Reds threaten Berlin lifeline amid sovereignty clash
West German authorities warned East German Communists could cut rail and water routes into West Berlin and halt traffic through the Soviet zone. They said four power treaties, granting Berlin access and movement, may be voided as East Germany asserts sovereignty following Moscow accords. U S Ambassador Conant reaffirmed support for Berlin, flag visible during his Soviet zone drive.
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Berlin
Free Berlin
Bonn
West Berlin
West Germany
Soviet Zone
ACS
East Germany
Germany
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Moscow
I ‘Fhe Neues Deutschland
U. S
James EB
Conant
Ger- Thanxin
Hcity
20 30 Clubs Open 3 Day L B Meeting
Southern California 20 30 International clubs hold a three day educational meeting at Wilton Hotel. Convention chair Don Foster notes 500 to 700 to register. Programs include a roit tourneys, bowling, luncheon, classes, open forum and governor’s ball. Trophies awarded at Sunday luncheon. North Long Beach hosts the semiannual gathering. Ron Miller, Huntington Park club member, is district governor.
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Southern California
International
Wilton Hotal
Don Foster
Meadow Park Country Club
Virginia Bowl
Pam
North Long Beach
Ron Miller
Huntington Park Club
Long Beach Man Stabbed in $1 Holdup
Glenn C. Jones a 35 year old Long Beach resident was stabbed beaten and robbed of money by four attackers including a woman at the corner of J Anaheim Street and Ultimo Avenue around 2 25 a m He found to have facial body injuries and was treated at Community Hospital Police recovered Jones wallet near the scene
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Glenn C. Jones
Termino Ave
J. Anaheim St
Ultimo Ave
Jones
Community Tos
Faure Sets Jan 2 Vote on Assembly in France
Paris premier Edgar Faure and his cabinet announce January 2 as the election day for France’s new national assembly. The move follows a dissolved assembly and pits Faure against Mendes-France amid a broad party contest. In unrelated local news, Ernest Wood, longtime garage operator, dies at 74, survived by wife and family.
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Paris
Edgar l Faure
France
National Assembly
Beevens Faure
Pierre Mendes-France
Real Socialist Party
Mendes-France
Faure
First Friends
Ernest France
Algeria
IL Wood
Wood. Ri
Gardenia’ Ave
South St
American Automotive Assn
Long Beach
Youths Held in Abduction of Law Men
Sacramento police captured James M. Woosley and Ronald Garrett after a weekend abduction of Calaveras Sheriff Lester McFall and Deputy Russell Leach. Garrett surrendered when ordered to drop a pistol. Woosley remained at large briefly before being found hiding in a bathroom in Del Paso Heights. Both suspects had police records and the deputies escaped when Leach overpowered a third youth during the escape.
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Sacramento
James M. Woosley
Calaveras County
Lester McFall
Russell iLeach
Wooosley
Ronald 'Y. Garrett
Woosley
Robert Durkeson
George Mayberry
Del
Paso Heights
Albert Guerre
Garrett
Loren Feil
Guerre
Feil
Land Woosley
McFall
Leach
Secondary Reds Leader Surrenders in 1951 Plea
A second Communist Party leader in the United States surrendered under a 1951 indictment charging conspiracy to advocate violent overthrow of the government. James & Jackson Jr., former southern regional director, turned himself in at the office of U S Attorney Paul W. Williams in Taxco and was arraigned before Judge Edward Weinfeld, held on $20,000 bail with a hearing set for December 9.
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Sew
York Ufi
Communist Party
James & Jackson Jr
Friday Pate
Paul W. Williams
Taxco
Edward Weinfeld
Ex Governor Trades Alimony for Charges
City and airline reports show ex governor Johnston Murray’s divorce case disrupted air travel as six United flights were grounded and others delayed due to weather and a pending alimony settlement. Passengers diverted to trains. hotel accommodations arranged for some. The suit accuses Murray of drunkenness and infidelity. his attorneys plan an amended petition.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Stapleton Field
Clim
New York
Murray
East
Indicted in stolen car racket run from prison cell
Federal jurors in Brooklyn indict 20 men led by Vigorito on charges of running a car theft ring from Leavenite prison. Cars were stolen in surrounding states, painted, reengineered, and rebadged with forged papers for a $250 fee each. The ring moved operatives to select specialists and moved cars to New York for disposal.
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New York
T— A
Long Island
Vigor Minded
Leavvenite
Swerth
Kan
Vigorite
U. S. Atty
Howard
Sabato
Gliedman
Officer Drives Off Burglary Suspect At Hardware Store
At 1 a.m. a burglar shattered a display window at Sportsman's Hardware Store on Atlantic Avenue. Two special officers fired five shots to foil the break in as the suspect fled through the broken glass. No loss reported. a jack handle was found inside. Officer Frank W. Teel pursued the suspect after seeing the alarm and attempted to stop the car with gunfire.
