Water main crack swallows car on Pacific Coast Hwy
A 30 inch water main broke overnight, creating an 80 foot wide, 25 foot deep hole on Pacific Coast Hwy between Temple and Molino Aves. Dr. and Mrs. A C Armbruster were rescued by a bystander milkman, with no injuries. The car, valued at about 15000, was later found upside down.
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Pacific Coast
Temple and
Molino Aves
A. C. Armbruster
Phoenix
Ariz
James A
al) Beck
Ostram Ave
Cherry
Temple Aves
Armbruster
Pacific Coast Hwy
Charles Tally
Missing Paramount Men in Colorado Avalanche Tragedy
Two Paramount men Raymond Bradshaw and Early Croft are trapped in a 1000 foot snow slide that buried their truck on U S Highway 160 near Wolf Creek Pass Colorado. Rescue teams using snow shoes and mine detectors search a ravine while a survivor Melvin Herron reports slight injuries.
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Paramount
U. S. Hwy
Colorado
Raymond Bradshaw
Orizaba St
Early Croft
Melvin Herron
Ontario
Calif
Herron
Watson Bros. Trucking Co
Vernon
Denver
Los Angeles
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek Pass
United Press
Bradshaw
Croft
Willowbrook Child Perishes in Blaze
Willowbrook Jan. 2 Mrs. Bessie Jackson carried one child from a burning home but could not reach another who died in the flames. Donald Leon Jackson 22 months died in his bedroom after his sister Hrma and brother Antonio escaped. Police said a lit gas heater near the bed ignited bedclothes. the interior was ablaze when two county engines arrived.
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Willowbrook
Bessie Jackson
Robin St
Donald Leon Jackson
R. Joinivelle
The
Sherafs
Antonio
Donald
Jackson
John
Long ‘Beach
Douglas Aircraft Company
Enna
Where to Find It in the Times
A listing page detailing where to locate sections such as Becca Camping, Bridge, Classified Ads, Comics, Crossword, Editorials, Financials, Obituaries, Sports, Tides and Temperatures, and Women's Activities across pages A and B. It references page numbers and sections for quick navigation.
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Becca Camping
T. Boyle
Midwinter Heat Wave Sweeps Dixie and North Cold States
A freakish midwinter heat wave toasted Dixie with Atlanta reaching 75 degrees and Miami residents enjoying 80 degree weather for the Orange Bowl. Nashville Knoxville and Chattanooga also reported mid to upper 70s while Columbus Ohio hit 67. A cold front followed with forecasters warning of sleet and freezing rain in Ohio and western Kentucky. Coldest spot was Bemidji Minnesota at 22 below.
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Dixie
Mercury
Rocky Mountain
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Raleigh
N. C
Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Bernidji
Minn
Weather forecast note shows calm night then warming
Forecaster reports clear conditions tonight with increasing temperatures tomorrow. Winds shift from variable tonight to southwest, at 10 to 15 mph tomorrow, bringing a warmer day ahead.
Churchill May Fly to Truman Luncheon
Washington January 2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill may leave the Queen Mary at New York quarantine and fly to Washington for lunch with President Truman Officials said the speed up arrangement was being considered to carry out the weekend program Storms delayed the Queen Mary sailing causing the shift in schedule
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Washington
Jan
Winston Churchil
New York
Truman
Strong Quake Shakes Formosa East Coast
A strong earthquake rattled Formosa on January 2 reported by local observers. There were no casualties or serious injuries as the tremor affected Hu mash area and surrounding coastal towns along the east coast.
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Formosa
East Coast
Peake Formosa
Humash
C-47 Wreck Yields Bodies for 28 Victims
Phoenix AP dispatch reports an Air Force evacuation party reached a mountainside crash site and identified all 28 aboard as 19 West Point cadets, four crew, and five passengers. The C-47 struck Amer Mountain at 7000 feet, exploded, and the bodies were found scattered on the slope.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
Donald C. Humphreys
West Point
Arizona
Amer
Humphrey
Associated Press
Santa Ana Cadet Victim In Crash
Karl Glasbrenner, 21, a West Point senior and Santa Ana native, was among 28 victims of a C-47 crash in central Arizona. He was son of Mr and Mrs Karl Glasbrenner Sr of Santa Ana and previously Orange High School student body president in 1948.
