Firebug Hunted as Palos Verdes Mansions Periled
Palos Verdes Estates faces a brush fire started likely by a firebug. Over 300 firefighters contained the blaze before damaging exclusive hillside homes. It began near Punta Flores and Via Visalia, then spread to Douglas Hillside and Espinoza Drive threatening 200 plus homes. Two suspects were questioned and released.
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Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Estates
Southern California
Punta Fi
Visalia
Douglas Hillside
del Monte
Espinoza Sdrale
Palos Verdes Dr. West
In Long Beach Santa Ana Hit by Holiday Heat Wave
Long Beach and Santa Ana reported the nation's hottest weather with 80-degree highs as firefighters battled a blaze that spread fast. Traffic tolls and police crackdown for the New Year period were noted, with California stopping 14,421 cars and issuing 1,197 citations as part of safety drives.
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Santa Ana
Ned H
Bearborn
Ngelbtz
NSC
California
Chicago
Traffic Toll Mounts at Slow Pace
Traffic deaths for the New Year holiday period were running well under the Christmas rate and below early estimates. The National Safety Council urged continued caution as totals rose to 60 by 1 p.m., with 51 traffic fatalities, 5 in fires, and 4 in other accidents. By 1 p.m. Saturday, Christmas weekend totals reached 113.
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Christmas Tate
National Safety Council
Terminal Isle Fire Destroys 3 Buildings
A fierce early morning blaze at Terminal Island naval base destroyed three two story quarters for bachelors and transients, burning two buildings to rubble and scorching paint on a fourth. 45 naval officers lost personal belongings and seven horses were reported. Firefighting was hampered by personnel shortages and delays as Los Angeles and Long Beach engines fought the two alarm fire. The cause remains under investigation.
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Terminal Island
NAVAL
Malibu
Long Beach
Pontoon
Los Angeles
Henry Ford Ave
Commodore Jield
W. M. McGree
Chlef
Frank
Sandetan
Five Pittsburgh Residents Die in Snow Crash Near Baldwin Borough
The crash killed five Pittsburgh residents including four teenagers during a New Year holiday period. Stanley Puchalski, 31, was the lone occupant of one vehicle. Alfred Daughtery, 18, and four others, Dorothy Salmon 28, Mary Alice Healey 28, and Barbara Hines 17, died in the collision on a snowy highway about four miles from Midtown.
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Baldwin
Midtown
Stanley
Puchalski
Alfred Daughtery
Dorothy Salmon
Mary Alice Healey
Barbara Hines
Married? Heiress and former cook tied by rumor
William Wallace Mein TI and Isolde Constantine, German immigrant and ex cook, appear with the 20-year-old heir to the Henry Miller fortune who denied marriage after a trip to Rena New. His mother Mrs. William Wallace Mein, a San Francisco society leader, seeks an annulment while Mein says true love will prevail when he turns 21.
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William Wallace Mein TI
Isolde Constantine
Mein
Berkeley
Henry Miller
Rena
New
William Wallace Mein Is
San Francisco
Superior Court
WM Fighters See Break in Dying Winds
Savage winds that have buffeted the Malibu brush fire area since Wednesday slackened today, raising hope the inferno could be checked this weekend. About 2,000 firefighters battled the crackling flames as state and county officials tallied damage. Financial loss includes private property and watershed impact.
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Melibu
Eisenhower Announces Six-State Drought Inspection Tour
President Eisenhower plans a three day drought inspection trip beginning January 13 with seven stops across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Kansas. He will be joined by Ezra Benson and Fred Seaton and attend a Wichita drought meeting before returning to Washington.
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Eisenhower
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Ezra T. Benson
Fred A. Seaton
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Oklahoma
Newico
Arizona
Colorado
Wichita
Kan
White House
Murray Snyder
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
San Angelo
Tex
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Woodward
Okla
Clovis M. M
Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Peeblo
Colo
Garden City
Kaw
Philadelphia Store District Hit by Fire
A nine alarm blaze tore through the Philadelphia shopping district for over five hours wrecking offices and shops and injuring at least 15 firefighters.