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Sportsman's Hardware
Atlantic Ave
Frank W. Teel
Board of Education
Burnett
Hill St
Hel
Teel
Knowland Hints He May Stay Undecided On 1956
Gettysburg Pa UPI says Senator Knowland of California doubts Eisenhower has decided on a second term. House Republican leader Martin of Massachusetts predicts Ike will run if doctors approve. They spoke after separate meetings with the President. Knowland favors a balanced budget and modest tax relief. He also backs vetoing Outer Mongolia’s UN admission, while noting the administration is not ready to veto. He cautions against any deadline for Ike’s decision and says the country should have ample time to choose between possible alternates.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Senate
Knowland
Celifornia
Eisenhower
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Kknowland
Congress
Krnowland
Post Office
California
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
Knowlend
Krowland
Orange Philharmonic Concert Tonight in Anaheim Auditorium
The Anaheim City Schools program by Francis F. Martin features the 38 piece Orange County Philharmonic Society orchestra conducted by Frieda Belinfante at 8:30 in the Anaheim Union High School auditorium. The program includes Berlioz Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust Brahms Fourth Symphony in E minor and Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade. Admission is free as policy.
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Anaeim
Francis F. Martin
Anaheim
Orange County Philharmonic Society
Anaheim Union High School
Frieda Belinfante
Berlioz
Faust
Brahms
Rimsky-Korsakov
Word Is His Bond New SF Mayor Keeps Campaign Promise
San Francisco mayor elect George Cristopher fulfills a key pledge by filling the press room water cooler with bonded bourbon whiskey, delighting City Hall reporters who covered his campaign.
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San Francisco
George Cristopher
Cristopher
Bridge Collapse Over Rio Grande In Eagle Pass
At least 32 people were injured when a 400 foot span bridge linking Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras collapsed Friday. 28 remain hospitalized with varying injuries while authorities rerouted traffic over a temporary crossing opened Thursday.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio [der
Grandes
Piedras- Negras
J. C
Clackley
Austin Bridge Co
Dalllas
Hereberto Garcia
Piedras
Weenas
Mexico
Us l Jing
Henderson youth charged after spree of six stolen cars
James Richard Metcalf, 16, of Henderson, Kentucky, is jailed on a count of grand larceny after allegedly stealing six vehicles in a statewide spree. Police say he rammed a tree in Indiana, abandoned several cars near Kentland and Evansville, then arrived in Henderson and was arrested at a restaurant parking lot. Bond set at $1,000.
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Henderson
Danisan
Jax
Chaney
Nisht Sig
Métcalt
Inneratea m Freemen
Kentland
Ind
Evansville
O. X
James Richard
Metcalf
Ohio River
Louisville
Recs
Canadian plane crash in France kills six
Six died and eight injured when a Canadian transport plane carrying soldiers home crashed in Montmedy forest near the Belgian border. Seventeen aboard, three survived unhurt. Names of the dead withheld until next of kin are notified. The Bristol freighter originated from Gros Tenequin near Metz, bound for Marville airfield.
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Montmedy
France
Montmedy Forest
Marwille Airfield
Fire devastates 1000 Japanese buildings reported in Tokyo
Tokyo reports a massive blaze destroying nearly a thousand buildings and homes. Four people were killed as investigators probe the cause amid an amitrai island group flare. Officials from the Municipal Transport Dept. said the fire started in a building washroom as a news service noted.
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Tokyo
Breda
Holland
Lire
Amarai Island
Wright Plane Engine Builder Seized By FBI Among Most Wanted
LOS ANGELES reports that Charles B. Taylor 87 the Wright brothers engine builder and longtime charity case was admitted to General Hospital destitute. He receives $800 yearly from Orville Wright's fund. An Aircraft Industry Association spokesman pledged housing and lifelong support. CHICAGO details John Allen Kendrick 58 a top wanted gunman was captured in a Loop hotel after evading identification. He allies with Tri-State Gang and escaped prison multiple times. FBI agent David Hostetter confirmed Kendrick's Chicago activity.
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Los Angeles
Wright Brothers
Charles B. Taylor
General Hospital
Taylor
Orville Wright
The
Airocraft Industry Assn
Traylor
Chicago
John Allen Kendrick
FBI
Kendrick
No Name
George A. Claines
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Washington, D D. C
David Hostetter
PBS
Kendricks
Salvation Army Drives Cheer Collection at Yale
Salvation Army corps members on Long Beach street corners again stand with kettles and tripods as Maj. Howard Sloan urges locals to keep the pot boiling amid rising requests for Christmas aid. Contributions fund budget subsidies, items for hospitalized patients, and prisoner and veteran support, with past efforts totaling gifts to VA Hospital, Rancho Las Amigos, Golden Agers, and shut-ins.
