Woman Subdues Thief With Makeshift Office Tools
In Greenwich Village Mrs. Alice Rader, 40, and foreman William Pearson confronted a would be payroll robber at R Anderson and Sons. Pearson grappled the gun as Rader struck the thief with a stapler and calendar, then a telephone receiver and wooden fixture before he fled when the gun failed to fire.
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New York
Alice Rader
R. Anderson & Sons
Greenwich Village
William Pearson
Tal Pearson
Pearson
Rader
Mrs. Rader
Brothers Shootout Ends in Death and Injuries in Oroville
In a bloody family feud near Forbestown, Clifford Taber 47 killed Clarence 56 and wounded Brigham 49 with a .30-20 rifle and a 22 rifle. Clifford slashed his throat, was captured after a standoff as deputies used gas grenades. Brigham staggered to safety, both men hospitalized. mother Alice 87 watched amid the siege.
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Oroville
Clifford Taber
Butte County
Brigham
Oroville Curran Hospital
Clarence
Taber
Alice
Forbestown
Here
Clifford
Willis
Staggers VO
William Tarbitter
The
Oroville Mercury Register
No One Deserving Award Silence Reported
The Mexican Academy of Moving Picture Arts and Sciences says it can find no one or thing deserving of an award for 1954 and is seeking a solution to the serious problem. The admission was noted in Mexico City amid discussions on what qualifies for the annual awards.
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Mexico City
W&p
Mexican Academy of Moving Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
U S Returns Youth Who Fled Russ
U S authorities say Ly sikov grew doubtful about returning. He avoided a VOA recording, disparaged the United States, and sent a reply to a Baltimore girl. State Dept instructed High Commission to honor his wish to return as concerns for his parents grew. Briges named nominee for juror. other officers re nominated.
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Matt
Lysikov
Frankfurt
Voice of America
United States
Soviet Union
Marsha Coppelman
Baltimore
Tte Freedom
Russia
L. Lys
West Berlin
Bridges
Min
Molotey
I. S
J. R. Robertson
Germain Buleke
Louis Goldblatt
ILWU Urges Stewards to Switch Unions
Harry Bridges led ILWU delegates urged ship's stewards to resign and join the AFL Seafarers' International Union to protect job rights. The convention passed the resolution shortly after the National Labor Relations Board ruled the rival union had won stewards bargaining rights on 145 Pacific Maritime assayships, affecting about 2,000 ILWU stewards.
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Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
AFL Seafarers’ International Union
ILWU
National Labor Relations Board
Bridges
Long Beach Youths Take Navy Cruise With Cats Evicted
A Long Beach group of high school and college students joined a Navy Buddy Cruise aboard destroyers USS Thomas Watts Jarvis and Black. The story follows a California cat evicted from a chimney and her kittens, who later watch from the roof as the youths ferry ashore for the voyage and the shipboard guides assign petty officers as mentors.
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Long Beach
Uncle Sam
Navy
Thomas
Watts, Jarvis
Black
Victor
USS Itens
Cavalier
Jaway
Enery Victor
California
Ree
Soviet Declarations Threaten Austria Pact Amid German Rearmament
The Soviet Union urged annulment of the British Soviet and French Soviet pacts citing breaches over Western Germany remilitarization. It pressed for an Austrian treaty separately, demanding iron clad guarantees Austria stay neutral and free of foreign bases, while Western powers seek four power consensus.
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Terest
Russia
Paris
Soviet Union
Austria
Great Britain
Germany
Council of Ministers
Lne
Britain
Supreme Soviet
London
Kremlin
Moscow
Junius Raah
V. M. Molotov
United States
France
State Department
Molotov
Oil Funds Rehearing Asked by City Over Land Title Revenue
The city seeks a rehearing on oil funds affecting title to titlelands and revenue. Council approved an immediate retainer of 25000 for rehearing work. Billing rates: 50 per hour for partners, 35 for senior attorneys, 25 for junior attorneys, 5 for stenographers. Steering sub committee members were Jacobsson, Vickers, and Vice Mayor Ge Desmond.
