Southland Flood Claims Four Lives and Massive Displacement
A severe storm drenched the Southland as four people died and hundreds fled rising floods. Vivian Cato, 35, was rescued by John Coulson, 25, who roped himself into floodwater while two Bakersfield workers restrained him. more rescues followed along El Monte Avenue and Huntington Drive. Rail traffic slowed, with the Santa Maria River flooding 6000 acres near Osq Flaco and Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria creeks forcing evacuations. Dozens of families from Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Altadena were moved to safety as mud, slides, and washed-out roads closed routes from Big Bear to the coast. The region faced widespread disruption with multiple trains diverted and lines down.
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el Monte Avenue
Huntington Drive
Rosemead Boulevard
Peck Road
el Monte
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Joaquin
San Francisco
Fresno
Santa Barbara
Here
San ‘Ta Barbara
Ark
Newhall
San Fernando
Santa Maria
Osq Flaco
Suey Bridge
Goleta
Goleta Union School
Carpinteria Creek
Mission Creek
Pasadena
Altadena
Sierra Madre Foothills
Everal
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Big Bear
San Bernardino Mountains
Sky Forest
Running Springs Park
City Creek
Running Springs
Cajon Fass
Lytle Creek Canyon
Ventura County
Ojal
Los Angeles County
Sunset Blvd
Santa Monica
Arroyo Seco
Temple City
Red Cross
Canoga Park
Reseda
Jet craft fight 80 MiGs over northwest Korea
Two 10 minute air battles at 30000 feet saw Sabre jets damage two Communist MiG fighters. Capt William A. Todd and Maj William T. Whisner credited with damaged MiGs. Round score: 164 MIGs destroyed, 31 probably destroyed, 341 damaged by the 5th Air Force. Ground war Reds casualties for the week totaled about 3940.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Red
Dist
William A. Todd
San Gabriel
Calif
William T. Whisner
Shreveport
Todd
Whisner
Sth Air Force
8Th Army
Floods and Landslides Plague California Communities
California endures heavy rain and floods with seven deaths and widespread evacuations. In Monterey Park homes flooded. Benedict Canyon hillside slide injures two Times staffers. Northern California braces for more storms with flood warnings from San Joaquin Valley to Merced County.
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Monterey Park
Benedict Canyon
Los Angeles Times
Ray Hebert
Bruce Cox
Theta Xi
University of Southern California
California
Morlon
Weather Bureau
Alaskan
Santa Barbara
West del Paso
Sacramento
Alviso
San Tomas
Santa Clara County
San Francisco
Merced
San Joaaquin Valley
San Joaquin River
Mercea River
Rescue Passengers From Stalled Train
Four servicemen and a doctor were praised after aiding passengers in a snowbound 15 car City of San Francisco on Donner Pass. The train halted in a rocky valley with gas affecting about 60 passengers and leaving 27 litter patients. The four survivors slept at Nyack Lodge as rescuers recounted battles with gas and cold.
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Nyack Lodge
Air Force Pfe
Howard Jones
Stuart
Iowa
Harold A. Norcross
Denver
E. A. Snail
Jeannette
A. J. Richter
Soda Springs
Calif
Donner
Border Upsurge of Narcotics Told
SAN DIEGO Jan 16 A third of every 12 cases tried in Superior Court in San Diego over the last two years involved narcotics Judge John A Hewicker said during a panel on the narcotics situation He urged the Mexican government receive 60 days to clean up border towns and then close the border if narcotics still cross Betty Graydon US attorney said narcotics history in Mexico began during the last war when US dealers urged Mexicans to grow opium poppies
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San Diego
Superior Court
John A. Hewicker
Hewicker
Betty Graydon
U. S
Mexico
United States
Fumes Wipe Out Family of Three
In BarsioW the widow survived four days of deadly carbon monoxide exposure before dying today. Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle believes Marine Cpl. Dean M. Cherem, 20, from Danville Illinois, died from gas heater fumes on January 11. He collapsed on a bed while his wife Jacqueline, 22, and her two year old daughter Linda Date Mahoney toppled to the floor.
Kefauver Drive in Los Angeles Opens Headquarters
Kefauver for President headquarters opened in Los Angeles as Senator Kefauver met with President Truman in Washington to discuss crime busting and campaign strategy.
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Los Angeles
FI Kefauver-for
Tennessee
Washington
Truman
Ice blankets San Francisco as city grinds to halt
A brief ice storm left an inch of ice in parts of San Francisco while Reno entered a second day of isolation. Schools closed and most transportation disrupted as crews worked to restore conditions.
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San Francisco
Reno
Islaaion
Newhound
President Urges Stricter Credit Controls and Tightening Rules
President Truman asked Congress for a four way tightening of credit controls in his annual economic report. He urged stricter curbs on installment buying for cars iceboxes and television sets and on new homes. He called for banks to hold more deposits in cash and for ceilings on credit in commodity trading. The Fed has already kept controls at legal limits.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Opera Fund Drive Progress at Columbus Circle Site
The Metropolitan Opera reports pledges totaling 900,700 toward a 1,200,000 goal for a new site at Columbus Circle. Prospects to raise the remaining 390,000 are said to be good. A broader drive to assemble 15 to 20 million for a new opera house will start after land acquisition.
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New York
UPI
Metropolitan Opera
Columbus Circle
Reds vow Chiang Shan't have POWs
Report from Panmunjom on January 17 quotes Chinese delegate Tsai Changwen vowing to fight to the death against handing over Chinese People's Volunteers to the Chinese people. Allies debate prisoner exchanges as U N and Communist forces trade claims of bombed camps and casualties.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Tsai Chang-wen
Formosa
Chinese People’s Volunteers
Chi ‘Ang Kai-shek
Tsai
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Allied Headquarters
United Nations
Long Beach
U. N
Reds
Ridgway
Supreme Command
Pushcart Injury Suit Seeks 16250 From Market Firm
Myra Graner and husband Oscar Graner sue Naples Grand Markets Mary Sherlock and others in Superior Court for 16250 alleging injuries from a pushcart strike by a customer at 5670 E Second St on November 14 prior. Attorney Clark Hegzeness drafted the complaint.
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Second St
Myra Graner
Oscar Graner
Naples
New Personnel Director on Job in City Administration
Dudley N. Lapham, 30, has assumed the city personnel director post. The former director moved to Long Beach and resides at 220 Ancona Dr with his wife Constance and their year-old daughter Rosemary. He succeeds Harold E. Putnam.
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Dudley N. Lapham
Alhambra
Long Beach
Ancona Dr
Constance
Rosemary
Harold E. Putnam
Well Fire Caused by Slipping Belt At Stratton No 3 Well
A slipping belt on machinery at Shell Oil Stratton No 3 well at Burnett Street and St Louis Avenue started a fire early today. Sig nal Hill firemen extinguished it quickly. damage limited to the belt.
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Shell Oil
Stratton No. 3
Burnett St
St. Louis Ave
Signal Hill
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