Fugitive jailbreak escape band narrows after car chase
Four inmates broke jail and remain at large as a pursuit through Compton and nearby cities continues. Police halted several suspects when their vehicle crashed into a house at 131 East Maple Street. Arrests included Frank Marquez Laurent and Royal Wilburn Biggs Jr., with others detained or fled. An Oakland or Corona suspect Ernest Franklin Alumbaugh was later captured at relatives’ home. Authorities detail a wave of robberies, kidnapping and murder links in the case.
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Shields
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Carmen Barclay
James EU
Gene Barrett
Shrevesport
E. Maple St
Frank Marquez Laurent
Santa Ana
Orange
Richard, Perez Vega
el Modena
Royal Wilburn Biggs Jr
Long Beach
John Richard Donahue
Ernest Franklin Alumbaugh
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Corona
Farm Laborers Die in Palmdale Trailer Fire
Palm dale firefighters report two Mexican national farm workers died Sunday when a house trailer they slept in caught fire. One man may have fallen asleep while smoking a cigarette, the blaze ending their lives.
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Palmdale
Pedro Sanches
Espinoza Francisco Torres
Missing Los Angeles boy Jerry Copfer sought by police
L B Child missing as authorities widen search. Neighbors say the boy known for visiting a tavern on Atlantic Avenue collected coins and peanuts from patrons. Capt. Sumners and Lt. Reckner coordinate 16 runaway reports and request a list of local offenders as a local search centers at 896 Via Wanda.
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Jerry
Atlantics Ave
Annie McGary
Wanda
Roblert Sumners
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
E. L. Reckner
Sumners
Summers
Peter’ Wheat Bakery
17Th St
Copfer
Charlene
Floyd
Janet
Michael
Myrtle
Deborah
Copter
Project Neghbors
Jessup Quits Race Amid Smog Push for Dorn
Los Angeles supervisor Roger W. Jessup, 66, announces he will not seek a seventh term, urges voters to back Pasal Idena Mayor Warren M. Dorn to replace him. He cites smog as a key issue, praising county efforts and urging a smooth transition to Dorn before December.
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LOS Angeles
CNS
Roger W. Jessup
Board of Supervisors
Jessup
Pasal Idena
Warren M. Dorn
Dorn
Los Angeles County
Shaw Material Donated to UCLA Library Collection
Los Angeles reports a two foot reserve of George Bernard Shaw materials gifted to the UCLA Library by Anneth Mackenna, MGM executive story editor. The set includes Shaw manuscripts, prompting backs of plays, Fabian Society tracts, signed first editions, cropped galley proofs and original caricatures.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
George Bernard Shaw
Anneth Mackenna
MGM Motion Picture Studio
Fabian Society
Seven Manhattan Churches Fire Set. Man Jailed
In midtown New York over the weekend seven churches were set ablaze, including St Patrick’s Cathedral and three other Roman Catholic houses of worship plus three Episcopal churches. Fires occurred while worshippers were present. damage was slight and quickly controlled. A 66 year old jobless laborer named Salvatore Sorrentino was questioned and held on a misdemeanor charge with denial of involvement.
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New York
Manhattan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Midtown
Salvatore Sorrentino
Stalin Statue Removed From Leipzig After War Ruin
A communist east German city quietly removed its only Stalin statue as reconstruction of the war damaged opera house proceeds. A Western newsman at a communist sports event received no clear answer about the statue’s fate.
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Wendélg, Omen Uerisany
Joseph Stalin
Leipzig
Wearable hearing invention promises full-circle sound
A new hearing device is unveiled as a cordless, unobtrusive electronic marvel worn at the ear level. It claims true wireless comfort with no cords or ear buttons and promises superior, fully integrated hearing while on the move.
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Bell Telephone Labs
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