It Was No Easy Task to Get L B Man 640 Lbs to Hospital
Guy N. Cherry 27 of 3822 Sebren Ave Lakewood, known as Texas Tiny, weighed 640 pounds and was injured in a traffic crash into a photo studio on 541 E Pacific Coast Hwy. Ambu lance crews carried him to Seaside Hospital with a lacerated right thigh after the car wreck. Hospital staff had to place him on a bed built for heavy heart patients before he could sit up and see the nurses.
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United States Philippines defend pact announced
Washington and Manila announced a mutual defense treaty pledging to meet common dangers if either is attacked. The pact will be signed early next month around the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco. It builds on existing arrangements for American bases and Philippine armed forces support.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
San Francisco
Manila
Islands
Japan
Senate OKs $6.2 billion for Independent Offices funds
The Senate approved a $6.2 billion appropriation to operate independent government offices. Agencies including the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission would cut about 10 percent of their July 1 staffing, with agency heads able to fire or not fill vacancies. Independent offices operate apart from regular departments.
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Washington
Senate
White House
BS Cal
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Communications Commission
World Series to break viewership records via coast-to-coast TV
The forthcoming World Series is to be telecast coast to coast for the first time, potentially drawing 60 to 70 million viewers. Bell System’s $40 million microwave relay clears the way, expanding coverage from 49 cities to include Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The telecast will reach about 12.5 million sets, nearly double the 1950 audience, with Gillette Safety Razor Co. and Mutual Broadcasting System holding radio and TV rights.
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Bell ‘Telephone System
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Salt Lake City
San_ Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Basix
Gillette Safety Razor Co
Mutual Broadcasting System
Polish diplomat quits in exile denounces Soviet Poland
Frankfurt reports Boguslaw Borowicz a Polish foreign ministry official seeks political asylum in West Germany. He accuses the Kremlin of turning Poland into a Soviet puppet colony and trampling Polish rights. Also notes Polish mutineers seeking asylum in Sweden and their claims of Russian control across the navy.
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Polish Foreign Ministry
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Kremlin
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Poland
Warsaw
Polskie
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Stockholm
Russia
Sweden
Ignacy Hazel
Henrik Skorupka
Fis
Viktor Cherekov
Josef Szegalovski
Politruk
Be ‘H
CBS
Two Die Thirteen Hurt In Naphtha Blast At Refinery
In Baton Rouge Louisiana an empty naphtha tank exploded during cleaning triggering a chain reaction that ruptured and burned more than five storage tanks at the Esso Standard Oil refinery killing Alfred Parry 42 and J E Carmena 39 and injuring 13 others. The blast shattered windows within a three mile area and caused about 300000 dollars in damage according to plant manager H J Voorhies.
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Baton, Rouge
Esso Standard Oil
Mississippi River
Esso
H. J. Voorhies
Alfred Parry
J. E. Carmena
Baton Rouge
Too Hot to Fly Pigeon Collapses in Texas Heat Wave
In Waxahachie Texas on August 16 a homing pigeon tagged GFD836 collapsed from heat prostration amid the state's record heat. The bird was recovering to fly again.
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Texas
Waxahachie
No Alteration of Treaty to Be Permitted
The United States told Russia the Japanese peace treaty conference at San Francisco will not reopen peace terms. Washington notified Moscow that the conference aims for conclusions and signature of a draft treaty, not new proposals. President Truman said plans for signing the treaty should not be upset by Russia's attendance.
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United States
Russia
San Francisco
Moscow
U. S
Miblic
Truman
Anone
Ander Gromyko
Alves
Bodies of Woman and Man Found in Hills Near Arvin
In isolated mountain terrain eight miles north of Arvin, a decomposed woman was found by rabbit hunters. Hours later a second body, a man, was located nearby, hanging from a four foot fence post. Death cause uncertain, could be murder or suicide. woman dead seven to ten days.
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Bakersfield
Arvin
Tom Kelly
Weather outlook with low clouds and fog then sun tomorrow
Low clouds and patches of fog tonight and early tomorrow give way to sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures rise into the mid 80s with light variable winds becoming west to southwest at 10 to 18 mph by afternoon.
