Weather on Rampage Across U S
A Gulf of Mexico storm drives toward Florida as floods threaten Montana. Havre and Chinook evacuations rise, milk river near dikes, 700 leaving Havre, 75 to 100 families at risk near Chinook. Great Falls endures city’s worst flood in history with 2000 to 3000 residents displaced and $2 million in damage. Tornadoes strike Texas Michigan and Oklahoma with hurricane force winds.
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Missouri
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Texas
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Okla
Bidault Seeks New French Government After Assembly Rebuff
Ex-Premier Georges Bidault agreed to try again to form a government to handle France’s mounting domestic and foreign crises. He will seek confirmation from the national assembly on Tuesday or Wednesday. Bidault, 53, led the Catholic Popular Republican Movement and previously served as premier in 1946 and 1950. The caretaker government faces a political crisis after a narrow defeat in Parliament and delays to Bermuda talks.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
National Assembly
Bidault
Vincent Auricel
Pte. Blondes-France
Rene Mayer
Vmendes
Sembdly
Bermuda
Ex Film Idol Farnum Dies At Hollywood Height
Ex film idol Farnum died after months in bed following injuries. His silent hits included The Redemption of David Carson and The Sign of the Cross. His sound films featured DuBarry with Norma Talmaize and The Connecticut Yankee with Will Rogers. Later he acted in Samson and Delilah Lone Star with Clark Gable and Jack and the Beanstalk with Abbott and Costello. Farnum was said to be the first actor to earn 10000 dollars a week and reportedly lost 2 million in the 1929 stock crash.
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Farnum
David Carson
Hollywood
Off-Duty Cop Captures Two Bandits Here
Westley and Lascalante fled after robbing a liquor store. Westley, acting as lookout, stood outside while Lascalante entered, pistol drawn and demanded cash. The men then drove to Long to pick a new robbery target after trading a saxophone for the weapon and ammo.
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Westley
Dow
Lascalante
Long
Three Teens Sought After Alameda County Youth Shot
Police issued all points bulletins for Manuel Alves 13 Michael Lynn 12 and David McLean 12 after a 14 year old companion Jerry Gomez was shot in the mouth during an apparent accident at Elmhurst Junior High School Alameda County authorities said two suspects boasted they would shoot to kill if faced with arrest and were believed headed toward Texas to visit Lynn's father Buster C Lynn of Dallas Oak.
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Oakland Poeket
Elmhurst Junior High School
Keither Brown
Gomes
Alves
Alameda County Hospital
Young Lynn
Buster C. Lynn
Dallas
Jail Cell Block Ruckus Overcrowding Protest
Inmates at a Los Angeles County jail cell block staged a Friday night disruption by lighting pillows on fire and hammering bars with tin cups to protest overcrowded conditions. Jailers contained the incident quickly. nine ringleaders were moved to joiner quarters. The block, built for 26, held 51 inmates.
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Los Angeles
Speaker Taken by Death at Vassar Class Reunion
Mrs. Mary Phillips Pilliod of Scarsdale collapsed and died Friday night while delivering the invocation at the 40th reunion of her Vassar College class in Poughkeepsie. Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis as she stood beside Vassar President Sarah Gibson Blanding.
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Mary Phillips Pilliod
Scarsdale
Union
Vassar College
Pillod
Vassar
Sarah Gibson
Blanding
Bill to Impose Fee on Commercial Fishing Boats Signed
A bill levying a 50 registration fee on commercial fishing boats was signed into law in Sacramento by acting Gov. Goodwin J. Knight on Friday. The measure targets vessel registrations and aims to fund marine programs.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Sacramento
Secret Armistice Talks Continue Amid Hopes for Truce
An authoritative South Korean source said no new proposal was made by either side in the arms talks. The Reds requested a recess until noon Sunday, with progress possible then. Observers noted the U N Command likely sought clarification of a long statement, and Western and Communist capitals grew hopeful for an end to the Korean War as Isvestia claimed the sides were nearing a pact.
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U. N
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Isvestia
Sidea
Collision of Giant U S Tankers Sparks Sorrow and Fire
A collision on the Delaware River between the Phoenix and the Pan Massachusetts left both ships badly damaged and burning. Three missing crewmen prompted Red Cross alerts as rescuers battled fires and rescued sailors along the river from Philadelphia to New Jersey. The Phoenix, carrying 9 million gallons of petroleum, sank after the impact, with the Pan Massachusetts also wrecked. Captain injuries were reported on both vessels, and officials pursued official reports for the incident.
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Delaware River
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Pan Massachusetts
F. L. Judson
National Bulk Carriers, Inc
New York
Efe
Fridday
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Reginald C. Gross
Houston
Texas
Pan Mas- Baetts
Gustave Japachen
Langhorne
1St. Francis Hospital
Wilmington
USAF Power Tops World Says Wilson
Sioux City report notes Defense Secretary Charles Wilson calls the U S Air Force the most powerful in the world amid a $5 26 billion military budget proposal He argues funds are ample for rapid buildup and that cuts do not reduce combat aircraft deliveries He cites review by the Defense Department NSC and the President and opposes trimming the budget entirely
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Towa
Charles 15. Wilson
U. S. Air Force
Towa State Bar Association
Wilson
Senate
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Vandenberg
Wilson Sai
Truman
Defense Department
National Security Council
North Korea Attacks East Front as Reds Overrun Outposts
North Korean battalions ripped through a main Allied line on the eastern front near Luke's Castle and Bloody Ridge, overrunning three ROK outposts and driving into Allied territory as fighting continued through the night. The S. Koreans counterattacked with the 12th Division but faced fierce hand to hand combat and heavy mortar and artillery fire from the Reds. Allied air strikes were hindered by overcast skies though 32 fighter bombs hit scattered targets. Sabre jets monitored the area south of the Yalu with no MIG sightings.
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Strn
Luke’s Castle
Eighth Army
Bloody Ridge
12Th Division
Luke's Castle
North Korea
Costa Mesa Man Killed in Freak Auto Crash at San Juan Creek Bridge
A Costa Mesa motorist, George Thomas Purdy, 32, was killed early today when his sedan struck the San Juan Creek Bridge, rebounded, and jammed beneath a southbound freight truck driven by Jack Warren. Purdy, of Irvine Avenue, died instantly. Warren and the woman passenger were not injured. Purdy’s body was taken to Diver Mortuary, San Clemente. The Friday crash near Santa Ana Canyon Road also left one woman with possible major injuries.
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Costa Mesa
George Thomas Purdy
Irvine Ave
Santa Ana
San Juan Creek Bridge
California
Purdy
Jack Warren
San Diego
Diver Mortuary
San Clemente
Santa Ana Canyon Rd
Moliler Ave
Olive
Pearl R. Smith
Corona
Removedo Corona Hospital
Bookmaking Arrest In Terminal Island Bar
San Pedro vice squad investigators Friday arrested Fred Willingham 34 of 4322 Neptune Ave Wilmington for alleged bookmaking at a bar on Tuna Street Terminal Island. Officers found betting markers in his possession at arrest.
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Fred Willingham
Neptune Ave
Wilmington
Tuna St
Terminal Island
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