Arraign Barr in Whittier for Murder
Anthony J. Zilbauer alias Barr, captured in St Louis, was arraigned in Whittier on murder charges against Andrew Kmiec, an insurance adjuster. Judge Guirado ordered a next Wednesday preliminary hearing and held him without bail. He said he had no attorney yet and was returned to Los Angeles jail after the arraignment.
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Barr
Anthony Zilbauer
Anthony
Man
Andrew Kmiec
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles
Geraldine
St. Louis
Zilbauer
M Kay Backs Billion Dollar River Plan
Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay urged Eisenhower to approve a billion dollar upper Colorado reclamation project. He asked Congress for authorization of 1.1346 billion for storage, irrigation of 380 acres, industrial and municipal water use, and power generation across Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.
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Shington
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
McKay
Eisenhawer
Joseph M. Dodge
Budget Bureau
Congress
Colorado Delegate Claims Small Share of Basin Project Funds
Bureau reports in Colorado blasted a Bureau of Reclamation plan for a 1.44 billion dollar four state upper Colorado River basin development. Jean Breitenstein, Colorado’s delegate to the Upper Colorado Compact Commission, said Colorado, supplying 70 percent of the water, got only 4 percent of the funds and that Denver’s water needs were ignored.
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Colorado
Benver
Bureau of Reclamation
Colorado River
Jean Breitenstein
Upper Colorado Compact Commission
Breitenstein
Denver
Where to Find It Reference Line
A concise listing of where to locate sections in the issue. It details page and section designations such as Boyle page B-3 and Classifieds B-4 to B-9, with sports on A-8 and A-9 and obituaries on B-4. It also notes pages for churches, comics, radio, and tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Boy and 14-Year-Old Hero Face Tragedy in Willowbrook Fire
Willowbrook resident Coralie Davis, 35, died in a blaze at 1958 Imperial Highway. Her husband Joseph, 50, was rescued unconscious by their 14 year old son who pulled him from the smoke. The boy could not save his mother as fire caused about 42000 in losses. The fire department cites smoking in bed as likely cause.
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Willowbrook
Imperial Hiway
Coralie Davis
Joseph
General Hospital
Willowbrook County
Plan for Expansion of the Air Force
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson approves long range expansion plans to boost the Air Force to 18 wings, with sharp Army and Navy cuts. The move marks a shift toward Air Force primacy and greater atomic weapons emphasis, with manpower reductions of about 600,000 across the Army Navy and Marine Corps by 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Air Force
Army
Navy
Defense and Budget Bureau
White House
Marine Corps
Truman
Roger M. Kyes
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Thhe Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ant Defense
W. J. McNeil
Joseph M. Dodge
Nab Chicago Draft Chiefs for Bribery
FBI agents arrested a second member of a west side draft board after its chairman was arraigned on soliciting a bribe. Thomas Slattery Jr, 42, was taken into custody at his home as authorities said the board chair Allan Wallman, 62, accepted an envelope with 309 dollars from a machine shop owner.
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Chicago
FBI
West Side
Thomas Slattery Jr
Board
Allan Wallman
Onion Station
Ing
Onsrud Machine Works
Wattman
Stattery
Hich
Choi
Long Beach
Bentley Pike
Mother Nature
Weather Outlook With Clear Skies and High Fire Hazard
Mostly clear through Sunday with decreasing dry easterly winds below canyons. Low humidity and high fire danger persist. Warmer afternoons and cooler nights continue.
Hippo to Oklahoma City for Christmas Wish
New York reports a 700 pound female hippo named Mathilda will fly to Oklahoma City next week to fulfill 10 year old Gayla Peevey’s Christmas wish after Oklahoma donors raise 3500 dollars. Mathilda’s arrival follows a Bronx Zoo tie up with importers seeking a mate for Pete. Gayla’s family doubts hippo in the home but Lincoln Park Zoo plans to house the animal.
