MWD Backs State Water Piping Plan
San Diego report notes the Metropolitan Water District approved the state plan with reservations. General Manager Robert B. Diemer said the project needs a firm assurance of a permanent right to a definite quantity of water from surplus areas and opposed using state funds until water rights for originating counties and Southern California service areas are settled. He favored studies of a coastal route as an alternative to the Tehachapi high lift plan.
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San Diego
Metropolitan Water District
California
Robert B. Diemer
MWD
Diemer
Tehachapis
Cupid Clobbered Springfield in Brief Marriage Note
Cupid had no lasting effects in Springfield. A single marriage intention was filed the day after Valentine's Day, according to the local record keepers.
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Springfield
Mass
Kepp
Cafe Owner Surprises in Death Trial Case
In Los Angeles cafe operator Jerry Pappos testified as a surprise prosecution witness in the murder trial of James Merkouris. He identified Merkouris as the owner of a car seen near the scene days before the shootings of Merkouris' ex wife Despine Forbes and her husband Robert Forbes at their ceramics shop. Pappos said he bought the car and later gave it to Merkouris for a 1000 debt, and found two guns in a box at their cafe.
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Los Angeles
Stroit
Midh
James Merkouris
Jerry Pappos
Merkouris
Pappos
Pappas
Despine Forbes
Robert Forbes
Check Artist Auto Thief on FBI List
Garland William Daniels, a 50 year old nomadic check passer and car thief, was named by the FBI as one of its ten most wanted men. He escaped in 1951 from a Lexington Kentucky hospital where he was treated for narcotics addiction and has remained at large since. Daniels used an alias Bob Colman to obtain a California union job in 1934 and stole 30 blank checks to fraudulently cash them in several states for sums from twenty to over two hundred dollars. He is described as a sharp dresser with gray blue eyes, receding brown hair, a 14 inch neck scar, and medium build. He replaces Kenneth Carpenter on the list.
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Washington
Garland
William Daniels
FBI
Daniels
U. S. Public Health Service
Lexington
Itbor
California
Bob Colman
Nebraska
Utah
Alabama
Kenneth Carpenter
Arlington,Tenn
Free Store Owner After Blaze Quiz
Baltimore authorities released the owner of True Fit Clothes Co after 844 hours of questioning by police and arson investigators. Six firemen died and twenty were injured in a nine alarm blaze. Mayor D Alesandro ordered a full probe as state officials canceled engagements to assist inquiries. The owner Hernan E Goldstein and his two sons were questioned separately in the night session.
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Baltimore
Hernan E. Goldstein
Goldstein
Leonard J
Sidney
Thomas D’alesandro
Atty
Anselm Sadaro
True Fit Clothes Co
Pause Trial Jury Chosen
Santa Ana jury of eight men and four women was picked in an overtime session to hear Herman Pause and Glover L Dockins on conspiracy to obstruct justice related to a liquor license transfer for a Newport Beach bar. Trial set to begin Monday morning after four days of jury questioning. Judge Franklin West ordered the overtime session and will preside.
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Santa Ana
Herman Pause
Glover L. Dockins
Newport Beach
Pause
Franklin West
West
Women Bingo Raiders Prompt Lead to Arrests in Los Angeles
Twenty five women were startled as six vice squad officers raided a Melrose Avenue bingo session at 8700. The women were freed and sent home. Four Venice men were arrested on gambling law suspicions: Edward J. Orlando 39, Herbert Rosenberg 24, Harold F. Rogers 55, and Fred Simmons.
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Angeles
Melrose Ave
Venice
Edward J. Orlando
Herbert Rosenberg
Harold F.rogers
Fred Simmons
Youth Faces 25 Years After Hatchet Attack
In Clovis New Mexico Odell Jeffries pleaded guilty to attacking 14 year old Janice Wells with a hatchet. He was sentenced to 25 years in state prison after a quick arraignment. Janice remains in hospital with facial injuries as police described a brutal home invasion.
