Lovers Lane Hero Weds Safer, Bandit-Scarred Hero Bride
A wounded 19 year old Sonny Ivers, his jaw wired, marries 16 year old Betty Bowens in a bedside ceremony at General Hospital less than 40 hours after he killed a masked bandit who attacked them on Lovers Lane. Rev Walter Pegg presided as Edna Ivers flew from Oklahoma City to attend.
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Ahwyn
Sonny) Ivers
Betty Bowens
General Hospital
Sonny
Lane
Walter Pegg
First Baptist Church
Huntington Park
Sybil Drake
Norma Lagatha Bowen
Edna ‘Ruth l Ivers
Oklahoma City
Ivers
Iman
ArthurCranfield
Betty
Rev. Pegg
Five Die in South When Bus and Truck Collide
SMITHFIELD N C July 4 UP Five persons were killed in a head on collision between a bus and a dairy truck six miles south of here. The vehicles caught fire after the crash. The driver and two bus passengers were killed or burned. The dairy truck occupants were killed or burned. Names were not available immediate ly. A farmer deputy sheriff Lester Hales said the farmer rushed to the scene and helped evacuate passengers from the bus.
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Smithfield
N. C
Fowoest
Here
J. J Smith
State Highway Patrol
Lester Hales
Hales
Soldier Saves Seven in Fire Fatal to Seven
Aberdeen Washington July 4 UP an 18 year old soldier lay in hospital today praised for saving seven persons from a hotel fire that killed seven and injured six others Private Gerald Ramey of Olympia carried seven people from the Lafayette Hotel before collapsing on the street St Josephs Hospital attendants reported his condition as fair Fire Chief C A Borum said the blaze spread rapidly and several died before the alarm was answered Five officials sought the fire origin and to identify the dead all permanent Aberdeen residents except the manager Myhr The dead included Mrs Abshire Mrs Kerns Mrs Bershere Hugh Rogers and Mr and Mrs Earl Christofferson Myhr all over 60 except Myhr who was 38 Ramey braved the flames repeatedly to rescue elderly guests before collapsing on the wet pavement
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Aberdeen
Wash
Gerald Ramey
Olympia
Lafayette
St. Joseph's Hospital
Paul Myhr
C. A. Borum
Altzicuit
Mary Abshire
Kam Kerns
Elizabeth Bershere
Hugh Rogers
Earl Christofferson
South Bend
Myhr
Excepton
Myler
Ramey
Tornado damages Philippines university campus and dorms
A tornado ripped through the University of the Philippines campus near Quezon City, destroying five buildings including four dormitories and injuring none. The mess hall was lifted and dropped, while 27 additional structures were damaged as students were at an Independence ceremony in Manila.
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Manila
Jay
University of the Philippines
Quezon City
University
President Near End of Cruise
President Truman returns from a Chesapeake Bay holiday cruise and studies an economic advisory survey that will underpin the mid year report to Congress. The Presidential yacht Williamsburg anchored off Blaxiston Island after a day at sea with the President’s party, including his daughter Margaret.
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Washington
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Williams
White House
Blaxiston Island
Chesapeake
Margarete
Death stalks Kentucky hills in farm slaying
In Salyersville Kentucky a brutal shotgun killing left Charles Williams 27 and his wife Wannie 24 dead at their isolated Bear Branch home. A passerby found the woman with a seven month old baby alive but wounded. Police held one person for questioning and two others were detained in connection with the daytime shooting. Neighbors heard three shots, and the crime bears no known motive.
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Salyersville
Upsta Police
Here
Charles Williams
Wannie
Bear Branch
Baa
Williams
Kometok
William Minnix
W. K. Bailey
Wiliams
Girl 20 Kidnapped and Assaulted in Palos Verdes Hills
Compton July 4 report states Miss Larue Eileen Faurot, 20, and companion Robert A. Graves, 21, were stopped at Palos Verdes Drive West when a gunman abducted Faurot and transported her to a nearby area and home. Faurot sought medical care and is described as a theater concession worker and Roosevelt Junior High alum.
