Flash Blast Kills One in L A Plant Fire
In Los Angeles four others were burned after a flash explosion at the Cannon Electric Co. plant. Oliver Cunningham Jr., 24, died after solvent spilled on hot bricks ignited, Cunningham ablaze and rolling to self-extinguish. Manuel Rodriguez, 25, was severely burned along with George Stanfield 27 and Orville Cline 33. Remaining workers were treated for burns.
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Cunningham
Black-Square Cannon Electric Co
Humboldt St
Manuel Rodriguez
Los Angeles
George Stanfield
South Pasadenay
Orville Cline
Pasadena
Elephant Rampage Injures Eleven At Waxahachie Circus
A female elephant enraged after her baby was taken charged through a spectator stand injuring eleven. One 62-year-old woman was seriously hurt while about 3,200 spectators watched as attendants regained control and the show resumed.
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Gore
Josephine Johnson
Waxahachie
Walter’ Hodges
Ardmore
Oka;y
Mae ‘Turnbull, Ferguson
Fort Sninior
Portuguese Ship Sinks Off South Africa With 44 Aboard
A Portuguese coastal vessel Lourenco Marques sank Monday off South Africa while en route from Durban. The master Antonio Ferreira was missing. Seventeen crew members were later rescued by a Portuguese ship ag and South African Air Force planes spotted survivors on the Ponta de Ouro beach near the border.
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Lourenco
Marques
Africa
Cuabo
South Africa
Durban
Antonio Ferreira
Ponta “de Ouro
Louranco Marques
Ferreira
Hoodlums Run Wild in Long Beach Robberies
Seven people were attacked or robbed in Long Beach on Friday as eight suspects were jailed for investigation. Loot totaled 149 dollars including 80 dollars taken from Egbert's Liquors by a boyish bandit. Victims included Joan Glenn, 43, and others ranging from a 21 year old to a 66 year old. The spree featured a knife attack on John W. Brown, 19, who escaped after five cuts. Further details continued on page A-3.
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Long Beach
Egbert's Liquors
Magnolia’ Ave
Joan Glenn
St. St
John W. Brown
JSS
Atlantic Ave
Ord
4Th Sts
Brown
William A. Hooker
Five Russian Sailors Testify On Refuges in US
Youthful Russian sailor Victor Tatamikov told the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that five former comrades who sought asylum in the United States may perish or be sent to slave labor camps after being pressured to return to Moscow. He and two colleagues described coercion and questioned whether the five men left voluntarily, with debate over Soviet pressure and propaganda.
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Washington
UVP
Moscow
Victor Tatamikov
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Frigey
Georgi Zarubin
Les
Palitibora
Bomb Gift Wounds Groom at Dayton Wedding
A disguised wedding gift exploded on a suburban porch in Dayton injuring the groom Donald Dixon and three others, as he was to wed Sara Louie Pfarrer. Dixon’s father died days earlier. the couple planned to marry in Englewood despite the tragedy.
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Dayton
Ohio
Donald Dixon
Englewood
Dixon
Sara
Louie Pfarrer
Oakwood
George ‘Cookey
Chicago
Donald, Stewart
Washington, D.C
Francis Stefanals
Cooney
Stewart Lare
Stefanak
John C. Dixon
Conscience forgives ex soldier for 1943 theft case
In Dothan Alabama an ex soldier, who stole two cars in 1943, writes of his conversion to Christ. He asks Police Chief James Herris for guidance and mentions plans to enter seminary in September. He credits forgiveness and expresses gratitude for the reassurance.
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Tex
Dothan
Ala
James
Herris Dothan
Christy
Ter
Dathan
Meno Anon
Teacher Beaten and Robbed in Church
A church scene described a school teacher beaten and robbed as she arrived for a service. She reported someone sprayed tear gas and struck her from behind near a pew, with a youth fleeing the building as police were alerted. Local authorities investigated the incident and reviewed security footage.
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Cincinnati
Wounded and Fire Claim Large Warehouse Blaze
A fire leveled a warehouse causing significant damage estimated at $200,000. The blaze reportedly began in the produce section of the center building and spread, reaching nearby property. The Navy and hospital for burns were involved in the response Friday night.
