Gas Plant Picket Fight Ties Up Long Beach Drive
Ten police squads battled a crowd of 500 at the Southern California Edison steam plant in East Long Beach after a jurisdiction dispute between AFL Local 12 and Electrical Workers Local 11 over crane operation halted incoming craftsmen. One electrician, William Linke, was treated for a broken nose. About 600 plant workers and 130 subcontractors were kept from the site as deputies managed the scene and traffic near the gate on 7th Street.
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Edison Co
AFL Operating Engineers Union
Staf
Southern California Edison
East
Long Beach
Tth St
See
AFL
Engineers Local 12
AFL Electrical Workers Local 11
F. R. Eckles
Norwalk
William Linke
Ship Sagitta Crashes Radar Tower Off Cape Cod
A US Sea Transport Service ship Sagitta, 289 feet long and 5,202 tons, crashed its starboard side into the radar tower offshore Cape Cod, causing serious damage to the vessel but leaving the 10 million dollar tower intact and no casualties reported. Captain John J. Albers supervised the scene as crew prepared lifeboats and water intrusion was controlled. The tower, part of a chain to warn of air attacks, is a 6,000-ton triangular installation with three radar domes and 75 personnel quarters.
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Boston
Texas Tower
Radar
Cape Cod
Military Sea Transport Service
Sagitta
Wile
John J. Albers
USN
Albers
Alpers
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Air Force
Storm Moves In Over Los Angeles Area
Light drizzle fell as a weak storm advanced into Southern California. The U S Weather Bureau forecast intermittent showers tonight and Saturday with no additional precipitation through Monday. Temperatures will run below normal, snow unlikely in mountains, and fog burdens closing Long Beach airports.
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Lone Beach
California
U. S
Long Beach
Rea Field
Nigt Dawney
Suit seeks annulment of 1955 Long Beach marriage
Mrs. Hattiet Isabell Barfoot, 83, asks Superior Court to annul her marriage to Thomas Henry Barfoot, 83, filed after nine days due to alleged physical incapacity. The couple, who kept separate quarters, married April 14 1955 in Long Beach after meeting at social functions for the elderly. Accompanying divorce complaint cites extreme cruelty.
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Long Beach
Superior Court
Hattiet Isabell Barfoot
Low Seach
Thomas Henry Barfoot
W. Broadway
Weather and Notices Across The Daily Ledger
A compact listing shows sections and page references for the newspaper’s various departments including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Financial Obituaries Obituaries Financial Radio Shipping Sports Theaters Temperatures Wilson and Women across pages A13 B2 B3 B6 B2 B14 etc.
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Boyle
Wilson
Fiery Plane Crashes Into Village in England
WADHURST England A blazing plane struck the main street of a centuries old village and ignited four buildings Firefighters rushed to the scene and four people were admitted to hospitals Two firefighters were badly hurt when their vehicle overturned as they responded The fate of the RAF crew remains unclear Local resident F Picknell described the immediate damage and scattered aircraft debris.
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Wadhurst
England
Plone
Royal Air Force
F. Picknell
Wadhurst Post-Sman
Murder Jury Deliberates Abbott Fate Second Day
The Burton Abbott murder trial jury enters a second day of deliberations over the kidnap slaying of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan. Jurors requested maps showing where she vanished in Berkeley and the 250 mile route to Trinity County. Abbott, a 27 year old UC Berkeley accounting student, is charged with abducting molesting and killing the girl. His wife and mother waited at the courthouse as the case continued with exhibits and witness lists sought by the jury.
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Ae En Reetey
Oakland
Burton Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Berkeley
Stephanie
Mit
Berkeleys
Abbott
Trinity County
University If
California
Alaneda County
Wa Anaklan
Georgia
J. Frank
Coakley
Imorooraens
University, of California
Delbert Cox
Wildwood Inn
Cox
Jarors
Harry A. Whitehead
Burton
W. Abbott
Superior Court
Charles Snook
Pretty Stephanie
Bryan
Five States Hunt Mad Slayer Les Irvin
Evansville police lead a five state manhunt for Les Irvin described as a mad dog killer who escaped from jail while under a death sentence. Reports place Irvin in Ohio Missouri with officers in Indiana Illinois and Kentucky checking all sightings as guards are assigned for witnesses and a transfer to Ohio or Indiana State Prison nears. Irvin, a former Evansville pipefitter, was convicted of killing an Evansville man and charged in three more killings across Indiana and Kentucky. His cellmate, Lawrence Bryant, admitted aiding Irvin during the escape.
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Evansville
Ind
Leshie Irvin
Star
Irvin
Ohio
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan City
Nears
Princeton
Sion
Gibsi Circuit Court
Earl Hollen
Lawrence Bryant
Palestine
Ervin
Weather forecast: light rain through Saturday
Occasional light rain continues through Saturday with clearing Saturday night. Temperatures trend slightly cooler and dry conditions expected afterward.
It's High Time A Teen Voice in Family Decisions
The Cross-Telegram reprints a five part booklet advising parents to treat teenagers as partners in Family Inc. and involve them in curfews limits and decisions. It urges collaboration among parents teachers and teens to tackle issues like drinking drugs and delinquency while previewing curricula and community activities.
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Family, Inc
The
Cross-Telegram
Dewey Schon
8Th St
American Ave
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
North Rush
St. Chicago
Ft.as
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California Tidelands Protective Assn
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