Oscar of the Waldorf keeps café fame in Newark and Long Beach
A bedraggled sparrow nicknamed Oscar becomes a fixture at the Waldorf Cafeteria in Newark as patrons praise his behavior and humor. In Long Beach a blackbird seeks food amid rain, while other brief notes cover Slave Day fundraisers in Vista, a jailless Copan, Oklahoma, Monroe body measurements, a Toledo bus driver quitting amid nerves, and Denver ironworker Max Wilk planning marriage on the 28th floor of the Denver Club building.
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Waldorf
Newark
N. J
Oscar
The
Max A
Pappy) Wilk
Denver
Mary Varnell
Alamosa
Colo
Denver Club
Snappy
Knight aide resigns amid health concerns in California
Sacramento dispatch reports Gov. Knight’s executive secretary Robert G. Alderman quit due to health problems and possible ulcers. Alderman had helped build Knight’s political base since 1949, with colleagues noting clashes over duties and staff actions. Paul Mason to serve temporarily as Knight searches for a replacement amid shock at the sudden departure. A separate brief notes a purse snatching in Long Beach underpass where Selma M. Mitchell, 69, was robbed of $5.40.
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Sacramento
Knight
Robert G. Alderman
Alderman
Governor's Office
Paul Mason
Will
del Amo Blvd
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach Blvd
Selma M. Mitchell
Morningside St
French Force Retakes Key Laos Town from Viet Minh
French commandos and infantry recaptured Thakhek, a Mekong River port in central Laos, after a prior Vietminh surround. The town had been evacuated months earlier. reports describe light clashes with no French losses. French artillery shelled Dien Bien Phu as rebels mass for an anticipated strike on the French Union fortress.
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Saigon
Indochina
Mekong
Thaihek
Laos
Thakhek
Dien Bien Phu
Jihat
French Union
Quebec Bans Jehovah Witness Literature In Province
Quebec City police were ordered to enforce a ban on Jehovah Witnesses distributing literature and spreading their faith after the legislature approved the measure 51 to 0. The move comes after a Supreme Court ruling that had given the sect rights to distribute pamphlets without municipal permission.
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Quebec
QUEBEC _ CITY
Maurice Uplessis
Supreme Court of Canada
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British Clothing Industry Council
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Donnell Culpepper
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California
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Long Beach Gullgornie
Niagara
Niagara Deep
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American Optometric Association
Long Beach Optometric Association
Marine Glass Co
Scott-Woodard-Scott SR
Frank Bros
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Finn Juhl
America
Denmark
Sycamore
Widdicomb
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Mrs. Dresse
Sienna W
Pacifica
Ramseat
Greta Grossman
Fellmore
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