Dodgers to Move as Team Heads to Los Angeles
The Brooklyn Dodgers plan relocation to Los Angeles with play to occur at Wrigley Field or the Coliseum while a new 60,000 seat Chavez Ravine stadium is built. Dodger president Walter O'Malley will fly to LA within two weeks for talks. details in today's Independent sports section.
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Pedestrian Killed After Being Struck on California Ave
An 84-year-old man, William A. Goodwin of Bellflower, was struck near San Antonio Drive and California Avenue in Long Beach and died at Seaside Hospital an hour and a half later. The teen driver from Lakewood said she saw him running and the impact scattered his hat and shoe within a 50-foot area. Goodwin was Long Beach’s 17th traffic fatality this year, compared with 23 at the same point last year.
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Moon Silence Over L A as Sputnik Orbit Drops Out
Long Beach amateur radio operators reported no signal from Sputnik Tuesday night with no-contact noted by TU Naval Research Laboratory. Later Navy words suggested signals were returned though some locals said they heard nothing until 10:50 p m Monday.
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Black Student Hung in Effigy on Arkansas Campus
A Black person’s effigy was hung in front of the Business Administration Building at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus on Tuesday night. University officials refused to discuss the incident as about 20 Black students are enrolled, with the school first admitting Black students in the late 1940s.
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Robbery Suspect Wounded in Wilmington Market Escape
Los Angeles pair robbed a Wilmington Ranch Market liquor store of 92 dollars and an employee, Ernest Parsons, 55, as two officers confronted them. James Henry Youell, 20, was wounded in the left hip and treated at San Pedro Receiving Hospital. Devitt Clifton Murray, 38, and Youell were booked for armed robbery. Officers Edwins Sanders and Edgar Fitzgerald confronted the suspects as they exited the market on Wilmington Avenue.
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Communists Lose Civil War in San Marino
The San Marino civil war ended Tuesday night with the anti Communist alliance claiming victory as the Communist government agreed to lay down arms and allow the rival Christian Democratic government to take over the 58 square mile nation nestled in the Italian Apennines.
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Pay After You Go A Leisure Time Talk At Club
A speaker at a local club argued for longer leisure hours and greater recreation funding as the shorter work week grows common. He cited how a transocean airline boosts business with a go now and pay policy, a point his audience accepted until its example.
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Traffic Circle Work Pushed In Long Beach
City Council authorizes a new resolution to state county and federal officials to redesign Alamitos Traffic Circle described as the city’s prime travel hazard. Councilman Calessi pledges a complete reconstruction beyond mere sign changes. The circle, at the junction of Pacific Coast Highway and Lakewood Boulevard, lies under state jurisdiction with freeway projects prioritized.
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Bug Benches iGrid Team at Lakewood
About half of Lakewood High School's football squad is out with a respiratory ailment, forcing cancellation of Friday's game with Paramount High School. Principal Vernon A. Hinzer said about 20 players are sick, with possible Asian influenza. A few more student absences were reported, but officials say the rise is not alarming. Players began falling ill on Monday.
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Moon Sends Comrade In Weather Watch
A cryptic radio exchange depicts a weather officer tuning into a satellite on a Tuesday night. The conversation reveals tension between the WM and office staff about weather information and a joking aside about a Russian satellite.
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U S Gives Up After 14 Years In Tax Fight
Irene Whetstone, 73, after a long battle since 1942 over income tax legality cites foreign aid funding. Federal suits sought $4,056 for 1947-1951. she had paid token $10 filings and now faces dismissal as she remains unable to pay.
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Santa Claus figure linked to 375000 scandal trial
Publisher Robert Harrison described as playing Santa Claus to the tune of 375,000 for two men involved in a recent scandal trial. Page C1. Also mentions San Pedro’s Todd Shipyard likely to share in a large shipbuilding program. Page A-8.
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Jordan Seizes Arms in Raid at Amman
Jordanian security forces seized Czech arms and arrested several men who confessed receiving the weapons in Syria, according to a government announcement issued Tuesday.
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Satellite Renews Beeping After Brief Silence
Washington AP reports radio signals from the Russian earth satellite resumed late Tuesday night after a six hour silence. The U S Naval Research Laboratory noted the beeps matched those heard since the baby moon began circling Earth last Friday. Scientists cited possible battery recharge or deliberate signal interruption by Russian operators as experts awaited a first visual observation.
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Florida Acts to Bar Any Use of Troops
In Tallahassee the Florida House passed a bill requiring automatic school closures if troops are sent to enforce school integration, sending the measure to the Senate for consideration.
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Spy Soble Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
New York report states Jack Sob te who led a major Russian espionage ring in the U S for a decade received seven years in prison after an arrest last January 26. He expressed remorse and aided authorities in tracing the network. His wife Myra Soble and co-conspirator Jacob Al bam received four and five years respectively.
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Dulles Seeks U N Role In Space Missile Talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States is ready to talk with Russia on international control of space missiles, but such talks should occur within the United Nations. He offered to consider space control as part of the West’s disarmament plan and responded to Khrushchev’s Moscow interview proposing U N oversight.
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Star Studded Show Celebrates Little Boy Blue’s Ninth Birthday
Francis Lakeville State Sanatorium nicknamed Little Boy Blue, a muscular dystrophy patient, marked his ninth birthday with a dream show broadcast across the nation. Jerry Lewis and Gen. David Sarnoff helped orchestrate a private TV event featuring Ernie Ford, Eddie Fisher, Eddie Cantor, Dinah Shore, and more. Over 150,000 cards and letters poured in, some with money, contrasting his lonely past with a hopeful celebration.
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Skaters Battle Hilton Over City Center Rink Fight
The Vienna Skating Union opposes Hilton Hotel developers seeking to build on their central rink. After a two hour debate the skaters rejected the Hilton offer and demanded a brand new rink elsewhere.
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