesday. Bullets zipped past his head as the assailant shouted and fled in a car taking a nickel plated revolver. The incident remains under police investigation with Cameron unsure of the attacker’s identity.
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Compton
Clyde Cameron
132Nd St
Cameron
Czech Reds Try Ex Chief on Trial in Prague
Radio announced that Rudolf Slansky former secretary general of the Czechoslovak Communist party will go on trial in Prague later today. Slansky was arrested in 1951 with scores of other top officials. Rumors had said they would face a mass trial. The Prague press blamed a Trotskyite Zionist conspiracy for attempts to topple the regime and accused Zionists of causing economic woes.
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Vienna
Austria
Prague
Rudolf Slansky
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Slansky
Pres
Thornes Gifts Manuscript to Library of Congress
Springfield Illinois resident aT NNeae ann Thornes donated a manuscript to the Library of Congress. The item described as a valuable historical text was conveyed amid a small ceremony at the library, with officials noting its significance to national archives.
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nNeae
Ann Thornes
Springfield
Library ‘of Congress
Wendy
Rupp Ruled Sane and Faces Gas Death
A Santa Ana jury found Billy Rupp sane at the time of the August 8 killing of Ruby Ann Payne in Yorba Linda. He faces execution in the San Quentin gas chamber after a December 2 sentencing date. The verdict followed a prior guilty finding for the sex slay, with Rupp calm as the decision was announced.
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Santa Ana
Billy Rupp
Ruby Ann Payne
Rupp
Orange County
Yorba Linda
Superior Court
Kenneth E. Morrison
San Quentin
Ruby Ann
Raymond Perry Dyer
Controls End 1300 Sorties On Clothing and Meat
Washington reports price stabilizer Tighe Woods warns price controls may lift inflationary pressures if abandoned next spring. He notes ceilings to be lifted on apparel and pork wholesale, possible beef rollbacks, while Farm Bureau opposes. Senate plans differ. wage and rent controls to be addressed after January. SEOUL reports major Allied air offensive near Manchurian border. 1300 missions target Reds with B-29s and Thunderjets, plus Sabre escorts, amid heavy winter fighting.
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Washington
New
Republican Congress
Woods
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Senate
Defense
Congress
Burnet R. Maybank
D-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
GOP
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Far East Air Forces
Ani
Miss Luda Lorena Band, Hoover aide and archives keeper
Funeral services planned for Miss Luda Lorena Band 66 longtime Hoover aide and Hoover archives keeper at Stamford University. She died in her sleep at her home night before, after 35 years of service with Ex-President Herbert Hoover.
Arctic Flight Opens Pacific to Europe Route
Scandinavian Airlines Arild Vik ing completed a pioneering Arctic crossing from Los Angeles to Copenhagen with 22 passengers and 13 crew aboard a DC-6B. The 1522 mile flight lasted 6 hours 46 minutes, cutting a thousand miles from the usual route via New York, and included a fuel stop in Edmonton before continuing to Thule and Copenhagen. Col Bernt Balchen, a key Arctic aviation figure, flew as a passenger.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Scandinavian Airlines
Arild Viking
Polar Cap
Pacific Coast
Europe
Thule
U.S. Air Force Base
Greenland
Copenhagen
Magnetic North Pole
Arctic
International
Los Angeles
Scandinavia
New York
Bernt Balchen
U.S. Air Force
Battle Casualties Rise 839 in Korea Week
The Department announced a new total of 126,72 American battle casualties in Korea, up 839 from last week. It lists 225 dead, 558 wounded, 30 missing and 26 captured, with total U.S. casualties now 22,209 dead, 91,750 wounded, 9,425 missing, 1,972 captured and 1,390 returned to duty.
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Tence Department
Korea
U. S
Texan Plans Reversal of Tideland Grab
Rep Bentsen plans a bill to grant states title to submerged lands beyond shore and to confer with Gen Eisenhower after inauguration. He aims to discuss terms with Texas Gov Shivers and consider shares of oil and gas revenues from the continental shelf.
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Texan
Washington
Bentsen
D-Tex
Congress
Dwight Eisenhower
Texas
Allan Shivers
Seaweri
Truman
Wold
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