Knight Orders Legislature Meet March 1
Sacramento Gov Goodwin J Knight called a special session to consider drastic liquor reform. A Senate Assembly committee urged 12 major changes and stripping the Board of Equalization of liquorPower, creating a new department headed by a governor appointed director. Recommendations include tougher license rules, revocation for narcotics sales, and limited transfer rights on new licenses after 1954. Restrictions highlight a push for a sound liquor administration and independent enforcement.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
Conene
Senate+ Assembly
Board of Equalization
Knight
Equalization’ Board
California
Joint Assembly
Senate
Caspar W. Weinberger
San Francisco
State Board of Equalization
Weinberger
Three Boys Drown as Ice Breaks on Mill Pond
Bridgeton records a tragedy as three first graders William Cooney James Hopp and James Scanlan drown after slipping through thin ice on a mill pond while walking home from school Linda Mrenette aged six also fell through but escaped. Police and rescuers recovered the pupils’ bodies in a four hour span closing a sad incident on a cold afternoon.
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Mill Pond
Bridgeton
Linda Mrenette
William Cooney
Charles Hopp
James Scanlan
Pope Pius XII Weakened by Gastritis and Tests Planned
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius XII's condition weakened with gastritis symptoms and slight fever. Doctors plan radiological tests to assess the gastric area while noting his heart remains strong and hiccups have ceased.
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Pope Pius XII
Pontifical College
Rome
Vatican City
Pius XII
Riccardo Galeazziaid
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Gealeazzi- Lisi
Papal
Weather update mostly clear through Saturday
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies through Saturday with increasing coastal fog tonight and early Saturday. Cooler temperatures expected in the afternoon.
Explosions From Bay City Sewer Gas After Power Failure
An 11,000 volt power line failure in San Francisco triggered explosions as sewer gas escaped from manholes. Two policemen, Jack Meehan and John Martinovich, were hospitalized with concussions. PG&E called 100 workers as authorities investigated the substation outage and automatic switchover that spread power loss across districts.
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San Francisco
Jack Meehan
John Martinovich
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Marina
Mission
Official's Kin Denies Hit and Run
The mother of Assistant City Attorney Joseph B. Lamb denies driving the car that struck seven year old Barbara Ann McChristin Wednesday and left the scene. Mrs. Alice E. Lamb said she was stopped a block away and saw no evidence of an accident. Police will re-question witnesses and seek signed statements to resolve conflicting accounts as they pursue a hit-and-run complaint.
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Joseph B. Lamb
Alice E. Lamb
Washford Jacobson
Barbara Ann McChristin
William M. Thornberry
Fpf
Newspaper Page Index Overview
The item lists where to find multiple sections and features in the newspaper. It outlines pages for Beach Combing Billy Rose Boyle Bridge Classified Crossword Editorial Financial Radio TV Shipping Southland Cities Sports Theaters Temperatures Women and Your World across various pages and supplements.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Combs
Paga
Southland
Jimmy's Wife Sobs on Witness Stand in Separate Maintenance Suit
Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt testifies in Pasadena court that $909 monthly support is insufficient for her and three children. She seeks $2000 monthly for herself and $500 for the children, despite stating she has $200 of her own income and Roosevelt contributes $700. Composure ruptures as she faces cross examination, tears up, and avoids her estranged husband.
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Pasadena
Romelle Roosevelt
James
Roosevelt
Samuel Picone
Flyer Hits Freight Derailment Disrupts National Limited
In Wilmington Delaware the Baltimore and Ohio National Limited sideswiped a freight train five miles south of the city derailing ten of thirteen passenger cars. Six railway workers aboard the freight and four aboard the passenger train suffered minor injuries. no passengers were hospitalised. The collision occurred around 9 15 am with all passenger cars remaining upright and a subsequent diesel engine fire quickly extinguished. The National Limited was due in Wilmington about ten minutes after the crash.
