Suspect in Bribe Try. Loses Plea
Herbert Haltner, 60, pleaded innocent to an indictment charging attempts to bribe city officials, including Roger Arnebergh and Jack Irwin, to help legalize midway gees in Venice. Superior Court denied a motion challenging jurisdiction amid an appeal from the district court. An earlier indictment was dismissed. the DA appealed and a new nine-count indictment was issued under other statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelos
Superior Court
Wland
Herbert
Hullner
Clement D. Nye
District Court of Appeal
Haltner
Wwithes
Roger Arnebergh
Cy Atty
Boyd] Tayior
Jack Irwin
Oil Company drills first test hole near Municipal Airport
Texas Co. operates under city lease drilling at 12 461 feet to find oil near Municipal Airport. Vickers reports some oil discovery at 6000 feet and continues below 12 000 feet. City delays Bixby Land Company drilling due to park deed restriction negotiations and potential concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Co
Algr
Sam E. Vickers
Vickers
Wardlow Rd
Cherry Ave
Bixby Land Company
Oas
Aunicipal Aupart
Saavuel B. Vickers
Recreation Park
Bixby
Big Four Ministers to Hold Preliminary Germany Meeting
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the French cabinet that France the United States and Great Britain will accept Russia s suggestion for a meeting of the four high commissioners in Germany and that a note to Moscow will be sent soon. Earlier he reported to the assembly on the Bermuda conference and Eisenhower s atomic proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Georges Bidayit
France
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Janine BB
Moscow
Germany
Bidault
National Assembly
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Plane Missing With 11 Aboard Over French Route
A French military plane carrying 11 persons disappeared on a flight from Algiers to Mont de Marsan in southwestern France. Police and military units started searches in the Pyrenees with search planes dispatched along the suspected route. The passengers were officers and noncommissioned officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanie—Ery
Oo Wrenen
Algiers
Mont-de- Marsan
France
Pyrennees
Committee Eyes Way to Recruit Teachers
Sacramento in a statewide push to fill 65,000 new teaching jobs over five years. A meeting of 60 educators, lawmakers and civic leaders urged using positives of the profession, securing funds for ongoing studies, and launching an intensive public campaign about the teacher shortage. They also proposed methods to attract qualified former teachers back to the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
State Education Department
Charles Hamilton
California Teachers Association
California
Brad Trenham
California Taxpayers Association
Los Angeles
San Francisco
GOP Solon Forecasts Pension Plan Collapse in Tax Scheme
A GOP solon asserts a universal pension plan would collapse the current system by diverting Social Security trust funds. He proposes broad tax contributions from workers under 65 and a higher income levy to fund a new scheme, claiming it could yield massive revenues but risk federal budget balance. He labels Curtis plan a “baby Townsend plan,” predicting multibillion costs and long-term losses for beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Kean
Congress
Bogus Vets Fined for Solicitation Case in Long Beach
Two men who painted house numbers and then solicited donations for disabled veterans were fined $20 each Tuesday in Long Beach Municipal Court. Judge Martin DeVries found Daniel Fogrisonger 34 of 1755 Adams and Don K. Boome 19 of Los Angeles guilty of illegally painting signs and soliciting without a permit. They were arrested after painting a house number in front of Long Beach Detective Inspector George E. Doyle and offering donations to aid veterans.
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Long Beach I
Martin DeVries
Daniel Fogrisonger
Adams
Don HK
Boome hoWor
Los Angeles
House of
Double wedding at Home for the Aged unites 82 and 78-year-olds
In a Tuesday night ceremony at the Home for Old Israel two widowed residents wed in a shared setting. Charles Wanderman, 82, married Mrs. Katie Goldstein, and Sol Rubinovits, 78, wed Mrs. Tillie Levine. Guests include 13 children, 20 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. The brides moved their belongings from the girls' dormitory to private rooms for married couples after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Israel
Charles Wanderman
Katie Goldstein
Sol Rubinovits
Tillie Levine
Dad Seeks Public Help To Raise Ransom In Kidnapping
A distressed father in Toronto appeals to the public to raise 50 000 dollars after a ransom note demanded for his 17-year-old daughter Marion McDowell, allegedly kidnapped 23 days ago. Police deem the note likely a crank hoax, while the father hopes public donations might fund a genuine recovery. Marion was seized by a hooded gunman while with a boyfriend in a lover's lane, December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Marion McDowles
Ross McDowell
Marion
Harold Sanders
York County Crown Attorney
James Wilson
Russian Plane Crash Reported by Refugees in East Germany
Refugees in the Soviet zone told West Berlin anti Communist circles that two Russian fighter planes collided two weeks ago over East Germany. The crash occurred at a workers camp and caused widespread destruction amid the wartime unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lom
Soviet Zone
West Berlin
East Germany
Sheriff Surrounds Fugitives Brooks Brothers in Cohasset Canyon
Butte County Sheriff Larry Gillick says two San Quentin parolees Manson Brooks 30 and Ralph Brooks 23 hid in a cabin in Cohasset area. Deputies guard all roads and trails as the brothers threaten to shoot if captured. They are wanted for parole violation and passing bad checks.