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Salvation Army
Long Beach
Howard Sloan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Rancho Las Amigos
Boy Hurt Jumping Into Path of Car Near Anaheim
Nine year old Robert W. Smirl was seriously injured Friday after he leaped from a four foot embankment into the street on Katolla Road near Haster Street in Anaheim. The driver Herbert C. Hadley of Orange said the boy appeared to be playing a game and did not see the approaching car.
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Anaheim
Katolla Rd
Haster St
Robert W. Smirl
William Smirl
Orangewood St
Orange
California
Herbert C. Hadley
Larkspur St. Orange
Research conference draws 150 medics at VA hospital
About 150 physicians psychiatrists clinical psychologists and researchers met Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital for a psychosomatic phenomena research conference. The session was sponsored by the Veterans Administration psychology research committees of Southern California. Local participants included Drs. Frank J. Kirkner Myron Ford John D. French Charlyne Seymour and ELV Edwards.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans Administration Psychology' Research Camatittes
Southern California
Frank J. Kirkner
Myron] Ford
John D. French
Charlyne
Judge Metes Prison Term in 23c Theft
Santa Ana two men with prior records were sentenced to prison by Judge John Shea for second degree burglary. Millard Grant Dunman 28 of Balboa admitted entering a Huntington Beach drive-in restaurant on Oct 29 and stealing 100 dollars. Donald Eugene Rainey 29 a transient admitted burglary of a Fullerton case. The pair received terms up to 10 years. A separate note reports a helicopter crash at Miles Square Field near Westminster with Maj. Herman A. Nelson and Sgt Calvin H. Redcliff aboard. malfunction caused landing with damage to the craft.
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Santa Ana
John Shea
Millard Grant Dunman
Balboa
Huntington Beach
Donald Eugene Rainey
Fullerton
Dunman
Bay
Coast Hwy
Rainey
W. Highland St
Marine Corps Air Facility
Mile Square Field
el Toro Marine Air Station
Public Information Office
United States to lend Argentina $60 million steel plant aid
Argentina to receive a $60 million loan from the United States to complete a steel plant at San Nicolas in northern Buenos Aires Province. Dr. Raul Prebisch announced the aid after talks with U S official Henry Holland and Export-Import Bank head Samuel Waugh. Final papers to be signed soon.
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Buenos Aires
Upi
United States
Argentina
Raul Prebisch
Pedro Aramburu
Henry F. Holland
U. S
Inter- American Affairs
Prebiseh
Samuel C. Waugh
U. S. Export-Import Bankk
Frebisch
Peron
Peronistas
Prebisch
San Nicolas
Rosario
Atom Agency Wins Support of Assembly
United Nations General Assembly votes unanimously for a program to create a world atoms for peace agency next year. The plan notes progress by the United States and seven other nations on a draft statute and welcomes Brazil Czechoslovakia India and Russia joining negotiations. It approves a world conference to consider the final statute.
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United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
U. Ns
Israel
United States
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
India
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Belgium
Australia
Portugal
South Africa
Hollywood couple Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis expect baby
Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, married four and a half years, expect their first child early next summer. The Hollywood pair, then in Europe for picture work, will return to Southern California for Christmas activities with friends and the Nova Scotia Society. A Christmas Dinner meeting at Knott's Berry Farm is noted with bagpiping and dancing to follow.
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Leigh
Hollywood
Janet Leigh
Tony Curtis
Nova Scotia Society of
Southern California
Nell
Knott's Berry Farm
Europe
Whitman
Claremont
Man Buried Alive in Ditch Rescued by Plumber Hero
In San Francisco Wisconsin a ditch collapse on Friday buried William McKnight as rain soaked the site. Alfred Ricardi, a four year old plumber, leaped in and freed his face after ten minutes, reviving him as others and firemen freed him after about thirty minutes. McKnight suffered a fractured collarbone and bruises.
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San Francisco
Wiliam McKnight
Mecknight
Alfred Ricardi
McKnight
Navy Transports Run to Seattle Set for Late Next Week
Two U S Navy transports from the Far East are scheduled to dock in Seattle late next week. The Gen. M. M. Patrick is due Friday and the Gen. W. M. Mitchell is due Saturday.
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Navy
Seattle
Far East
M. M. Patrick
W. M. Mitchell
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Orange Philharmonic
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Metz
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