Weird slain love rite sparks border gun battle tragedy
A Norwalk truck driver Frank L. Clark was killed in a gun battle with a guard Turner Divers after a domestic dispute. Divers reported Clark fired first, Divers returned fire, Clark died at the scene. The incident followed a strange alleged plan involving a wife, and authorities pursued further investigations.
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Reds
Norwalk Trucker Flier
Love Rival Rite
BorderShot
Kumhwa
Korea
Norwalk
Long
Downey
Frank L. Glark
Duffield Ave
Turner
Red Gunners
Guatemala
Douglas
Guy H. Rath
Clark
Coalgrove and
Horley Sts
Frank
Turner Divers
Frank L. Clark
Quake Report From Oregon Coast Seismologist Notes Weak Event
A regional earthquake off the Oregon coast was detected today by UC Berkeley seismologist Barbara Amberson. The quake originated about 530 miles northwest, with estimated magnitude between 1.6 and 6.4. Recording instruments at the university showed a 45 minute duration.
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Oregon
Berkeley
Barbara Amberson
University, of California
Nude sunbather on busy Plaza Lavalle sparks police arrest
A young man sat nude on a bench at Plaza Lavalle drawing a crowd before police identified him as an escapee from a mental hospital. The scene unfolded as authorities detained him amid a bright, sunlit day drawing thousands outdoors.
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Buenos Atres
Plaza Lavalle
Uncertain Start for Long Beach City Sales Tax
Long Beach officials and a citywide sales tax committee grapple with whether the tax will begin October 4. A formal council session is set for Thursday with a deferral request under consideration. The committee argues an October start hurts merchants near tax-free areas, noting a potential $1.5 million revenue impact if delayed to April 1 when a county tax takes effect.
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Long Beach
Valle G. Young
Long Beach Retailers Associated
Chamber of Commerce
Belmont Shore Business Assn
Uptown
Atlantic Associates
Long Beach Restaurant Assn
Long Beach Motor Car Dealers Assn
Used Car Dealers Assn
Retail Furniture Assn
Radio and Technicians Assn
Central Labor Council
Assn
Lakewood Council
Long ~ Beach
Catalina Manhole Blast Injures Visitor From Oakland
Avalon officials report 29 year old Everett J. Santos of Oakland was standing on a manhole cover when a lighted match ignited sewer gas causing an explosion. The manhole cover and Santos were propelled several feet. He was treated at Avalon General Hospital for a slight skull fracture and is expected to recover.
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Avalon
Eeverett
J. Santos
Santos
Avalon General Hospital
Oakland
Eisenhower Surveys Flood Areas Pledges Congress Call
President Eisenhower flew to the flood ravaged northeast, pledging a special session if needed and urging Red Cross aid. He outlined flood prevention and insurance studies, spoke with governors, then returned to Washington. His grandson David greeted him at Hartford before a White House briefing.
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Eisenhower
Connecticut
Denver
Washington
Congress
Red Cross
Colorado
New England
Hartford
Conn
North
South Carolina
Connie
Diane
White House
State Dulles
David
John S. Eisenhower
Barbara Ann
Susan
Iss
Eisen
Long Beach Red Cross Seeks Flood Aid
Long Beach chapter opens local donations to support Northeast flood relief. Stations set up downtown Lakewood Center and other areas including Box 43 for mailed contributions. Roland Bach aims to raise 10000 locally while national Red Cross has spent 2 million. local expenses are covered to ensure all local gifts reach the flood area.
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Long Beach
American Red Cross
National Fund For Relief
Lakewood Center
Roland Bach
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Bach
Bus Train Crash in Spring City Kills 10 Children
A freight train rammed into a loaded elementary school bus at a railroad crossing in Spring City Tennessee killing 10 children and injuring about 30 other passengers and the bus driver. Investigations begun as officials described the scene and timing.
