L B Man Hero in Breakup of POW Riot
Lt Col Fred A Taylor of Long Beach led U N guards to quell a Communist prison riot on Kose Island. One prisoner was killed and 38 injured as tear gas, stones, and limited fire were used after three failed attempts to restore order. Cadwell praised Taylor for humane methods and restraint.
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Fred A. Taylor
Long Beach
Kose Island
U. N
U. N. Prisoner of War Command
Pusan
Korea
Associated Press
United Press
Col Taylor
U.N
V. Cadwell
Seattle
Cadwell
Taylor
Military Plane Crash Kills 30 Egyptians Near Cairo
A military transport plane crashed in the eastern desert area near Cairo killing 80 soldiers. An official statement cited bad weather as the cause. Three more soldiers were injured, while two escaped unharmed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Desert
Marine soldier surrenders to Chinese infiltrator in Korea bunker
A fatigued Marine in a Korea front line bunker awoke to a Chinese Communist soldier attempting surrender. The intruder left behind a burp gun, three magazines, and five grenades before the Marine alerted command. Interpreters and division HQ confirmed the incident as a surrender attempt.
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Marine Division
Korea
Hooitchie
Division
Marine Combat
Cpl
Jim Rattray
New York
Rattray
New York Tug Strike Near Settlement After Talks
The 10 day old New York Harbor tugboat strike appears settled as executives and union negotiators with federal mediators draft final stipulations. The remaining issue is a union demand for a minimum crew of three for tugs lighters and self propelled barges. An earlier wage agreement sets pay at 17 cents an hour, with previous wages from 1.36 to 2.35 per hour.
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New York
New York Harbor
William J. Hannan
Fragmented Newspaper Page Index Line
A garbled listing shows section locations such as Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on A-9, and various others including Editorial on A-8, Obituaries on B-8, and Theaters on A-12, with numerous incomplete page references and stray words.
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Boyle
Bridge
Financial
Regio and Television
Weather Update Sets Clear Night Then Cloud Increase
The forecast calls for a clear night with rising high cloudiness. Wednesday will be dry with northeasterly winds locally today.
Russians Build Long Fence Across German Zone
Bonn reports the Russian Zone of Germany is being fenced to trap 17 million people from the West. East German police have already strung about 60 miles of 10 foot high barbed wire with more lines planned along the border from the Baltic to Czechoslovakia. Allied authorities suspect some sections may be electrified as early as possible.
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Bonn
Germany
East -Germany
Baltic
Westermany
County Seeks Sales Tax Outside Cities
Los Angeles County seeks a half cent sales tax on business outside city limits to fund urban services, with Lakewood Bellflower Downey Norwalk Artesia Hawaiian Gardens among affected areas. A public hearing on urban service district financing and AB 1841 is set, to inform residents outside city limits.
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Los Angeles County
Sacramento
Board of Supervisors
Harold W. Kennedy
State ‘Board of Equalization
Long Beach
Lakewood
Bellflower
Downey
Norwalk
Artesia
Hawaiian Gardens
Darby
Ex-President Hoover Reported Improved at Hospital
Former President Herbert Hoover was reported much improved in St Francis Hospital after a mild influenza attack. The 77 year old ex chief executive arrived Saturday for a fishing trip and hoped to leave soon for the Florida Keys fishing grounds.
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Miaga Beach
Fra
Herbert Hoover
St. Francis Hospital
Florida Keys
Van Fleet Says Offense In Korea Would Succeed
In Seoul General James A. Van Fleet predicts a United Nations general offensive in Korea would be a certain success. On the eve of his farewell as Eighth Army commander he calls for a 1,000,000-man Republic of Korea army with 20 combat divisions and notes two lost chances for victory. He praises ROK soldiers and reflects on key decisions and achievements of the Eighth Army.
