Captain Willis Bradley dies of heart attack
Long Beach community mourns Rear Admiral Willis Bradley a former governor of Guam and longtime public servant. Bradley earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and held Navy leadership roles across a career spanning the Alsace Caribbean theaters to World War II. Family and civic leaders celebrate his service and detect a lasting legacy in politics and military community.
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Hig san-da-Jin
Adin
Bruce McCandless
Bradley Fleet
Long Berch
Guam
Alsatians
Caribbean
Naval Infra and Survey Board
Withllquarters
Long Beach
Navy
Hie Con Am
Clyde Dowie
Bradley
Vatican
Geom
Allan Red Cross
Messini
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Club
Navy Family Chapel
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amvets
Masons, Elks, Moose
Propeller Club
University Club
A. GC
Matone
Micrsy
Ward Johnson
Willis Brandiey
jCouncilman
D. Pat Ahern
Unification Vote Looms on Scheels Bellflower Norwalk Plan
A Dec election proposal in the Excelsior Union High School District seeks to unite Belflower and Norwalk into a single district effective July 2, 1956, with Bel lf lower, Norwalk, Artegia and Bloomfield remaining linked as a union high school district. Extra funds and sites are planned, while several boards weigh the terms amid district negotiations and administrator meetings.
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Bellflower
Pila Aopter
Excel- Shev Union
Norwalk
Bellfiower
Excelsor
Schoo
Bellflower Aid
Chile
Sehoel Giscy Weil
gamt_ soneator fom
Excelsior
Arefest
Carmenint
Eicom
Juni Bacl
Artegia
Bloomfield Eid
High Scheol
Canha
Bellflower Board of Hiseation
Renh
Ip Bollflyeve
Paris Debates EDC Treaty After Long Delay
Paris National Assembly opens debate on modification of the European Defence Community treaty after 27 months of delay. Negotiations slow as Mendes France resists compromises while Brussels powers reject key proposals. An early September deadline looms as five EDC partners await renewed talks and possible adjournment.
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Paris
National Assembly
Dearie
Menides
Mendes-France
EDC
Taxi Truck Collision Claims Three Lives On Highway 10
Three people died and five were injured when a taxicab loaded with seven passengers collided with an oil tank truck on Highway 101 at Oceanside. The taxi driver Orville L. Burs, 41, of Oceanside, and two Mexican nationals Rexna Baltazar Marliney 38 and Avique Gonzalez Rios 22 died. The remaining passengers were injured, one reported in critical condition.
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Ughanside
Ornanside
Orville L. Burs
Oceanside
Spreyers
Rexna Baltazar Marliney
Avique Gonzales Rios
Fie
Coast Ship Firm Buys U S Vessel
Coast ship firm American President Lines buys the SS President Wilson from the government for 61 million dollars. APL presents a 1 579 087 check and an 84 920 412 promissory note aboard the ship. The firm plans to acquire the President Cleveland and four Mariner type freighters under its expansion program. APL has operated the Wilson and the Cleveland since 1948 under a Maritime Administration charter.
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San Francisco
President Lines
President Wilson
APL
George Killen
Cleveland
Wilson
Maritime Administration
Triangle Triangle Shooting Involving McInnis and Turmes
McInnis and Turmes separated then attempted reconciliation at 1415 Appleton St. A gunshot through a glass door left Turmes critically wounded as Ruth Turmes confronted Mrs McInnis. Mrs McInnis admitted pointing a 38 revolver. shell ejected, spent cartridge discarded, gun found later.
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MeInnis Steggard
MeInnis
U. S
Cers
Mes
Turmes
MeLinis
Turmes Munday
Metinis
McInnis
Jattes
McLanis
Ruth
Girl Survives Ax Attack by Father
Patricia Petty survived an ax attack by her father George Petty in Carmel. He killed himself with a shotgun blast in a repair shop. Patricia was treated at Carmel Community Hospital and expected to recover. The incident occurred at the Petty home. his wife and three other children were away.
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Carmel
Erin
George Petty
Patricia
Carmel Community Hospital
Petty
American Opera in German Premiere at Darmstadt
Composer Ernst Krenek directed the world premiere of his American opera Duck Waters in Darmstadt Germany. The Friday night performance drew a warm standing ovation from the audience.
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Darmstadt
Germany
UPI
Ernst Krenek
Austria
United States
Duck Waters
Injured hiker saved after 43 hours on Crestone Needles Peak
Rip Collins of Lawrence Kansas and companions Bob Wulstad and Tony Mueller endured freezing 43 hours on a 14 191 foot peak ledge in the Sangre de Cristo range. Rescuers from Fort Carson lowered to Collins and carried him to safety, then by jeep to Denver Veterans Administration hospital.
