Prison to Be Asked for Illegal Lobbyists
Gov. Warren will seek penalties for illegal lobbying in a sweeping bill to be ready for the special session opening. The measure would require lobbyists to register with the Secretary of State, disclose subjects and employers, and itemize expenditures with vouchers for amounts above a minimum. Employers must report payments. violations could include fines, imprisonment, and loss of lobbyist privileges. The bill also covers campaign contributions and bans state officers from receiving fees for lobbying before any state body.
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Warren
Secretary of State
Legisla Sacramento
Tlon
Matthews Visit Seen as Hopeful Sign for Shipyard
Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews will visit Long Beach to inspect the U S Naval Shipyards and study subsidence effects. Local groups hope the trip signals a potential reversal of the planned closure on June 30 1950, with discussions also planned about Hunter's Point and subsidence tests tied to oil withdrawal reductions on Terminal Island.
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Secretary of the Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Navy
Long Beach
U. S. Naval Shipyards
Matthews
Vickers
Clyde Doyle
Washington
Doyle
Terminal Island
Douglas Undergoes Surgery on Legs
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Lewis W. Douglas, U. S. ambassador to Britain, was operated on at Doctors Hospital today for relief of vein ailment in both legs.
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Douglas
New York
Lewis W. Douglas
U. S
Britain
Doctors Hospital
Celiet
Liege
Southland Endures Severe Storms Across Southern California
Rapid weather upheaval battered the region with 85 mph winds at Daggett and gusts to 44 mph on Catalina Island. Coast guard distress calls followed high seas and swamped boats while Long Beach and San Diego reported damage from broken windows to uprooted trees. Snow observed above 3500 feet with flurries reaching Altadena.
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California
Weather Bureau
Point Conception
San Diego
Ven Nationic
Daggett
Sandberg
Catalina Island
Palm Springs-Indie
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Cookie
Laguna Beach
Newport Harbor
Walker’s
Long Beach Municipal
Marine Exchanger
Southland
Santa Monica
Altadena
San Gabriel
Eight Children Die as Cascade House Fire Claims Youths
WILLIAMSPORT Pa December 10 Eight children perished in a roaring inferno that leveled the two story Cascade home in minutes. Victims were Edward 13 Henry 12 Joseth 11 Raymond 9 Robert 7 Phyllis Beverly 3 Birtriss 3 and Beatrice 1, all children or stepchildren of Bert Edkins. Only Edkins his wife and stepson Edward Colegrave 14 survived. Deputy Sheriff Carl R Rosser of Lycoming County reported flames enveloped the house when he arrived and it was impossible to rescue anyone.
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Williamsport
Cascade
Here
Edward
Henry
Joseth
Raymond
Robert
Phyllis Beverly
Birtriss
Beatrice
Bert Edkins
Edkins
Rosser
Nine Die as Fog and Blizzard Hit Midcontinent
Associated Press reports a severe midcontinent storm system brings dense fog freezing rain and blizzards across eight states. The nor’easter ushers zero cold, highway crashes cause multiple deaths, including a rancher in Texas and seven injured near St Joseph Missouri, with air travel halted at Chicago Municipal Airport.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Montana
California
Maine
Midwest
Texas
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
William McLelland
Dangerous Oregon asylum escapees may be in L A
Oregon state police said two dangerous criminal insane patients who escaped December 2 may be in California, possibly the Los Angeles area. The men, Robert M. Burr of Oregon City and Marion E Watson of Manteca, California, fled to Los Angeles last year and were recaptured there after a prior escape. A car stolen from the Salem state hospital where they overpowered guards was traced to the Oregon California border. The two companions also escaped with them.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
California
Los Angeles
State Hospital
Oregon-California
Robert M. Burr
Oregon City
Marion E £. Watson
Manteca
Calif
Kentuckian, 62, Weds 16-Year-Old on Main Street
In Whitesburg Kentucky a 62-year-old sawmill operator and his 16-year-old fiancée were married by a minister on a busy Main Street outside the Kentucky Theater. Witnesses, about 20 to 30 Christmas shoppers, watched the spontaneous ceremony as J. M. Maggard of Eolia united Lillie Stidham and the groom in front of the crowd.
