Weeks Sees Good Year in Business
The report shows a strong year with a 5 percent rise in gross national product to a record level, higher personal incomes, and robust employment. Despite inventory cuts, demand remained solid with increased consumer spending on goods and services. Unemployment dipped, while business investment and defense-related spending grew, marking a sustained postwar expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Org
Anaz
Val Federal
Doo
Two More Die as Area Holiday Toll Rises
A holiday period claims two more lives in the area with a series of traffic incidents and a hit and run. Laura Tagore, in Los Arceles, and others are injured in crashes across Long Beach, Bellflower, and nearby streets. Arnold Ross, 63, of Fullerton dies from a car strike in front of his home. A youngster, Robert Williams, 4, is trampled by a horse, funeral set in Anaheim.
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Laura
Tagore
Botn
Los Arceles
Artesia St
Rex We
Penaswent Ave
Bellflower
Neopolitin Lane
Catherine Hirk
Fer Rd
Cmllision
Redonda
Long Beach
Avore
Arnold J. Ross
Whitaker
Robert S., Willams
Raymond Ave
Anaheim
Hilgenfield Mortuary
Chanel
Anaheim Cemetery
Fire damages six story block in Columbus downtown
A New Year’s Eve blaze destroyed the McChire Tschelt er Parrish Co. wholesale store in downtown Columbus causing $250000 in damage. The fire reached the Reid Hotel and other nearby properties as fire crews fought the flames and two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Chic
Walter Strickladen
Ohia
Capitol
Central
McChire-Tschelter-Parrish Co
Strickfaden
Black Jeep
Reid Hotel
Aso
Chittenden
Reid
Free to wed soon Army to release GI ex prisoner in Russia
An Oklahoma City man, 33 year old Homer Cox, after four years Soviet imprisonment, is being held in Berlin as the Army investigates his claim of being drugged and shanghaied. His Austrian fiancée Fraulein Brenner, released earlier, awaits marriage plans as Cox expects to be freed in about 10 days.
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Berlin
ICM
Army
Putito
Homer Cox
Cox
Jack Pete Cox
Russia
Frem Olla
Lawton
Okla
Morean
West Berlin
Con
Inge Brenner
Vienna
Ailein Brenner
Oklahoma City
Fraulein Brenner
Gerald Spencer
United States
Ex Turncoat Urges Probe of Compound Conditions
Ex Turncoat Batchelor of Texas urged the American repatriation commission to investigate the Red prisoner compound. He claimed 21 Americans still with the Communists risk harm or legal action, and described a chaotic jail scene and his own release at Mun gan. Thimayya said Indian troops would screen anti Communist prisoners as needed.
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Koren
Url Piel
Nea
Lal
Barcherow
Batchélor
Cpl
Edward Dickinson
Mungan
Batchelor Aalked
Hick
Panmunjom
Chimayya
Ehief
Chimaayya
Thimayya
Bus Crash Ditch Injures Fifteen Near Waynesville Missouri
A Greyhound bus carrying 33 people including driver Morris Mink lost a front tire and skidded into a ditch five miles east of Waynesville on U S highway 66. Fifteen aboard were injured, five seriously, and all were taken to Waynesville General Hospital. Ten patients awaited treatment but were expected to be released soon. Among the injured were passenger David Millman, 6, of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
State Highway Patrol
Greyhound
Morris Mink
Ringfield
Waynesville General Hospital
Mink
David Millhman
Los Angeles
First illegal couple honeymoon after two weddings
Davidson county report shows Wesley Marshal and Betty Jane Murphy married twice in quick succession. They held a ceremony at the Marshalls home then a second outdoor ceremony lit by car headlights after discovering the license listed Cotton County instead of Tillman County. Relatives and wedding party joined the unusual sequence before crossing county lines.
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Davidson
Unic Eal
Wesley Marshal
Marshall
Betty Jane Murphy
Marshall Home
Cotton County
Tillman County
John QO. Stewart
Mob Hailing Hirohito Tramples 16
A deadly crowd crush described as trampling during a chaotic scene. Witnesses recalled people yelling to stop the push and a survivor recounting collapsing while trying to shield a child. Ambulances rushed the injured to hospitals with several in critical condition.
Angeles Fire Nears Control After Weeklong Blaze
Fire fighters aimed to fully contain a week-old Angeles National Forest wildfire that has scorched over 15 000 acres. A separate Mt Baldy fire was tamed after burning more than 7800 acres. Fire officials reported 213 miles of the larger fire's 36 mile perimeter still out of control with 1100 crews on scene and potential watershed damage totaling millions but with uncertain winter losses.
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Los Angeles
Angeles National Forest
Mt. Baldy
Mt. Wilson
U. S. Forest Service
West Fork
San Gabriel Canyon
Pasadena Glen
Skr
Mt. Wilson Forest
Scots Protest Queen Elizabeth Broadcast Error
In Glasgow the St Andrew Society complains about the queen's Christmas message misnaming Elizabeth of England as forbear to Elizabeth II. It says Elizabeth I reigned 1558 to 1603, and urges correct terms Britain and British. It notes the typo blame falls on a typist and cites Mary Queen of Scots as the correct historic predecessor.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
St. Andrew Society of
Elizabeth
England
Elizabeth of
Mary Queen
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Britain
Russ Drum Beater Pushes Peace Line
London reports Soviet propagandist Ilya Ehrenburg says Russians are sick and tired of the cold war and hopeful for a Big Four foreign ministers conference to end it. He blames the West for the conflict and cites Bermuda talks as proof Western allies seek to prolong tensions.
