Philadelphia Trolley Car Loses Race With Death
A Philadelphia tailor, 34, died last night on a racing trolley that's 15 blocks long in a bid to save his wife. Harry B. Embick collapsed. Motorman James Wright directed a rendezvous 13 blocks away, three from Misericordia Hospital, where he died en route. Police and firemen met the trolley at the rendezvous to transfer Embick to an emergency car. resuscitation failed.
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Hiladelphia, Dec, & i
Harry B. Embick
Misericordia Hospital
Embick
James Wright
Couple Ask Court to Quiet Neighbors Children
Dallas report: Mr and Mrs Rea Moseley sue eight neighbor families with children seeking a temporary injunction. A District Court hearing is set for December 28 to stop horns whistles cowbells and loud screaming they say disrupts peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
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Dallas
Rea
Moseley
Neight
Blood donor marks town flood record in Claflin
In Claflin Kansas 156 pints were donated at the Red Cross mobile unit yesterday, a new national record surpassing the previous 155 pints set at Fort Riley. Nina Wisler led the collection as nurse in charge, noting the local population of about 57.
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Claflin
Kan
At Cross
Nina Wisler
Red Cross
Fort Riley
Business Group Plans to Secede from Eureka
A Bucksport business group voted to secede from the city of Eureka, buckling the oldest community in Humboldt County. The move cites lack of improvements and no playgrounds as the core grievance, with Bucksport’s roughly 2,000 residents on the outskirts seeking autonomy.
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Business Group
Eureka
Bucksport
Hurmboldt County
Reservation mix up at Oliver Hotel over Notre Dame game
A Dallas woman asked for a Oct 12 reservation at the Oliver Hotel in South Bend, but Oct 12 had passed. She clarified she meant Oct 12, 1951 when Notre Dame plays SMU again, prompting polite but firm correction from the manager. In Tecumseh a bay horse set ablaze after an E on a report card fire forced temporary church basement classes, causing no damage.
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South Bend
Ind
Louise Myers
Dallas
Texas
Ae Ryan
Oliver Hotel
Ryan
Miss Myers
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
Tecumseh
Mich
Dee
Next Time Snake Will Wash Himself
STILLWATER Oklahoma A M student Dan Welch of wildlife management attempted to bathe his pet rattlesnake and was bitten. Welch was reported to be recovering from the bite today.
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Stillwater
Okla
Dee
B. M
Dan Welch
Oklahoma A. & M
Welch
Latin Nations Hit by Heavy Rains
Central and South American nations mobilized relief efforts after a 30 hour downpour caused extensive damage in Venezuela Costa Rica and Trinidad. About 20 000 people were left homeless with two deaths and crop and property losses surpassing 1 090 000. Helicopters joined rescue operations in Venezuela s Barlovento coffee belt to assist affected communities.
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Venezuela
Costa Rica
Trinidad
Barlovento
Rising unemployment exhausts jobless benefits nationwide
The Labor Department reports about 500000 workers drained their unemployment benefits in the July-September quarter as jobless figures rise and relief programs tighten. Despite rising employment, many face exhausting benefits and must seek direct relief or live with relatives while still hoping to find work. California and Massachusetts show the largest year over year increases in exhaustions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Theople
Census Bureau
California
Massachusetts
Summer Orange Crop Payments Hit $1,917,000
Mutual Orange Distributors reported 1,917,000 in summer crop payments to member shippers for fruit received at its Anaheim plant. Checks totaling 793,000 were mailed, supplementing 1,124,000 in advance payments by Rio Geld Citrus Products. Further payments will follow as inventories are labeled across Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Ventura, Tulare and Los Angeles counties.
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Mutual Orange Distributors
Anaheim
Robbins Russell
Co-Operative
Rio
Russel
Orange
San Diego
San Bernardino
Ventura
Tulare
Los Angeles
Seek Capital From Middle-Incomers, Industrialists Told
A national industrial congress urged middle-income savers to fund venture capital, while calling for a five year plan against welfare state expansion. Executives pressed enterprise, workers, and neighbors to cooperate amid debates by 3000 delegates at the National Association of Manufacturers annual meeting in New York.