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Theiesel
Aviatrix Takes Off Fee for Globe-Girdling Record
Long Beach resident Dianna C. Bixby plans a February 24 start from San Francisco in a 20,525 mile solo round-the-world flight. She will fly to Newark, New York, Paris, Basra, Karachi, Calcutta, Tokyo, Midway Island, back to San Francisco aboard a two engine DeHaviland Mosquito Bomber named Miss Flying Tiger. The trip, approved by the NAA and FAI, aims for about 60 hours of flight time with naps at stops. Bixby, inspired by Amelia Earhart, hopes to surpass Bill Odom’s 73 hour 5 minute record set in 1947.
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Long Beach
Bill Odom
Dianna _C. Bixby
San_ Francisco
San Francisco
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Ark
N. Uf
Paris
Basra
Iraq
Karachi
Calcutta
Tokyo
Midway Island
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Odom
West Allies denounce Molotov plan to unite Germany
In Berlin the United States Britain and France rejected Moscow’s bid to unify Germany arguing it aims to extend Soviet control to the Rhine. Dulles Eden and Bidault told Molotov the plan shows no real intent for genuine unity with freedom, marking a firm Western stand at the itha session of the conference.
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Britain
France
Russia
Germany
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Rhine
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
IV. M. Molotov
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Dulles
Molotov
Soviet Union
Europe
Anthony ‘Eden
Coffee New Worth Thieves' Attention
Los Angeles police report thieves stole 1300 cases valued at 16250 from Folger Coffee Co warehouse. The truck carrying the cargo was driven away from the Maywood and Randolph Street area Thursday night.
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Los Anceles
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Folger Coffee Co
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Randolphs
Nine Felons Escape From Alabama Prison Tunnels
Nine desperadoes escaped through tunnels under Atmore Prison Alabama Thursday night. An all night search by armed laymen and a posse followed the breakout. Dogs trailed the fugitives as authorities closed in along Alabama Highway 11, about 55 miles northeast of Mobile. Most escapees are long term robbers and one man was serving two rape sentences.
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Atmore
Ala
Longeimers
L. A. Strubble
Alabama
Alabama Hwy. 11
Mobile
U S Britain and France Plan Sea Maneuvers
United States Britain and France will hold a joint ten day anti submarine exercise in the South China Sea. The U S Navy announced that Rear Adm Richard H Cruzen, Britain's Vice Adm Sir Charles E Lambe, Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, and French Vice Adm P M J R Aubouimeau will command the operations.
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Manila
United States
Britain
France
South China Sea
U. S
Dewey Predicts Ike Will Run and Win in 1956
Governor Dewey, at a Albany news conference, said he certainly expects and hopes President Eisenhower to seek a second term and that, if he ran again, he would surely win. He spoke Thursday evening noting his crystal gazing for the year 1956.
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Albany
Dewey
Eisenhower
Slow Wife Blurt Leads to Body Found in California Home
In Mira Loma California police say a 12 year old woman was found murdered in her home after her husband William Caldwell 32 blurted to Hot Springs Arkansas officers that he had killed his wife. Caldwell and Joe Dodd 52 were arrested after Caldwell admitted the slaying on January 29 and taking the car. Authorities say Caldwell and the victim married January in Mira Loma and had recently been released from Huntsville Texas State Penitentiary.
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Mira Loma
Calif
Hot Springs
Ark
Riverside
Lile Pearl Storts Caldwell
William Caldwell
Arkansas
Glenn Minton
Caldwell
Joe .C. Dodd
Minton
Texas State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Texas
Calawet
Jan.e
Freighter Rescues Men From Sinking Fernmoor Incident
The Panamanian freighter Liberal rescued about 40 crewmen from the British motorship Fernmoor after it ripped open its bottom on a reef near Palawan in the South China Sea. The U S Navy base at Langley Point reported other Fernmoor crew members remained aboard as life boats were used while a Japanese freighter Eisho Maru stood by. A Coast Guard plane relayed details of the scene and earlier messages noted water flooding the hold and engine room.
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South China Sea
U.S. Navy
Langley Point
Palawan Islands
Philippines
Coast Guard
Globe Wire
Fernmoor
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