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Arizona
Karl Glasbrenner
West Point Militay Academy
Karl F. Glasbrenner
N. Park Blvd
Santa Ana
Military Academy
Orange High School
Press Telegram Rose Edition still available for limited run
The Press Telegram announces a limited stock of the Tournament of Roses edition sold at sidewalk stands or by carrier, mail, or phone. The souvenir issue features parade pictures and a roundup of major bowl games, highlighting Long Beach’s float and fourth straight tournament win, priced at 15 cents.
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Press-Telegram
Long Beach
Eee
U N Proposes all for all prisoner trade in Korea armistice
At Panmunjom on January 2 the United Nations backed a six point plan for releasing all war prisoners and civilian internees on both sides. The plan would also free 50 000 to 70 000 South Korean troops in Communist hands. Communists reacted unfavorably but promised to study the proposal and respond at the prisoner subcommittee meeting later today.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Ramnramices Frrminis
Wunape Satan
U.N
U. N
Red Armies
U. W
R. E. Libby
Libby
Long Beach
Truman Hints At 1948 Run Before February Deadline
Rep Hays of Ohio reports President Truman hopes to decide and reveal plans before February 6 the Ohio filing deadline for Democratic delegates. Hays says Truman wants to know his course and may defer final decision until after talks with Kefauver and other party figures.
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Washington
President Truman
Rep. Hays
Ohio
White House
Mr. Truman
Truman
Hays
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Sen. Kefauver
Gas Fumes Kill Tank Workers at Midland Rubber Plant
Two men were killed and two others overcome by gas in a large tank at the Midland Rubber Corp synthetic rubber plant on 190th Street and Vermont Avenue. The dead are George Williams and George Jumper. Injured survivors Kei Kojima and Earl Brown were treated at a Torrance hospital. A plant manager said the gas may have been styrene or liquid hydrocarbon, and three workers were inside the tank cleaning it when the incident occurred.
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Midland Rubber Corp
190Th St
Vermont Ave
A. O Rowlin
George Williams
George Jumper
Torrance
Kei Kojima
Truman Boyd Manor
Long Beach
Earl Brown
Rowlin
Truman outlines sweeping Internal Revenue Bureau shakeup
President Truman announced a major reorganization plan to curb corruption in the Internal Revenue Bureau. The proposal abolishes 64 district collector offices and creates 25 district offices led by district commissioners with field activities under their jurisdiction. All bureau offices would run civil service except the commissioner appointed by the President and Senate confirmed, plus a strong independent inspection service. The plan aims to protect government from influence peddlers and punish wrongdoers.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Expensive Dip Life Term Looms in 11 Cent Theft
New York report states a man arrested for stealing 11 cents from a Philadelphia police officer in Times Square on New Year’s Eve could face a life sentence as a fourth offender. Meyer Lewis a six year old waiter pleaded for time to hire a lawyer at arraignment citing three prior felony convictions. Under state law a fourth felony conviction can yield 1n year to life imprisonment. Hearing adjourned until Monday.
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New York
Philadelphia
Times Square
Meyer Lewis
Bus crash injures sixteen in Tennessee collision
In Dyersburg Tennessee a Greyhound express bus rammed the rear of another bus, sending the lead bus into a bank and trapping passengers. Sixteen were hospitalized, several in critical condition, but no deaths were reported. Driver G. F. Wilkerson of Memphis sustained serious injuries. passengers, including sailors returning from holiday leave, were affected.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
G. F. Wilkerson
Memphis
Father of 19 Children. Ex Mormon Sought With 6 Wives Arrested
An ex-communicated Mormon, George Meril Dutson, was sought on bigamy charges. Six women claimed to be his wives and were arrested in Mesa Arizona along with a bishop naming more marriages in Salt Lake City and Rock Springs Wyoming. The bishop alleged Dutson exploited the women who sold eyeglass cleaning tissues door to door to support him.
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Church of Jesus Christ
Latter-day Saints
Davis
Dutson
Salt Lake City
Rock Springs
Wyo
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Churchill
U. S
WAF
P.T
By Arnold Dibele
South Sea
Epi Island
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