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New York
Oklahoma City
Gayla Peevey
Oklahoma
Gayla
Henry Trefflich
Mathilda
Europe
Pete
Bronx
Tye
Central Park Zoo
Eettiee
Trefflich
Lincoln Park
Zon
Turncoat Americans Agree to Interviews
PANMUNJOM Korea 22 unrepatriated American war prisoners agreed to attend come home interviews as Allied authorities prepared to begin talks Monday. Interrogations will occur one at a time with six prisoners on the first day.
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Panmunjom
Korea
K. 82 Thimayya
United Nations’ Command
Allied
Edward Moorer
Tacoma
Wash
Moorer
Pfc
Richard Tenneson
Portia Howe
Alden
Lost Plane Found Five Aboard Dead
Sherman Texas report says Magnolia Petroleum Co employees aboard a company plane were found dead in wreckage six miles southwest of Sherman. The plane, missing since Friday morning, crashed on a dirt road and did not burn. Civil Air Patrol and Magnolia search planes aided the investigation. pilot Willett H Thompson 33 and four Magnolia staff members perished.
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Sherman
Texas
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Here
Clinton
J. D. McAfee
Civil Air Patrol
Tulsa
Magnolia
Willett H. Thompson
D. D. Standlee
Thel
Magnolia, Pipeline Co
A. B. Franzen
Folger B. Vallette
Magnolia Petroleum
Clarence A. Easton Jr
Magnolia Pipeline
Shibley Guilty on Two Counts in Theft Case
A federal jury in Los Angeles found Long Beach attorney George E. Shibley guilty on two counts including conspiracy and theft involving government records. The panel did not find him guilty on the first count tying him to a court record transcript theft at El Toro Marine Base. Thompson, a Marine Corps Reserve enlisted man, testified against Shibley after pleading guilty to theft. Shibley faces probation report and sentence on December 28 at 2 p.m. in Judge Ben Harrison's court.
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Los Angeles
Ben Harrison
Shibley
Charles R. Thompson
Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Corps Board of Inquiry
Marine Corps
Thompson
Montgomery Bus Drivers Strike Paralyzes City Transit
In Montgomery Alabama about 40 000 commuters were left without bus service as 94 drivers walked off at midnight amid contract talks with Montgomery City Lines and AFL unusual labor actions. A separate Ecuador instance mentions a protest for higher pay causing tremors in Guayaquil as a strike spread to building crews and mechanics.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Montgomery City Lines
AFL
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Dean Walks Out Amid Korean Peace Talks Standoff
PANMUNJOM AP United States envoy Arthur Dean abruptly ended marathon talks after a Communist barrage accusing Washington of aiding South Korea in releasing 27000 anti Red prisoners. He called the charge a motive to end negotiations and said only a direct Communist withdrawal could restart the seven week old talks.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Arthur Dean
Harrangue
Dean
United States
South Korea
TU. S
Washington
Korea
Jday
Reds
U. S
Kenneth Young
Soviet Reply to Eisenhower Speech Draws Encouragement
London report said Soviet Foreign Ministry would give President Eisenhower's world atomic control speech serious attention. Charles Bohlen met Molotov December 7 and shared excerpts on December 9. White House called the report encouraging and Hagerty noted no official word yet on the Bohlen Molotov meeting.
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London
Eisenhower
Radio Moscow
Charles Bohlen
V. M. Molotov
Bohlen
Russia
United Nations
U. S
Molotov
Moscow Radio
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Returning King and Queen of Greece in Naples
King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece arrived aboard the liner Independence in Naples en route home from a US tour. The royal party was greeted by cheers as the destroyer Navarin escorted the ship into port for the last leg of their voyage.
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Naples
Taly
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Independence
United States
Navarin
Berlin's Fifth Day of Severe Fog Paralyzes City
Berlin remained wrapped in dense fog for a fifth day with numerous minor accidents reported. Air travel slowed to a crawl and motor traffic moved at a near standstill across the city.
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Berlin
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M’kay
Charles Cordory
Glenna Joan Bayless
Cincinnati
Ohio
N. Y
Hippo
Ecuador City
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