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Philadelphia
Returning to Le Havre Liberte Heads to Port in Storm
Liner Liberte with 533 passengers en route to New York turned back toward the French coast two days after leaving Le Havre due to storm damage. Captain Raoul de Bandean, in his first crossing, reported repairs impossible at sea after waves smashed cargo booms and a hatch. Officials will arrange care for passengers as mid Atlantic weather remains violently unsettled.
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France
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New York
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Compagnie Generale Transjatlantique
Southampton
Athey Craft
Ancient Greek city unearthed in Sicily with grand market
Princeton University archeologists report uncovering a buried ancient Greek city in Sicily featuring a monumental agora with walls and terraces. The site, about three square miles, housed an estimated 30 000 people at its peak and was abandoned before 212 B.C. Romans later built a city there, later lost again until rediscovery in 1953.
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Princeton University
Sicily
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University
I| Sjoqvist
Richard Stiweil
Start Job Clearing Suez Canal
United Nations salvage team began clearing obstructions from the southern entrance to the Suez Canal in Egypt. Dutch diver Flin Gwoud worked on the wrecked Egyptian warship Abukir as Egyptian crews salved the Cas tor and Zamalek vessels blocking the harbor.
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Egypt
United Nations
Suez Canal
U.S
Raymond 4. Wheeler
Nasal
U.N
Suez Canal Authority
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Flin Gwoud
Abukir
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Hercules
Port of
Zamalek
Housewives in Pickle With Tide of Vinegar
In Birmingham Tower Road a 20 foot high vinegar vat burst at a factory Friday night pouring about 45000 gallons into the street. Housewives used brooms to sweep back the flood and barricaded doors with carpets while firemen diverted the flow and pumped out cellars.
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Birmingham
England
Tower Road
Nasser to Visit Soviet Union in 1957
Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser announced to a Soviet Red Crescent delegation in Cairo that he will visit the Soviet Union in 1957. Moscow Radio reported the remark Friday night.
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Gamel Abdel Nasser
Red Crescent
Cairo
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Weather Outlook: Clear Through Sunday
The forecast calls for sunny skies with little change in temperature through the weekend. Daytime highs stay near seasonal norms and overnight lows remain cool, with no precipitation expected.
Fire erupts near Saugus in Soledad Canyon blaze
A brush fire near Saugus in Soledad Canyon scorched 15 acres within minutes. The flames, visible from the San Fernando Valley, spread toward Angeles National Forest as crews redirected from Malibu firefighting efforts. no homes were immediately endangered.
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Soledad Canyon
San Fernando Valley
Angeles National Forest
Malibu
Malibu fires burn 40,000 acres destroying many homes
A series of wildfires scorched about 40,000 acres and wiped out numerous homes including palatial residences of movie figures. Casualties included one man dead and several firemen and civilians injured. Two fires near Malibu area and a third near Zuma Beach were reported growing Friday night. Cont. on Page A-3, Col. 3.
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Malibu
Zuma Beach
Montgomery bus runs at night banned during unrest
Montgomery city commissioners ordered all night bus service halted through New Year’s Day after a string of shootings on buses. The police power measure follows a two hour meeting with bus-line officials and aims to preserve peace and protect property as attacks hit multiple city buses and riders, including a 22 year old Negro laundry worker wounded Friday night.
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Ala
CFI
City Commission
Walter Knato
Uris
Womaah
Faithin
Roga Jordan
E. ¥. Lacey
Mad Bomber to surrender for psychiatric care
A New York suspect nicknamed Mad Bomber is asked to surrender to receive psychiatric treatment. The note appears in the newspaper with page references and related sections listed, including religious, classifieds, and comic pages, indicating an extensive coverage package.
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Mad Bomber
New York
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