Flooded Southern California digs out after worst storm in 14 years
In Los Angeles and surrounding counties the January downpour dumped 7.37 inches in three days, killing 19 people and causing millions in damage. Evacuations topped 1200 families as floodwaters reached three to four feet. 1400 workers and 300 machines labored to clear streets and reopen arteries as authorities warned of lingering health risks.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Orange Counties
San Fernando Valley
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West German to contribute up to 460000 troops for Europe
Bonn reports the West German government will provide between 300000 and 460000 troops for western European defense. The force will join with other continental nations to form a European Army under Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, likely drafted under selective service. The European Army will operate alongside US British and Canadian forces.
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Bonn
Germany
Dwight D. Hisenhower
United States
Flood at a Glance Amid Weekend Weather Update
Flood at a Glance reports no rain over the weekend with sunny skies and highlights Los Alamitos as the hardest hit area where Navy teams aid families. Water receded in Hawaiian Gardens Artesia. highways reopen with Seventh Street east to Los Alamitos still affected. Five deaths reported in the region. Mountain roads remain closed by snow with resorts isolated. Big Bear accessible from desert side. Angeles Crest and Lake Arrowhead routes show mixed status. Pacific Coast Highway open south of Long Beach but closed near Summa Beach.
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Artesia
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Angeles Crest
Lake Arrowhead
Long Beach
St Suma Beach
Korea Truce Talks Enter New Crisis at Panmunjom
Panmunjom Korea Jan 19 through the day’s rapid-fire moves the truce talks hardened with Reds charging a U S jet attack on a Red convoy and warning of no progress. U S and U N envoys pressed for prisoner repatriation limits and airfield controls while the Reds offered a tentative staff level meeting to safeguard POW camps. General Ridgeway returned to Tokyo after talks with Joy as updates pointed to a fragile stalemate despite one tentative agreement on staff-level safety talks.
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Korea
U. S
Pryongyang-Kaesong
U.N
Alan Winnington
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U United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgeway
U. N
Tokyo
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Sedan Half-In Half-Out of Hoosier House After Crash
Boonville Indiana report recalls a crash on October 21 1950 when a sedan tore into John Sturgeon's house at the V shaped junction of highways 62 and another road near Evansville. The car rested in the living room half in the house and half in the yard injuring Edward R Gray who was in the wreck. Sturgeon obtained a writ of attachment but no settlement occurred.
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Ind
John Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Evansville
Edward R. Gray
Los Alamitos Hit by Crest and Flood Deaths
Floods from the crest of the Southland swamped Los Alamitos and Artesia area evacuations. Three drownings reported, including a Compton child swept into a storm drain. Hawaiian Gardens residents and others sought shelter as relief efforts and Red Cross shelter registrations climbed.
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Artesia
Red Cross
Pioneer School
U. S. Naval Air Station
Churchill Returns Home After Visit to U S Vets Honor
Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded his visit by saluting Korea war veterans at Union Station, shaking hands with 49 men and praising their sacrifices. He left by train, preserving a concession on American naval command while securing a pledge of one million tons of U S steel in exchange for tin and aluminum, before sailing for England on the Queen Mary Tuesday night.
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Weather Forecast Notes Light Rain, Warmer Temps Ahead
No rain today or tomorrow with only light rain on Monday. Scattered clouds yield mostly sun tomorrow. Winds shift from light variable at night to westerly up to 15 mph in the afternoon. Mountains may see snow down to 4000 feet.
Airliner crash near Sandspit leaves seven survivors
A DC-4 with 43 aboard including 40 military personnel crashed while attempting an emergency landing on an icy Sandspit runway. Seven survivors were rescued by volunteers in a rowboat. Wreckage lay in shallow water as crews searched at dawn. officials warned chances of more survivors were remote. The plane was en route from Tokyo to McChord AFB, Tacoma.
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Tacoma
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B. C
Moresby Island
Queen Charlotte
U N jets down MIG in Korea dog fight
Eight H Army dispatch from Korea reports American Sabre jets shot down one Communist MIG 15 and damaged another in a North Korea air duel. FEAF said the MIG was the 340th enemy plane downed since June 1950. Allied losses reached 460 planes, eight from ground fire, two in combat, with intensified anti aircraft fire.
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North Korea
Far East
Tokyo
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Trains Collide Kill Four Near St Malachie Quebec
Four men were killed early today when two Canadian National Railways freight trains collided head on about five miles east of St Malachie Dorchester County. The engineers and firemen died in the wreck while two other crew members were injured aboard the locomotives on the south shore of the St Lawrence River.
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Queb
Canadian National Railways
Dorchester County
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
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The text lists where to find sections in a newspaper such as Boyle-Page B-4 Charthes A6 7 Classified ads A8 5 to 3 Comics A8 Financial A4 Obituaries B5 Political news 84 Radio and television B5 Shipping A4 Sports B2 En Theaters 84 Titles temperatures A2.
Brazil Ships Collide Off Coast Near Cabo Frio
The Brazilian ship Rio Anil Skank, 800 tons, collided with another Brazilian vessel, the Sanatarem, off Cabo Frio. All 20 crew of Rio Anil were rescued, while Sanatarem reported no damage.
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Cabo Frio
UN Rejects Russian Korea Peace Terms in Assembly
In Paris on January 19 the United Nations General Assembly rejected new Soviet terms for a Korea armistice. A cease fire within days and withdrawal timelines were voted down, while Soviet atomic proposals were sent to the disarmament commission for study.
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United Nations General Assembly
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Disarmament Commission
Selwyn Lioyd
Vishinsky
British Deny Ships Shelled Port Said
Cairo reports say Egyptian police chased stone throwing students as schools strike against Britain’s refusal to leave the Suez Canal zone. A four hour clash in Port Said involved Egyptian guerrillas and British troops with claims Britain’s 9400 ton cruiser Liverpool opened fire. Britain denies it. Farag summoned U S Ambassador Caffery and handed notes on Western pilots and staff offered to keep canal traffic moving.
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