Eisenhower heads to Colorado on private flight for vacation
President Eisenhower departed from National Airport in a light mist aboard the Columbine with Mrs. Eisenhower and aides for a three to four week Colorado vacation. He will base operations at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver and stay with Mrs. Doud in Denver during the first week. The president plans fishing trips and a possible visit to Fraser and Colorado Springs. Ben Hogan met him for a golf discussion before departure.
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Eisenhower
Columbine
Colorado
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver Tete
National Airport
Air Force
Congress
Ben Hogan
Augusta
Hogan
Denver
John S. Doud
Aksel Nielsen
Fraser
Rockies
Chicago
Colorado Springs
German Reds Grab Trucks to Haul Crops
East German Communists seized Red Army and Peoples Police trucks to move harvest, now rotting due to transport breakdown. Berliner Zeitung warns of a potato famine risk in East Berlin as vegetable prices soar and coal shortages worsen turmoil. About 150,000 East Germans crossed into West Berlin to collect Eisenhower relief parcels, bringing total recipients to 2,000,000 in 13 days.
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Berlin
Red Army and
Peoples Police
Berliner Zeitung
East Berlin
West Berlin
Europe to receive surplus U S butter for relief
The Agriculture Department announced 10 801 000 pounds of surplus U S butter will be given to the war relief services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference for distribution in Austria Trieste Italy and Germany. The department still has about 280 000 000 pounds in reserve.
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Europe
U. S
Washington
Agriculture Department
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Austria
Trieste
Italy
Germany
Stlll
Dying Boy Scout Sends Final Mail From Hospital
In Sacramento a 15-year-old Boy Scout named Carter Ray Johnson, paralyzed by brain cancer, dictates letters to his mother and to readers, friends, and the American Cancer Society. Despite doctors predicting only days or weeks, he remains brave, grateful, and unafraid as he prepares for death.
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Sacramento
Carter Ray Johnson
Raymond C. Johnson
Carter
Northwood
Focal
Sacramento County Hospital
Ward 11
Calif
FBI to Probe Fee Paid in Tax Ruling
Justice Department takes over inquiry into 65 600 paid to Welburn Mayock for a favorable 1948 tax ruling. Mayock testified he routed 30 000 to a Democratic campaign fund and gave 8 750 to two associates. Subcommittee cites possible perjury and tax evasion, with Lasdon named as the source of funds.
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Washington
Justice Department
Welburn Mayock
Mayock
Raifers
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
House
Ways and Means
FBI
Democratic National Committee
Learlier
William S. Lasdon
Chemical Company
Yonkers
N. C
Treasury Department
Lasdon
Subcommittee
Kean
Louis Markus
William Solomon
New York
Markus
Solomon
Hand Crushed Woman to Lose Three Fingers at Plant
Police report a 50-year-old woman Pauline B Rawson of Truman Boyd Manor will have amputation of three fingers on her left hand after her hand was crushed under a 20 ton punch press Friday night at Haney Aircraft Parts Inc 101 W Spring St She was taken to Seaside Hospital
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Pauline B. Rawson
Truman Boyd Manor
Haney Aircraft Parts, Inc
Spring St
Seaside Hospital
United States to Return Amami Oshima Islands to Japan
Secretary of State Dulles announced the United States intends to return Amami Oshima and its 220,000 inhabitants to Japan once diplomatic arrangements are finalized. The U S has held jurisdiction over the Amami Oshima group since February 2, 1946, and informed Prime Minister Yoshida of Washington’s willingness to relinquish rights.
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Tokyo
U. S
Dulles
United States
Japan
Amami Oshima
Okigawa
Yoshide
America
Armistice Violations Heard at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom the joint military armistice commission heard one Allied and 13 Red protests of armistice violations and discussed three Allied newsmen and an Army jeep driver who wandered into forbidden ground. Maj. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan urged more information on Red charges about flights over the buffer zone and said disciplinary action would be taken in the jeep incident.
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Panmunijom
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
Allied Commission
U. N
Bryan
Swiss farmers block roads and rail lines in protest
Swiss fruit farmers protest a government plan to import Italian apricots by blocking the main highway to the Simplon Pass and disrupting railroad lines along the upper Rhone Valley. The disruption interrupted communications between Italy and western Switzerland for hours as growers lit a pile of apricots and gasoline.
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Highwa Saxon
Switzerland
Rhone Valley
Italy
Simplon Pass
Ministers press for West European unity plan
West European foreign ministers from France Italy West Germany Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg propose a rapid continental federation. A Rome expert commission will meet Sept 22 to approve a constitution opening to other rights respecting nations and working with the Council of Europe. A Hague meeting Oct 20 will decide final action.
