Police-type Shells Used for Blasting Cohen
Los Angeles police and sheriff investigated a shooting at Sherry’s Sunset Strip where mobster Mickey Cohen and three others were hit. The crime lab found shotgun loads identical to those used in Los Angeles police riot guns, with most shells loaded with OO buckshot. Four injured, all expected to recover, and a witness mentioned a blonde woman possibly tipping off the gunmen.
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Lawrence Vaale
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Associated Prass
Sheriff's Crime Laboratory
William Worton
Dapper Cohen
Polce Department
Mickey
Sherry
Sunset Strip
Queen of the Angels Hospital
Worton
Monterey Naval Postgraduate School Expansion Approved
The House armed services committee approved an 11 million addition to a Monterey Navy project as part of a 613 million military construction authorization. The plan funds a naval postgraduate school at Monterey with related facilities, details include a 1500 room hotel acquisition two years ago and future growth toward a 33 million program. The bill authorizes money but does not appropriate it.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
Army
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Calif
Vinson
D.ge
Hhonor
Tne
Zense
James Forrestal
First Bet Flops Over Dead Cinch at Exhibition Park
Walter Walker, a Vancouver printer, placed his first ever bet on a horse named Dead Cinch in the sixth race at Exhibition Park. The supposed sure thing collapsed and died on the backstretch, ending his wager in a fatal moment of bad luck.
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Vancouver
B. C
Walter Walker
Exhibition Park
Czech Exiled Diplomat Says Church Stronger Amid Red Attacks
Jaromir Smutny a self exiled Czech diplomat, says Czchoslovak religious observance surged since Communist attacks on the Catholic Church. He arrived July 14 in the U.S. zone of Germany with his wife and two sons and spoke at a crowd sponsored by the U.S. Army. He asserts the church will endure under pressure, while acknowledging possible government power over religious life. The Army says he cooperates with U.S. Intelligence, but details are not given.
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Betherree
Germany
Jaromir Smuthy
Teli
Smutny
Eduard Benes
U. S
Milan
Miloslav
Czechoslovakia
U. S. Army
U.S. Intelligence Service
Army
Smuny
Howser Denies Witness Payment in Libel Suit
Attorney General Fred N. Howser confirms his investigator paid room and board for a defense witness in the $300,000 libel suit against Washington columnist Drew Pearson. Investigator Walter H. Lentz was arraigned on obstructing justice, accused of offering money to witness James Thomas Mulloy. Previous reports of a federal grand jury indictment were unfounded.
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L' Angeles
Fred N. Howser
Howser
Drew Pearson
Washington
Walter H. Lentz
Fresno
James Thomas Mulloy
Ncarry
Len Lent
Emil Demes
Mulloy
Pearson
FBI
Demes
James M. Carter
U. S
Los Angeles
Lentz
James M. Thuesen
Thuesen
Porewest
Atul” Loy
Mall
Freano
Grocery customers walk out with 417 dollars at Tom Thumb
Dallas July 22 42 two young men asked if they got what they wanted and smiled as they left the Tom Thumb No 7 store. A few minutes later store manager J C Davis found the cash drawer had 41750 missing from the till in a good natured theft.
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Dallas
Tom Thumb No. 7
J. C. Davis
Tornado Touches Arizona Area Near Prescott
Weather observers reported a tornado near Prescott Arizona early today southwest of the mountain resort town. The twister dissipated by midmorning and there were no reports of damage or ground contact. FBI and local officials pursued questions about a deposition and payments connected to Howser Pearson cases in Fresno.
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Prescott
Ariz
Munich
Daring Bandit Robs Connecticut Bank
An armed bandit about 30 years old robbed a Connecticut bank, forcing J Higgins into the vault. The assailant entered just before closing and escaped with a bag of valuables, details incomplete due to damaged text.
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Connecticut
J. Higgins
Higgins
Bowron Scoffs at Hunt Police Blasted Cohen
Los Angeles leaders press Attorney General Howser and Sam Rummel to name any police implicated in the Cohen assassination attempt. Chief Worton cites Howser remark that an officer might be involved, while Governor Warren calls for gang cleanup to end underworld domination and warns of ongoing corruption.
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Los Angeles
Frederick N. Howser
Sam Rummel
Mickey Cohen
Mickey
William A. Worton
Howser
Cohen
Fletcher L. Bowron
Eugene
Rummel
Worton
Sacramento
Warren
California
Comey
Fred N
Reac Commission On Organ
A.mathanas Forte
Underworld
London workers vote to return to work
A fragment from Page A-2 reports London workers voting to resume work. The brief notes a layoff and a tweet cited in a separate item on Page A-2. Other sections list various pages, including Bridge on Page B-2 and classifieds across B-7 to B-16, with sports on A-15 and theaters on B-5.
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London
Ugckers
Romes
Finarctol
Rodia
Secret Poll Drives Ford Strike Readiness in Michigan
Detroit July 22 UF final moves aim to empower C I C United Auto Workers to pull Ford Motor Co production employees into a wage strike. Michigan labor mediation board plans a secret strike poll for about 75 000 Ford workers. Poll results show strong walkout support if needed, though three weeks pass before any action as union seeks authorization under terms of a special labor order. Ford contract expired July 15 and talks continue as the union prepares for possible action statewide.
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Detroit
C. I.C
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Labor Mediation Board
Ford
U. A
Specinas
Bonnie Tripp
U. “A.W. Executive
Noel P. Fox
Millwaukee
Auto’ Workers
International Jo Ment Pack
Truman to seek foreign arms aid via Congress by Monday
President Truman plans to send to Congress Monday a proposed foreign military aid program backing the Atlantic Pact. Vice President Barkley said the authorization and appropriation would be pressed this session to fund about 1.45 billion dollars, with 1.13 billion for NATO allies. The plan aims to avoid delaying Senate recovery funds debates.
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H Ouse
Truman
Congress
Barkley
White House
Senate
Charles G. Ross
Eaeaidenite
House
Sen. Wherry
R.-Nebr
Ateat
Nebrar
Kan
Rayburn
Ross
Jokers reopen L A gang war with firecracker assault
Two teenagers armed with firecrackers triggered a police response when they blasted the Brentwood home of wounded mobster Mickey Cohen, described by neighbors as blasted to pieces. They then bombarded the Sunset Strip restaurant scene of earlier gangland shootings, sending patrons scattering as crack ers exploded.
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Los Angeles
Brentwood
Mickey Cohen
Sunset Strip
Giant snails threaten U S crops warn scientist
University of Arizona zoologist Albert R. Mead warned that giant African land snails could invade the United States and cause millions in agricultural damage. He called for alert measures as the pest could spread rapidly and eat almost anything.
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Unite States
University of Arizona
Albert R. Mead
Mead
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