Long Beach Woman Held for Theft and Arson
A Long Beach woman, Catherine Ann McKeown, 39, was jailed in Los Angeles County on suspicion of embezzlement grand theft and arson. Investigators linked her to a $320000 laundry fire at Community Laundry Ballflower on July 26 and she reportedly confessed to embezzling about $1500 with a larger missing sum traced through cash register tapes and bank accounts.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Norwalk
Catherine Ann McKeown
67Th Way
Oak St
Ballflower
Carl Morrison
Mexican Labor Fund Bill Signed
President Truman signed legislation to fund the Labor Department in bringing Mexican farm workers to the United States to ease labor shortages in the southwest. The measure aligns with a recent U S Mexican agreement but the president said the deal lasts only six months and urged swift congressional action on new laws and funding for the next crop year.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Southwest
United States
Fon
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE TRAITOROUS MURDER
A terse teletypesheet lists highlights across pages from A to C with items including a traitorous murder of a fellow serviceman behind enemy lines and references to OSS connections. Other content spans editorials financials obituaries radio and television shipping sports tides and temperatures and women's activities across various pages.
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Four Men Meet Tonight U N Hopes Stirred
MUNSAN Korea Friday Aug 17 AP a joint subcommittee begins a secret study of the buffer zone issue toward a Korean war armistice The Kaesong meeting starts 12 a m 6 p m Long Beach time As Allied and Communist truce teams recess attempts to break the deadlock on the military dividing line gain momentum Reds show cautious willingness to concede a demilitarized zone along the 48th Parallel Allies prefer to defend current battlefield line The Reds accept a smaller two delegate per side subcommittee and Joy names Gen Henry L Hodes as a candidate with further names unsettled
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Long Beach
Reds
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Turner Joy
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Joy
Henry L. Hodes
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Douglas
D. Til
Truman
Fie
Eisenhower
Fabulous Bootleg Profit Disclosed
Washington reports that Abner Zwillman led a bootlegging syndicate earning about 50 million dollars in six years. Edwin Baldwin testified the mob controlled about 40 percent of illicit liquor during prohibition, naming Zwillman and Joseph Rheinfeld as top figures in northern New Jersey. The crime committee noted Zwillman evaded subpoena as hearings entered their final days.
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Pla
Jvethe
Treasury Intelligence
Senate Crime Committee
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
Edwin Baldwin
Summit
N. J
U. S
Baldwin
Zwillman
Joseph Rheinfeld
New Jersey
Waxey Gordon
Dutch Schultz
New York
Rheinfeld
Crime Committee
Atlantic
Five Die as Car Collides with Lumber Trailer
Five people died when a coupe collided with a heavily loaded lumber trailer twelve miles south of San Jose. The two identified victims were Marvin Griffin, 50, and Set. George A. Griffin, both of Fort Worth. The other four victims remained unidentified, including a woman, a young woman, and two men, one possibly the soldier’s wife.
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San Jose
Here
Marvin
Griffin
George A. Griffin
Fort. Worth
Truman sees many presidential hopefuls yet unsure
President Truman said there are plenty of ambitious people for 1952 but they do not know what they are getting into. He noted reporters overemphasize politics while more important issues exist, and commented on the Japanese peace treaty and possible invitation of MacArthur to signings. He also mentioned Eisenhower’s role and outlined strict secrecy for ceasefire talks with North Korea and China.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
State Department
MacArthur
John Foster Duiles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fate
Nam
Hsieh
Fang
Lee Song Cho
Downpour of Meteorites Kills 12 in Iran Near Shiraz
Tehran reports a meteorite downpour last Monday near Shiraz killed 12 people and injured 19 while flattening 62 buildings. About 300 livestock including cows sheep and donkeys were reported dead or stranded in the disaster.
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Tehran
Iran
Shiraz
Idi
Hearse-turned-tour bus impresses UNH six on Texas trip
Six University of New Hampshire students drove a $200 1937 hearse on a 10 week journey to Texas and back in a converted three seat bus. They spent 84 quarts of oil and six weeks in an ROTC course at Fort Bliss. The crew included Marty Tiernan and Lea Tiernan chief mechanic Charles McKenzie Fel Sobowzewski Joe Cheney and H Parker Ballard. The trip covered 2600 miles to Texas in a week and 600 miles return via California and national parks with little trouble.
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Texas
University of New Hampshire
Fort Bliss
Marty
Lea Tiernan
Charles McKenzie
Lebanon
Fel Sobowzewski
Exeter
Joe Cheney
Marlboro
H. Parker Ballard
Ossipee
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