14 Year Old Girl Found Slain In Somerville Home
A 14 year old girl, Mary Di Rocco, was discovered dead in her Somerville residence with five bullet wounds and signs of attempted arson. Police pursued Mildred McDonald, a 25 year old former girlfriend of the victim’s brother, as a person of interest after she skipped work and vanished. Authorities believe McDonald visited a Boston bar and may have possessed a pistol, with witnesses identifying her in a photo. Detectives continue inquiries as page A-7 details follow.
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Mildred McDonald
Somerville
Mass
Mary di Rocco
Mildred
United Press Telephoto
Mary
Miss McDonald
State Employment Security Division
di Reece
Boston
McDonald
Brighton
Eisenhower to Dedicate Falcon Dam on U S Mexican Border
President Eisenhower will meet Mexican President Ruiz Cortines and dedicate Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande about 75 miles downstream from Laredo Texas. He will also address the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City on October 15 and speak in New Orleans for the Louisiana sesquicentennial on October 17. Falcon Dam was built jointly by the United States and Mexico to aid the lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Adolpho Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
New Orleans
White House
Jose Antonio Remon Cantera
Panama
Washington
Laredo
Texas
James C. Hagerty
Rio Grande Valley
U. S
Unhappy Duty as POW Husband Returns Home
Katherine Rodriguez reveals she hid the 6-year-old son's death from Cpl. Robert J. Rodriguez for nearly three years. The prisoner from a North Korean camp learns of Jimmy's death on repatriation. Doctors attributed the pancreatic illness to incurable disease.
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New Orleans
Cpl
Robert J. Rodriguez
Katherine
Rodriguez
Jimmy
Reds Restrict Red Cross Interviews in Korea
U N Red Cross officials returned from three weeks in Communist North Korea reporting they could only interview hand picked prisoners of war under armed escort. The 30 man team led by R M Jerram of Cornwall England said restrictions delays and arguments created general frustration. Some prisoners and progressives reportedly selected for interviews spoke with interpreters while others remained inaccessible.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N. Red Cross
North Korea
U. N
Reds
Red Cross
R. M. Jerram
Cornwall
England
Jerram
Wiliam Dean
U. 5S. 24Th
Fight Brings Angeles Fire Near Control
A fire in Angeles National Forest near Lake Hughes was nearing full control. The brush and timber burn area was revised to 518 acres with a 43 mile perimeter and only 0.7 mile remains uncontrolled near Pine Canyon ranger station. Lake Hughes remains safe while 348 firefighters work, wind easing, full control expected by 8 p.m. Logged personnel include 244 Forest Service and 104 LA County firemen with 100 on the active front.
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Los Angeles
Angeles National Forest
Lake Hughes
U. S. Forest Service
Thelmas Biddison
Saugus District
Pine Canyon
Biddison
Forest Service
Los Angeles County
Polio Cases in Long Beach Area Double Last Year
The Long Beach Unified School District area reports 62 infantile paralysis cases so far, nearly double the 35 by Aug 25, 1952. Two new cases were added today within Long Beach City limits, one paralytic in a 10-year-old boy and one bulbar in an 18-year-old girl, per the local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis chapter.
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Long Beach Unified School
National Foundation For
Long Beach
Lakewood
Lincoln Village
Catalina Island
New Zealand backs India on truce at United Nations
At the UN General Assembly, New Zealand urged India be included in the Korean Peace Conference. Leslie Knox Munro defended India's seat as more nations backed the move, while South Korea warned it would block talks without India. Support came from Britain, Iraq, Ethiopia, Mexico, Syria, and even the Communist bloc. Dag Hammarskjold received Chou En Lai’s cable advocating inclusion.
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United
Munro
Korea
General Assembly
Britain
India
Iraq
Ethiopia
Mexico
Syria
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-Lai
Red China
Same
Power Line Falls Darkens East L E City and Explodes Boiler
A power outage blacked the east side of the city about 4 am after a high voltage line burned out near Pacific Coast Hayard and Walnut Ave. A boiler explosion at Seasides Hospital injured night engineer Harold Elliott 42 as gas fumes ignited when the pilot light failed after electric service resumed. Two other boilers remained safe and power to the harbor district was off briefly.
