U N Drive Stalled by Red Horde
Thousands of Chinese infantry with tank and artillery support crossed the Kumsong River stalling the South Korean advance to regain ground lost in the Kumsong bulge. Allied air spotters watched the Red force cross the river attack advancing South Korean positions east of the bulge. A North Korean regiment of about 2500 men struck three hill positions northeast of the Punch bowl with 30,000 rounds. in a three hour fight the ROKs held the line and inflicted heavy casualties.
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Seoul
Kumsong
Kumsong Bulge
Red Force
Shalow River
Punchbowl
Bulge
Eighth Army
Roks
Marine cargo plane crashes with loss of life at Milton
A Marine cargo plane carrying 41 ROTC midshipmen and crew plunged off Whiting Field near Milton and burst into flames. Navy teams recovered charred bodies while five other occupants were hospitalized in Pensacola in critical or serious condition. The two engine craft smashed into a barn on Ray Allen’s farm, scattering engine parts and wreckage as the area was secured overnight.
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Milton
Fla
Whiting Field
Navy
Pensacola Naval Air Station Hospital
Ray Allen
Harold Stokes
Pensacola News-Journal
Stokes
Union Pickets Bar Port Area Cafes Across Cities
Pickets from the Culinary Alliance marched at noon in Wilmington San Pedro Harbor City Torrance Lomita in front of hotels restaurants and bars. About 1100 union members walked off the job as the strike threatens to close most bars in the area. Workers seek a 10 cent an hour raise after negotiations since July 10 failed on wages. offers stood at 3 cents.
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Wilmington
San Pedro
Harbor City
Torrance
Lomita
Culinary Alliance
Alliance
Spectacular Society Rites Cripps Daughter Weds African Tribesman
Peggy Cripps, 32, daughter of Sir Stafford Cripps, married Joseph Appiah, 32, of the Gold Coast, at St John’s Church London in a high society ceremony. Ashanti guests wore tribal dress as ushers. Appiah wore Kente cloth, togas, and ceremonial robes.
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London
Peggy Cripps
Joseph Appiah
Gold Coast
St. John's Church
London7
H. L. QO. George
Gambia
Stafford Cripps
Labor
Appiah
Floods Kill 200 in Japan as Rivers Burst Dikes
Asahi reported at least 200 dead and more than 1000 missing in Japan’s second devastating flood in three weeks. Torrential rains across southern Kyushu island and central Japan swept away towns and villages, breaking dikes and driving residents to flee.
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Tentru
Japan
Asahi
Kyushu
Wildcat Enters Home Attacks 8-Year-Old in Kansas
A wildcat slipped into the suburban home of Jack Batchelor in Valuedunville Kansas and attacked his 8-year-old son Jackie on Friday. The cat fed when other family members entered the house.
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Wildcat
Vauledunville
Ka. v
Jack Batchelor
Jackie
Nixon to Address Boy Scouts Jamboree
Vice President Richard Nixon arrives for the 16th annual Jamboree and is slated to speak Sunday night to an audience of more than 45 000 scouts, reflecting the religious convocation theme reverence.
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Jamboree City
Lanny Ross
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Mcognito
Hillside Arena
Weather outlook Mostly sunny through Sunday with light clouds
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Sunday with night and morning low clouds and little temperature change. No significant rain expected.
Retired lieutenant colonel slays mother then surrenders
In Lakewood Plaza, a former Army Lt Col slashed Hazel Underwood 68 to death with a bolo knife at 11:30 a.m. He then walked to a neighbor's home to call deputies and surrender. The son, 46, said it was a mercy killing as police investigate his motive and the weapon, a World War II bolo.