.The plan aims to absorb the Schuman plan and a proposed European army while building a joint market.
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Germany
West Europe
Rome
Europe
Fea
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Hague
Council of Europe
European Coal and Steel Organization
Schuman Plan
Anticipation of Death in North Atlantic Plane Crash
Air Force Maj George B Parkes and 22 others rode a giant RB-36 to a stormy crash in the North Atlantic. Parkes says he expected to die, drank seawater, fought through debris, then was rescued by a ship and watched a B 29 drop a lifeboat. A second survivor, S/Sgt Charles DeHaven, parachuted and endured 15 hours on a raft amid cold and sickness.
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UPI
Air Force
George B. Parkes
Vacaville
Calif
Nephi
Utah
North Atlantic
Parkes
Montreal
United Press
A. Starmer
Charles. DeHaven
Stroudsburg
DeHaven
Parker
Cambodia to Get Full Independence
High French officials in Bangkok said France will grant Cambodia full independence next year outside the Indochina union, while reserving military authority in areas threatened by Vietminh forces. The move follows demands from King Norodom Sihanouk and aims at a French-Cambodian framework similar to India’s status. King Norodom said independence would include commercial preference for France.
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Bangkok
France
Cambodia
Indochina
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom I
India
Paris
Associated Press
Norodom
Youth Vandals Held After Two Day crime Spree
Two Hawthorne youths aged 13 and 14 were arrested on suspicion of burglary after two days of vandalism. They stole bicycles, broke into cars in Torrance, burglarized three houses in Cabrillo Beach San Pedro, and a Palos Verdes Dr East home before being captured. They discarded loot except small food items and were released to their parents pending juvenile action.
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Frias
Hawthorne
Sheriff's
Torrance
Cabrillo Beach
Rollings Hills
Palos Verdes Dr. East
Starling Hits Tree Unhurt After Car Snaps Elm
John J Starling aged 19, crew member of the USS Defense at Terminal Island, lost control of his car and struck an elm in front of 629 223rd Street. The tree snapped at the base. Starling was shaken but unharmed.
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John J. Starling
USS
Defense
Terminal Island
223Rd St
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Tehran Press Attacks Eisenhower Over Iran Policy
Tehran newspapers aligned with Premier Mossadegh accuse President Eisenhower of meddling in Iran matters after his Seattle governors conference remarks. Shuresh mocks foreign interference, calling Iran self sufficient while Washington warns of a growing communist threat to security in Iran and Southeast Asia.
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Eisenhower
Iran
VFI
Mohammed Mossadegh
Seattle
Shuresh
Southeast Asia
Auto Makers Seek 1953 Production Milestones
Detroit reports four million cars built this year as the industry aims for two more million and a 1953 record. GM and Ford push overtime to cover deficits from a tool and die strike. Chrysler and Hudson face delays. New models, styling shifts, air conditioning options, lower silhouettes, and a new high visibility headlamp await approval and tooling changes, with volume production likely next year.
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Detroit
Indus
General Motos
Ford
Chrysler
Hudson
General Motors
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Obituaries from Long Beach area
Melanie Ruby infant daughter of John and Mrs Ruby died in local hospital. Grave side service 11 p m Monday All Souls Cemetery Motteg Mortuary. Margaret Malone 77 of 1302 E Third St died Friday. Rosary 7 30 p m Sunday Motell Mortuary chapel Requiem Mass Monday 8 p m St Anthony's Church All Souls Cemetery. Lindsey Barry Willison 44 of 2796 E 14th St drowned August 4 in the Merced River. Services Monday 2 p m chapel Sheoler McFadyen Mortuary Interment Rose Hills Memorial Park. Survivors include spouses, children, parents, and siblings.
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Melanie Ruby
John Ruby
First St
Christine Ruby
Li'm. Ruby
Sen Pedro
Mirs
Fred Johnson
Long Beach
All Souls Cemetery
Motteli
Malone
Margaret Malone
Third St
Indianapolis
Easy Sales
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Teinge Beck
Elegbeth, Malone
Dra
Kate i Mal Luce Jone
Ani Rs. Tion Controls
Eargper
Willison
Lindsey Barry Willison
E. 14Th St
Merced
Mia
Letha Wilkison
Margaret Ann
Linda Sue
Joseph A. Ryan
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Bandit Robs Anaheim Liquor Store After Quick Escape
A masked bandit wearing a red hunter cap robbed a liquor store at 315 E. Center St. in Anaheim late Friday night, forcing clerk Fred H. Tampher and the stockroom clerk Katherine Elizabeth Ford to surrender about 375 dollars. Police pursued but failed to capture him.