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EW York
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Waldorf- Astoria
Edward C. Gray
New York Stock Exchange
Gray
Psychiatrists Urge Locking Up All Morals Offenders
A group of psychiatrists testifying before an Assembly committee urged locking up all sex offenders. They opposed death penalties or brain surgery for offenders against young girls and called for rehabilitation, tighter controls, and training for professionals. They proposed a $500,000 program budget.
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Los Angeles
Assembly
Marcus Crahan
J. Paul de River
Torch of Hope Top Award for Gimbel
Ellis A. Gimbel became the first easterner awarded the Torch of Hope national award at a Philadelphia dinner. The 1949 honor was given to the Philadelphia merchant philanthropist described as synonymous with service to humanity.
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Enmiladelphia
Philadelphia
Ellis A. Gimbel
Enver Hoxha Sees Gallows in Tirana Market
Belgrade based Politika reports Albania’s premier Enver Hoxha installed a gallows in Tirana’s main marketplace as a warning to political opponents. A man was reportedly left hanging in the gallows all day, framed as part of a merciless physical extermination campaign against anti communist Albanians sympathetic to Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Enver
Hoxha
Politika
Dleft
Tirana
New Yorkers Brace For Severe Water Shortage
New York City imposes strict water cuts as reservoirs fall to about 658 million gallons, guiding bans on car washing, pool filling, and subway tiled-wall cleaning. Police wardens will patrol for leaks and fines rise for nonessential uses. City officials warn of a possible ghost city if rains do not return.
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New York
Stephen J.’. Carney
Brooklyn
Carney
Upstate
Westchester County
Edward J. Clark
City Hall
Multi billion Suits Tossed Out of Court
Federal Judge Harry C. Westover dismissed three suits totaling 156 billion against Standard Oil of California Bank of America and various officials. Promoters Arthur R. Van Wyke and A. E. Harrison alleged loss of profits from a metallic lubricant venture and claimed rights to the name Diamond Lil Inc. The judge said no proper cause of action existed and the suits appeared frivolous.
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Los Angeles
Der
Harry C. Westover
Arthur R. van Wyke
A. E. Harrison
Standard Om! of California
Bank of America
Mae West
Diamond Lil. Inc
Westover
Governor's Parley Urges Stricter Sex Crime Controls
California leaders from medicine, law enforcement and prosecution at Governor Warren's day-long conference advocated stronger sex crime curbs. Proposals include automatic first-degree murder for sex crimes against children under 14, funding for a state hospital for criminally insane offenders, use of past offenses to show pattern, fingerprinting of offenders, higher sodomy penalties, and state-backed research into causes and prevention.
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Vacaville
Solano County
Naval
San Francisco
Edmund Brown
Tailman
Walter Bromberg
New York
Bellevue Clinic
Fuller
Fred Stroble
Los Angeles
William Simpson
Simpson
Linda Joyce Glarott
Gls Lead Posse to Cache of Loot
In Amite Louisiana two Fort Bragg soldiers guided sheriff deputies to a hollow stump where they hid more than four thousand dollars taken in the Kenwood branch robbery of the Guaranty Bank of Hammond. Sheriff Tom Sanders said charges would be filed later today.
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Amite
Fort Bragg
4. C
Kenwood
Guaranty Bank
Hammond
Tom Sanders
Coast Guard Almanac Tide and Temperature Summary
Sunrise at 6 46 a m and sunset at 4 44 p m. Moonrise 8 39 p m Moonset 1 03 a m. Tides show high 12 50 a m at 3 3 ft and low 4 02 a m at 3 0 ft. Foregoing statistics by L S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Long Beach Lifeguards report water temperature and calm surf conditions.
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L. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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