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London
Ilya Ehrenburg
Radio 1 1
Moscow
Ehrenburg
Bermuda
Tides and Temperatures Sunday January 3 1954
Foregoing statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Sunrise and sunset times listed with moonset and low tides. Contains measurements in feet and precipitation not specified. Name of agency appears as Coast and Gendetic Survey with several numerical entries.
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U. S. Coast and Gendetic Survey
Reds Step Up Activity Near Laos Capital
Near Luang Prabang, rebels clashed with French Union forces as Giap's patrols kept Navarre off balance. Skirmishes near Muong Khong and Pak Seng left five Reds dead while attacks on a wounded soldiers boat failed. The French fear Luang Prabang may be the rebels' real objective.
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Hanoi
Indochina
I Laos
Luang Prabang
Red Fjetminh
Jan
Muong Khong
Pakseng
Muaong Khong
Pak«seng
Vo Nguyen Giap
Henri Navarre
Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
Lueng Prabang
Way to Slim Down Settle Emotions
Hartford report details a study at the New Haven YWCA showing overweight women diet less when emotional issues are addressed. Gloria J. Pepi of the state health department cites sorrow and anxiety as triggers for overeating, with anecdotes about how attire and mood influence eating patterns.
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Hartford
Conn
Wes
Gloria J. Pepi
State Health Department
New Haven
YWCA
Queen Elizabeth Wears Kiwi Feathers to Enter Maori Line
In Rotorua New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II donned a kiwi feather cloak to be named paramount chieftainess of the Arawa tribe at a ceremony drawing about 10000 Maori and European attendees. The queen spoke a Maori greeting and received a welcome by Maori leaders.
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Rotorua
New Zealand
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Pasadena Digging Out After Rose Parade Litter
Pasadenans begin cleanup after the 65th Tournament of Roses parade with Queen Barbara Louise Schmidt and a thousand floats bands and equestrian groups drawing praise from spectators. A battalion of 26 men eight trucks and four sweepers handle the litter along the parade route after the New Year event.
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Pasadena
Barbara Louise Schmidt
Victory Park
First baby of 1954 in United States born in Chicago
George Hay II of Chicago arrived just after midnight on New Year’s Day 1954 weighing eight pounds five ounces to become the nation’s first baby born. Three rivals followed within a second, including a girl aided by the Army and births in San Antonio and Los Angeles.
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Chicago
George Hay Fien Jr
United States
George
George Hayi Iden
James W. Lewis
Washington
Six L B Area men return from Orient on transport
Six Long Beach area service members are part of 1181 passengers arriving today in Seattle aboard the Gen. M. M. Patrick. The group includes A/2c John C. Melanson of 1424 Appleton, L B, plus A/Le Jeronama Arcllano of 1107 W Second St Santa Ana, A/Le William Helmei 6456 E Fry St Bell Gardens, A/Ge Jennings O Ralf 122 Baker St Santa Ana, A/Te William H Stoots 7556 Topeka St Rivera, and A/Le Clifton W Studland 604 N Goden Ave Fullerton.
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Long Beach
Far East
Seattle
M. M. Patrick
John C. Melanson
Appleton T
Jeronama Arcllano
W. Second St
Santa Ana
William Helmei
E. Fry
Bell Gardens
Jennings O. Ralf
Baker St
William H. Stoots
Topeka St. Rivera
Clifton W. Studland
Two Die From Heart Attacks At Rose Parade
Police said two people died from heart attacks during the Rose Parade Friday in Pasadena. A 79 year old Fresno area horse breeder and Richard Keith, 53, of South Pasadena were the fatalities. About 25 observers required minor medical attention.
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Rpasadena
W Better
Fresno
Richard Keith
South Pasadena
Wreck Delays MSC Band Train to S F
A pair of passenger trains carrying the 120 member Michigan State College Band were halted for an hour near Pixley, California after a butane gas spill from a nearby road. Traffic was allowed to resume as officials feared a spark could ignite the fumes. The Owl service from Los Angeles to Oakland was delayed but expected to reach Oakland in time for the MSC Band to perform at the Rose Bowl.
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San Francisco—Ly
Assenger
Michigan State College Band
Southern Pacific
Owl
Los Angeles
Oaklari
Pixley
Fresno
Highway Patrol
Oakland
MSC
Rose Bowl
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Steing Redesood
California Redwood Association
Hammond the Dependable Lumber Company
W. Anaheim
A. H. Heller
Manger
Russ
By Frank Jondan
Missouri
Julian’ Hiatt
E. Pacific
Hirohito
Angeles
Don Ryan
Zanesville
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Laos
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Richmond Gibnes Yres
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Dan Ane
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Matson Nav
Jan Heary
James Cook
Tan Tactiand
New York
Jens ‘Teechema Lumberlady
Rainier Owens Park
Tanainiey
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Tay EU
Hono Mermarsh
Warfaker Amery Pres
Jane
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Anunciada
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Chiley
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Geox
San Francisco
Lena Luckenbach
Aest ‘Brook
Acamilen Longview Victory
San Francisco Lions Gate
Swed
Mae Antwerp
Minnesota Krmies Iy
Yokohama
Francisco Garden State
Beas
Antwerp
Carl’s Furniture
Aotearoa
U.S
L. B
Orient
Rose Parade
S.F
Qetegram Popilsnea Dany
Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
Burgas
Bibi Cody
Long Beach California
Idixie
Hoto
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Atlantic
Atlantic At
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Belmont Shore
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