Harbor clash over pier lease to Navy and Greece quake report
City officials argued in public over leasing Pier E frontage to the Navy while harbor commissioners debated a token fee. Eisenhower announced plans to seek reelection amid Greek earthquake casualties, with 20 missing and Santorini devastated by aftershocks and tidal flooding.
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Robert J. Campbell
Terminal Island Naval Base
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Eisenhower
Athens
Senate
Thira Island
Gettysburg College
Amipus
White House
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Louth
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Tos
National League Tops American League 7 3 in All Star Game
Willie Mays and Stan Musial hit home runs to lead the National League to a 7-3 victory over the American League at Griffith Stadium. Ted Williams and the injured Mickey Mantle homered for the Americans as 28,843 fans paid for a gate of 105,882.50. The NL, led by Bab Friend pitching, collected six wins in seven years, while the AL still holds a 13-10 lead in the series.
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Washington
Willie Mays
Stan Musial
Griffith Stadium
Ted Williams
Mickey Mantle
Nationals
Prop Kills 1 Hurts 10 on Airliner
An 8 000 foot in flight accident on a four engine Trans-Canada airliner over Michigan killed one woman passenger and injured ten others when a propeller blade tore through the cabin. The plane made an emergency landing at Windsor airport. one crew member and several passengers were treated for injuries.
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Ont
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North America
Robert J. Lippert
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Hanover
Qnt
Christopher Dumbell
Dubuque
Iowa
Donna
Donald
Se Wce
TDS
Chicago
Toronto
Two Bank Robbers Kidnap Woman After Hold Up
In Los Angeles two armed robbers abducted a woman after holding up Security First National Bank on Adams Boulevard. Their car crashed on Somerset Drive, dropping the $1,000 they had taken, before police confined the area. Mrs. Jack Glazer reported the assailants seized a woman from another vehicle and forced her back into her car before fleeing. the car was abandoned and the woman released.
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CNS
First National Bank
W. Adams Blvd
Somerset Dr
Jack Glazer
Nice Man Gets $70 From Nona in Rose
Los Angeles police report a night club performer Nona Carver recounted a man offered to fix her car signaling system. He entered her car and fled in a stolen direction, later discovered missing wallet valued at seventy dollars. Police pursue suspect as consoler.
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Nona
Los Angeles
Nona Carver
Beach Combing Page B- Summary by section
A listing of feature sections and page numbers for the publication. It enumerates topics such as Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Death Notices Editorial Financial Shipping Table Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures TV Radio Wilson Women and Your World with their respective page locations. The citation suggests readers navigate the paper by section and page for specific content.
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Mial Boyle
Wilson
Eden to visit Soviet Union next May with Lloyd
Prime Minister Eden announced in the House of Commons that he and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will travel to the Soviet Union in May. The trip, planned to start May 3, will last about 16 days. The invitation was extended by Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Soviet Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev during a Britain visit in April.
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Soviet Union
London
Selwyn ‘Lloyd
House of Commons
Lloyd
Britain
Nikolai Bulgenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Earthquake Destroys 31 Homes in Haiti Coast
An earthquake centered near Port de Paix in northern Haiti damaged communities on Monday. In Port de Paix 27 homes were destroyed in a town of about 6,000 residents, while four houses fell in Jean Rabel, 20 miles west. No fatalities were reported.
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Runny AU Piance
Haiti
Port de Paix
Jean Rabel
Miss California contestant argues marriage boosts beauty
Black-haired Shirlee Garner Witty, 20, Miss California 1956, says marriage does not rob a woman of beauty. Married with a 5 month old son, she placed second in Miss Catalina twice and won the title once, praising married life and support from husband Bill as he tours as she stays with 78 other contestants in Catalina. They live at 238 W 232nd Pl Wilmington.
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Shirlee Garner
Shirlee
Griever
Catalina
Bill
Lafayette
David
Wilmington
Weather forecast mostly clear with low clouds
The outlook shows mostly clear skies through Wednesday with late night and early morning low clouds. Little temperature change expected.
Orange County Valuation Rises 20 Percent
Orange County's assessed valuation will jump a record 20 percent for 1956-57, higher than Los Angeles County's 10 percent and outpacing other counties. The Board of Supervisors plans to keep the $141 tax rate, using surplus from a construction fund to cover public building projects.
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Orange County
Board of Supervisors
California
Los Angeles
Kidnap Hoax Convicts Two in Queens Bar Scheme
A longshoreman and a railroad clerk in Queens were convicted of extorting a false kidnapping claim against Beatrice Weinberger. They tormented her with rumors of her kidnapped baby, sought 5000 dollars, and faced up to 25 years in prison. The case referenced Lindbergh law and ongoing missing-child concerns.
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Westbury
N.Y
Beatrice Weinberger
Riderwood
Queens
Sweehold Peter Weinberger
Weinberger
Vareel
FBI
Robert F. Giebler
Gordon YT. Rowell
Giebler
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