Fire toll rises across six states overwhelms rescue efforts
A wave of deadly fires in six states claims dozens of lives, many children. In Amsterdam New York a 20 family tenement burns with twelve dead including eleven children. Juan Rivera and five children identified among victims. Other blazes in New York City Virginia Georgia Indiana Kentucky New Jersey and more leave multiple fatalities. amid freezing weather families flee in night clothes as responders aid survivors.
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Amsterdam
N.Y
Juan Rivera
Anna Gagliardy
Celia Nasiba
New York City
Manhattan
Virginia
Robert L. Eley
Chuckatuck
Georgia
Rossville
Alta Wright
Augusta
Army
John T. Smith
Camp Gordon
Indiana
Kentucky
Charles E. Hodge Sr
Liberty
New Jersey
Endurance Mark Goal of Fliers Endurance Mark Goal of Fliers
Two Long Beach area pilots at Douglas aircraft plant plan a bid to beat the world endurance record by staying aloft in a four place Cessna 170B for at least 51 days commemorating the first anniversary of the record. Charles Kaskela and Mel Jenkins, both in their 30s, will pilot with Dean Fellenger and Casey Cassidy as crew. They aim to refuel from a ground truck and convert the back of the plane into a bed, possibly breaking the current 4742 day mark. Takeoff tentatively set for April 2 from Long Beach Municipal Airport pending sponsors.
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Af Douglas Aircrave Co
Charles Kaskela
Oliva Ave
Mel Jenkins Jn
Cypress Ave
Cypress
Dean Fellenger
W. J
Casey) Cassidy
Long Beach
Raskela
Douglas Long Beach
Jenkins
Congress Faces Army Slashing Debate Over Forces
Washington AP report outlines a Pentagon clash over Eisenhower administration plans to cut Army strength from 1.17 million to about 1.27 million by mid-1956. Army Chief Ridgway warns the cut could jeopardize national security. Secretary Stevens signals support for a balanced program. The House Armed Services Committee weighs the issue as draft extension looms.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Stevens
House Committee
Eisenhower
Air Force ends hunt for missing airman James Hamilton Jr
Air Force investigators locate James Earl Hamilton Jr. 22 who had vanished for two and a half years while en route to Biloxi Mississippi. He had been a veteran at the officers club at James Connally Air Force Base in Waco Texas and was turned over to base authorities.
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Leong
Waco
Texas
Air Force
James
Earl Hamilton Jr
Kessler Ai Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Hamil
James Contally Air Force Base
Jie
Long Beach Couple Elopes by Ambulance to Las Vegas
An elderly Long Beach pair, Frederick D. Peters and Rose Matilda Schuyler, married in Las Vegas after an ambulance ride due to Peters back injury. Witnesses from Bowers Ambulance Service accompanied them. They paid 300 dollars for the trip and planned to return home the same night.
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Long Beach
Las Vegas
Frederick D. Peters
Rose Matilda Schuyler
15Th St
Heather
William Gibson
George Stinson
Bowers
Peters
Oil Policy Group Sets First Meet
Long Beach forms a special steering committee to study oil issues before the State Legislature. The first meeting is at 3 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall Room 302. Members include the mayor, vice mayor, councilman Realer, City Atty Jacobson, City Manager Vickers, Harbor Commission president Davis, and ex-officio assemblymen. The group will oppose state seizure of tideland funds and seek a public relations counsel.
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Long Beach
City Hall
George
Theity Council
Gerald Desmond
Raymond C. Real
Raymond C. Real«er. City Atty
Wahlfred Jacobson
Samuel E. Vickers
Harbor Commission
John Y. Davis
Francis D. Beider
William S. Grant
Herbert R. Klockstein
Nicaragua Ends State of Siege as Somoza Birthday Observance
Managua reports President Anastasio Somoza lifts the state of siege and press censorship during the national observance of his 59th birthday. A number of detainees linked to last year’s assassination plot were released after military authorities cleared them.
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Managua
Anastasia Somoza
Somoza
Notable Listings By Page in Local Newspaper
A listing of sections and page references shows where to find Beach Combing Bridge Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio TV Shipping Table Sports Theater Tides Temperatures Wilson Women in the daily paper, indicating page locations across A and B sections.