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L.B
Bandit
Anaheim
Fred H. Tampher
Katherine Elizabeth Ford
E. Center St
Court Rejects Beating Case Defense Bid
Samuel A. Tack Morris, 30, of 168 E Morningside Ave North Long Beach, was ordered to obtain counsel for his Sept 5 Superior Court trial on a charge of assaulting his wife Virginia. Judge Robert Gardner refused a public defender, noting Morris has a job and posted $589 bond to get out of Orange County jail. The charge stems from a June 28 baseball bat attack at Silverado Canyon.
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Santa Ana
Samuel A.tack
Morris
Morningside Ave
North
Long Beach
Virginia
Robert Gardner
Orange County
Silverado Canyon
Man Trapped Inside Cement Mixer Saved
Frederick Hale of Hartford spent 15 minutes inside a rotary cement mixer Friday while cleaning it. He was pinned between the drum and a guard tail as firefighters used a hose and an acetylene torch to cut away the metal. Hale emerged with minor leg and back injuries, Hartford Hospital reports.
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Glastowsunz. Com
Frederick Hale
Hartford
Hale
Newsman in Line for L A City Job Finish Chew
Joe Goss, a xpress Telegram newsman, is reported first in line for the newly created post of field deputy for John S. Gibson, harbor area Los Angeles city councilman. Field deputies for each councilman were approved Friday. The post will pay a year. The measure must be approved by Mayor Norris Poulson before it becomes law.
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Joe Goss
ase’xpress-Telegram
John S. Gibson
Harbor Area
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
Burglars Take $150 Sextant From Boat
Olif Myke reported to police that burglars broke into the fishing boat Soya at Fries Ave dock and stole a $150 sextant.
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Wilmington
Fries Ave
Olif Myke
Parley Aims at Italian Solidarity
Rome reports a major effort to restore a four party center coalition that produced stable government before June elections. Christian Democrat Liberal Republican and Socialist leaders met in the Chamber of Deputies for over two hours and 20 minutes and planned further talks to end the squabbles that toppled Alcide de Gasperi’s government after 13 days.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democrat
Liberal
Social Democratic
Chamber of Deputies
Raffaele de
Attilio Pictioni
de Caro
Piccioni
Alcide de Gasperi
Ike Rejects Relief in Two Special Cases
President Eisenhower refused to sign two private relief bills seeking widows pension and life insurance remainder for extended family. He stressed uniform rule and equal treatment, noting legal requirements should not be overridden by emotional pleas. Both applicants claimed prior marriages or beneficiary rules were legally unmet, but the president stood by general law.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mary Thalia Womack Webb
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jim Henry Webb
Ethel Hudson Morrison
Concord
Richmond County
N. C
Peter B. Bost
National Service
Bost
Best
Webb
Congress
Man Accused of Robbery in Artesia Beating Case
NORWALK Jos Lopez Rosales 17 of Pontlaroy Ave was booked for allegedly taking part in a brutal beating and strong arm robbery of Artesia man in front of a cafe. Fernando Gurule 8 of Ibex St was found injured beside his car with a head gash after leaving the cafe. Police report $150 stolen from Gurule's wallet. He was taken to a hospital with head injuries and possible concussion.
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Norwalk
Jos Lopez Rosales
Pontlaroy Ave
Artesia
Fernando G. Gurule
Ibex St
Arteria
E. Rosetrans Ave
Wife Killed in Tyre Cat Collision at Orange and Miller
Mrs. Virginia Schwarzschild of Los Angeles died after a crash at Orangethorpe Boulevard and Miller Road. Her husband Julius, 74, was severely injured and taken to Fullerton General Hospital with leg fractures and possible internal injuries. Driver of the other car, Will Wiersma, 17, Artesia, had minor injuries. Schwarzschild died about an hour after the collision. body sent to McCormick Mortuary.
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Buena Park
Virginia Schwerrechild
N. Sycamore St
Los Angeles
Orangethorpe Blvd
Miller Rd
Julius
Fullerton General Hospital
Wlie Wiersma
Orangetiorps Blvd
Artesia
Blind Triplets Graduate From Boston Nursery School
Five year old triplets Larry Harry and Barry Terry born blind since birth leave Boston after two years at a nursery school for the blind. They will enroll in a Kentucky school for the blind and are described as normal, intelligent children by their pastor. Eye specialists say there is no hope they will ever regain sight.
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Covington
Boston
Larry
Harry
Barry Terry
la Guardian
Cincinnati
Thelma
Morris Coers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Kentucky
Dr. Coers
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