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Spring City
Tenn
Raymond Moore
Paul Gilles
Moore
Gilles
Leonard Packs
Shring City
Highway Patrol
Tennessee
Bureau of Identification
State Education Commissioner's Office
British Airmen Make One Day Atlantic Round Trip
Two British airmen attempted a single day London to New York round trip in a Canberra jet bomber. They left London at 9:23 a.m. and landed Bennett Field at 4:54 p.m., flying 6,220 miles total with favorable winds trimming the return by about an hour. Pilots were Capt. John Hackett and navigator Peter M. Penny. spectators gathered at Floyd Bennett Field as the Royal Air Force crew returned.
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New York
Atlantic
Naval Air Strip
Bennett Field
London
Ocean
Floyd
Filers
John Hackett
Peter M. Penny
Royal Air Force
Lers
Naval Air Station
Northern Ireland
Gander
Newfoundland
Battle to Halt 2 San Gabriel Fires Spreads
Los Angeles area wildfires in the San Gabriel Mountains and nearby Las Padres National Forest forced crews to battle three blazes. About 1,000 firefighters worked on the east fork and west fork of San Gabriel Canyon with helicopters aiding hose lays on steep terrain. One line of blazes burned deep in San Gabriel watershed, damaging property but no structures. A new fire broke out on Zaca Ridge near Figueroa Mountain in Los Padres National Forest as crews pressed the fight.
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LOS Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara
San Gabriel Canyon
Glendora
Angeles Forest
East Fork
West Fork
Las Padres Forest
Zaca Ridge
Figueroa Mountain
al Nolder
Sepulveda Canyon
San Fernando Valley
San Bernardino
City Creek Canyon
San’ Gabriel Canyon
Sunset Blvd
Canyon
Mulhelland Dr
New Hoyall Oaks
Sepulveda Blvd
San Gabriel Mountain
Two Marines Involved In Mesa Crash Kill One Man
One man died and his brother was critically injured when a car driven by U S Marine Cpl John C Shankel failed to yield at Newport Blvd and Bristol St in Costa Mesa. Shankel and passenger Cpl Manuel Ortega escaped with injuries as both cars struck a building and a pillar.
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Costa Mesa
Glenn Homer Blaylock
Corona
Newport Blvd
Bristol St
Thomas
Presbyterian Hospital
Newport Beach
Blaylock Brothers
U. S. Marine
John C. Shankel
Camp Pendleton
Manuel Ortega
Shankel
Local Newspaper Sections Listing By Page
A fragmented directory lists where to find various sections such as Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries and Sports across the paper with page designations and stray garbled text. It also mentions seasonal topics tides temperatures and other odd items in scattered form.
Flaming Boxcar Crash Kills Nine or More in Charleston
A C119 plane from the 456th Troop Carrier Wing crashed near Charleston Air Force Base, exploding over Liberty Park. Nine or more people, including airmen and civilians, were killed or wounded as wreckage hit three houses. Survivors and officials identified crew and onlookers describe the night disaster.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Air ‘Force
Base Public Information Office
Liberty Park
AIR Force
Igert L. McNeal
Windber
Francis L. Mc ‘Shane
North Charleston
James John Maher
Wilkes-Barre
Keith Halls
Smoot
Wyo
John W. Glahn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert B. McGovern
Lubbock
Texas
William Rich
Asheville
N. C
Thomas P. Korshalla
East Plymouth
James C. Miller
Houston
Lawrence & Bradley
Suena Park
Calif
Bobby x ‘Bruez
Exter, Tenn
456Th
38Th Air Force
Jost
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Army
Charles W. Brown
Louisville
Bumpas
Heos
United Nations Command
Harold A. Dye
At- Yanta
Brown
North Korea
Dorothy
Pico Emergency Hospital
Virgil Piper
Charlotte
Piper
Lancaster
L.B
Catalina
Eyes
M. Arrowsmith
L.B. Red Cross
S.C
San Gabriel
Mesa
Parkes-Ridley Mortuarry
SS. Carolina
David. Nelson
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