Three Young Women Held as Stickups
Oakland police arrested Bille Jean Ward living as Dynamite Ward from San Pablo California and two other young women an hour after a 565 holdup at an Oakland liquor store A husky youth named George Fults 19 from San Pablo was also booked The suspects admitted the holdup and confessed to another robbery in nearby Pittsburgh last Tuesday
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Oakland
Bille Jean
Dynamite) Ward
San Pablo
Calif
Hiquor
George Fults
Dorothy Robinson
Denison
Texas
Yvonne Reed
Pittsburgh
U N Seeks Korean Peace Plan From General Assembly
The United States urged the U N to condemn China and back a plan to end the Korean war. Warren Austin read a resolution demanding North Korea quit fighting, continued U N action, and urges global support while calling for an urgent study of further measures to meet aggression.
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Czechoslovakia
Jirih Nosek
U. S
Warren Rele Austin
General Assembly
Penning
Korea
U. N
Assembly
Austin
Prague Bureau Makes It Easy for Lazy Bridegroom
Prague reports that the municipal marriage bureau "Svatka" handles all wedding details from invitations to honeymoon trips. In 1950 it aided 1700 weddings, answered 10,500 questions, arranged 780 wedding cars, and secured low air rates for 131 honeymoons. The civil ceremony is required, with a later church wedding optional. The bureau provides documents, rations, furniture allocations, and coordinates invitations, flowers, meals, and the honeymoon. The system speeds and simplifies marriage procedures under the government program.
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Rague
Prague
Svatka
Lidova Demokracie
U.S. Warned Against Atom Biological and Chemical Attack
A civil defense official warned that civilians face atomic, biological, and chemical threats in wartime. Dr. John R. Nichols, acting director of the FCDA leadership division, urged strong leadership and announced three technical schools for the National Civil Defense Staff College to train planners and state administrators. He cautioned the nation must act now to prepare for a potential new dark age.
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John R. Nichols
Federal Civil Defense Administration
National Council On Education
Nichols
FCDA
National Civil Defense Staff College
Dr. Nichols
Winston Churchill
United States
Wonju Battle Fails Frontal NK Assault In Five Hour Fight
United Press reports a heavy five hour battle around Wonju as American tanks artillery and planes repelled a major North Korean frontal assault. Fighter support and air power blasted the attacking units besting an onrush of thousands. Overhead, unidentified planes dropped bombs near Osan and the Inchon front.
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Yongwol
Wonju
U.S
U.N
Osan
Eighth Army
Inchon
United Press
William Burson
Tanyang Mountain Pass
Ice Dam Threat Hits Small Oregon Town
Ice jam on the Chewaucan River endangered Paisley Oregon, with water 17 feet behind the upstream jam and spreading 10 to 12 inches around homes. Mayor J W Conway warned of total town danger if the jam broke, as bulldozers moved in and blasting was not yet planned.
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Paisley
Ore
Chewaucan
Oregon
Chewaucan Canyon
J. W. Conway
Long Beach Motorcycle Policeman Hurt In Crash
Long Beach Police motorcycle Sgt. Roderick G. Welsh 35 of 1020 E 37th St suffered leg injuries yesterday afternoon when his bike collided with a car driven by off duty Los Angeles patrolman Melvin L. Mc Murtry 27 at 37th St and Lewis Ave. Mc Murtry said his car skidded on water before the collision. Welsh was taken by police car to St. Marys Hospital for X ray examination.
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Long Beach
Roderick G. Welsh
37Th St
Los Angeles
Lewis Ave
Melvin L. McMurtry
Delta Ave
Welsh
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