Dusty Oklahoma style smog hits Southland crowds
A dust storm driven by wind blankets California and Oklahoma style dust affects Los Angeles residents and workers. Mrs. Warren Bowman from Topeka says dust is worse in her origin, while Rose Marie Vann of the Lafayette Hotel reports heavy dust inside closed windows. Scotty Pendergrass expects business at Scotty's Auto Wash to rise once dust subsides. George J. Givens and Bill Finney describe dust as a daily nuisance, with containers needing frequent cleaning and reduced comfort for shoppers.
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Warren Bowman
Tivoli Dr
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Rose Marie Vann
Lafayette Hotel
Scotty) Pendergrass
Scotty
Third St
Linden Ave
George J. Givens
W. Sixth , St
Bill Finney
Locust Ave
Florida
Rover
Bohlen Presents Ike's Atomic Plan to Russ
U S Ambassador Charles Bohlen met Molotov in Moscow presenting President Eisenhower's plan for an international atomic pool for peaceful uses. State Department noted no formal Soviet response yet while indicating formal steps to advance the U N backed proposal remain under consideration.
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Bohlen
Ike
Russ
Washington
U. S
Charles Bohlen
Molotov
Moscow
Eisenhower
State Department
U. N
Henry Suydam
International Atomic Energy Agency
Fragmentary Page Marker From A-4 Contination Note
Partial OCR fragment shows continued reference to Page A-4 column 2. Missing context prevents full summary but indicates cross-page continuation line from column 2. No names, dates, or events readable.
U S Officials Depart for NATO Conclave
Washington sends top diplomat and military leaders to Paris to press NATO for higher defense goals and firepower while warning of possible cuts in European economic aid and military deployments. Delegation includes Dulles Humphrey and Wilson. NATO to review progress, global outlook, and 1954 goals.
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Washington
IUF
Paris
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
NATO Council
U. S
Europe
NATO
Soviet Union
Malibu Grass Fire Contained After 400 Acre Blaze
Winds to 70 mph pushed a grass and brush fire in Corral Canyon toward Malibu Beach. Firefighters confined the flames to a single canyon three miles from the coast, burning 400 acres and threatening about 160 mountain homes. A garage and shed burned. cars suffered scorched paint. Some families evacuated briefly before returning.
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Los Angeles
Malibu Beach
Keith Klinger
al Brown
Baldwin Park
Klinger
Corral Canyon
Solstice
Latigo
H. E. Waring
Ocean
Weather update shows dusty haze tonight and Saturday
Considerable dust and haze affect conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures forecast for Saturday. Highs rise into the warm range as winds shift, reducing visibility and prompting caution for outdoor activities.
Dusty Winds Paralyze Southern California With High Gusts
A dry desert wind gusting to 80 mph swept across Southern California, choking Long Beach with dust and reducing visibility to under a mile. Coast guard forecasters warned ongoing dust and haze through Friday night, easing by Saturday afternoon.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
California
Ontario
Coast Guard
State Division of Forestry
Orange
Santa Ana Canyon
Santa Ana Valley
Orange County
Seal Beach
SKY MYSTERY: Kansas City Showered With Tinfoil
Streamers of tinfoil drifted over Kansas City causing power outages as wires tangled under the foil. Officials at Forbes Air Base Topeka and the Central Air Defense Force denied knowledge of the strips which varied in length. Residents collected the pieces for Christmas decoration amid a citywide mystery.
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Kansas
City
Kansas City
Air Force
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Kan
Central Air Defense Force
Barrs Wife Jailed in Las Vegas Murder Case Build Up
Mrs Geraldine Barr 24 wife of Los Angeles murder suspect Anthony Barr was arrested in Las Vegas while attempting to board a train to Los Angeles. Detective McDorman and Patrolman Hamilton detained her to confer with the district attorney on possible charges of selling stolen fur to a dressmaker last month. The confrontation followed a Los Angeles newspaper publishing a first person account by Mrs Barr about life with the Ohio ex-convict accused of killing Andrew Kmiec last month.
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Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Anthony Barr
Geraldine Barr
Wayne McDorman
Doyle Hamilton
Barr
Ohio
Andrew Kmiec
Bris
Rednion
St. Louis
Casey Shawnan
Shawhan
Kay Parker
Gene Hackley
Las
Mother Still Hoping to See Turncoat Son
A long article item follows about the mother Portia Howe of Alden Minn seeking to visit her son, a U.S. prisoner of war with Communist ties. General Hull explains the policy blocking visits to Korea. The four armed robbers in Los Angeles were later jailed after a car crash near Gilroy. The piece notes the suspects Baxter Gay Evelyn Gay Jack Williams and Vern Shaeffer.
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Los Angeles
Gilroy
James A. Bryant
Pacheco Pass
Charles Baxter Gay
Evelyn Gay
Jack Williams
Vern Shaeffer
Folsom
O Gay
Long Beach
Bryant
Gey
Williams
Crenshaw
Venice
L. A
San Jose
Tall
Tokyo
Ghey
Korea
Jerry Root
Lister Free Lance
Portia Howe
Alden
Ac- Minn
Amelia
San Pedro
John E. Hull
U. S. Department of Defense
Hull
Defense Department
Howe
Washington
Meany Resigns as Aid Adviser to FOA
AFL President George Meany resigns as adviser to the Foreign Operations Administration charging the labor program is being dismantled. He cites firings of labor union representatives in FOA offices both domestically and abroad and FOA’s failure to aid labor organizations overseas.
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Washington
AFL
George Meany
Foreign Operations Administration
Meany
Harold Stassen
FOA
Jail Awaits Yale Season Drunk Driver
California Highway Patrol Commissioner B R Caldwell warned that every suspected drunken driver will be jailed during the holiday period. He noted Christmas and New Year’s Day fell on Friday and parties may start Thursday noon, increasing long trips and post drinking driving risks. He announced organized statewide traffic checks at strategic locations to remove drunken drivers from circulation.
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Sacramento
California
Highway Patrol
B. R. Caldwell
Newspaper Page Index References
A concise directory lists section locations by page and column across topics such as Beach Combing, Billy Rose, Boyle, Bridge, Classifieds, Comics, Crossword, Editorial, Financial, Obituaries, Radio and TV, Shipping Table, Sports, Theaters, Tides and Temperatures, Women, and Your World with page coordinates A-1 to B-11 for quick navigation.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Reds Planted Students in Seminary Probe
Inglewood report says two young men entered a seminary under Communist party directions and, after graduation, took church jobs. Rep. Donald Jackson stated the House committee learned of this in executive session and may subpoena the men. He did not identify them and believes the seminary was in Boston or another eastern city.
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Inglewood
Communist Party
Donald Jackson
Calis
House Un-American Activities Committee
Jackson
New York City
Boston
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