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Oroville
Butte County
Larry Gillick
Todiay
San Quentin
Manson Leroy Brooks
Ralph Chester Brooks
Brooks Brothers
Crevle
Gillick
Cohasset
Ralph
Lois
Nadine Emory
Manson
Tom Evans
India May Block PW Liberation
The article notes India plans to block POW liberation for an extra 30 days from Dec 23 to Jan 22, aligning with armistice terms. It cites possible shifts by India, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia on the UN interpretation, with Nehru reported to push retention and Indian custody of prisoners at all hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Switzerland
Repatriation Commission
U. N
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Formosa
China News
Taipeh
Jawaharlan Nehru
Thimayya
WNRC
Pws
Nehru
United Nations
Oil Workers Joint Union Sought in Industry Merger
A committee of several oil unions announced a Philadelphia convention on February 15 to form a single overarching oil and allied workers union through a merger. Maynard M. Sands of Central States Petroleum Union said consolidating dozens of unions will boost worker welfare and bargaining power, with CIO Oil Workers Union invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Oil and Allied Workers
Maynard M. Sands
Independence
Central States Petroleum Union
Sands
CIO Oil Workers’ Union
CIO
East Germans Flee En Masse as 1953 Refugee Flow Noted
BURLIN UP I reports 340000 to 350000 East Germans fled Communist ruled homeland in 1953 seeking refuge in the West. U S officials say America helped resettle over seven thousand refugees in other lands. West Berlin institute links the exodus to a population drop in East Zone of about 300000.
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Burlin
UPI
West Berlin Economic Research Institute
West
U. S
America
West Berlin Institute
East
Germany
Richard R. Brown
U.S
Frankfurt
United States
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Four Quartets to Sing at Festival of Harmony
An additional four barber shop quartets join the Festival of Harmony at Municipal Auditorium on January 16. Admission is a pint of blood donated to the Red Cross. The signed groups include Statesmen from Sacramento Travelaires of San Jose Decice of Phoenix and Uncalled Four of Berkeley. Dick Miller, general chairman, said no tickets will be sold. Entry is via participation in the Red Cross Blood Bank donor program.
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Barber Shop
Festival of Harmony
Municipal Auditorium
Red Cross
Statesmen
Sacramento
Travelaires
San Jose
Deceise
Phoenix
Berkeley
Dick Miller
Red Cross Blood Bank
Cap Pistol Ignites Gas Boy Burned in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on a Tuesday Edward Cobb fired a cap pistol near a sewer opening. A gas ignition caused flames to envelop the 4 year old boy as his brothers watched. David Cobb and Douglas MacArthur Cobb beat out the fire, while the child suffered burns to the face neck and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Edward Cobb
David Cobb
Douglas MacArthur Cobb
Police Wait Warrant for Shoulders Arrest
Federal authorities prepared to arrest veteran St. Louis policeman Shoulders on perjury charges tied to the missing ransom from the Bobby Greenlease case. A Kansas City grand jury indictment arrived as officials sought the warrant and bond for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Tup
Forrmer
St. Louis
Shoulders J
Bobby Greer
Kansas City
Ratsom
Shoulders
U. S. Marshal's Office
U. S
Edwin L. Beam
Greenlease
Carl Austin Hal
Kansas City Grand Paty
Elmer Dolan
Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri
Chamber Dee
Bobby Greenlease
Dolan
Navy Finds No Blame for Leyte Explosion
Washington says no one is to blame for the Leyte carrier blast on Oct 16 near Boston that killed 37. A court of inquiry chaired by Vice Admiral Balantine found no intent fault negligence or sabotage by any naval personnel or connected civilians and absolved Captain Thomas A Aaron of blame.
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Washington—J
Navy Today
Leyte
Boston
Navy
Adm
John J."balantine
Atlantic Fleet Air
Thomas A. Ahreon
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Pasadena
Harry Harry
West OK
Bano
Gop Solon
Bogus Vets
Marion McDowell
Dad
PW Liberation
Oil Workers
Washington
Hiber Group
Mt Wilton
DIXIE
Lyrd
Boatese Rom
Frere Smirnoff Fis, Inc, Harton, Couns
C.O.D
Fashion Fabrics
Long. Beach
Santa Ana
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