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Clovis
N. M
Odell Jeffries
Janice Wells
Aileen Wells
Janice
Clovis Hospital
Jeffries
Bellflower Man Dead From Natural Causes
Bellflower man Harry Steiner, 55, of 25933 S Beta Ave, was found on the sidewalk at 18th Street and Main Street in Dominguez Thursday afternoon. Firestone sheriff's deputies said he apparently died of natural causes. The body was taken to Stone and Myers Mortuary in Torrance.
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Vic Oouy
Harry Steiner
SiBeta Ave
18&Th St
Main St
Dominguez
Firestone Sheriff's Deputies
Steiner
Harbor General Hospital
Stone & Myers Mortuary
Torrance
Appeal Needed to Save Trade Bill in House Fight
Democrats warn only a late message from President Eisenhower can avert a crippling amendment to world trade legislation. Reed's proposal would curb presidential power over tariffs, prompting opposition from the administration as House debates the bill amid tight votes and procedural battles.
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Kent House
Eisenhower
Martin
Mass
Flouse
Rayburn
Dtex
Republians
Rep. Mills
D.-Ark
Daniel A. Reed
R.N.Y
Mills
House
Faisenhower
Cooper D.tenn
Reed
Tariff Commission
Model by Day Addict by Night Falls From Hotel Window
Police piece together the tragic double life of Joyce Goode Taylor a 33 year old model who died after apparently leaping from a hotel window in Chicago Her infant son Stephen almost followed her but was rescued by a detective The boy was placed in St Vincent's Orphanage while authorities sort facts in a case that ties narcotics addiction custody and a pending family court review to the death and a note asking care for the baby
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Chicago
Joyce Goode
Taylor
al Kustra
Gladstone
Juttie
Stephen Taylor
Kustra
St.Vincent's Orphanage
Mobile
Alt
John Golden
Charles
Supervisors Group Battles Partisanship And Proposes County Powers
In Sacramento the Legislative Committee of the County Supervisors Assn opposes partisan office battles and county financed family courts. It backs county authority to compel prisoner work and urges Congress to let counties tax federal land similarly to private land. A Long Beach annulment case follows, where a woman disclosed a husband’s prior robbery and weapons convictions, leading to the court granting an annulment after evidence of a federal car theft sentence.
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Sacramento
Supervisors Assn
Stard
San Diego
County Assessors Assn
Congress
Copter Falls en Route to Crash Kills 1
A helicopter en route to a Sabre jet crash site 60 miles northeast of Rapid City killed one airman and injured four others. A. I. C. Stanislaus Countes, 17, of Baltimore, was thrown from the craft amid engine trouble. Lt. Col. John Stephens, Maj. John Malley, 1st Lt Dean Martin, and A. J. C. Ernest O'Brien survived with minor injuries. The Sabre jet victim was Capt. David E. Baker of Lynn, Massachusetts, whose parachute failed to open after engine trouble. All airmen were from Ellsworth AFB. Countes is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Butts.
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Rapid City
S. D
Stanislaus Countes
Baltimore
John Stephens
John Malley
Dean Martin
William Fairbrother
Bakers
Robber Holden pleads guilty in Norwalk court
Julius Junior Holden, 82, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Norwalk. He was scheduled for probation and sentence in Los Angeles Superior Court on March 20. Holden told detectives he had committed several burglaries and robberies statewide, having been charged with two counts of robbery dated January 9 in Whittier and Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Julius Junior Holden
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Whittier
City Aged I Lakewood Birthday Dance
Lakewood marks its first birthday with a March 5 celebration at Lakewood Elks Hall 4485 Village Rd sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with Herb Gifford's orchestra. Tickets limited to 200. co chairmen Dwight Mitchell and Jim Slaughter note the anniversary follows Incorporation last year.
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Lakewood
Knight Opposes Tide Funds General Use
Governor Knight rejected using about 33 million dollars from accumulated tide and oil reserve funds for general state spending. He urged the Park Commission fund to stay intact for a five year plan on beaches and parks and signaled possible study of a new spending formula for oil leases. Knight and the Park Commission also opposed a Federal Power Commission project that would flood Coloma, seeking to protect the gold discovery site.
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Knight
State Park Commission
California
State Lands’ ‘Commission
Jtdelands
d/State Park Commission
Commission
Lands Commission
The
Park Commission
Frank Hortig
Hortig
Francis Lindsay
Federal Power Commission
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