P T Men Sweep AP Contest in LA Area Features
Photographers from the Press Telegram sweep AP contest positions across spot news sports and features. Joe Risinger earns feature honors for Fog Dawn while Sundquist gains in spot news with Our Morning's Dead and Memorial Day by Coar. Prizes total 50 20 10 per division plus a 150 best of show.
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Mark ‘Twain
Lakewood
Gmail
Crear
Memorial
Veterans Cemetery
Los Angeles
Sundquists
I, PT
Seal Beach Naval Ammunition and
Floar
Hollywood Stars
Bobby Bragan
Life Magazine
Lincoln Park
Risinger
Sundquist
Spot News
Stanley Gordon
Look Magazine
Vic Kelley Jr
Ucla Athletic News
Otto Rotschild
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Vila Anita
Redonda Beach
Army
Public Information
Tokyo
Japan
Rockford, IL
Morning Star
Register-Republic
Independent
Press-Telegram
Grand Ave
Long Beach Independent
Sports
Bob Martin
Los Angeles Mirror
Charles Aquaviva
San Diego Union
Russ Reed
Oakland Tribune
Red China vows to strike Taipei if US halts Taiwan bid
The article cites People's Daily reports that China would unleash strong blows if the United States blocks its effort to liberate Taiwan. It quotes Gen Wang Shu Ming and Maj Gen William Chase and notes tensions over Matsu and Quemoy. Washington may be pressured to guarantee Tachens while avoiding a clash with the Red Air Force.
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Taiwan
Earle E. Partridge
Mosa
Peiping
Anl Sast
Formosa
Tokyo
People's Daily
Pine Hill
Taipei
U. S
Fan
Red
China
United Nations
New Zealand
United States
Tiger
Wang Shu-Ming
William C. Chase
LC. S
Partridge
Matsu and
Quemoy
Washington
Tachens
G. S. 7Th Floet
Bill Outlawing Nudists in Oklahoma Fails
Oklahoma City reports a House legal advisory committee recommended "do not pass" on a bill to outlaw nudists and prohibit nudist magazines. The hearing featured Rev Braxton Sawyer of Fort Smith Arkansas and Newton, Kansas housewife Maria Park, who claimed to be a leader of nudists. Proponent James Fesperman argued existing laws were inadequate and urged new prohibitions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House Legal Advisory Committee
Braxton
Sawyer
Fort Smith
Ark
Maria Park
Newton
Kan
James Fesperman
Injured boy in Harakiri boast sparks school scare
A 12 year old boy, son of a communist leader, displayed a knife in a Tokyo grammar class and declared a Harakiri lesson. The incident left him stabbed in the stomach. he is in critical condition at a Tokyo hospital. Reports cite noted columnists and local papers in coverage.
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Tokyo Upi
Aaxira Ito
Es Comunist
Ito
Tokyo
Train Hits Home In Ohio With Six Injured
Six members of a London family were injured when a 62 car freight derailed after a broken bearing box allowed a boxcar to crash into their home at 4 am. Ralph Scurry and his four children suffered injuries while Mrs. Scurry escaped with cuts. Scurry was treated at University Hospital and later returned home. A separate derailment near Leetonia, Ohio left five sleepers and a mail car off the tracks with no injuries.
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London
Ohio
New York Central
Madison
Ralph Scurry
Gladys
Scurry
Columus
Hame
Leetonia
Mail Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gotham Limited
Salem
Steelers
Pittsburgh
Russians Reveal 1955 Budget Military Share At Twenty Percent
The 1955 Soviet budget totals 562,900,900,000 rubles with defense taking about 20 percent, up from 17.3 percent last year. Delegates applauded the military figure as leaders including Khrushchev Malenkov and Molotov listened in a hall filled with foreign diplomats and officials.
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U. S
Lazar Kaganovich
U.S
Georgi Malenkov
Presidium
Ussr
Supreme Soviet
Klementy Voroshilov
V. M. Molotov
Khrushchev
Soviet of Nationalities
Charles 5
L A Council Debates Sewer Expansion Halt
Los Angeles city council schedules a meeting for next Monday to discuss Mayor Norris Poulson's demand for halting new building until the sewer system is enlarged by a 60 million dollar bond issue to be voted on April 5. The move targets stopping subdivisions pending the vote.