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Jacobsson, Vickers
Meyor Ge Desmond
Arline Judge Weds Seventh Mate in Las Vegas Ceremony
Actress Arline Judge married Edward Cooper Heard in a Flamingo Hotel ceremony. Judge, 43, and Heard, 40, announced their engagement as a Christmas gift. Judge’s prior husbands include Wesley Ruggies and Dan Topping, among others. she has two sons.
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Las Vegas
Arline Judge
Edward Cooper Heard
Beverly Hills
Dohn Mendoza
Flamingo Hotel
Miss Judge
Heard
Wesley Ruggies
Dan Topping
Jimmy Adams
Vincent Morgan Ryan
Bob Topping
George Ross
Wesley ‘Buggies Dr
Dan Topping Joe
Widow Slain and Suitor Found Shot in LA Home
In Los Angeles a 38 year old widow, Marguerite Flood, was found shot dead at her home. A wounded man, Paul Hoffman, 55, a service station operator, lay nearby. Hoffman, admitted shooting Flood then shot himself and was to be booked on suspicion of murder. He had been dating Flood and was estranged from his wife. Detectives noted a struggle scene and Hoffman was hospitalized.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Marguerite Flood
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Toe General Hospital
Froodgee
Argentina Bus Crash Kills Sixteen in Mountain Plunge
A bus fell about 1000 feet into a mountainside near Catamarca Argentina killing sixteen and injuring fourteen. All aboard were believed to be Argentines. The crash occurred Friday as authorities investigated the accident and possible causes.
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Argentina
Catamarca
Here
Little Atom Blast by AEC at Yucca Flat
The Atomic Energy Commission exploded a small pre dawn device atop a 300 foot tower at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas. Wind conditions delayed the larger test set for at least Tuesday with observers noting no shock felt 73 miles away.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca
Ftest
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
AEC
Livermore
Calif
Girls Lost Five Days Found in Own Yard
Los Angeles police and volunteers found Georgelyn Thuston aged 10 and Jeanette Thuston aged 9 after a five day disappearance. The girls were located Friday night in a bungalow behind their home, saying they hid in a closet corner under old dresses. They had access to food and a television during their self chosen “play house” confinement.
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Los Angeles
Georgelyn Thuston
Jeanette
George Thuston
Thuston
Georgelyn
Bandit Robs Downey Poultry Merchant at Home
Downey resident Welter P. Stumpf reports a tall armed bandit dressed in Army fatigues knocked on his door Friday night. After entering, the intruder followed into a rear bedroom and stole $440 in cash and several hundred dollars in checks from Stumpf’s wallet. The wife slept through the incident as the robber threatened violence to seize the money.
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Downey
Stumpf
Seattle mother throws two children into canal and follows
A 24 year old Seattle mother Ann Salisbury walked with her four year old son and two year old daughter onto a 58 foot high ship canal bridge. She hurled the girl Cynthia then the boy Brian and jumped after them. Four young men rescued the children and Mrs Salisbury was pulled from the water. Her husband Frederick Salisbury spoke of her being crying a lot but described her as a good mother.
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Seattle
Ann Salisbury
Brian
Cynthia
Kayender
Berkeley
Milton T. Farmer
Kern County
Farmer
Hiram Johnson
San Francisco
Frederick Salisbury
Reunion in Judge's Court Over Flight Charge
Woman driver Wilma L. McDermott 38 of 2201 Lewis Ave faced misdemeanor hit and run and running a red light charges after a chase by Judge Lyman B. Sutter. He disqualified himself, then Judge Frank C. Charvat presided, with trial set for May 6. McDermott claimed she sought a telephone to call police and that damages to Albert E. Smith's car would be paid.
