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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1955
Page
9
In SAPPORO Japan police report 35 bridges washed away and 10213 acres of farm land inundated as rain fed waters in central and northern Hokkaido continued to recede today.
Fire swept a rural Owasso residence Sunday destroying the home. Johnny Dale Funkhouser, 3, was found dead in a bed among the ruins. His parents Mack and wife and six other children escaped unharmed. Another child aged eight also fled uninjured.
A woman member of Parliament Lijubinka Milosavljevic is charged with murder after a quarrel with a lover. She has been stripped of immunity, jailed pending a preliminary inquiry, and faces state prosecution. The case highlights Yugoslavia's legal process and political tensions within the ruling party.
The Nationalists claimed heavy damage to Communist positions on Amoy Island in an eight hour bombardment by Nationalist guns on Quemoy. They said two radar stations two artillery positions and one arsenal depot were knocked out while Red guns on Armoy Island fired about 50 rounds in the afternoon with no Nationalist damage reported. U S Marine commander Lt Gen R H Pepper arrived in Keelung for three day talks with U S and Chinese officials as Vice Admiral Pride joined planning meetings aboard the Rochester and said the fleet is prepared to handle any Formosan Strait situation. The Chinese air force also said patrol planes damaged eight gunboats and two wooden vessels off Fukien coast opposite Formosa.
A raging brush fire along the Verdugo Hills foothills drove residents from their homes as flames swept a residential area. Winds fanned the blaze, with more than 200 firefighters battling through the night until containment near midnight. Traffic jams hindered evacuation as motorists returned from Easter holidays and crews attempted to protect houses and garden sites.
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