Romance and Ruin in Bezhetsk Marriage Mix Up
The Bezhetsk Communist Youth Committee celebrated a wedding after Eugene Ivanov proposed to Zoya Gavrilov, but the couple split the loot and separated quietly. Other brief items note Iran’s royal marriage crisis, a Paris Grand Palais fire, twin sisters’ birthday party in San Diego, Queen Mother Elizabeth’s Nairobi stop, and a Japan highway tunnel opening.
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Moscow
Bezhetsk
Russia
Komsomol Pravda
Committee of Communist Youth
Eugene. Ivanov
Zoya Gavrilov
Eugene
Zoya
Paris
Grand Palais
San Diego
UPI
Mattie Crane
Maggie Fulkerson
John D. Palmer
Pier-Theft Suspects Arrested in Waterfront Ring
Detectives linked Ralph and Howard to a pier theft and a warehouse job after a stash of loot including toys, bongo drums, clothing, and mattress covers was traced to a Chin chinlla ranch in Torrance. Slater denied knowledge. arrests expected for more water-front thefts.
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Wininger
Ralph
Howard
Chinchilla
Fred J. Slater
S. Figueroa St
Torrance
Artesia Blvd
Long Beach
Chinchilla Ranch
Slater
Wilmington
San Pedro
Ore Fumes Kill Tot Fell Four in Family
A three month old baby, Brian Robinson, died in Westminster as mercury fumes from an improvised gold ore extraction filled the home. His parents William and Betty Robinson and two siblings Barbara and William Jr. were hospitalized but recovering, after Wallace Robinson and the father attempted processing ore brought from Arizona.
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Westminster
Brian Robinson
William
Betty
William C. Jr
Barbara
Charleville Dr
Robinson
Wallace Robinson
Arizona
Deaf Mute Boy Dies 100 Feet From Safety
In Billerica Massachusetts a 9 year old deaf mute boy named Larry Bearse wandered from home into a rain swollen Shawsheen River swamp. After a 22 hour search by 1500 volunteers he was found dead in six feet of water two miles from home. Eyewitnesses said footprints showed he could have cried out but he could not. His sister Katherine, aged 3, was found safe nearby.
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Billerica
Mass
Larry Bearse
Shawsheen River
Larry
Katherine
Middlesex Turnpike
Runaway Children Found At Long Beach Beach Jaunt
Police traced two youths from Garden Grove who rode bikes to Huntington Beach and Seal Beach then along the Pike buying snacks. They later hid the bicycle near an auditorium and swam, while authorities issued an all points bulletin. The pair were escorted to juvenile officials. they remained quiet and gave few reasons for the trip. Additional detail notes a missing $18 from a purse and that the youths were said to have wandered with a beach outing.
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Connie
Long Beach
Childrens’ School
Garden’ Grove
Hwy. 39
Huntington Beach
Seal Beach
Pike
Buweis
Garden Grove
al Sprague
Late Snow and Sleet Batter Regions Across States
A late winter storm blanketed the eastern Rockies Midwest and Southeast with up to eight inches in places. Lander Wyoming saw eight inches while St. Louis recorded nine inches crippling traffic and forcing airliners to bypass the city. Smaller accumulations dropped across Montana Colorado and New Mexico with two to three inches in Washington DC and West Virginia.
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Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Lander
Wyo
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
St. Louis
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Sailor Robbed by 2 Youths Then Shot in Balboa Park
Navy sailor Grover Rodgers reports two youths ages 17 to 19 robbed him of $35 in Balboa Park after offering a ride from San Diego Naval Station. He was shot in the left leg above the knee as the car drove away, then told police.
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SAN Diego UI
Grover Rodgers
San Diego Naval Station
Balboa Park
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Tehran
Iran
Soraya
Sen
Amir Jang Assad Bakhtiari
Cologne
Germany
London
Elizabeth
Nairobi
Colonial Office
Kenya
Shimonoserl
Japan
Shimonoseki
Honshu
Moji
Kyushu
Queen Soraya
Dus Taday
Twins
Mamie
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Mamie Eisenhower
Elvira Doud
Washington
Phoenix
Ariz
Eugene P. Mussett
Lowry
Air Force Base
Eisenhower
Gordon Moore
Starlite Dance Studs
Starlite
Starlite Dance Studio
Long Baach
Lakewood
Lakewood Blvd
Stearns Oun
ASE
Texaco
Sky Chief Supreme
the Teas. Company
L.B. Beach
SEARS
Fifth Hemlock
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Anny
Christ Jesus
Science and Health
Christian Science
Locust Ave
E. Broadway
W. Third St
Compton
S. Acacia
Costa’ Mesa
Atlantic Ave
Park Ave
Euclid Ave
Olive Arty Lakewood
Woodruff Ave
van de Kamp
Angel Food
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