Youth Grilled on Shootings in Duarte California
In Duarte a 19 year old Monrovia man David Arthur Pritchard was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a series of phantom sniper shootings. A .22 rifle was found in his car along with a newspaper tied to the case. A nearby shooting wounded Vona Lauman and nearby women were nearly hit. Ballistics later showed the weapon did not fire the bullets. Pritchard could not explain his whereabouts during the shootings.
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Vona Lauman
San Gabriel
Arcadia
Pritchard
Corbett
Plane Strikes Bay Missing Pilot and Woman Near Betheton
A single engine plane crashed into Chesapeake Bay after takeoff from Betterton Maryland, leaving two people missing. Trooper Walter E. Kulley said the pilot, a middle aged man, is unidentified. A woman, tentatively identified from papers, is believed to be Leona J. Miller of Drexel Hill Pennsylvania.
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Betterton
Chesapeake Bay
Walter E. Kulley
Leona J. Miller
Drexel Hill
Dixie Leader Saves Weary Pooch in Pool
Richmond Virginia reports a nightly scene at a grand house where a black dog fell into a fountain. Governor John S Buttie entered the pool, waded in, and rescued the exhausted dog, which eagerly licked his hand upon reaching shore.
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Dixie
Weary Pooch
Richmond
John S. Buitie
Coast Guard photo shows four unidentified aerial objects
Washington Aug 1 AP Coast Guard releases a photo by 21 year old photographer Shell Alpert showing four round objects with two light shafts in a V formation. Alpert and hospitalman Thomas Flaherty observed lights that flickered then dimmed as he timed the photo before a brief continuation note.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Washington
Coast Guard
Seaman Shell Alert
Salem
Mass
Alpert
Associated Press
Shell Rir
Albert
Alper
Thomas Flaherty
Classifieds and page index entry noise disrupts reader layout
A fragmented list of newspaper departments and page codes appears, outlining sections such as Beach, Bridge, Comics, Editorial, Obituaries, Sports, and more. It offers future readers a grid of where to find features like classifieds, comics, and ships listings but lacks a unified news item.
Jury Deliberations Continue in California Communist Leaders Case
In Los Angeles on August 1 AP reports a jury of eight women and four men weighed the fate of 14 California Communist party leaders indicted under the Smith Act for conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government by force. The six month trial, the longest in U S District Court for Southern California, could bring up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine per defendant if convicted. Defendants include William Schneiderman Philip M Connelly Dorothy Healey and others. Mary Bernadette Doyle received a delay due to heart illness.
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Los Angeles
California
Communist Party
William ©. Mathes
Southern
Californnia
William Schneiderman
Philip M. (Slim} Connelly
People’s World
Dorothy Healey
Los Angeles County
Communist ‘Party
Albert J. Lima
Oleta O'Connor Yates
Carl Rude Lambert
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
al ‘Richmont
Ernest Otto Fox
Henry Steinberg
Loretta Starvus Stack
Frank E. Spector
Frank Carlson
Ben Dobbs
Mary Bernadette Doyle
San Francisco
Weather Outlook: Night Fog and Morning Low Clouds
Night and morning fog and low cloudiness give way to hazy sunshine tomorrow with little temperature change. Widespread light may persist, but no significant precipitation is expected.
Atomic engine ordered for giant carrier by Westinghouse
Westinghouse officials said the government asked the firm to develop an atomic engine to propel a U S Navy aircraft carrier. The move follows progress on an atomic power plant for a supersubmarine and suggests a future engine for large surface ships that could cruise with minimal refueling. An AEC contract amendment plus Idaho test facilities were announced as part of the program expansion.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
U. S. Navy
Westinghouse
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Consolidated-Vultee
Sail
Air
Eleven Die When Torpedo Sinks French Dredger
Boulogne sur Mer France Aug 1 A World War II torpedo swept from a dredger wrecking 1283 ton Pas De Calais II and sank the ship. Eleven seamen were dead or missing and six injured. Three bodies recovered eight others missing. six men hospitalized. The blast shook Boulogne.
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Boulogne Sur Mer
France
Pas de Calais
Boulogne
Phony Draft Denounced by Texas Campaign Leader
Fort Worth Aug 1 The Texas campaign manager for Sen Estes Kefauver Gillam a Fort Worth soap maker donated 100 to the Democratic National Committee before Chicago convention now asking for a refund. He blames misrepresentation and broken promises by Truman and Roosevelt era figures and calls for changes while signaling support for the Democratic ticket at governor level but plans to vote for Eisenhower.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Pleb
Gillam
Estes Kefauver
Chicago
É Sail
Frank McKinney
Roosevelt Thousand Dollar Club
National Committee
Kefauver
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Eimhower
McKinney
Jong
Bloody Fight Wins Heights and MiGs Blasted
United Nations forces scored a double victory in Korea with air and ground success. Allied pilots downed three MIG fighters and damaged two during a 10 minute dogfight near the Yalu River, while ground troops recaptured Old Baldy Hill after an eight hour assault.
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United Press
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Old Baldy Hill
Allid
Red Army
Josef Stalin
Yalu River
U. WN
U. S. Eighth Army
Heighy
Truce Parley Agrees on Point in Korean Armistice Talks
In Panmunjom, U N and Communist staff officers made minor progress on the armistice draft. Lt Col Duncan Somerville said changes in five paragraphs were approved and did not affect the prisoner of war exchange issue. Talks resume tomorrow at 1 a m local time.
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Jmunsan
Korea
United Nations
Duncan S. Somerville
Cumberland
U. N
U. N. Apr
Pamnunjom
Long Beach
Describing a dangerous Korean War day with Marines
James A. Michener documents a grueling frontline day near Seoul with the U S Marines. The piece notes 100 foot helicopter flights through heat and shellfire, an isolated hill within Chinese territory, and close Marine air support against a hill unreachable by ground troops. It highlights heavy enemy shelling, wounded and dead, a Panmunjom vantage, and a perilous aviation finale.
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U. S
Korea
Seoul
Panmunjom
Marcus McAnally
Houston
Texas
Federal Order Extends Scope of Quick Loans
The Agriculture Department designated South Carolina Maine and seven Arkansas counties as drought disaster areas. Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee and large parts of Missouri and Arkansas were already listed. The designation enables farmers to access Farmers Home Administration loans for essential inputs amid crop damage worth millions. Emergency talks in Nashville with Secretary Brannan and officials from nine states sought relief strategies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South Carolina
Maine
Arkansas
Farmers Home Administration
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Nashville
Brannan
Knox T. Hutchinson
Rolls Carolina
South Carolna
Agricultural Department
Paul A. Dever
MassariContinued
Initiation of Peace Program Biggest Issue
Eisenhower said the main issue for the nation and world is initiating a sound program for peace. He noted foreign policy is a major campaign topic but not the sole focus, responding to Adlai Stevenson’s view that it would be the campaign’s big issue.
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Denver
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Republics
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
DEMO DEMANDS MACARTHUR QUIT ARMY PAY
New York August 1 Congressman Emanuel Celler urged General Douglas MacArthur to resign from the Army and forfeit Army pay after taking a high paid civilian post with Remington Rand. He warned he would push a bill next session to force him from service if he does not quit.
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New York
Vly
Emanuel Celler
Democrat
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Celler Aid
Moe Remington Rand, Inc
Celler
Duaicery
Baala
Siena Army
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