Blond Film Starlet Stabbed to Death in Texas
Promising actress LeJean Ethridge known as LeJean Gaye, 27, a Batjac Films starlet tied to John Wayne, was stabbed to death near Brackettville- Spofford. Chester Harvey Smith, 32, of North Hollywood, is jailed in Del Rio on murder charges after witnesses saw him grab her during a quarrel over her career. Wayne was reportedly unaware of the death and plans to expand Ethridge role. the murder occurred as she prepared to leave Smith’s home to pursue opportunities.
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Brackettville
Tex
John Wayne
LeJean Ethridge
Hollywood
leJean Gaye
Chester Harvey Smith
North Hollywood
Arma
County Atty
John F. Tobin
Smith
del Rio
Tobin
Miss Ethridge
Batjac
Sam Houston
Henaghan
Revivalist Hamblen Eludes L B Police Arrest
Long Beach detectives with a warrant for traffic violation in West Covina went to Long Beach Municipal Auditorium for Stuart Hamblen after his Sunday gospel singing. Hamblen had finished his appearance and left by 5 p m, evading arrest.
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Stuart Hamblen
Long Beach Municipal Auditorum
Long Heach
Hamblen
West Covina
Airliner makes emergency foam landing at Glenview
Trans-Canada Viscount with 43 onboard lands on foam at Glenview Airport after landing gear failure. Foam five feet deep coats the runway as Navy crews and hundreds of fliers watch the safe belly landing with ambulances nearby.
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Chicago
U.S. Navy
Glenview
Navy
Spurns $500 for Hat in Swapped Khrushchev Fedora
Longshoreman Dave Adrian said he turned down a 30 dollar offer for Khrushchev's gray fedora. He has been besieged with offers and even faced an attempted theft as his car trunk was jimmied. Adrian plans to keep the hat despite interest from many buyers.
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San Francisco
Dave Adrian
Nikita Khrushchev
Adrian
Children in Dinghy Rammed by Speedboat Near Henry Ford Bridge
Susan Lynn Hamilton a Glendale third grader was critically injured when a blue and white 24-foot speedboat rammed the children’s dinghy in Cerritas Channel near Henry Ford Bridge. Her brother Michael suffered scrapes as rescuers pulled the pair from the wreckage while witnesses chased the fleeing craft. Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbor police hunted for the half cabin boat believed to have accelerated beyond the six knot limit. No arrests were reported Sunday night as authorities pursue possible felony charges and identify the vessel through witness accounts.
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Anghy
Cerritas Channel
Michael
Susan Lynn
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Henry Ford
Milton C. Hamilton
Hamilton
Glendale
Vessel Strikes Rock near San Diego. 6 Saved
Coast Guard rescued the owner Roger K. Williams of Chula Vista and five passengers from the 32 foot cabin cruiser Fun Child V after it struck rocks off Ballast Point near San Diego. The vessel was beached as pumping out failed. Names of other aboard were not available.
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Coast Guard
Ballast Point
San Diego
Roger K. Williams
Chula Vista
Knight finds new use for gift of gab in Independent
A brief note on ex governor Knight leveraging his speaking skills for gain with a new approach at Independent. A companion photo on Page A captures a child’s poignant grief, illustrating the paper’s human interest focus.
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Knight
Steel Probers Strive to Avoid Injunction
Washington officials report a three man fact finding panel named by President Eisenhower will seek a negotiated end to the eighty nine day steel strike. The group aims to spotlight issues in dispute and narrow them to move toward settlement by agreement rather than a Taft Hartley injunction. McDonald welcomed the board and stressed opposition to injunctive action as it would prolong the conflict and hurt the nation's welfare.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
George W. Taylor
McDonald
Pittsburgh
Taft-Hart
Tively Lite
Slays Estranged Wife Then Shoots Self in Downey
Noah Thompson, 34, and his estranged wife Patricia, 23, were found fatally shot in their former Downey home at 7145 Benares Street. Police say Thompson killed Patricia with a 2 gauge shotgun, then killed himself, the couple recently separated after she spurned reconciliation. The bodies were discovered by Woods and Carter after no answer at the door. Thompson had moved to an Angeles hotel with plans to stay with his family for a while.
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Bensres St
Mture
Thompson
Noah Thomp
Angeles
Theysais Son
Pa' Thompson
Tricia
Douglas Aircraft Co
Beach
Woods
Harry Woods
Benares St
Downey
Willie Carter
127Th St
Compton
Johim
Ace Did It Without Any Machine Guns
Narrative recalls a self described German World War II ace, speaking with a Weather man and a puzzled assistant about his past. The man, Richard Gizbetto, aged 16, claims he was in the luftwaffe and living near 7325 Benares Street. A noise likened to a heavy box dropped is noted, with questions about how he could have been heard.
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ACE
Any Air Corps
Richard L. Gizbetto
Benares St
Verheard
Baby Suffocated by Plastic Bag Tragic Downey Infant
A six month old Downey boy died after a plastic bag found in his bed suffocated him. The infant Tracy Allen Wickham was discovered by his mother Vivian early Sunday morning. Police said the baby had been dead for some time and investigators aimed to determine how the bag ended up in the bed. The incident prompted a local inquiry as authorities review household safety practices.
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Tracy Allen
Wickham
Vivian
Josseng
Jet Mark Nears
Washington
UPI
Boeing Airplane Co
Robert Wickham
Como
Debunking Columbus Legend Says Explorer Knew Americas Before Voyage
A Soviet scholar on Moscow radio claims Columbus did not discover America by accident but knew of the New World beforehand. He alleges Columbus possessed a map of the Antilles, altered his diaries, and that Spanish royal letters directed whitewashing the voyage to Asia. The piece notes an American scholar disputes the Soviet view.
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Robert Tuckman
London
United States
America
Cohuntus
Ferdinand
Isabella
Spain
Columbus
New World
Antilles
West
Ferdinand and
Asia
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UFI
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Hazel Riley
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Lopez Mateos
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Mexico
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William Franke
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Labor Secre
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