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Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
Poulson
Second String Commie Sentenced as Liar
Louis Weinstock a 51 year old so called second string Communist leader was sentenced to one to five years in prison for lying in an affidavit to the Subversive Activities Control Board. He was convicted on one count of a two count indictment with the second charge acquitted. The judge ordered the sentence to run concurrently with a three year Smith Act sentence from New York. Weinstock tied to the United May Day Committee charge and was taken into custody after bail was revoked.
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Washington
Loui Weinstock
Communist Party
Ry A. Schweinhaut
Weinstock
Schweinhaut
New York
U.S
Dybrenfurth plans assault on Lhotse peak
Official photographer Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, part of the 1952 Everest expedition, says he has Nepal permission to lead an ascent of Lhotse, the world’s second highest unclimbed peak at 27 890 feet as he eyes a June start and a 1956 campaign strategy for Congress.
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Orange
Norman G. Dybrenfurth
Mt. Everest
Lhotse
Dybrenfurth
Nepal
Pimslavaz
Demo Campaian
Washington Upi
Kirwan
Ohio
Youngstown
Switzerland
Democratic National Congressional
Dyhrenfurth
Japan Returns Stolen Treasures to Chiang
Kyodo News said Tokyo will return 62 items stolen by Japan in 1937 to Chiang Kai-shek after being hidden in a central cache by Japanese soldiers. In California probate, Victoria Hi. Trask's estate worth several million dollars largely goes to her son Harrell J. Trask of Visalia, with gifts to friends, relatives, and the Children’s Hospital Society.
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Yokyo Upi
Kenkichi Yoshisaga
Taipei
Kyodo
Wanking
Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital Society
Baby Boy Burned In Pasadena Blaze Rescued In Time
In Pasadena a two year old boy named Michael Thompson was found unconscious in a crib after a home blaze. Firefighters nearly missed him as four other siblings were rescued by rescuers. An inhalation squad treated him and he survived at Huntington Memorial Hospital.
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Pasadena
Michael Thompson
Jesse Thompson
Michael
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Red China Won't Talk Cease-Fire
Chou En-lai stated that the People's Republic of China will not discuss a cease-fire. He blamed U S actions for tensions around Taiwan and urged condemnation by the Security Council. He called for the United States to withdraw all armed forces from Taiwan and the Taiwan Straits.
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China
U. S
Formosa
Taiwan
United States
Chou
Far East
Taiwan Straits
Churchill's Sister-in-Law Nellie Romilly Dies in England
Nellie Margaret Romilly sister-in-law of Prime Minister Winston Churchill died on a Wednesday in Huntington England She and Lady Churchill were daughters of the late Sir Henry Montague Hozier Cal and Lady Churchill are identified as her relatives in the obituary.
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Winston Churchill
Thuntington
England
Nellie Margaret Romilly
Sir Winston Churchill
Lady Churchill
Cal
Henry Montague Hozier
Gang Moll Returned to Harbor Home in Wilmington
A 14 year old Ineal girl was returned home after fleeing with her cousin to become the moll of two gunmen. They traveled from Wilmington to Oklahoma and Albuquerque robbing a drug store for narcotics. The girls say they did not participate in the holdups. The local girl was placed in juvenile custody pending a hearing.
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Wilmington
Ineal
Oklahoma
Albuquerque
N. M
Bootleg Whisky Tax Bill Introduced in Oklahoma Legislature
Representative Edward L. Chanings introduced a bill in the Oklahoma State Legislature to impose a tax on bootleg whisky, signaling a formal move to regulate illicit alcohol production and sales within the state.
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Oklahoma City
Edward L. Chanings
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Charles Sundquist
Seal Beach
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Roger M. Coar
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Long Beach Independent, Press-Telegram
Me Miller
Reginald McGovern
Redwood City Tribune
Ee C. Sulzner
el Centro
Imperial Valley Press
Joe Firmat
Pomona Progress-Bulletin
Butterfingers
Tim Sargent
Burlingame Advance-Star
George E. Golding
Eureka Hummboldt Times
Fred A. Bauman
Riverside Daily Press
Gordon Lyon
Santa Cruz Sentinel- News
Larry Bartlett
Alhambra Post- Advocate
Alice
Panama
L.A. Council
Chiang
Burk's
Naw Advanced Design Chain
Hoffman
Harbor Home
Onery
Broadway
Milano
Wards
Colorfest Poplin
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