Vibrating Valise Scare Terminated At LAX
A buzzing suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport caused a daylong alarm before police opened it to reveal only an electric vibrator. Investigators, guarding the area and using an X ray, feared a detonator amid the humming device, then declared the scare over.
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OS Angeles
Los Angeles International
Russell Camp
Jack Donohoe
New York
American Airlines
H. S. Harrison
Howard Smith
Camp
Lol Russell Camp
Los Angeles International Airport
Associated Press
Vision Stirs El Rio Folk In Virgin Mary Roof Appearance
Hundreds of El Rio residents in Ventura County reported seeing a life sized image of the Virgin Mary on a roof as Manuel Reyes builds a home for his mother. The sight drew crowds from nearby towns and halted traffic on U S Highway 101. Local priest Father John Fosselman saw something yet doubted a miracle, saying it may be imagination.
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Ke Rio
Calif
Ventura County
Manuel Reyes
Tiliano Reyes
Blessed Virgin
Reyes
Jack McHenry
Ventura Star Free Press
McHenry
el Rio
John Fosselman
Oxnard Catholic Church
Los Angeles
Ponder Wins San Antonio Handicap Golf Crown
Fifteen year old Marlene Bauer defeats her elder sister Alice to capture the Palm Beach Women's Golf Championship as coverage notes and section references outline the day's sports and society pages.
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Ponder
San Antonio
Marlene Bauer
Alice
Palm Beach
Les
U. S
Blaze destroys tuna clipper Southern Cross in Galapagos
Fire destroyed the L. E. fishing vessel Southern Cross near the equator in the Galapagos Islands, with 135 tons of fish in hold. Captain Leonard Drummond and 14 crew were rescued. The ship, built in the late 1920s, had recent repairs totaling $65,000 and insured for $225,000.
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Southern Cross
Galapagos Islands
Hornet
Leonard Drummond
Equator
Terminal Island
Frank Mansay
Long Beach
Craig Shipyard
Coast Fishing Co
Yankee Mariner
San Francisco
Yankee Boy
Newport Beach
Harbor Shooting Victim Improves in Harbor General Hospital
Mrs. Maria Kramer, 52, injured by five bullets on a San Pedro street, showed slight improvement but remained in critical condition at Harbor General Hospital. The assailant, Gregorio Varda Avila, 51, a New York City wiper residing at 77 W Fourth St, was killed by San Pedro police officers after firing on Kramer with a .38 revolver. Officers T. W. Sena and R. G. Kinsey reported the fatal encounter.
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Maria Kramer
San Pedro
Harbor General Hospital
First St
Kramer
Gregorio Varda Avila
New York City
Fourth St
T. W. Sena
R. G. Kinsey
Rustlers Take Six Cows From Paramount Dairy
Jacob Kosareff, dairy operator at 16220 S Downey Ave Paramount, reports six Holstein cows stolen from his field in the past month. He will issue a reward for the cows' return and filed the incident with the sheriff's office.
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Paramount
Jacob Kosareff
S. Downey
Ave. Paramount
Kosareff
Consolation Still Best for Baldness
In New York 200 experts ended a two day baldness conference. They heard 36 papers, heard notes on hormones, and debated inheritance age and hormone supply. Dr Sulzberger and Dr Hamilton offered cautious conclusions noting no chemical or other method can prevent baldness or regrow hair.
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New York
Marion Sulzberger
New York University
Sulzberger
James B. Hamilton
Long Island College of Medicine
Connally Signals New Push on Atomic Control via UN
Sen. Connally of Texas said the United States may seek an international agreement on control of atomic and hydrogen weapons at an appropriate time, likely through the United Nations. He emphasized not closing the door to international talks and noted the hydrogen bomb build is not a barrier to such accord.
