Feaster, Cler k Shot in Long Beach Liquor Store Killing
Linn Y. Feaster, 58, famed for killing two bandits in 1949, was shot dead about midnight at 5440 Long Beach Blvd. A gunman, possibly seeking revenge or robbery, fired once into Feaster’s mouth as a lone attacker. Feaster’s body was found by Navy man Al Gordon Taie at 12:45 a.m. A loaded revolver and a Belzian automatic were recovered.
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Linn Y. Feaster
Feaster
Long Beach Blvd
al Jen Gordon Taie
Los Alamitos Air Base
Fvter
Nixon's Dad in Critical But Improving Condition
The ailing father of Vice President Richard Nixon, 75, remained in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital but showed signs of improvement. Doctors said stabilization and a possible rally may occur within 48 hours after a gastric hemorrhage and initial coma. The elder Nixon was flown from Birmingham to Los Angeles with his wife aboard American Airlines.
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Phoenix
Ank A. Nixon
Richard Nixon
St. Joseph Hospital
Eder Nixon
Orr
Birmingham
Ala
Los Angeles
American Airlines
Washington —C
Niven
Far East
Middle East
KECA
KFI
Joe Glass
America
Sky Har
Weather Outlook With Increasing Clouds and Warm Temps
Forecasters expect increasing high cloudiness but mostly sunny skies today and Thursday. Strong gusty wind will accompany the day with rising daytime temperatures across the region.
Adm Halsey in Good Health, Medics Say
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, retired, was admitted Monday to Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases for a routine checkup. A hospital spokesman said he is in perfectly good health. Halsey commanded the South Pacific forces in 1942 and later led the Third Fleet to Japan.
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York—U
Fleet Adm
Wiliam
Memorial
Center For Cancer and Allied
South Pacific
Third Fleet
Japan
Five Children Die in Mariette Fire Tragedy
MARINETTE Wisconsin five children perished when a blaze engulfed the Robert Degagner home before 6 a.m. The father Robert Degagner escaped to summon help but could not reach the youngsters. The children Michael six Patricia five Gary four Daniel three and Steve two were in second floor bedrooms. The couple, Rose 27 and Robert 30, were hospitalized with facial and hand burns and Mrs Degagner suffered a possible concussion from fumbling through smoke seeking the children.
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Marinette
Wis
Robert Dgrayner
Robert
Hoo
Michael
Patricia
Gary
Daniel
Steve
Rose
Court Words Freeze of Pensions
A judge ordered the city to pay about 270000 to roughly 24 former Long Beach officers, firefighters, and widows denied retirement increases under a pension freeze. Awards average 1100 each, with the largest going to former Fire Chief William S. Minter. Proceedings may move to higher court on appeal.
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Long Beach
Superia
Paul Nourse
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
William S. Minter
Cost of Living Declines Reverses 8 Month Trend
Panmunjom dispatch reports efforts to repatriate 22 American war prisoners stalled as midnight neared. Pro-Red captives, including one Briton and 327 South Koreans, rejected pleas to return home amid chanted appeals and dances. U N Command ended explanations after neutral commission ruling.
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U. N. Command
South
Neutral Nations
Red News
U. S. Reports 3 Pet. Drop in November
The government says living costs fell in November for the first time in months, easing to 115 percent of the 1947-49 average. Food prices led the decline, while December might bring another uptick. Labor group warns pork prices may halt further declines. page A-4.
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Washington
Busreau of Labor Statistics
Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Page Index Announces Variety of Features
A list detailing newspaper sections and page locations for material such as Beach Combing on B-1, Billy Rose on A-7, Boyle on A-7, Bridge on A-7, Classifieds on 8-9, Comics on B-10, Crossword on A-4, Editorial on A-4, Financial on B-3, Obituaries on 8-2, Radio and TV on A-5, Shipping on A-10, Sports on A-8 and A-9, Theaters on 8-5, Tides and Temperatures on A-10, Women on B-4, and Your World on A-2.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Actor Dies Testing Trick Knot In Civil War Scene
Richard By Looser a 34 year old real estate man and amateur theater director and actor died in Nevada City IGP while testing a trick knot for a Civil War play. He was found hanging in his apartment with a rope tied to a pipe and a nearby mirror to study the effect. Deputy Coroner Shirley Brattin said the knot failed to release as expected and tightened instead causing strangulation.
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Nevada City
IGP
Richard By Looser
Teaier
Shirley Brattin
Looser
Brattin
Soviet Adds 70 Million In Gold To London Trade
Authoritative sources report about 70,000 kilograms of Soviet gold bullion shipped to London in a direct Moscow Bank of Russia agreement with the Bank of England. The consignment signals sterling shortages and a widening western gold flow amid secretive confirmations.
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London
Russia
Moscow
West
Britain
Narodny Bank of Moscow
Bank of England
Liquor License Sales Info Ordered By California Panel
Los Angeles and San Diego hearings saw Edward J. Clark clash with committee members over liquor license actions. Chairman Casper Weinberger ordered Clark cited to the State Personnel Board for investigation after testimony on improving California liquor laws. Clark claimed no favoritism and said he lacked knowledge of arrests linked to licensees in Los Angeles.
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LOS Angeles
LLP
Edward J. Clark
San Diego
Clark
Casper Weinseberger
San Francisco Assembly
Irman
State Personnel Board
Glenn Coolidge
Phony Money Passed Here in Yule Rush
Counterfeiters exploited the Christmas shopping rush in Long Beach passing fake twenty dollar bills from the same plate set. About a dozen appeared in local deposits from Belmont Shore merchants and downtown banks, with other notes in Post Office receipts. The fakes imitate a San Francisco Federal Reserve note with serial L-23741171-A and feature E-58 corner plates and 730 back-plate marks.
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Belmont Shore
Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco
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Lynn V. Feaster
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Scaff
Wilfred Koller
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Kenneth Sperry
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U. S
Tampa
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Hooker's Point
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CSO
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Russ
Yule
Winnie van Calligan
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