Vegas Trains Delayed by Flash Floods
Desert cloudbursts flooded the California Nevada border area halting Union Pacific routes to Las Vegas. Eastbound City of Los Angeles and Challenger were delayed up to 12 hours, with some passengers bused from Barstow to Las Vegas. Flooding also disrupted U S 91 and debris covered tracks near Cima Valley Wells. A separate Chicago report described an ex convict shooting a rookie officer in a movie theater as police hunted the gunman.
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Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Union Pacific
California
Nevada
U. S. 91
Challenger
Barstow
Calif
Santa Fe
Kingman, Arig
Las Vegaz
Salt Lake City
Cima
Valley Wells
East Chase
West Chase Siding
Ivanpah
Highway Patrol
Chicago
Richard
Carpenter
William I. Murphy
Northwest Side
Biltmore Theater
Clarence Kerr
Cabin Cruiser Burns and Sinks Off California coast
Four people were rescued when the 30-foot cabin cruiser Bambino burned and sank about 15 miles southeast of Long Beach. Aboard were Charles E. Gibson Jr, his father, and Gerald and his wife, Hermosa Beach residents. The boat, worth about 5500, departed San Pedro at 2 am for Catalina fishing.
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Long Beach
Coast Guard
Bambino
Saint
Charles E. Gibson Jr
Rollingills
Charles E. Gibson Sr
Hermosa Beach
Gerald Sinner
Gibson
Gibsons
Hore
Catalina Island
San Pedro
Terminal Island
Swallowed Pennies Fatal to Girl Seven Years Old
Judith K. Hamilton, age 7, died Wednesday in Massachusetts after swallowing pennies two weeks earlier. Medical Examiner T. Morton Gallagher ruled inflammation of the stomach and throat caused by the coins’ copper contributed to death. The child had not told adults she swallowed the pennies until X rays revealed the coins.
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Judith K. Hamilton
Where to Find It Reference List For The Paper
Internal section guide lists locations and page numbers for each department. It includes Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Raitorial Financial Obituaries Radio Shipping Sports Theater Tides Temperatures LP Women Vital Statistics Wilson Your World and page allocations.
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Your
Dogs Kill Boy 6 as Pack mauls him near Bracebridge
Bracebridge Ontario report states a six year old boy was killed by a pack of 14 farm dogs while trying to shield his own pet. Wayne Baker wandered from a summer home at Matthiasville and was found an hour later in bushes on a neighboring farm. The owner Vera MacDonald had left briefly and returned to find the dogs acting strangely before discovering the child. He died at hospital despite efforts to save him.
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Bracebridge
Ont
Wayne Baker
Matthiasville
Vera MacDonald
Feanatusiane
Korean Reds Shoot Down Yank Plane
In PANMUNJOM Korea Communist anti-aircraft guns shot down a small unarmed American training plane after it allegedly intruded briefly into the demilitarized zone. Maj. Gen. Harlan Parks condemned the attack as wanton murder and said the two crew members, a pilot and a military passenger, were missing with their names withheld. An Air Force search for the missing C47 transport began after tracers were seen and ground observers reported the loss near Seoul.
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Panmunjom
Korea
1U. N. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Japan
Harlan ©. Parks
Joint Armistice Commission
Parks
J. W. Ingraham
Ingraham
Seoul
Impo
Egyptian building collapse kills 13 in Cairo district
A five story house collapsed in Cairo's Musky district killing 13 people including 10 women and 3 men. Police said firefighters rescued 23. Fire officials coordinated rescue operations as debris were cleared.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sfirten
Musky
Firejen
Flebris
Family of 3 Killed in Landslide Tragedy
A family of three, David Cutter 46, Elsie 46, and daughter Patricia 3, were buried Wednesday night when a sand and clay embankment collapsed along the Winooski River during heavy rains. They had been watching sections of the riverbank wash away before the landslide.
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Quine van
David Cutter
Elsie
Patricia
Winooski
Jilted Suitor of Victim's Daughter Held
A 54 year old woman was shot on the front steps of her apartment at lat 5881 Orange Ave by her daughter's rejected suitor Bert Ransbury 63 of 1107 E 17th St Compton. He was captured about an hour later and booked on suspicion of murder. The victim, Elsie E Gillespie a cook, was identified by her daughters Gertrude Dean 36 and Shirley Jamar 33 amid an emotional scene as the suspect was returned to the scene. Dean said she had broken up with Ransbury Wednesday and witnessed him push her mother. The weapon was a .22 caliber rifle. Police indicated the victim opposed the suspect's attentions to her daughter. The report notes she left for work about 7:30 am. Continued on Page A-5.
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Orange Ave
Bert Ransbury
17Th St
Atlantic
Rosecrans Aves
Compton
Elsie E. Gillespie
Ransbury
Gertrude M. Dean
Shirley Jamar
Jamar
Lynn St. Downey
Soviet Farmers Tour Reaches Fresno County California
A 10 man Soviet farm delegation traveled through California’s Central Valley aiming to study irrigation and cotton production while touring Kern and Fresno counties. Officials praised Fresno as a top US agricultural hub and a two week Canada visit followed.
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Fresno
California
Los Angeles
Exeter
Veterans Memorial Hall
Pesca Sr Eir
Washington
Weather update shows mostly clear coastward skies
Patchy late night and early morning low clouds along the coast are expected to thin, yielding mostly clear conditions. Light winds persist as temperatures edge up after the coastal cloud cover.
Army Court Deliberating Ex POW Case
An eight non general court martial began deliberations at 2 13 p m today in the case of Sgt James C Gallagher 23 charged with collaborating with the enemy and the unpremeditated murder of three fellow American prisoners in Korea. The court retired after a half hour charge by Cal Laurence W Lougee. Prosecution contends Gallagher courted favor with Chinese Reds and threw ailing POWs from a prison hut and left them to die in freezing cold.
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NEW York-Upi
Set
James C. Gallagher
Korea
Cal
Laurence W. Lougee
Gallagher
California's postwar industrial boom drives state growth
In the second of six segments on California's postwar boom, the piece profiles industrial expansion led by William P. Lear. It highlights California’s rise in manufacturing, aircraft, and related sectors, with large plants, abundant labor, and extensive government contracts fueling growth across Southern and Northern districts.
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California
William P. Lear
Santa Monica
Lear
Frank Jordan
Qualio
Bree Jordan
Lear, Inc
National Assn. of Manufacturers
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New San Joaquin Valley
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Here
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