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Comnnally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
United Nations
State Department
Connally
Truman
Acheson
Sec. Acheson
Atomic Energy Commission
U M W Boss Yields to 1 H Legal Action
President John L Lewis ordered 400000 soft coal miners to return to work Monday under two Taft Hartley injunctions. He said the move was under court duress and warned miners may defy the order. Industry leaders voiced cautious cooperation while many locals planned to stay out.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Truman
U.M.W
Il A.m
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Obey
John Ozanich
Bellwether Robena
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Ozanieh
Michael Heins
Uniontown
Col
Curley Daughter Son Die Same Day
The family of former Boston Mayor James M. Curley suffered two sudden deaths within 18 hours. Mary Curley Donngly, once Massachusetts first lady, collapsed at her Beacon Street apartment during breakfast. Later Leo Curley, 36, died while arranging his sister’s funeral, after an apparent heart attack.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Mary Curley Donngly
Massachusetts
Jher
Beacon St
Whles Curley
Leo Curley
Victim of General Story shot in North Hollywood home
In North Hollywood on February 11 a man identified as Perry L. Davis, 34, was shot at the home of retired Maj. Gen. Walter P. Story after visiting to use a phone. Davis, described as a stranger, was gravely wounded and hospitalized in Birmingham VA Hospital. Mrs. Davis said he was a Beverly Hills construction engineer and that the shooting followed a refused request to use a kitchen phone.
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Walter P. Story
40Th Division
National Guard
W. L. Wilkins
North Hollywood
Wilkins
Parry L. Davis
Grant Cooper
Nelson Story II
Gen. Story
Associated Press Wiraphoto
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
Perry L. Davis
Death Probed in Rose Fiesta Majorette
Bishop sheriff questioned the husband of 18 year old Rose Fiesta Majorette Mrs. Charles Snow about her death in Bishop Creek. The body was found in Ed Matlick's ranch creek where the Snows lived in a cabin since their June marriage. Autopsy ruled drowning. Snow was held for questioning. inquest date TBA.
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Bishop
Bishop Creek
Charles Snow
Ed Matlick
Snows
Matlick
Snow
Los Angeles
Owens Gorge
Ed Blake
Charles P. Cline
George Smith
Marguerite Hadnik
Butte, Mont
Pomona
Butte
Butte High School
Pasadena
Republicans Rally to Liberty vs Socialism in 1950 push
In Lincoln Day events across the nation Republicans pressed the liberty versus socialism message as they launch their first full-scale 1950 campaign volley. Stassen attacked Democrats for socialism and crony welfare, arguing government programs erode freedom and push taxation as a tool of control.
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Associated Prean
Epublicans
Waenla T Cracean
Sage Uiaus Wao mouEy Paneer
University of Pennsylvania
Springfield
Lincoln
Stassen
Lincoln birthday holiday closings and reopenings
Schools banks and city county state offices will be closed tomorrow for Lincoln's birthday observance. The public library and branches will close. All federal offices including the post office will be open, as will most stores.
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Lincoln
Republicans Call for Dynamic Party Under Freedom Rallying Point
In a St. Louis address Republican leaders urged a dynamic fighting party around true freedom for man. They argued the choice is between free governance and surrender to an all powerful federal state taxing and directing daily life. The charge of communists on the payroll was raised, while Sen Bricker attacked Supreme Court judges for illegitimate statutory interpretation.
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Guy G. Gabrielson
St. Louis
Sen
Bricker
Supreme Court
Congress
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Warren Hails Lincoln Tolerance at Lincoln Day Dinner
Berkeley February 11. Governor Earl Warren said if Lincoln were alive today he would shame those who incite conflict over race class or creed. He spoke at the Lincoln Day dinner of the Alameda County Republicans, his first major address since announcing reelection plans.
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Berkeley
Earl Warren
Abraham Lincoln
Warren
Alameda County
Lincoln
AEC Airplane Falls Three Killed Near Albuquerque
A Beechcraft twin engine plane under AEC contract crashed near shore, killing three civilians. AEC security officials took over the case, released no victim names pending relatives notification, and ordered state police away from the scene with information funneled through the Los Alamos regional office.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Los Alamos
Scouts Light Torches With Eternal Flame
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on February 11, more than 3000 Boy Scouts from 33 councils joined Governor James H. Duff at the Gettysburg National Cemetery for a torchlight tribute to Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the 141st birthday anniversary.
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Gettysburg
Peace Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
James H. Duff
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Lincoln
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