Woman leaves eight children amid polygamy claim in Utah
In SHORT CREEK Utah AP report a frail woman Vera Black returned home leaving seven of her eight children in state custody and vowing to fight to regain them. Four year old Vaughn met her returning child who had whooping cough and was taken to Provo for welfare care. The State Welfare Commission seized seven more children after Mrs Black would not sign a written pledge not to teach polygamy.
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Short Creek
Utah
Vaughn
Vera Black
Provo
State Welfare Commission
Elsie
Emilie
Mother Loses Children in Provo Family Custody Move
Welfare officials pressed Mrs. Vera Black to sign an affidavit to keep her children, who were taken into custody after she refused. Black, wife of Leonard Black, is part of the Short Creek polygamy controversy tied to earlier Arizona convictions. Children, aged 9 to 19, were placed in foster homes in Provo, with the family alleging they would be returned soon.
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Arizona
Black
Vera
Utah
Emilie
Wilford
Francis
Orson
Isa
Four American missionaries believed killed in Ecuador rescue
A ground party moved toward a rugged Ecuadorian camp as authorities awaited identification of four bodies found near the Avra Auca tribe area. An Air Force helicopter reported discovering the remains, with a fifth missionary still missing. identities and burial plans depended on confirmation at the scene. In town, Friday the 13th brought a string of odd incidents and minor arrests as police processed various local acts.
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Quito
Ecuador
Auca
Panama
Caraway River
Stolen Hubcaps Inspires Poem In Local Auto Theft Case
Four hubcaps were taken today from a new automobile owned by Emil J. Kilbat of 298 East 67th Street. A poem attached to the car mocks the theft with lines about locks, roses, and car brands, ending with a jab at the thief.
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Emil J. Kilbat
Bee Bridge and Beach Guides Info Locator
The notice lists where to find various sections of the newspaper including Beach Combing on B-1, Bee Bridge on A-7, Classifieds C-2 to C-11, Comics B-4, Crossword B-7, Editorial A-6, Financial B-3, Obituaries B-2, Radio and TV B-8, Shipping B-2, Sports A-8 and A-9, Theaters B-6 and B-7, Tides Temperatures B-2, Wilson A-7, Women B-d, and Your World 4-2.
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Wilson
Rumor of Tideland Pay-Off At Long Beach Probed
Assemblyman Bruce Allen held a Los Angeles hearing into rumors that former Long Beach city councilmen, nicknamed the Solid Five, sought a pay-off in a tidelands oil contract years ago. Publisher Herman Ridder and State Justice official Kenneth Horton testified about rumors of a 0 percent pay-off and city involvement. Horton cited Ridder’s account of discussions with oil firms including Richfield Oil Co.
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Bruce Allen
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Tidelands
Herman H. Ridder
Independent
Press-Telegram
Kenneth Horton
State Department of Justice
Allen
Ridder
Horton
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Termine
Solid Five
Richfield Oi Co
Legislature Won't Act on Tideland in 1956 Session
SACRAMENTO Gov Knight ruled out action by the 1956 Legislature on Long Beach tideland funds. He said he is disinclined to open the 80 day session to the tideland issue, citing a policy to limit non budget legislation to emergency problems. He will call only a concurrent special session on flood relief. the Navy asked to broaden the March agenda to cover subsidence funding, but funding would require addressing the tideland oil revenue question. The 1955 Legislature defeated a bill to transfer about 1200 million dollars in Long Beach oil money to the state.
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Sacramento
Knight
Long Beach
Navy
Tideland
Assembly
Miss Calif Abductor Walker arraigned in Anaheim court
Jack James Walker 25 faces five charges including rape kidnapping and burglary in the March 26 1954 abduction of Miss California Dorma Schurr. Arraignment before Judge Ronald Tiday set for Jan 18 at 10 a m. in Fullerton. Walker arrived in jail attire, guarded by a sheriff's deputy and held in a courtroom with six others. Continued on page.
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Jack” James’ Walker
Dorma Schurr
California
Anaheim
Fullerton
Schurr
Ronald Tiday
Josephine’ St
Grove
Walker
Apm
Bury Battelle
Sekar
Savant Tells Desire to Slay TV Viewers in Studio
London AP report states a shocked BBC viewership heard professor Dr Glyn Daniel of Cambridge University speak in a husky voice while influenza kept him from the studio lights. A BBC spokesman explained the condition and that Daniel, a noted archaeological expert, was ill.
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Savant
London
British Broadcasting _ Corp
Glyn Daniel
Cambridge
University
Daniel
Ohel
Britain
Guilty Verdict Hint Seen in Feaster Trial
A juror indication suggested a verdict of guilty on at least one defendant in the Feaster murder trial. Jury foreman Merle Iversen notified Judge Miller the panel sought guidance on penalties for first degree murder as Davis attorney Leland Zeman reportedly collapsed from nervous exhaustion and was hospitalized.
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Billy
G. Morse
John Hhl Davis
Devélorm Nty
Fred Miller
Merle
Iversen
Miler
Tourder, On
Miller
Nuclear tests loom as trial verdict nears in atomic case
Judge Miller announced a guilty verdict with possible life imprisonment and parole after seven years, while the U S plans further nuclear tests at the Pacific proving grounds this spring. The discussion touched on international arms limits and the need for a powerful defense.
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Greenurey
Miller
Washington
Pacific
Ia. m
Zemanj
Hyas
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Mary
Mid-Pacific
Nitec
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Daniel
Stee Eal
England
Looters Named in Brink's Robbery Indictments in Boston
A Massachusetts grand jury indicted six men, named by FBI officials, in the Brink's office theft of 1,218,114 tied to a plan developed over several nights. Witnesses say one gunman, O Keefe, claimed he was cheated out of his share and described the planning and execution of the December 17, 1830, robbery.
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Boston
Suffolk County
FBI
Brink's
Inonth
Joseph J
Specs
O'réelé Iff
Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
Brink
FRY
O'Keefe
Sayite
Geng
Guam Base to Get Biggest Jet Bombers
U S Air Force Secretary Donald Quarles says Andersen Air Force Base in Guam will host the largest jet bombers. B47, B36, and B52 Stratofortresses would be assigned soon, with eight engine B52s to follow. He notes the force would deter aggression in the Far East.
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Guam
U.S. Air Force
Donald Quarles
Pacific
Andersen Air Force Base
Quarles
Formosa
United ‘States
Far East
Weather bulletin rough fragment pares insight
Fragmentary weather note mentions variable high temperatures and hazy conditions with uncertain sunshine. Missing specifics limit clarity on region timing and exact figures.
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Lynwood
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Peter Fleming
Seattle
Wash
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Huntington Valley
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Ore
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Wis
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Mich
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Intermission Fellowship
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Aucat
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Jack James Walker
Miss Calif
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Tiday
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Edmund .G
Brown
Nour
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Feaster
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IULS
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