Barkley quits race amid labor union clash
Chicago July 22 AP Vice President Alben W Barkley withdraws from the Democratic presidential contest saying labor union leaders opposed him to gain party control He blasts union officials as self anointed and accuses delegation leaders of shifting support The Kentucky delegation votes remained unsettled as they considered backing Stevenson on the first ballot and walked out in protest after the withdrawal Continued on Page AS Jol 6
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Mossadegh Again Sat In Iran As Premier
In Tehran on July 22, Shah Reza Pahlavi named Mohammad Mossadegh premier again after parliament backed the move 61 to 0. Mossadegh, who resigned last Wednesday, was to meet the shah this afternoon amid reports Ghavam fled the capital to escape mobs. Crowds cheered as mourning flags were raised.
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Ahmed Ghavam
Mossadegh
Violent Duluth Storm Rips Roofs TreesPlanes
A five minute rain and windstorm with gusts to 90 mph roared through Duluth and Superior tearing roofs from several buildings, uprooting trees, damaging four planes at the airport, and severing power and communications. No injuries were reported.
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Superior
Radar Locates Flying Saucers Near Capital
The Air Force investigated radar reports of flying saucers near Washington DC. Two airline pilots and a newsman witnessed sightings the same night. An Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB conducts the thorough inquiry as reports flood in faster than since 1947.
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Washington
Air Force Today
Air Technical Inteligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
U S Files Suit for Films on TV
The U S Justice Department filed a civil suit in federal court aimed at forcing 12 motion picture producing and distributing companies to allow feature films on television. The complaint charges conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce in 16mm films by agreeing to ban their use on television and to limit exhibition near theaters, in schools, churches, hospitals, USC centers, and private clubs.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Justice Department Today
USC
Hampshire Chief Led First Battle
Governor Sherman Adams of New Hampshire was named by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as a liaison chief of staff for the Republican presidential campaign. Adams will work between Eisenhower's campaign staff and the Republican National Committee while Senator Blaylock Atherton acts as interim governor.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New, Hampshire
Eisenhower
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Concord
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Republican National Committee
Arthur F. Summerfield
Michigan
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Senate
Blaylock Atherton
Sen. Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
James H. Hagerty
Chicago
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Tehachapi Folk Digging Out of Ruined Homes
Tehachapi, July 22 AP Eleven dead and more than 25 injured as Southern California endures the second strongest earthquake in state history. The Tehachapi area, a 2000 resident farming community on the Mojave edge, faced widespread destruction with many buildings damaged and hospitals treating at least 25 people. Officials warn the damage may run into millions as crews begin rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of dawn’s quake.
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Tehachapi
California
Mojave Desert
San Francisco
Democrats Roasted GOP Too Quickly At Chicago Convention
Openers at the Democratic convention in Chicago roast the GOP for internal battles while southern liberal and northern conservative factions clash over pledged delegations. Governor Adlai Stevenson remains a focal figure as Kefauver and Russell stir talk of a presidential draft amid party tensions and potential southern walkouts.
Democratic Convention Evening Session Agenda
The record notes an evening session at 8 p m Long Beach time with invocation by Rt Rev Charles L Street suffragan bishop of Chicago and addresses by India Edwards vice chairman of the national committee and director of the women s division and Mrs Frank lin D Roosevelt U S delegate to the United Nations. It lists resolutions and committee appointments followed by speaker Sam Rayburn as permanent chairman. Tomorrow’s program includes invocation by Dr Alfred Diman and Rep Thaddeus M Machrowicz with a roll call by states for presidential candidate nominations.
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Charles L. Street
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Texas
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Michigan
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Mostly sunny tomorrow with afternoon warmth
An upcoming forecast calls for mostly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon with slightly warmer temperatures. A southwest wind of 12 to 17 mph develops in the afternoon, followed by late night and early morning fog.
Dem Keynote We'll Defeat Fossils Again
Chicago July 22 AP convention keynoter Paul A. Dever rallied Democrats for a predicted sixth straight victory over Republicans. He denounced Eisenhower as an unqualified novice and derided the GOP platform as a shopworn malice filled document. Dever lauded Democratic administrations and warned against Taft’s rival status.
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Paul A.dever
Massachusetts
Dever
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Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Polio Death Rate Falls in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County reports a lower polio death rate this year than last. The disease claimed its fourth victim in the county this year, compared with 10 deaths by this time last year.
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Los. Angeles
Los Angeles County
Eighteen East German Police Desert to West Berlin
Eighteen East German police fled into West Berlin yesterday as part of a wave this month totaling 115 police seeking political asylum. The mass migration highlights growing East German unrest and pressure on border controls.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Adlai Quoted as Saying He Won't Say No
At the Democratic convention in Chicago July 22 delegates faced a loyalty pledge row. Gov Adlai Stevenson of Sinoishad signalled willingness to accept the nomination if needed. Cox warned the pledge could aid Eisenhower, while Russell and Harriman remained noncommittal amid party tensions.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Stevenson
Associated Press
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Frank McKinney
Adlai Stevenson
Sinois
Gere Cox
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Cox
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russell
Alben W. Barry Jey
Averell Harriman
Aftershock Felt in L A
A light tremor, likely an aftershock of yesterday's quake, was reported by night workers in Los Angeles. Telephone company operators in downtown Los Angeles felt it, and the Hollywood police clocked it at 1:49 a.m. Kern County reported two very light shocks at 1:16 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. Seismologists warned aftershocks may continue for some time.
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Telephone Company
Hollywood
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Bakersfield
Classifieds and Notices Column Overview
A listing of section locations across the newspaper including beach comber page B-1 Boyle page A-31 bridge page B-3 and many others. It notes sections for obituaries comics editorial financials sports theaters tides temperatures and women’s activities across pages B-2 to B-13.
Secret Deep Earth Quake Mystery Near Tehachapi
Pasadena July 22 A Caltech geologist says to understand the Southern California quake one would need to burrow 10 miles into the earth. He places the epicenter origin near Tehachapi, under the Garlock fault, where vast rock shifts released seismic strain, a probe now impossible for mankind.
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Matt
Caltech
John Buwalda
Tehachapi Mountains
Tehachapi
Garlock
Buwalda
Blood Flows in Valley of Shadow Crest Skirmish
Allied and Chinese forces clash atop Old Baldy on the Korean front as 60 warplanes bomb and strafe. Valued by UN troops dug in on the southeast slope, the crest sees heavy tank and artillery fire with both sides suffering losses and repeated air strikes targeting supply lines and a railway shop near Pyongyang.
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Old Baldy
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George McArthur
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