Voters OK Five Measures in Municipal Election
In a special election with 214 per cent turnout of 149 039 voters, residents approved measures funding Exhibit Hall and Recreation Hall Annex for Municipal Auditorium with 1 575 000 and a 200 000 bulkhead along Alamitos Bay. Proposition 1 passed, banning certain practices, requiring competitive bidding on city oil contracts, and enabling unitization to boost recovery and limit subsidence. A charter amendment creating a park department under the city manager also passed, as did a measure ensuring equal civil service access for residents and nonresidents. Proposition 2, called the blank check amendment, failed amid concerns over offshore oil funding plans and unspecified costs. Fassagh of Proposition A authorized 515 000 more to the 2 750 000 previously approved for an annex behind the Auditorium. The city attorney said up to 750 000 from the Tideland Oil Fund may be spent to protect the annex site against subsidence, bringing the total for the project to 5 025 000.
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Onenex
Spanish Mob Demands Gibraltar Return in Madrid Protest
In Madrid police clashed with about two thousand students who demanded Gibraltar be returned to Spain. They breached cordons around the British embassy while chanting Long live Franco and Gibraltar is ours, injuring several as police repelled the assault. The demonstrators also sent a letter to British Ambassador Sir John Balfour protesting Queen Elizabeth II’s Gibraltar visit.
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Gibraltar
Spain
John Balfour
Elizabeth II
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Castellana Ang
Seven killed in two car crash near Avusa linked to alcohol
Los Angeles report states seven victims were drinking before a Sunday crash near Avusa. Coroner toxicologist R J Abernethy reports blood alcohol levels from 0.68 to 1.5 percent, well above the legal intoxication threshold of 0.1 percent.
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Los Angeles
Avusa
R. J. Abernethy
Ike Budget Faces Opposition Over Foreign Aid Cuts
Part of President Eisenhower's budget faces resistance from Democrats over continued heavy foreign aid spending and cuts in Army and Navy manpower. Bipartisan unhappiness centers on a projected federal deficit for 1955. The plan goes to the House Appropriations Committee for revision.
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Taber
Joseph M. Dodge
Sen. Douglas
D-Ill
Alto
Abandon Turncoats in Neutral Zone Camp
Amid armistice talks, more than 14,000 Chinese POWs aboard American ships headed for Chinese Nationalist Formosa and over 7,300 anti Communist North Koreans in South Korean reception centers. Indian officers urged Red prisoners to accept repatriation but were rejected as pro Communist factions clashed on future disposition. The U.N. and Allied forces pressed for voluntary return while the Indian command prepared trials for North Korean and Chinese accused of murder.
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ROK
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U. S
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Andrew Condron
Washington
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Korea
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A. L. Hambien
U. N
Hamblen
Thief Takes Dot Lamour Nightie in Montreal Heist
Film star Dorothy Lamour reported a mink jacket and a blue nylon nightdress stolen from her dressing room at a Montreal nightclub. She mourned the nightie more than the $7500 mink, asking Inspector Sevigny to find it while praising the city’s people despite the theft and weather.
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Dorothy Lamour
Treffle Sevigny Bo Assien
Summerfield Sees Expanding U S Market for Business
New York UK Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield told the National Industrial Conference Board on Thursday night that a huge expanding market exists in America for businessmen who pursue it. He urged there is no cause for alarm about current business conditions and highlighted big markets still to be tapped in the United States.
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New York
Arthur E. Summerfield
America
National Industrial Conference Board
Summerfield
United States
West Envoys Reach Berlin for Berlin Peace Parley
West's envoys arrived in Berlin to gauge prospects for peace talks. Adenauer warned the talks could unify or deepen Europe’s divisions. Three core questions emerged on reunification East and West Germany Austria independence treaty and a broader world tensions conference. Molotov and Dulles to discuss pooling atomic energy for peaceful uses.
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Europe
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East
Austria
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Mao Tze Tung
Thal I
Far East
Bio
Molotov
Dulles
Eisenhower
Ito
United States
Georgi N. Zaru‘bin
Flying Finns clash with police and U S attorney
The Finn brothers and Waters trigger a public clash in Los Angeles as police arrest attempts, a U S attorney demands transport to a central station, and the case expands from a federal assault to a disputed aircraft seizure. The brothers defend their actions, claiming they did nothing wrong while officials seek explanations. Waters walks free amid confusion.
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William H. Parker
U. S
Jack Irwin
Dist
Atty 5
Ernest Rolland
Civic Center
Death Valley
Barkersfield
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
California
Washington
Finn Brothers
Man in Hurry Fired at by Cops in Raid
A former Chinese vice consul in San Francisco, C C Lee, drove his two daughters to school when police and federal narcotics agents fired on him by mistake during a raid. Six bullets hit his rear bumper but no one was hurt. Lee and his daughters escaped, reported the incident, and raiders apologized after the chaotic pursuit. The raid ultimately netted two suspects.
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San Francisco
C. C. Lee
Mery
Laura
Lee
President S Hold Line Tax Plea Faces Salon Opposition
President Eisenhower urges Congress to hold the line against major tax cuts while proposing revenue raising changes through deductions and adjustments. Democrats plan floor fights over a 2.5 billion annual cut proposal, with Republicans and some Democrats split on corporate and excise tax reductions. McCormack criticizes the president as politically insincere, while others foresee targeted corporate and excise decreases pending floor debates.
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Massachusetts
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Rep
Kean RN
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Rohio
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GOP
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D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
McCormack
Rep. Boggs
D.-La
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