Long Beach Man Admits Hit Run Driver Killed Pomerleau
A 24 year old transient confessed to police that he drove the death car in a fatal hit and run that killed 68 year old Fred E. Pomerleau near his home on Temple Avenue. He named Henry Acosta as the other driver. Acosta was arrested on felony manslaughter and hit and run charges after police traced the car to his uncle’s garage. Relatives said Pomerleau’s widow learned of the arrest and hoped for punishment. The suspect had been sleeping at Pomerleau’s home and worked at the Douglas Aircraft Co. plant before the incident. Police found blood on Acosta’s 1949 Mercury and noted a red traffic signal violation.
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Sato
Fred E. Pomerleau
Henry Acosta
Hewig
E. Anaheim
The
Independent
Harry Welch
Acosta
Potice
Pomerleau
7Th St
Ed Temple Aye
14Th St
Douglas Aircraft Co
Sgt. Welch
Temple Ave
Redondo Ave
Pamterleau
Heim
Bomardeau
Lane
Norm
Westminster Community Presbyterian Church
Wendell W. Green- Tee
Hoy
Norm Gove
James T
Oregon Ave
Donald
Ralph
Mrs. Gove
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Douglas Aircraft Company
el Segundo
Lafayette School
Washington
Schools Remain Closed Amid Racial Tensions in Virginia and Arkansas
Governor Almond canceled plans to reopen segregated Charlottesville and Norfolk schools citing a private program, while Arkansas efforts by attorney Coffelt seek to overturn Faubus’s school closure by appealing to the state Supreme Court.
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Janem
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Almond
Charlottesville
Norfolk
Tn Little Rock
Ark
Jegel
Orval Faubus
Kenneth. Coffeit
Arkansas Supreme Court
Faubus
Coffelt
Global tensions flare as U N debates troop withdrawal
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accuses the United States and Britain of stalling on troop withdrawals from Lebanon and Jordan, demanding accountability from UN Secretary General Hammarskjold for an allegedly biased report on efforts to move troops. Meanwhile, Philippe Charles, Waldorf-Astoria caterer head, is indicted on federal income tax evasion charges linked to kickbacks from hotel caterers in a two year crackdown on top New York hotels. In Dallas, hoodlum Sam Lantrip is found shot in an abandoned car near Amarillo. John L. McCloy named chairman of Ford Foundation. a federal judge upholds travel ban powers against China and other Communist states. Kenneth Scott, four, found dead near Dickinson County, Michigan.
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United Nations, N. Y
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
Lebanon
Jordan
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Philippe Mara
New York
Claudius Charles Philippe
Waldorf-Astoria
Philippe
Philippe Volved
Wasilington
UPIJN
China
Edward M. Curran
State Department
William Worthy Jr
Baltimore
Hungary
Just a Boy Dies After Long Fight with Cancer
Norman Wilbert Gove, 17, a Poly High senior in Seaside, dies of cancer after a life filled with friends and sports. His mother urged readers to remember “someone who was just a boy” as mourners packed the chapel and a flag stood at half staff.
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Gayé
Seaside Meroorial Hospital
Norman Wilbert Gove
Poly High’ School
Poly
B. W. Coon
Monrovia Fire Destroys Homes Amid Widespread Brush Blaze
A fierce Monrovia hillside fire swept through upscale Mt side neighborhoods on Thursday nights heat wave. Firefighters evacuated 250 to 300 residents from Monrovia and Bradbury as 10 to 12 homes burned and a man was reported trapped. Firefighters battled multiple blazes across the Southland with about 1000 men aiding in efforts.
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Southland
Bradbury
Monrovian Hills
Orange
Riverside
San Bernaredino
Ramona
Newhall
Record heat drives Long Beach highs near century mark
Temperatures climbed to 98 degrees in Long Beach with forecasts of two more days of similar heat. Downtown read 97 while airport logged a degree more. The heat, highest this year since Sept 16 at 100 degrees, is blamed on a high pressure system pushing warm air to the coast. A 33 year old Marian Butler collapsed in a beauty parlor and was taken to Seaside Hospital. 61 year old Charles Simpson collapsed at P EB Barber Shop and was also taken to Seaside Hospital.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Marian Butler
Carfax Ave
Pine Ave
Seaside Hospital
Charles D. Simpson
P. EB
W. Ocean Blvd
GM Crews Return to Factories Today
More than 4,500 General Motors workers in Southern California are due back at the plants today after a tentative GM UAW settlement in Detroit. About 2,500 at Van Nuys and 2,000 at South Gate walked out in a 12 hour nationwide strike that ended with a three year wage package and cost of living provisions. UAW President Walter Reuther called the pact good for nation, union, and GM.
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Southern California
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
van Nuys
Buick
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
Walter Reuther
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McCloy
John L. McCloy
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Thursday
Ford Foundation
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Mich
Kenneth Scott
Dickinson County
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Upper Peninsula
Kenneth Man
Ken Scott
Here
James Browning
Kenneth
Mia
Elmer Scott
Kingsford
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Green Hills Memoria Park
Green Mills
Somone
18Th District Demosems
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Wildcat
Kim
Marcatica Zeng Wattare
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