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Jme
Associated Press
John Randolph
James A. van Fleet
Big Jin
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S
North Korea
South Korea
Randolph
van Meet
Biz oJim
Korea
Seoul
United Nations
Eighth Army
U. N
Republic of Korea
van Fleet
Maxwell D. Taylor
Expansion at Net Depot sparks $863,354 build program
The 11th Naval District announced an $863,354 expansion for the Sealy Beach Ammunition and Net Depot in San Diego. The contract to George W. Carter Co. covers 15 huge magazines, road and track work, and a quality laboratory. The depot now employs 1156 civilians, with ongoing work and a rise in valuation to about $125 million, making it the largest industrial plant in Orange County and drawing labor from Long Beach area.
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Sealy Beach
11Th Naval District
San Diego
George W. Carter, Co
Tak Amentan
Las Aace
Ave
Une Outa
J. R. McKinney
Seal Beach
McKinney
Toda Thousaar
Seal ‘Head
Korea
Cheaptain
Seal ‘Beach
Oranges County
Long Beach
Carter’Co
Marine Corps
Air Station
El'Tord
Farm Bureau warns Eisenhower against farm price fixing
At a White House meeting Allan B. Kline and 24 Farm Bureau leaders told President Eisenhower they oppose solving farm problems by price fixing. They said they supported his State of the Union policies and warned that price fixing does not address the underlying causes of falling farm prices.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Eisenhower
White House
Federation
Allan B. Kline
Truman
Kline
Defense Backing Action to Retain Navy Lieutenants
The Navy states the Defense Department strongly supports Congress in removing a limitation that could demote about 5400 lieutenants on March 31. A Bureau of Personnel notice dated January 23 says a list of lieutenants in temporary grade who would revert to lieutenant junior grade will be prepared if the limit remains. Vice Admiral Laurence D ubose cited the case in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Department
Bureau of Personnel
Eisenhower Nominates Dulles to Lead CIA
President Eisenhower formally nominates Allen W. Dulles to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The White House also sends the nomination of Howard H. Gordon of Virginia to join the Commodity Credit Corporation board. Dulles is brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and would succeed General Walter Bedell Smith as CSA head.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Howard H. Gordon
Virginia
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dulles
CIS
John Foster Dulles
CSA
Walter’ Bedell Smith
Crippled Freighter Aims for Norwegian Port
The 2000 ton American freighter Mormac Mar was reported making for a north Norway port with a hull crack. Harstad radio said the ship refused a rescue vessel and expected to reach Bodø on Norway’s northwest coast later today in no immediate danger.
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Oslo
Norway
Mormacmar
Harstad Radio
Bodo
Dulles Sees Far East Action Still Unclear
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate that no decision has been made on blocking Red China or any Far East action. He described talk of a blockade as premature and noted Europe’s cautious move toward ratifying the European Defense Community treaties.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
China
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
RN. J
Fulbright
D-Ark
Far Eastern
Europe
Wiley
R-Wis
United States
American Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Former Pennsylvanian Senator Reed Dies in Sarasota
Former U S Senator David Reed of Pennsylvania dies in a Sarasota hospital at 72 after a heart attack. Reed, a WWII veteran and longtime Pittsburgh lawyer, spent winters at Grand Island near Sarasota. He had been appointed to the Senate in 1922 after serving as a major in the field artillery and received the French Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Medal.
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Sarasota
Fla
U.S
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Reed
Pittsburgh
Baca
Grand Island
Gulf ‘of Mexico
Second Slain Woman Found Near Tijuana Tecate Highway
Police report the second unidentified female body in five days was found about two miles off the Tijuana Tecate road. The 22 year old Mexican descent victim had three fingers missing from her left hand and a crushed head, police say she was beaten to death. Investigations seek motive and possible sex crime link.
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Tijuana
Tecate
Tijuana -Police
Alejandro Gudino- Hernandezs
Saath
Graa
Ensenada-Tijuana Jehway
Gadino
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James P. McAlister
McAllister
Corral
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Hoover
J. F. Massoni
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Ken
Packey
Net
Farm Bureau
By Don Whitehead
Sen. Reed
Tijuana Highway
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