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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1955
Page
5
Mrs Virginia Shaver 29 attempted to rescue her 19 month old Terri from a gas furnace duct in her Hornell home. She was burned first degree over about ten percent of her body but Terri was saved by firefighters who reached the home within minutes.
South Africa's segregation regime moved three days earlier to clear Sophiatown, evacuating more than 100 Black families. About 2,000 police sealed the area as 60,000 more are slated for relocation to Meadowlands, 14 miles from the city. The first batch faced no clashes, but many fled under cover as homes were demolished to prevent reoccupation.
Oslo dispatch reports a Norwegian pilot named Bjarne Pedersen defied a Soviet trawler's orders and sailed toward Norway to seek food. He described the Soviet crew starving and rationing bread butter cheese and herring, prompting his decision to abandon the ship and seek sustenance ashore at Rorvik.
Boston UPI reports Harold B. Gordon of Attleboro challenged the late Joseph Gordon's will which cut him from a $500 000 estate over his marriage to a non Jew. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the marriage clause non restrictive and ordered Harold removed as trustee. he plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
A trailer home on Fort Carson near Colorado Springs caught fire Tuesday night killing Wayne Polnac about 10. Sgt. Jack Polnac tried to reach his sons but saved Judy 2 and Jimmy 7 before the boy perished. The blaze thwarted rescue efforts but the father saved two children.
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