Long Engagem ent Ends in Knott s Berry Farm Wedding
In Buena Park at the Church of the Reflections one of history s longest engagements concluded Monday. Ben McAlister 72 from Woodland Hills California and Nina Duden 68 from Buena Park were wed after 44 years since the proposal. They postponed several times due to relatives illness. McAlister ran a lumber business while Duden became a teacher. The couple plans a honey moon at McAlister s Woodland Hills home.
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Nina Duden
Buena Park
Ben McAllister
Church of Reflections
Knott's Berry Farm
Bryon Hodgson
Church of the Reflections
Berry Farm
Ben McAlister
Woodland Hills
Cal
D. Suena Park
McAllister
Downs
Kan
Mia Duden
Mia
Riot Strikes Poznan Garrison in Anti Red Riot Unrest
Warsaw dispatch reports a clash at Jaroslaw garrison as over 1 000 troops and militiamen faced a mob that hurled stones and attacked officers. Tear gas and batons were used to restore order amid reports of hundreds of onlookers and injuries. a military and civilian inquiry followed.
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Warsaw
URJ
Poznan
Vitawa
Jaroslaw
Szpandar Milodych
Titolet
Dyslaw Gomutko
Jeountry
Internal Military Service
Szpandar Mladych
Allen
Weulae Anny
Agents Jail Two on Bogus Bill Rap
HAWTHORNE Calif Secret Service agents Monday arrested two men on suspicion of printing and passing counterfeit twenty dollar bills in a suspected counterfeiting ring.
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Hawthorne, Calif
Secret Service
Snags in Defense Purchases Assailed by Subcommittee
Washington AP The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee reported weaknesses and delays in defense buying. It cited counterfeiting, unauthorized payments, and flawed contracts involving Navy Army and Air Force, but praised Army Signal Corps delivery improvements and an Air Force savings from new excess property procedures.
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Washington
House
Ronald
Defense
Lennox
National Cash Register Co
Eugene Meyers
Army
Eyers
Navy
Tijuana
Mexico
Pontiac
General Mo
Tors
Long
Air Force
House Appropriations Committee
Army Signal Corps
Millana
Weeway
Miliary
A Billion Pairs of Shoes and Population Growth
A LAS says that babies born in 1956 will use up about a billion pairs of shoes in their lifetimes, nearly double last year’s factory output. With three million more people each year, continued industrial growth is needed to sustain high living standards and prevent a drop in living standards.
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Storegard
AFL-CIO Indicts Beck and Teamsters Allies
The AFL-CIO issued a 22 page corruption indictment against Dave Beck and the Teamsters, setting May 24 as the reply deadline. The charges center on Beck and officers Brewster Brennan and others, alleging mis conduct and demanding internal clean up to keep the union within the AFL-CIO. The report notes possible ouster from the federation if leaders are not displaced.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Sun
Beck
Afl-Cio Ethical Pranthen Committee Ia
Teamtera Union
Iqbal Federation
Teck Aa Presidant
Frank Brewster
Seattle
Sidney Brennan
Minnespolis
Teamsters
New York City
Scranton
Portland
Ore
Yonmaters
Tim
Team Jaters
Brewster
Brennan
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Moffa
City Port Budget Approved for 1957 58
City Harbor Department requests a capital outlay up to 27.2 million with total 1957 58 budget of about 39.95 million. The plan lists major capital items including administration building Pier A passenger terminal Pier B oil terminal and piers F and G plus subsidence remediation. Revenue sources include port oil and interest earnings and state reimbursement.
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Beart
Harbor
Callfala Req
Cal
Clal
Yand Availanle
Meer
Ted Courson
Taney
Commission
Debate on Subdivision Boundaries and Abatement District Reforms
A lengthy session on subsidence proposals focused on easterly city limits, mineral rights, and the formation of an abatement district. Key figures discussed unitization, reassessment methods, and funding linked to mineral rights, with attorney Miche lard Bergen guiding draft language alongside the advisory board.
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Iine Ave
Cauheirmen
Long
Darrell Neighbors
Beach
Los Angelea
Commierce
Uant J
Aratt
Ruggerted
Alties
Aton
Sittuidence
Atty
Michelard Bergen
O'Melveny’ & Myers
Bergen
Inba Dence Board
California Assembly OKs record budget for next year
The California Assembly approved a record 1.923 billion dollar fiscal year budget by a 59 to 14 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. The plan includes 7.444 million for beach and park purchases and 6.696 million for Mental Hygiene food allowances, with 37 million cut from Feather River work. Critics say the budget lacks true economy and questions rise over park funding and rainy day transfers.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Tower House
Senate
Goodwin J. Knight
Furether
Feather River
Knight
Thomas MM
Los Angeles
Uet
Gen Nald
Thomas Caldecotti
R-Berke
Cone
Unie
California
Rees
Iself
Explosion Rocks Ohio Fireworks Plant Nighttime blast jostles Dayton area
A large explosion at the United Fireworks Company plant near Dayton rocked the area Monday night, breaking windows and shaking houses up to five miles away. No injuries were reported. The article notes officials discussing budget and tax actions, with continued coverage on Page A2.
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Dayton
Ohio
United Fireworks Company
Carradine Divorced in Reno Divorce ruling reported
Film actor John Carradine and his wife Sonia 34 agreed to divorce in Reno on grounds of extreme mental cruelty as reported Monday.
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Carradine
Reno
New
Acto
John Carradine
Sonia
Assembly May Advance Pension Measure for Maze Residents
The Ways and Means Committee has approved a plan to grant aged pensions to Allens who have resided in the Maze for 25 years, with eligibility tying to residence before January 1, 1832. The report mentions a vaccine order from ANMY to curb severe respiratory infections.
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Assembly Ways and Means
Ald Age Pensiona
Page
Indonesians Protest Red Chief's Visit
About 1,000 Indonesians demonstrated against Soviet President Klimenti Voroshilov arriving in Jakarta to visit Sukarno. Protesters torn down pictures and hurled objects as police fired tear gas and troops moved in to quell the unrest at the state palace during the official welcome.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
State Palace
Klimenti Varo- Ushilov
Voroshilov
Peiping
Sukarno
Soviet Cannes party teases sex in first love story film
RUSSIAN film "Sorok Parvyi" shown at Cannes stirs debate as censorship limits and a nude beach scene spark gasps from Moscow fans. The plot follows a Communist army girl and a White Russian officer, their shipwreck romance on a Caspian island, and a fatal finale with the heroine killing the rescuer.
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Cannes
France
Jonesy Island
Caspian Sea
Urey
Moscow
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