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Lakewood Plaza
Hazel Della Underwood
John Myron Underwood
Faust Ave
Don F. Stewart
Underwood
Stewart
Mrs. Underwood
Berod
Claude Eberly
Veterans Hospital
Eberly
Philippine Islands
Miss France crowned Miss Universe at Municipal Auditorium
Christine Martel an 18 year old Parisian model was named Miss Universe after week long judging among 26 contestants. Myrna Hansen of Chicago finished second with Miss Japan Kiniko Ito fourth and Miss Mexico Ana Bertha Lepe fifth. Martel plans to live in Long Beach for about two months and study English and driving.
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Lovely Christine Martel
Municipal Auditorium
France
Myrna Hansen
Chicago
U.S. A
Christine Martel
Long Beach
J. J. Robbing
Argonne. Ave
Kiniko Ito
Ana Bertha Lepe
Maxine Morgan
Julia Adams
Cere
Roger Coar
U S Plans Million Dollar Torrance AA Facility
The U S Army Engineer Corps will break ground September first on a one million dollar antiaircraft installation in the Torrance area. Bids for barracks armories shops and other military buildings will be invited July 31. The unit will be staffed by the 47th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade at Fort MacArthur.
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U. S. Army Engineer Corps
Torrance
Arthur H. Frye
47Th
Ft. MacArthur
San Pedro
G. G. Gibbs
Long Beach
234Th Aaa
Clifford Beyers
California
Nevada
Arizona
Corps of Engineers
Los Angeles
S. Figueroa St
Reds Get New Delay on Truce Negotiations
A 24 hour recess delaying a crucial Allied Communist truce meeting was requested by the Reds at Panmunjom for administrative reasons. North Korean Col Ju Yon cited administrative needs as the delay extended until 2 pm tomorrow local time, with the U N quick to agree. Secretary Dulles said the U S is ready for honorable peace in Korea, while warning the Communists to also be prepared for that outcome.
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Munsan
Reds
Long Beach
Pahmunjom
Ju Yon
U. N
Red High Command
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Actress Mary Astor confined to Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago report states actress Mary Astor age 47 was admitted to Presbyterian Hospital after falling ill late Thursday night. She is starring in Biography and doctors have not yet diagnosed the illness.
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Mary Astor N
Chicago
Mary Astor
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Astor
West Coast flower shipments halted after fires on planes
Four major airlines banned shipments from San Francisco Los Angeles Oakland Seattle and Portland after two fires in flower cargoes. L Piazza wholesale florist of Oakland reported losses and company officials called the incidents unprecedented. United Airlines resumed acceptances while embargoes continued on several carriers though some routes remained active including flights from Hawaii.
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San Francisco
IUE
Air Lines
Los Angeles
Oakland
Seattle
Portland
R. L. Fitzpatrick
American Air Lines
Bay Area
Regiat
American Airlines
Tucson
Ariz
Here
L. Piazza Wholesale Florist and Grower
United
American
TWA
Western
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
At& A. m
Pan American
Boy, 9, Slays Girl 5 With Knife in Alaska
In Anchorage a 9 year old boy confessed to fatally stabbing 5 year old Jane Denney after a game turn deadly. The girl was found with about 100 knife wounds near the boy's home. The boy, a fourth grader, was held for psychiatric exam with his father stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Rawboys
United States
Atty. Selborn J. Buckalew
Jimmy Ellis
Hobbie Jean Denney
Wesley Gilman
Territorial Police
Robert C. Denney
Mountain View
Denneys
Leavenworth
Kans
Jane
A. S
Buckalew
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Eisenhower Resting at Camp David Retreat
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at Camp David in Thurmont Maryland for a weekend retreat. They drove from Washington on Friday and planned to return to the White House Sunday evening.
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Maryland
Thurmont
Eisenhower
Washington
Camp David
White House
Notation of Section Listings and Page References
A terse catalog lists where to find content across sections such as Churches on A-4 and A-5, Classified on B-1 to B-?, Comics on 8 to 10, Crossword on B-2, Financial on A-8, Obituaries on A-8, Radio and TV on 8-3, Shipping on A-8, Its pages A-b and 7, and tides and temperatures on A-8.
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Boyle
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