72 Face Arrest in Store Swindle
District attorney investigators began a roundup of 72 persons in a long running swindle involving chain markets. 33 small market owners and 19 truck drivers were arrested on conspiracy to commit petty theft across 13 communities including Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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Aly
Wiliam Bowe
Kesson
Long Beach
Compton
Pasaders
West Covina
Rosesmead
South Pasadena
Pico
Norwalk
Downey
Pomona
Bolitiner
Anaheim
Monte
Whittier
Dri
McKesson
Bing
Peterson
Albert Cobo Dies, Detroit Mayor at 70
Albert Cobo, longtime Detroit mayor and former gubernatorial candidate, died Thursday night at Henry Ford Hospital after a heart attack at home. City Deputy Mayor Louis Miriani, recently nominated in a landslide primary, assumes the mayor’s office per the city charter.
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12 Killed in Syrian Border Raid
The Mideast News Agency reports 12 deaths nine Syrian nuns and three Lebanese police amid rising tension between Syria and Western-leaning neighbors. An MENA dispatch says Israeli troops occupied Tawalik in the demilitarized zone for four hours, driving Arabs from towns before withdrawal. The incident heightens international concern over Middle East peace as US and Russia trade charges over involvement.
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Tawalik
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Russia
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Liquor Clerk First Jailed Under New Drunk Driving Law
Herbert Ray Enders, 59, of Bettes Place Garden Grove, became the first person sentenced to jail under the new repeat offender drunk driving law. He received two 30 day jail terms from Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith after admitting drinking while driving on 7th Street on August 23. The law, effective Wednesday, imposes a minimum five day jail term for repeat offenses. Enders had a prior conviction for a similar charge in Santa Ana last November.
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Beck hints Hoffa may lead Teamsters after arrest
Tacoma report notes Dave Beck, awaiting arraignment on evading 284000 in 1951 53 income taxes, says he knows who will be chief. Four rivals remain for the presidency including James R Hoffa of Detroit, with Beck favoring Hoffa but not committing. Indictments allege tax evasion and conspiracy with Beck to evade taxes.
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Chicago
Thomas L. Hickey
New York
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Tough Driving Laws Add Fines and Jail Time
Los Angeles authorities tightened driving laws this week in response to drunken driving. A first offense carries a $250 fine. a second offense adds five days in jail. In accidents with injuries, penalties rise to $250 fine and 90 days in jail plus damages from the other party. The changes, effective Wednesday, exceed the former $50 fines and aim to reduce crashes.
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Ju Ig
Walkout hits Western Electric phone offices
Western Electric employees staged three authorized walkouts in the Los Angeles area picketing Pacific Telephone offices as wage talks with the CWA and Western Electric stretch toward a new contract. About 100 Local 9590 members, who install Western Electric gear, returned to work after union pressure. Demonstrations occurred outside offices at 608 E Compton Blvd Compton 170 Paramount Blvd Paramount and 16208 S Vermont Ave Gardens. Pacific Telephone district manager E L Jones said no service disruption occurred and Pacific employees were not involved. The walkouts preceded a 6 am Monday strike deadline set by the CWA in New York. Negotiations have been repeatedly postponed as talks in New York continue.
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Palm Springs Weather Bureau Missing Man Mystery
A fragment from a theater of confusion reports Palm Springs missing with a Weather Bureau troubleshooter unable to locate the bureau. An ironic street dialogue shows the difficulty in guiding readers to the location as a page A-5 continuation hints at a broader search.
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Eisenhower to Meet Faubus About Little Rock Crisis
President Eisenhower plans a Saturday morning conference in Newport Arkansas with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on school integration. Aides Brownell and Sherman Adams will attend from Washington while Rep. Brooks Hays accompanies Faubus aboard a chartered plane with no newsmen.
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Birmingham Girl Confesses Hoax About Negroes Assault
Birmingham police said a 15 year old white high school student admitted her Wednesday report of being accosted by three Negro youths was a hoax. She claimed to have been seized while walking in a lot. police noted a minor scratch and blouse tip injuries caused by a safety razor.
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Dorothy Counts withdraws from Harding High School
In Charlotte North Carolina 16 year old Dorothy Counts withdraws from Harding High amid threats insults and harassment by students. The Counts family says the decision is taken after eraser and tin fragment threats and a smashed car rear window. The Rev H L Counts states the move comes from concern for safety and welfare of Dorothy and the family.
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Sailor Convicted for Sabbath Work Refusal
Navy court martial sentences 19 year old Apprentice Seaman Lee Sutts of Azusa California to three months confinement at hard labor and one month extra duty for refusing to work on Saturday Sab bath per his Seventh day Adventist beliefs aboard the tanker Neaasket. Sutts was found guilty of failing to go to the appointed place of duty and willful disobedience after a 30 minute deliberation.
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Smallpox Deaths Reach Tehran Amid Illness Surge
Tehran health ministry reports four deaths from smallpox and nearly one hundred people ill as health risks rise in the city. The ministry urged vigilance and medical care for those showing symptoms.
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Tehran
Silk Stocking Caper Suspects Jailed in Southland Robberies
Eleven suspected members of a silk stocking armed robbery gang, including teenagers, were arrested in a coordinated raid by eight cities along with the Los Angeles County sheriff and California Highway Patrol. Key arrests occurred at a Long Beach apartment on South Street, with narcotics charges added for several suspects. Police say the gang used four plush apartments and moved between Long Beach Lynwood and other cities, linked to more than a dozen robberies in the Southland.
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Bridges
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Steve Lynch
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Best Suspect Named in El Segundo Officers Slaying
Robert Eugene Leonard 26, of Sunnymead, a parolee and ex convict, was held for questioning after Placencia police stopped a diesel-laden junk truck and linked him to the El Segundo murder case. Investigators pressed alibis and past crimes as they pursued a motive in the early morning shooting that killed two officers after stopping a vehicle for a minor violation.
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Robert Eugene Leonard
Sunnymead
Placensia
Orange County
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Placentia
Dean Bosthe
Leonard
Jack Partlow
Jean
Alift
Hazel Weaver
Ise
Series of Quakes Felt in Mexico Off Coast near Acapulco
A sharp quake and several minor ones were reported by the Government Seismograph Bureau near Acapulco off the coast. The sharp quake, on a 10 point scale, struck shortly before midnight Wednesday night. Minor shocks followed early Thursday morning with Acapulco itself not feeling them.
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Acapulco
Government Seismograph Bureau
Thireday
Fire crews halt progress in San Gabriel Canyon blaze
Weary crews faced a setback as the five day San Gabriel Canyon fire advanced across fire lines on Thursday. Page C-2 reports detail the waning momentum and ongoing containment efforts.
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