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Lyman B. Sutter
Sutter
Wilma L. McDermott
Lewis Ave
Frank C. Charvat
Magnolia Ave Resurfacing To Disrupt Traffic Tuesday and Wednesday
Magnolia Avenue resurfacing between Pacific Coast Highway and 19th Street and between 25th and Willow Street will require closure of the thoroughfare on Tuesday and Wednesday. Parking will be prohibited between Pacific Coast Highway and Willow for three days starting Monday. Northbound traffic remains between 19th Street and Pacific Coast Highway on construction days while southbound flow stays between 25th and Willow. Detours route northbound traffic west on Pacific Coast Highway to Daisy Hiokta to 25th then east to Magnolia. Southbound traffic turns west on Willow to Daisy to 1th Street then east to Magnolia.
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Magnolia Ave
Pacific Coast Eyy
19Th St
25Th
Willow Sts
Henry E. Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
Magnolia
Pacific Coast Hwy
Willow
Pacific Coast Twy
Daisy
Hiokta
1Th St
Mercy Plane Crash in Australia Kills 6
A Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln bomber crashed into a mountainside during a mercy flight from Townsville to Brisbane. All six occupants were killed, including a newborn baby girl, a nursing sister, and four crew members en route to a Brisbane hospital for a blood transfusion.
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Brisbane
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Lincoln Bonther
Townsville
Woman Facing Jail Takes Death Leap
Police said Mrs Ela Edwards, 45, jumped to her death from a bedroom window when state liquor agents attempted to arrest her for illegal liquor sales in her third floor apartment Friday night. She reportedly told them she was going to fetch her coat.
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Lleveland
Ela Edwards
Traveling Forgers End Jail Term For Check Forgeries
Alvin Witherspoon and Billie Witherspoon, a Dallas couple with four children, were sentenced to seven years in prison in Austin for check forgeries. They admitted cashing bogus checks across many states over eight years and said they were glad it was over. The sheriff reports dozens more charges. the couple plans to reunite with their children after serving their terms.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Alvin Witherspoon
Billie
Witherspoon
Lodyssey
Sheriff's Department
Braska
California
Witherspoons
Wilson Youth Wins Lodge Speech Test
A Wilson High School tenth grader won first place Friday in a speech contest on What Can You Do for Highway Safety sponsored by Crean View Limige 397 Knights of Pythias. Dixon Holston took first. second went to Dick Kelley of Polytechnic High School. both received gift certificates.
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Wilson High School
Crean View Limige
Knights of Pythias
Dixon Holston
Dick Kelley
Polytechnic High School
George Vermillion
Milton Silverberg
Robert Williams
Juvenile Bureau
Lee Speirs
Churchill Invited to Visit Catalina Island
Avalon Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce asks retired British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill to visit Catalina Island to rest from his massive labors and renew his strength for years ahead. Roy E. Taylor, Chamber president, forwards the invitation in today’s mail.
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Sir Winston |Churchil
Catalina Island
Avalon Catalina Island
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Taylor
Knife Armed Robbers Hit LA Liquor Store
Two knife armed bandits robbed a Los Angeles liquor store of 20000 in cash and checks before closing. They tied clerk William White of Compton and another clerk Theodore Johnson of Los Angeles with a rope and escaped with cash checks and a .22 caliber revolver. A portion of the checks was later found discarded under a bus bench.
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Od Angeles
Wiliam White
Cahita Ave
Compton
Rew
White
Theodore Johnson
Los Angeles
Last Union Army Vet Reported Fairly Well
Albert Woolson age 108, Civil War veteran, stays in fairly good condition at St Luke's Hospital Duluth Minnesota. He was admitted Thursday with lung congestion and attendants say he slept well last night.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Jone
St. Luke’s Hospital
Woolson
Ezsay
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James Victor
Desmond
Tidelands
Joseph B. Lamb
City Gas Dept
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Jacobson
LA Marina
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Lodge
Churchill
Catalina
Lester's
Daly
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