Shiang Evacuates 3 More Island Bastions
AP reports chaotic pullback as Nationalist troops retreat from Tachens and nearby isles. Marines observe heavy mud, abandoned LST wrecks, and a mass civilian evacuation to Formosa. Gen Liu regrets not standing firm. officials frame civilians’ mass departure as political gain. Keelong Harbor receives LST with 714 guerrillas, 751 civilians, 47 dependents.
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Jim Berker
Tachens
Becker
Vikiangshan
Tachens) I
Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin Jr
Liu Lien-Yi
Liu
Formosa
LST
Keelong Harbor
Pishan
U S doubts Russ bomb advantage in hydrogen work
Washington experts question Molotov claims of Soviet hydrogen bomb superiority. They note a possible 1953 shortcut found by Russians may have been surpassed by U S progress. Officials cite uncertain timing and conclude the U S program has moved ahead, though Eisenhower voiced no proof of Soviet lead.
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Washington
Molotovs
Russia
United States
Molotov
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Condition of Pope Said Fairly Good
The Vatican reports Pope Pius XII, 78, in fairly good condition. Personal physician Dr. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi says the Pontiff has steadily increased his work while regaining strength but cautions against resuming general audiences suspended since his critical illness last December.
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Vatican
Alex Weo
Pius XII
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Bomb threats evacuate two San Fernando Valley schools
About 2,000 students at Verdugo Hills High School in Tu ju nga and Birmingham Junior School in Van Nuys were evacuated after anonymous callers warned bombs were planted. Authorities conducted fruitless searches and classes resumed.
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van Awure
San Fernando] Valley
Verdugo Hills High School
Tujunga
Birmingham
van Nuys
Fog Shuts Long Beach Area Airport After Fog Crash
Dense fog cloaked southern Los Angeles County causing a 14 hour shutdown of the airport and traffic snarls. In Santa Ana four people were injured in two crashes at a fogbound intersection near the Navy and Marine facilities. Marines Richard L. Martins and Clau dette Hamilton were seriously or critically hurt, with Martins' car crashing through a barricade near Camp Road and the air facility.
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Julius Tober
Oregon
Long Beach Blvd
St. Ogden
Los Angeles County
Malibu
Santa Ana
Richard L. Martins
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
la Pearl Lane
Costa Mesa
Claudette Hamilton
S. Sycanore St. Santa Ana
Orange County General Hospital
Martins
Navy Way
Camp Rd
Marine Corps Air Facility
Fic
Howard Lampe
Pfc
Dallas Cennon
Marine Air Facility
el Toro
Unions Plan Drive for Members Amid Merger Talks
The AFL and CIO edge toward a merger with Meany to presid e and Schnitzler as secretary treasurer. The CIO gains rights to enter the AFL as a group and organize entire plants, while plans target chemicals plastics and textiles for initial organizing.
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George Meany
Top Moon
AFL
Walter Fleather
CIO
Meany
William Schnitzler
CID
41 Millions Invested in Canadian Uranium
London based finance group announces 41 million dollars to fund Canadian uranium ventures Bio Tinto Co Ltd Algom Uranium and related firms plan production at Algom Quirke Lake and Nordic Lake sites targeting about 3000 tons of ore daily The piece notes concerns over union raiding and monopoly fears with comments from Henry G Riter president of the National Association of Manufacturers and Edison Inc president on potential benefits and dangers of the merger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UFI
Bio Tinto Co. Ltd
Algom Uranium
Ines Ltd
Algom
Quirke Lake
Nordic Lake
Canada
Beuliher
Henry G. Riter Tit
National Agsn
Alfacturers
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
West Orange
N. J
Jhreat
Jmonopoly
Riter
Million Dollar Grant To Cal For Research
The Rockefeller Foundation has granted Cal for research in marine biology. The award, valued at about 1 million yen ($3,340), is part of a program that could someday help tap the seas for greater food supply.
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New York
Upi
Rocke- Compensation Feller Foundation
Tokyo
University
California
Hokkaido
United States
Kyodo
Separated Twin Returns After Month at Hospital
Rodney Dee Brodie, last surviving Siamese twin from the historic 1952 separation, left the University of Tlingis Research Hospital after a month of checkups. Doctors say he can walk unassisted and converse, with no surgery during this stay. the open skull from the 1952 operation remains to be covered in the future.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Tlingis Research Hospital
Rodney
Roger Lee
Roger
Kappa Sigmas Buy New Pair After Mounting Incident
Denver University fraternity members apologized for a hazing prank in which they stood a sorority girl on her head and stencil ed their emblem on her panties. The incident followed a missing symbol theft and a kangaroo court game against Alpha Chi Omega members. The Interfraternity Council condemned the act and imposed strict sanctions including canceling all Kappa Sigma functions and demands for officer resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Kappa Sigma
Denver University
Aliwyn
Skid
Sigma Kanpa
Pirtle
Inter- Fraternity Council
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Kappa Sigmas
iBay Tube Proposal Near San Diego Bay Feasibility Studied
The San Diego City Council with Coronado officials asks the state toll bridge authority to study the feasibility of an all traffic tube beneath San Diego Bay.
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San Diego
Coronado City
Nas Arity
San Diego Bay
Bribe case against Adams loses one count in Santa Ana court
Ray S. Adams, 55, executive secretary of the California Tavern Assn., had one count dismissed in a Santa Ana bribery case. The judge acquitted the bribe conspiracy charge while the grand theft of 8500 from Melitas Forster remains. Adams testified about 3500 spent in 1953 and other expenses, and noted a 1932 presidential pardon restoring civil rights.
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Santa Ana
Ray S. Adams
California Tavern Assn
Kenneth FE. Morrison
Robert P. Kneeland
Old State Board of Equalization
Adams
Melitas Forster
San Juan Capistrano
Miss Forster
Sim
Sacramento
Washington
D. C
New York
Artie Samish
Ray McCarthy
McCarthy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prohibition
New Car Enters Home After Misstep by 16-Year-Old
Frank Botefahr 16 of Whittier tested his mother’s new automobile in Lakeswood Village this morning. He pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, sending the car across a lawn into the porch of Raymond Silver at 4350 Montair Ave. The porch steps railing and rear end were damaged. no injuries were reported.
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Frank Botefahr
Whittier
Lakeswood Village
Botefahr
Raymond
Montair Ave
Lockheed Tests Turbo-Prop Hercules Transport
Lockheed Aircraft announced tests of its new turbo-prop Hercules transport. The cargo plane measures 132 feet wingspan, 93 feet length, and 38 feet high, capable of short takeoffs and higher, faster flight than existing military transports. The Air Force designates it YC130.
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Lockheed
Los Angeles
Upi
Lockheed Aircraft
Air Force
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