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Westcliffe
Cole
Rip Collins
Lawrence
Kan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Denver
Bob Wulstad
Tony Mueller
Crestone
Needles Peak
Collins
Sangre de Cristo
Wulstad
Mueller
Themedges
Fort Carson
Colo
Lee Frank Crawford
Mulstad
Crawford
Westeiffe
Ne Muley
Needies Peak
Goodyear in Accord: AFL Loses Deckers
Negotiators for United Rubber Workers and Goodyear settled in Cleveland after a 52 day strike, about 23,000 workers voting on a pay raise averaging 64.3 cents an hour. Quick ratification expected, with broader industry pressures on Firestone and related firms. A separate Salt Lake City agreement ended a 12 day Bennette Copper strike affecting almost 10,000 workers across four states. In Oregon and Washington, a Pacific Northwest lumber dispute neared a proposed end, while New York dock workers gained recognition under the old International Longshoremen’s Association banner.
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Stelke
National Labor Scere
Lieve
CIC United Rubber Workers
Gooryear ‘Fire & Rubber Co
Cleveland
Priday
Firestone Tire & Ttubber Co
Firestone
Salt Lake City
Bennevett Copper Corp
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Arthur Langlie
AFL
Seven Killed in Hindu Muslim Riots In India
In Hyderabad state riots erupted Friday sparked by a Pakistan flag over a Hindu temple. Government said seven people were killed and 15 injured as demonstrators paraded through Bulgerga and other towns with shops set ablaze.
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Bombay
India
Hyderabad
Bulgerga
Texans Head to Polls in Heated Democratic Primary
Voters across Texas faced a heated Democratic gubernatorial primary between Gov Ralph Yarborough and incumbent Al Shivers. Polls opened at 7 am and closed later. observers predicted turnout could surpass the 1,448,000 tally from July. The race centered on race, labor union support, and a $425,000 land deal amid a year of sharp criticism.
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Texans
Dallas
Texas
Cgov
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Shivers
Houston
CIO
L B Port Roadblock Halts Boats
Coast Guard mass inspection halted vessels at Newport Harbor and San Diego. Training exercise involved Reserves and planned to stop all shipping during national emergency. About 3090 small craft were anchored or docked in the two harbors under Capt. W. H. Snyder’s supervision.
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SEA Safety Survey
Coast
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Los Angeles
W. H. Snyder
Coast Guard District
Newport Harbor
San Diego
Jealous boyfriend killed girl in park and canal death
In Rome New York a jealous boyfriend killed 19 year old Beatrice Guglielmo during a quarrel in a public park. Henry J. Flaschetti, 40, later led police to a canal where he said he pushed the girl and their car into the water. No charges yet. Guglielmo worked as a clerk at Griffiss Air Force Base.
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Rome
Pelice
Henry J. Fiaschetti
Tham
Janunettey
Beatrice Guglielmo
Farm Belt Demos Map Vote Strategy
Farm belt Democrats led by Adlai Stevenson held a one day Midwest conference to map strategy for the November elections. Delegates from 15 states discussed charges against Eisenhower policies and Stevenson delivered the keynote speech at a dinner. Brannan criticized the administration for farm policy and praised accountability at the executive level.
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Sioux Falls
D. Wr
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Midwest
Stevenson
Waterloo
Town
Brannan
Agriculture
Ezra Tait Benson
Dixon Yates Controversy Hearing Delayed Indefinitely
Washington hearings on the Dixon Yates private power contract for TVA service were postponed indefinitely after an AEC move. Senator Gore pressed for a copy of the draft while AEC refused to release it. Committee aides said the delay came as Cole requested more time and the hearings would be rescheduled once AEC indicates readiness.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates
Uder
Tennessee Valley
Aids
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Reduce Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valeley Authority
Sen. Gore
D-Teun
Eisenhower
Coneet
Gore
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Hin
Sai Aec
Rep
W. Stedling Cole
Cale
Stephen A. Mitchell
AEC
Spy Suspect Dies in Leap After Quiz
Nobu-Nori Eligurashi a 44 year old former Japanese Foreign Ministry official known as a Soviet expert leaped from the Tokyo district attorney’s office after a questioning session. He died moments after the inquiry ended as police escorted him. He had been arrested on August 14 for allegedly selling a military manual to Yuri Rastrov, a former Russian secret police agent, who sought the material in the United States.
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Tokyo
tGh
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
U.S
Yuri Rastvorov
United States
Warren heads east as daughter recovers from minor surgery
Justice Warren says he will fly back to Washington Sunday after visiting daughter Nina Bear Warren who is recovering well from a Friday minor operation. Surgeon Dr. James Doyle reports the condition as good and declined to disclose the procedure’s nature.
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Santa Munlgn
Lar
Warren
Washington
Nina
Joney) Bear
Floods Devastate China Across Yangtze Flood Regions
A traveler and businessmen report widespread flooding in multiple Chinese provinces. Thousands of square miles of rice lands flooded. Yangtze basin areas north of Changsha hit hard. Claims 30,000 dead, many children, due to disease following the flood.
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Nong Wong
Kiwangsi
Luichow
Gay
Yiewan
Mong Kong
Catholic Welfare Center
Lui
Ling Thu
Changsha
Tianan Province
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Scheels
Coast Ship Firm
Wite
Triangle Trace
Goodyear
Deckers
ILA
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Charles Brann
Tse
Dale Book Store
Pine Ave
New Dale Book
Dole
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DERBY
Compton
Onitthon
Long Beach Blvd
Kear Oliva
North Long
Allanhiefe Harding
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