Nurse Admits She Is Mother of Foundling Child
A 23 year old nurse from Honolulu confessed to giving birth to a two hour old infant found abandoned on a doorstep in Gardena and later called police. The child is hospitalized in Harbor General Hospital and the mother will not be prosecuted but a ward of the juvenile court petition is filed.
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Gardena
Honolulu
Sheriff's Department
Pet
Lillian Copeland
Harbor General Hospital
Three Small Girls Die in Apartment House Fire
Three young girls died in a Sunday apartment fire despite tenants efforts to save them. The victims were Virginia Guild age 5 Janet 18 months and Mary Jane Balukonis age 3.
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Suningfl
Mass
Virginia Guild
Janet
Mary Jane Balukonis
New First Lady Delighted With Her Home-to-Be
Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower visited the White House to meet Mrs. Harry Truman in a historic moment as Mamie Eisenhower prepares to move into the 54 room mansion on Jan. 20. Cameramen and reporters swarmed, chronicling the on scene ceremony and fashion as the two women spoke.
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White House
Dwight D
Mamie
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Ave
Harry Truman
Weari I
Mamie Wishower
Besman
Last of World War I Big Four Vittorio Orlando Dies
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 92, longtime Italian statesman and last survivor of World War I Big Four, died at 8:55 tonight at his home after a week of critical illness. Sen. Giuseppe Romita announced the death, with Orlando fading into a deep coma toward the end.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele Orlandy
Tely
Sen
Giuseppe Romita
Italian Socialist Party
Orlando
Eisenhower names foreign staff for new administration
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower focuses on international affairs after a busy weekend naming top foreign staff officers. The announced list includes John Foster Dulles as secretary of state designa te Winthrop Aldrich as ambassador to Great Britain Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to head the U N delegation and Harold Stassen to head the Mutual Security Agency. Dulles and Vandenberg visited the Eisenhower residence before brief calls with Lodge Aldrich and others.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop
Addrich
U. S
Great Britain
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Mutual Security
Dulles
Vandenberg
Snow blankets fail to halt Chinese assaults at Sniper Ridge
Snow fell across the 155 mile front as Chinese forces pressed three attacks on Rocky Point and Pinpoint Hill. U N troops reported 64 communists killed in four skirmishes while Marine Air Group 2 and a handful of Shooting Stars struck targets despite poor weather.
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Seoul
Sniper Ridge
Central Asia
United Press
Victor Kendrick
Canton Front
Rocky Point
Pinpoint Hill
U. N
Marine Air Group 2
45Th Air Force
Seoul Prepares with Guarded Streets for Ike Visit
Armored cars patrol Seoul as U S Marines guard key bases and hotels for President elect Eisenhower's visit. Jeeps armed with machine guns cluster outside headquarters while a Secret Service detail stays nearby. Civilians face strict ID checks and officials report mine detectors in use. One American marine is wounded in a northern road ambush near Seoul amid heightened security.
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Seoul
U.S
Eisenhower
8Th Army
5Th Air Force
Secret Service
U. S
Korea
Gunman Seizes $1300 in Bank Holdup on Pine
A armed bandit robbed the Bank of America on First Street and Pine Avenue near noon. He escaped with about $1300. Descriptions: about 25 year old, Navy pea jacket and tan slacks. He fled into a rain-soaked crowd during the noon rush.
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Pine
Bank of America
First St
Pine Ave
Reds Charge UN Bombed POW Camp in Korea
In Munsan Korea Communist truce negotiators accused U N of bombing a Red prisoner of war camp holding U N POWs on November 26. They said three U N POWs were wounded two seriously and that the camp bore conspicuous markings.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
U.N
Christine Jorgensen Completes Danish Hospital Treatment
Christine Jorgensen, 26, finalizes hormone therapy and gender change surgery in Denmark and plans to return to the Bronx. She says she is happy to be a woman and hopes to work in color photography in the United States. Doctors decline to share details of the procedures.
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New York Daily News
George Jorgensen Dr
Christine Jorgensen
Jorgensen
U.S. Army
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bronx
New York City
George Jorgensen Jr
Christine
United States
Rigs Hospitalet
Cristian Hamburger
Formone
Miss Jorgensen
Wife's Baby Images Live In Eternity
A young Marine in Korea writes a letter to his wife after learning a son was born. A mortar shell slashes his jugular, ending his life as comrades grieve. Navy corpsman Kearney rushes to aid in a futile effort while Sgt Mottola and Lt Stephens console each other and condemn the war.
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William C. Barnard
Korea
Navy
John E. Kearney
Woodside
WN. Y
Kearney
Doc
Flore Mottola
Mt. Vernon
Thomas Stephens
Granite City
Musick Seeks Ban on Draw Poker in Orange County
Santa Ana sheriffs official urged the Orange County Board of Supervisors to outlaw all draw poker as police problems rise in card parlors. County Counsel to draft ordinance. reception at reading unclear. Some cities already banned the game, pushing it into county territory.
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Santa Ana
Sher James
Musick
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Joel E. Ogle
Reading
Orange County
Weather Update: Rain Tonight and Storm Warnings Tuesday
Rain and showers expected tonight into Tuesday with windy conditions and a storm warning through 5 PM Tuesday. Temperatures to stay nearly steady with little change.
Wife Retains Two Attorneys for Defense in Murder Case
Mrs Frances Conant Thorpe, 41, accused of murdering her husband Herman Theo dore Thorpe, 52, in Seal Beach on Thanksgiving Day, has hired two former Orange County district attorneys S B Kaufman of Anaheim and Z B West of Santa Ana. Officer Dowdy filed the complaint in Santa Ana Court. Evidence suggests Thorpe died about 1 30 PM after a drinking incident at 131 Sixth St Seal Beach. Mrs Thorpe, who reported the death, says she regained consciousness after passing out and hitting her head. She remains jailed in Orange County.
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Frances Conant Thorpe
Herman Theodore Thorpe
theirSeal Beach
S. B. Kaufman
Anaheim
Z. BR. West
Santa Pane
Orange County
William Dowdy
Seal Beach
James J. Davis
Santa Ana
Court of Justice
Howard Cameron
Thorpe
Sixth St. Seal Beach
Felice
Kaufman
West
Defense Dept Lists 66 New Korean War Casualties
The Defense Department identified 66 more Korean War casualties in list No. 703. Among them six are dead, 54 wounded, four missing in action, and two injured in battle zone accidents.
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UPI
Defense Department
Regional Newspaper Index of Sections and Pages
A fragmented listing enumerates where to find content in the newspaper. It names sections such as Beach Combing on Page B-1 and Boyle on Page A-7, with various other pages for Bridge Pace, Classified Ads, Comics, Croswords, Editorials, Financials, Obituaries, Radio and TV, Shipping, Sports, Theatres, Women’s Actives, and Southland Center sections.
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Boyle
Bridge
Pace
Jaitorial
Southland
Eastern Air Lines Flight Engineers Strike Cripples Big Planes
A walkout by AWL Flight Engineers International Association cripples Eastern Air Lines operations. President Eddie Rickenbacker calls the action illegal under the Railway Labor Act as Constellation and Super Constellation fleets are grounded east of the country. Cities affected include New York Boston Miami and Puerto Rico. Two thirds of stranded passengers may be rebooked on other planes or carriers.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Eddie Rickenbacker
AWL Flight Engineers International Association
Big Constellation
Rickenbacker
Boston
Miami
Rooksenville
Fla
Louisville
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
St. Louis
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Eastern Air Lines
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Danish
Frances C. Thorpe
Defense Dept
East Air Line
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