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Boyle
Wilson
Belmont Shore Phantom Burglar Caught After Months of Patrolling
Police nab suspect Paul Hecksher outside 108 Roycraft Ave as he cuts a window screen with a paring knife. The 21 year old, tied to 11 burglaries and two attempted rapes, confessed little and was booked for burglary and rape investigations. Belmont patrols had searched for the elusive thief for weeks, with officers tracking him across homes and alleys.
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Belmont Shore
Roycraft Ave
Paul ‘Franklin Hécksher
E. Us
Valve Iitter
Lorin Q. Martin
Sid Heer
Inet Furtint Im Ohik
Martin
Belmont
Hecksher
Roycroft Ave
Don C. Jahan
Charles C.’ Sullans
la Sailor
McMahan
Welling
Lois E. Howey
Lewis
Bennis
Park Ave
U. S
Los Angeles
Marguerite Monday
Seals
Howey
Baby’s Doc Gives Up in Kidnapping Case
Harold Lewis, 28, sought in California for kidnapping his 20 month old son, surrendered to Chicago police. He named a Chicago man, Jack Bennis, 23, as involved. the baby was safe at St. Vincent’s Orphanage. Olga, the child’s mother, said Lewis had kidnapped Gary at gunpoint and fled toward Chicago after threatening to detonate a nitroglycerin device.
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Harold W. Lewis
Gary Lewis
Chicago
Harold Lewis
California
Lewis
Olga
Los Angeles
Gary
South San Gabriel i
Welling
Jack Bennis
Minor Earthquake Reported in Eureka California
A minor earthquake was felt in Eureka at 9 02 Monday night. No damage was reported and no injuries were noted.
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Eureka Egresa
Calif
Eureka
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy today and milder Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions today give way to clearing and cooler tonight. The forecast calls for sunshine on Wednesday with a touch warmer temperatures and light winds across the region.
How to Read Faster and Build Vocabulary
A guide to speed reading stressing continuous practice without pausing for dictionary checks. It describes sweep reading, using a Reading Accelerator device, and cover-up cards to handle difficult words by context. A call to figure meanings from usage and keep reading with a Wednesday vocabulary feature.
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Y College
Tlack
Senate Approves Southeast Asia Defense Treaty
The Senate approved the eight nation Southeast Asia Defense Treaty aimed at blocking external aggression and internal subversion in the treaty area. The pact covers Pakistan, Thailand, South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and some British and French possessions in Southeast Asia, excluding Formosa. Senator George of Georgia urged swift approval to signal to any Communist aggression the United States will resist.
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Washington
Senate
Pakistan
Thailand
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Southeast Asia
Malaya
New Caledonia
Sen. George
D.-Ga
Foreign Relations ‘Committee
United States
Existudes
Formosa
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Eisenhower
Sunny Warmer Weather as Front Moves East
A weak cold front moved into the Southland bringing scattered drizzle. The Weather Bureau expects gradual clearing and mostly sunny skies by Wednesday with slightly cooler tonight and warmer conditions tomorrow. Snow level in rain showers set to 14,000 feet with strong canyon and ridge winds, and mountain snow packs ranging 26 to 64 inches. Sunday’s storm added 2 to 4 inches.
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Southland
Weather Bureau
Isle Under Attack as Nationalists Clash Near Tachen Islands
News of renewed fighting around the Tachen Islands as Nationalist China and Communist forces exchange heavy bombardments. An American source reports Washington preparing a joint statement on Chiang Kai-shek’s offshore outposts while Nationalist planes engage MIG fighters near W Jikiangshan and Toumen Island, with multiple bomb runs against red targets amid anti-aircraft fire.
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Fred Hampson
Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Red
United Nations Seeks Peiping Participation on Cease Fire
At the United Nations Security Council in New York the council awaited China's response to Peiping joining the debate on a cease-fire in the Formosa area. Dag Hammarskjold sent the invitation to Beijing Monday night as the council weighs New Zealand’s cease-fire proposal and Soviet demands for U S withdrawal.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Fort Mesa Strait
Red
China
Peiping
U. N
Dag Yammarskjold
New Zealand
iChina
U. S
Formosa
Hammarskjold
Chou En-Lai
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Stan Isle
Yikiangshan Island
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