Laguna Beach cop shot dead at station by alleged bad-check suspect
A Laguna Beach officer Gordon G. French, about 38, was shot at the city hall entrance while detaining a man believed to be Carl Lawson Miller, 83, of National City. The suspect was found dead of a gunshot in San Clemente less than two hours later, in a motel room on N El Camino Real.
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Carl Lawson Miller
National City
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New City Hall
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Newport Beach
Southland
Miller
William Bachman
Breakers Wreck Surfside Homes
By Ken Chilcote pounding breakers on a 6.6 tide virtually destroyed three Surfside colony homes and threatened four others. Three homes torn loose from the sea wall rested on timber and bridge piling foundations with risk of tumbling into the surf. Navy officials touring the area expressed concern over damage threats to the Seal Beach Ammunition Net Depot halting work on a new warehouse.
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Seal Beach
Steward Briggs
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Surfside Colony
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Peggy Seals
Ed Norris
Northern
California
Ray Tissue
Long Beach
Sunset Beach
Van Fleet to Tell Scions War Views
Gen James A Van Fleet will address the House Armed Services Committee on March 4 to outline his Korea War views and may make part of the session open to the public The Senate Armed Services Committee plans a session with Van Fleet amid interest sparked by his claim that a full offensive could defeat the Communists in Korea.
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Washington
Short
James A. van Fleet
House Armed Services Committee
Eighth Army Command
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
U N Troops Halt 7 Enemy Attacks Across Korea Front
Allied soldiers repelled seven Communist attacks on a 155 mile Korean battle front, with 200 Reds killed or wounded. U S B 29s bombed a Red marshalling yard near Wonsan and U S Sabre jets patrolled MIG Alley, while U S Eighth Army reported 72 enemy killed at Anchor Hill and the Fifth Air Force destroyed vehicles in truck dusting raids.
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North Korea
Prison guards foil mass escape by drug addicts near Mexico City
Mexico City area prison guards stopped a planned escape by about 600 drug addicts. Ten men who squeezed through a hole bored in the stone wall were captured and sent to the Tres Marias penal colony.
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Mexico City
Tres Marias Islands
Banker Publisher Star Triangle Havana Murder Suspect Dead
In Havana a banker awaiting trial for the murder of a wealthy newspaper publisher. Matias Mateo Carreno, 52, was found dead in his prison cell likely from a heart medicine overdose. The publisher, El Crisol’s 45 year old, was slain as he entered the star's apartment last November. The star suffered a gunshot wound but recovered after hospital care.
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Pontiff Intercedes for Rosenberg Spies
The Vatican newspaper reports Pope Pius intervened for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, seeking clemency before President Eisenhower refused mercy. Vatican sources say the action occurred earlier, with the apostolic delegation noting many appeals for intercession.
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L'Osservatore Romano
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Holy See
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Earthquake Strikes Iranian Mountain Town Torroud
AP dispatch reports Premier Mohammed Mossa degh ordered troops to the quake stricken Torroud, 200 miles east of Tehran, where up to 1500 were killed and homes destroyed. Fewer than 50 survivors were found as army Red Cross and Red Lion and Sun units converge amid slow information from the isolated town. Authorities urged aid and relief funding.
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Sun
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Caspian Sea
Hussein Ala
Majlis
Mullah Kashani
Four Men Attack Woman with Narcotic Needle in Los Angeles
Mrs. Stella Franklin 26 fought off four men who tried to kidnap her and jabbed a narcotic syringe into her arm. They fled after she screamed. Doctors removed the needle at a hospital, noting no narcotic entered her blood due to her struggle.
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Stella Franklin
Stella
Mrs. Franklin
Missing Bradshaw probes hit by $50,000 loss at LA credit union
Los Angeles authorities and federal investigators seek Alan J. Bradshaw manager of the Los Angeles water and power department employees credit union believed missing with about $50,000 in government bonds. President Swyter said an audit showed shortages and the exact amount is uncertain. Meanwhile a Tokyo bound amphibious rescue plane carrying eight Americans crashed near Moji in southern Honshu, killing the sergeant, his wife, a nurse and five crew members.
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Alan J. Bradshaw
Los Angeles Water and Power Department
Harry C. Swyter
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Bradshaw
Tokyo
Credit Union Air Rescue
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Ashiya
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Moji
Honshu
Air Force
Asahi
Colton Plane Crash Kills Two Wisconsin Couples
A Mexican fishing trip return ended fatally for four aboard a Colton plane. Alfred Johnson, 44, and his wife Mary Madison, and Dr. Lloyd Helmes, 63, with Zelma 58, perished when the aircraft stalled after takeoff in high wind, dragged a wing, overturned, and caught fire near Oshkosh. They had arrived Saturday from La Paz, Baja California, in a mass private flight from the Midwest.
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Mary Madison
Lloyd Oscar Helmes
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la Paz
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B-36 Crashes Near Goose Bay Killing Three Crew
A Carswell based B36 bomber returning from England crashed and burned 16 miles from Goose Bay Labrador. Three crew members were killed six sustained major injuries and eight others were injured. Carswell Air Force Base officials reported the incident. The bomber was en route from England to Carswell for a scheduled stop.
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Weather outlook Mostly clear through Saturday
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies with a few high clouds Saturday. Little temperature change expected across the period.
Europeans Battle Sea in New Flood Threat
Britain the Netherlands and Belgium face a renewed North Sea surge amid the storm season. A sandbag airlift with aid from Britain the United States and eight continental countries is under way to reinforce levees. More than 2000 deaths were counted from the January storm on the region, with crews bolstering defenses as weaknesses appeared in dikes.
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Low Countries
Dulles Waves Off Far East War Risks
Secretary of State Dulles told Senate Far Eastern subcommittee members that the administration will consult Congress and U S allies before any further Far Eastern moves. He denied plans for a blockade of the Red China coast and noted continued Formosa patrols under Eisenhower’s order. Chairman Smith said the group sought secrecy but Dulles appeared to reassure lawmakers on consultative process.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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R-N. J
Red China
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Eisenhower
China
Formosa
Steel and metal price controls scrapped by administration
The Eisenhower administration scrapped allocation controls on steel copper and aluminum not claimed by defense priority holders. The ODM announced the action as a shift toward free markets with only critical defense allocations and some rent controls to remain after the end of April. Production ceilings end now and the plan continues on an open basis until June 30.
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Eisenhower
Office of Defense Mobilize- Lot
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Arthur S. Flemming
Wisenhower
Six killed as car crashes headon with tanker near Delano
A two-vehicle crash on Highway 99 south of Delano killed six people, including four young girls from Los Angeles. The car driver apparently fell asleep, veering into a southbound heavy truck. Victims are Ted E. Golobay and Mrs Audréy M. Egbert, both 31 and 30, and their four unidentified daughters aged about 1 to 6. The truck driver, Thomas R. McDaniel, 29, of Visalia, had minor injuries. The Egbert girl identities were to be confirmed by her father, who was en route from Los Angeles.
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Where to Find It Beach Clim Binges and More
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Parole Pleas Denied for Costello and Two Reds
The Federal Parole Board refused parole bids by Frank Costello the New York gambler and by Benjamin Davis and Irving Potash top Communist leaders. Costello serving 18 months for contempt of Congress began Aug 15 1952 at Milan Michigan federal prison. Davis Negro former New York City councilman sentenced five years at Terre Haute Indiana. Potash also five years for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of government at Leavenworth Kansas.
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