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Whitesburg
UPA
J. M. Maggard
Eolia
Lillie Stidham
Kentucky Theater
Main St
Chiang Kai Shek Flees As Chengtu Falls Nears
ING KONG Sunday Dec 11 Chiang Kai shek fled before advancing Communist troops to Formosa last night and today’s dispatches said the fall of Chengtu, the last major nationalist city on the mainland, was expected momentarily. The news indicated nationalist China's mainland hope was fading as Yunnan province reportedly deserted to the Communists opening the Reds’ path toward Indo-China and beyond. Chiang arrived in Formosa last night aboard his personal plane.
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Ing Kong
Chiang Kaishek
China
Formosa
Chengtu
Yunnan
Indo-China
India
Burma
Chiang
Plane Missing After Flight From Eugene to Los Angeles
A private Cessna monoplane with four aboard departed Eugene bound for Los Angeles and was reported missing. State police said California authorities are asked to check airports for clues to the plane's whereabouts, piloted by Ray Hyland.
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Eugene
Ore
Los Angeles
California
Ray Hyland
Board of Education Unveils $14 Million School Plan
Local education leaders draft a tentative $14,000,000 program to build 13 new schools to accommodate city growth. Highlights include Kittyhawk Day at Municipal Airport and a busy shopping season with downtown shuttle buses starting tomorrow. News items span aviation, industry, and editorial features across sections A and B.
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Board of Education
Kittyhawk
Yule
Local News Section Navigation Note
The listing outlines contents by page area and section names such as Luncheon Clubs Nearby Communities Public Forum Radio and Television Realty News Schools Sports Theaters Waterfront and Womens Activities.
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Public Forum
French disfavor of Marshall Plan shown in poll
Paris reports a survey by the Marshall Plan organization finds most Frenchmen know little of the plan and dislike what they know. Only four in 100 favor it. 38 percent of those familiar say it benefits France. Spokesmen note lower support than a year earlier.
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Paris
United States
France
Thomas K. Hodges
BCA
Eric Stern
New York
Stern
Crippled Hawaii Plane Lands Safe in California
A four-engine C-54 military transport, flying from Honolulu with one dead engine and another faulty, landed safely at Fairfield Suisun Base, California. Crew of five and eight passengers rode through a 200 mile glide with three air-rescue planes guiding the final approach in an orderly landing.
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Fairfield
Suisun Base
Calif
Honolulu
Pacific
New York plans water vacation to curb crisis
New Yorkers will be asked to skip water use for three to six hours next week as reservoirs fall to 9 percent of capacity. Water Commissioner Stephen J. Carney announced the measure amid a worsening supply and a 25 percent capacity level that threatens normal pressure. The plan mirrors wartime conservation and aims to cut daily consumption by 200 million gallons.
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New York
Stephen J. Carney
New York City
Carney
Auto Plunges From 300-Foot Palos Verdes Cliff
Strong gusts blew a 1941 Packard off a Palos Verdes cliff overlooking the ocean near Pt Vicente Lighthouse. Lloyd Trout and Harold Wilson, both 23 and 24, of Manhattan Beach, had parked on the cliff brow and, after opening the doors to enjoy the view, could not halt the car as wind pushed it toward the edge. The vehicle tumbled to the shale beach below and was completely demolished.
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Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes, Dr
Pt. Vicente
Lloyd Trout
Manhattan Beach
Harold Wilson
Trout
Wilson
Ward and Party Meet Delay in Leaving Tientsin
Aboard Lakeland Victory at Taku Bar, Angus Ward and the Mukden consulate staff face a 16 hour tug voyage from Tientsin in bitter cold. The evacuees depart noon with 20 elder members, undergo quick upon-boarding checks, and await fuller medicals the next day.
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Tientsin
Lakeland Victory
Taku Bar
Angus Ward
Hs Mukden
Red China
Jong
Han River
Lakeland
North Korea Reds Release 2 Americans
Two Americans, Aldfred T. Meschter of Kinderhook and Albert E. Willis of Brooklyn, were released from North Korea after seven weeks. They crossed into South Korea at 3:31 p.m. and were handed to Harold J. Noble, third secretary of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, along with other officials who had ventured into the north earlier.
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Sequl
Korea
North Korea
Aldfred T.meschter
Kinderhook
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
South Korea
Harold J
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City
Samuel E. Vickers
Beache
San Francisco
Hunter's Point
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