Merle Travis jailed after standoff with pistol threat
Composer Merle Travis known for 16 Tons was jailed in NORTH HOLLYWOOD after officials said he slugged his wife with a pistol and barricaded himself in the home. Officers, armed with rifles and tear gas, surrounded the bungalow as Mrs Travis fled with two children.
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Belty Travis
Merle Travis
Joe Maphis
Travis
North Hollywood
Weckly
Betty
Mike
Dennis
Los Angeles
E. T. Johnston
Eisenhower Eyes New Farm Program For Congress
President Eisenhower plans to send a new farm program to Congress on Monday aimed at price stabilization by reducing surpluses and preventing future oversupply. Benson outlined tentative plans to Republican House Agriculture Committee members, including a possible 20 percent reduction in eligible cropland and a "sail bank" long term conservation approach to curb future surpluses. Hagerty said the message would go to Capitol Hill with present plans, while Benson seeks final review with the President in Florida.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Ren
James C. Hagerty
Key West
Fla
Capitol
Sail Bank
Missile Peril Near for Nation
A Washington report warned that the United States and Russia may soon deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles and hydrogen bombs with explosive power up to 30 million tons of TNT within six to ten years. The warning period for an ICBM attack would be 19 to 20 minutes. Civil Defense leaders urged broad program changes as experts warn Russia trails in development of more capable weapons. A separate fire incident in Seaside highlighted dangers from a gas stove fire that injured a man and caused property damage.
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Washington Gei
United States
Russia
Hos
Charles E. Wilsen
Pital
David J. Tierney
Val Peterson
Arthur
Flemming
Nation
Civil Defense
Berserk Gunman Kills L. B. Man Women First 1956 Traffic Victim Here
A 61-year-old woman driver Vera Mae Styer of 58 John St Long Beach became the first traffic fatality of the new year. She was fatally injured when her car was struck by a cotton truck at Pacific Coast Highway and Atlantic Avenue about 7 am today. She died at Seaside Hospital within two hours. Truck driver Johnny M. Rodriguez 24 of El Centro was cited for running a red light. He was westbound on the highway while the woman traveled south on Avanti Avenue. Rodriguez is with Ralph Pipkin Trucking Co. of El Centro. The truck was a semi trailer with another trailer. The report notes the 1955 first traffic fatality was Robert W. Zegers 47 Wilmington longshoreman killed when his car was struck by a hit and run driver at Atlantic Ave and Burnett St. Zegers' year-old daughter Barbara was seriously injured. Two people were injured when a car crashed into two parked cars on Orizaba Ave north of Artesia St. Robert N. Hardaway 18 of 6669 Curtis Ave suffered a nose injury and Fred Krausse 28 of 2024 E Artesia St injured in the knee. both were treated at Community Hospital. Driver Richard L. Brown 18 of 6619 Rose Ave said his car went out of control on Orizaba Ave north, striking parked cars registered to Henry Kling and John G. Forgy.
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Long Beach
Vera Mae Styer
John St
Pacific Coast Hwy
Atlantic Ave
Seaside Hospital
Johnny M. Rodriguez
el Centro
Avanti¢ Ave
Rodrigue
Ralph Pipkin Trucking Co
Robert W. Zegers
Wilmington
Burnett St Zegers
Barbara
Orizaba Ave
Artesia St
Robert N. Hardaway
Curtis Ave
Fred
Krausse
Community Hospital
Richard L. Brown
Rose Ave
Queens
Piauamiie
Auateme Ome
Puente
Nott
Oregon
Newport
Portland
Kachapi
Inelcdinga
Charles L. Hoffman
Glendale
Hoffman
Lawrence
Leora
Fatal Long Beach pilot dies in Municipal Airport crash
A 34 year old Long Beach veteran pilot John F. Dillon died when his war surplus training plane stalled on takeoff at Municipal Airport. The aircraft struck an unoccupied twin engine plane, demolishing both. Dillon’s wife and two young sons witnessed the event as they were traveling to California for seafood import business.
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Municipal Airport
Long Beach
John F. Dillon
E. 1St St
Mexico
Dillon
San Diego
Cragh
Air Force
Alyce
Mark
John
Randall M. Scott
Municipal
Aircrat
John R. Dillon
L B Man 73 Burned in Gas Blast
A Long Beach pensioner aged 73 was critically burned when a gas explosion demolished his small garage apartment. Firefighters reported severe burns and the incident prompted an emergency response, with authorities detailing the blast location and immediate medical care.
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Long Beach
L.B. Man
Traffic Death Toll in California Rises in 1953
CHP figures show 3,397 people died in California traffic accidents during 1953. Later reports may adjust the total upward. The 1953 toll topped 1954's 3,104 and 1953's earlier figure, but did not set a state record. All-time high was 2,664 auto fatalities in 1946.
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California Highway Patrol
California
Newspaper Page Index Teaser
The bulletin lists where to find sections across the paper including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics and more. It notes specific page placements such as Sports on A-20 and A-21 and Vital Statistics on B-14.
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Wilson
Weather outlook with variable clouds and fog
Variable high cloudiness through Thursday with local fog late tonight and early Thursday. Temperatures show little change.
Jealous welder shoots man and attacks woman at home
Jens Gamstrup, 43, arrives at 14736 Ryan Ave to settle a freezer payment and is shot dead by a 33 year old welder, who then clubs Olivia Fries, 31, and fires a skull-penetrating shot as her 1-year-old watches. Jim Lucius, 37, surrendered at a Los Angeles police station two hours later on suspicion of murder. Richard De Mattie, 19, was in the house watching TV.
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Lorng Beath'sman
Bellower
Jens Gamstrup
N. Ostrom Ave
Ryan Ave
Olivia Fries
Jim Lucius
Cecilia St. Bell Gardens
Newton St. Los Angeles
Norwalk
Marooned Area Supplied on Foot in California
Civil defense volunteers trek three miles to deliver food and medicines to 250 to 300 marooned residents of Bull Creek after a mud slide closed the highway west of U S Route 401. A rescue near Seotie Hospital followed a week earlier when Mrs. Dale Barnes was carried across the slide and gave birth the next morning.
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Riodell
Calif
UPI
Civil Defense
Kbull Creek
Feer
U. S
Dynamite Found Under Town Street Near Utah Town
A chaotic report describes dynamite and blasting cans found beneath Main Street in Bingham Utah. Deputies recall a man named Gamstrup and a woman named Shelvert. explosives were said to have been taken from a local plant. A two page continuation hints at a flying service hanger incident and further details.
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Bingham
Utah
Trevar
Main St
Elmer Panta
de Mattie
Gamstrup Stegeer
Pantalone
Haskell Flying Service
U. S
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Earl Biieket
Summit St
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