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Seaside Hospital
Pacific Coast Hayard
Seasides Hospital
Harold ©. Elliott
Bermuda St
Elliott
Irmela M. Witke
Harbor
Los Angeles
Third St
Pico Ave
Fog Blankets Coast and Inland Areas in Southern California
A thick fog bank covered the coast from Long Beach to Orange County, delaying ship movements at Los Angeles Harbor until about 9 a.m. and forcing cancellation of a 6:15 a.m. United Airlines flight at Long Beach Municipal Airport. By 9 a.m. visibility was about one mile, with later flights expected to proceed. No traffic accidents were reported due to fog, as motorists exercised extra caution. The foggy conditions extended along the coast from Los Angeles County southward.
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California
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Long Beach Municipal
United Air Lines
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Jailer Fired After Tijuana Jail Drug Cache Found
Tijuana Chief Jailer Emilio Barrera Portillo and 11 staff were dismissed following a surprise jail inspection by Police Chief Jose Maria Reyes. Authorities uncovered 700 marijuana cigarettes opium heroin and a narcotic purifying cooker inside the facility.
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Tijuana —Um
Emilio Barrera Portillo
Enire
Tijuana
Jose Maria Reyes
Where to Find It
The notice lists sections and page references across the paper for locating features. It guides readers to Boyle page A-?, Bridge page A-7, classifieds B-4 to II, comics A-10, crossword B-6, editorial A-8, financial 8-3, obituaries B-2, radio AA, shipping B-6, sports A-I and 12, theaters A-b, tides and temperatures B-6, and Women Your World A7.
Sunset Beach Man Abducts Movie Usher
James Meredith Cronk, 21, of Sunset Beach, allegedly abducted an usherette in front of a downtown theater and held a crowd at gunpoint for over an hour. He boarded a bus with the victim, later forced her and neighbors to accompany him to her home where eight people were kept at bay until police were summoned. Cronk faces kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon charges and is jailed in lieu of $1500 bail for a preliminary hearing.
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San Diego
James Meredith Cronk
24Th St
Sunset Beach
Cronk
Adele Glover
B-36s Land at Yokota in Mystery Hop Base Visit
A flight of B-36 heavy bombers landed at Yokota Air Base in Japan after a nonstop US-origin flight with maximum security. The number of bombers was not released and the mission's full details remained secret, with Tokyo reporting their arrival amid overcast skies and roaring engines.
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Tokyo
United States
Yokota
Long Beach Traffic Safety Series Promises Answers
The Press-Telegram launches a series to explain why Long Beach, with 200000 to 850000 residents, ranks last among comparable cities for traffic safety. The paper examined city traffic engineering, police enforcement, and local traffic courts, beginning with a piece on enforcement by the police department.
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Long Beach
United States
National Safety Conncil
Press-Telegram
Bomb Plot Ties to Monahan Trial Raises Security
Guards were increased at the Mabel Monahan murder trial after police disclosed an underworld plan to use a napalm bomb to kill the state's star witness John True. Ex convict Nolan offered $2500 to silent True. intermediaries Baker and Munch detained as authorities seized Nolan's letter.
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Los Angeles
Mabel Monahan
John True
Gereald
Arthur Nolan
True
Nolan
Medford
Ore
Johnny Baker
Clarence Munch
Jack Santo
Santo
Barbara Graham
Emmett Perkins
Monahan
Mitchell Truesdale
Manahan
Gardner
Carl Lane
Truesdale
Reds Claim 400 PW to Be Commies
At Panmunjom the Red forces claimed 400 prisoners of war remain in stockades may not be released. Allied sources noted the claim as nine American officers and 127 enlisted men plus 133 others freed today, bringing three week total to nearly 2000.
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Panmunjom
U.N
Reds
Stockades
Red
U. N
Weather outlook shifts to sun and clouds this week
Morty remains sunny through Wednesday with morning fog in local areas. Increasing cloudiness starts Wednesday as temperatures edge up and a brief warm spell or light change in temperatures is possible.
Stowaway Returns Aboard Queen Mary After Channel Dream
Wallace Warren Smith, 24, a Pasadena stowaway from Wisconsin, hoped to swim the English Channel but settled for a view from a porthole aboard the Queen Mary. He won a champagne bottle prize in tourist class, was found 18 hours out, and returned without landing in England. He cited protecting Cunard Line and planned to hitchhike to Pasadena.
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New York
Wallace Warren Smith
Smith
la Crosse
Wis
Calloge
Pasadena
Calif
Queen Mary
Cunard Line
England
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