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Jehiston Land
Navy
Man Kills Wife and Son Then Ends His Own Life
Bakersfield police report a 67 year old contractor Clyde E Robbins shot his bedridden wife Lillie 63 then shot his son Max 44 in a separate room with a .22 rifle. Robbins then killed himself, his body found beside his son’s. Coroner Stan Newman said no suicide note was found. The tragedy is believed to have occurred Tuesday night.
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Bakersfield
Hi Leer-Ridder
Sor
Coroneer
Stan Hey
Eiwman
Clyde"e. Robbins
Lillie
Newman
Max
Night clocks jump for Daylight Saving Time
Clocks move ahead one hour tonight as Daylight Saving Time begins at 1 00 a m Sunday. The change shortens today to 23 hours, with the missing hour returned on the first Sunday in September. Public transit will run on daylight time for five months while interstate rail schedules stay on standard time. The extra hour of evening sunshine aims to reduce traffic accidents.
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Ms. Public
Fog Halts New York Air Traffic and Slows Ships
Heavy fog halted airplanes and slowed shipping in the New York area today. Weather officials cited moist air moving northward over the ocean cooling as the cause, with the fog extending from Philadelphia to Cape Cod.
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New York
Burdan
Philadelphia
Cape Cod
Rifle fire shatters Lakewood home in middle of night
John and Iva Graham awoke to a sharp blast at 3 30 a m and found eight panes of a French window shattered by bullets. A .22 slug penetrated a screen and Venetian blind. An unspent bullet lay on the porch and an empty cartridge was found outside. The couple has a 19 month old son Reid. Police search for motive and shooter.
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Lakewood
John
Graham
Haren 'St
Iva
India Police Battle Huge Mob of Strikers
In Calcutta police and a large mob of dock workers clashed as the two week old strike escalated. Firing and tear gas shells were reported with more than 100 strikers arrested. The city remains under a state of emergency amid the violence.
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India
Calcutta
Heart transplants seen possible within four years says surgeon
Dr Hugh B Tye chief of surgery at Children's Hospital and Dr Lynn, professor of pediatric surgery at University of Nashville Medical School, discuss near term advances in heart transplanting. They foresee developments enabling heart transplants by 1930s era surgery with new methods handling pumping and blood supply.
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Hugh B
Tye
Lynn
Children’s’ Hospital
Sherelia
Boston
Chilldren
Hospital
British Anti Reds Planned Assassination of Soviet Leaders
A government source says two anti Communist underground groups plotted to assassinate Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev during their Britain visit. Emigre operatives reportedly linked to continental and British cells prompted heightened security. Scotland Yard and the Foreign Office denied or downplayed knowledge, while papers claim vigilant security blocked the plot.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Sotree
Scotland’ Yard
Foreign Office
Scotland
Yard
Scotland Yard
Daily Express
Daily Sketch
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita’ Khrushchev
England
Cee
Fire destroys Cincinnati armory in multi-million loss
Early morning blaze at the Ohio National Guard Armory in Cincinnati caused explosions of ammunition and gasoline. Maj James E Williams estimates total loss over two million dollars, with the entire 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment equipment wiped out and 134th Field Artillery Battalion gear destroyed. Caretaker Homer Niemeister and his family escaped from their second floor apartment as the fire spread rapidly. The source notes the 107th Howitzer Company and other units suffered extensive damage.
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Cincinnati
Ohio National Guards
James E. Williams
Joss
Maj. Williams
134Th Field-Artillery Battalion
Homer
Niemeister
Derely
107Th ‘Armored Cavalry Regiment
107Th
Find It Radio TV Listings and Theater Page Highlights
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Ethel Larrabee
Skaneateles
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
L. A
George
Selis
Emil Dumas
Millers Brothers Circus
C. H. Chiles
Hone
Ray, Hendrickson
The
Wexahachie Daily Light
L.B
Bill R. Holton
Roanoke
Ralph A. Girouard
Alamitos ‘Ave
Anaheim St
Lemon and
Lewis Aves
Girouard
Elizabeth N. Tillotson
8Th St
Pacific
Cedar Aves
Soviet Union
Tatamikov
Canada
Blenheim
Cnt
St. Mary's, Catholic Church
Dorsiers
Tna
Dorssers
Papa Dorssers
Cole
Srereit
Egyere
Ont
St. Mary's Church
Wiltery
Ida Ihomes
Reid
Eddy 'Gilmore
Ordzhonikidze
Portsmouth
Khrush‘chev
Underground
Wrecksing Armory
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