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Compton
Palos Verdes
Hills
Larue
Eileen Faurot
S. Bellhaven Ave
Lennox
Californian Crowns at Rosarito Beach
A California man was found dead near Rosarito Beach police report describes the incident as a fatal event with a body recovered. The report notes unclear details and ongoing inquiries by local authorities.
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Rosarito Beach
Reno Fourth of July strike disrupts bars and restaurants
The Reno Culinary and Bartenders Union strikes shut most bars and restaurants. Negotiations failed as the Reno Employers Council ordered closures. Tens of thousands gathered for an improvised celebration with food lines and a city feeding committee.
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Reno
Nev
Associated Press
ED Olsen Eno
Culinary Workers
Illona
Culinary and Bartenders_ Union
Fiindon
Employers ‘Council
Bee and
Citizens
Powning Park
Washoe
Horsemen's Park
West Berlin Seeks Western Intervention Over Mail Diversion
West Berlin government asks western powers to intervene against Russian diversion of city mail. German officials accuse Soviet General Vladimir Petrov of ordering rail mail from western Germany be unloaded at a Russian sector office for censorship.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Vladimir Petrov
Western
Germany
Heat Wave Pushes Fourth of July Toll Toward Six Hundred
The United Press reports the Fourth of July weekend brought a blistering heat wave, driving millions to beaches and boosting traffic, with fatalities rising toward 600. Traffic crashes killed 219, heat prostration claimed 20, and drownings exceeded highway deaths in several states. Record highs hit Chicago New York Cleveland and Pittsburgh while Lake Superior area saw rain. Violent storms knocked out lines in the Tron Range as sunburn and heat stroke surged nationwide. Last year’s holiday death toll was 629 with most deaths from traffic and drowning.
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United Preas
Michigan
Montreal
Red Crosse
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Duluth
Tron Range
Irate mob beats hit-run suspect after deadly chase
New York by July 4 an irate crowd of about 200 East Side residents killed a woman during a wild chase involving an alleged hit-run driver Joseph Sullivan. The mob beat him, then three police officers intervened as he was taken toward a waterfront hospital for treatment.
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York
Joseph Sullivan
Inter Ata
Talata
Pital
Four Drivers Beaten by Hoodlums in Morning Attacks
Police detained seven suspects in a series of early morning assaults on motorists along Long Beach and Pacific Coast routes. Four cars were forced to stop and occupants beaten without provocation. Arrested: Frank F. Miller, George Ireland, Randall Amundson, Rodney Barber Jr., Eugene Witherell, and others. a female companion Ann Stewart was struck but not severely injured. The group admitted accomplices and police traced reports from Lochridge, Spear, Johnston, and Rineer, with the suspect gang captured after a chase.
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Frank F. Miller
Truman Boyd .Manor
George W. Ireland
Linden Ave
Randal K. Amundson
Wilmington Blvd
Wilmington
Rodney L Barber Jr
Beek Ater Saman Utry
W. Don St
Banning
Enugene Withee
Alt Bannyngton
Ross PL
Robert
Lochridge
Lon
Ans
Pacific Coast
Lochridgeé
Frank. Spear
Lakewood ' Blvd
Paramount
Hwy
Chestnut Ave
Donald G. Johnston
Santa’ Fe Ave
Compton
Long Beach Blvd
Neede St
Johnston
Stout Fight
Stout
Knek
Ellis St
John P
Rineer
Homie St
Ann B. Stewart
Pleasant St
Rang
Lake Mead Boat Tragedy Reported at Noon
Airport attendants reported a Navy plane from San Diego to land or pick up diving equipment and waste a as he may have claimed several lives. It was reported a pleasure craft overturned with six persons some trapped beneath.
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San Diego
Ambiguous Teletype News Items Reported
Fragmentary teletypes mention a Hawaii dock strike and recovery of a player named Kontos. The text is garbled with scattered references to pages and editorials, lacking coherent events or clear dates or entities.
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Hawaii
Ai Legless Kontos Shi
Imogene
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