Ricky Hammond Fund Gathers $387 More for Boy and Pup
The Ricky Hammond Fund collects at least 387 more dollars plus a two month old cocker spaniel for eight year old Ricky, who lost three limbs in a freight train accident. Puppy bought by Paramount Sales and Salvage owner Harry Macon will be kept until Ricky can have it. A refreshment stand on Viking Way at Bellflower Blvd. Lakewood raises funds. Paul W. Frank pledges 1000 more from City Employer Association. volunteers include Lakewood youths and Cub Scouts. Ricky remains at Seaside Hospital with phantom pains in absent limbs.
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Ricky Hammond
George Wallace White
Ricky
Richard Hammond
Veterans Lospital
Harry Macon
Paramount Sales and Salvage, Inc
Macon
Paul W. Frank
City
Pacific National Bank
Viking Way
Bellflower Blvd
Lakewood
Steven Carey
Shirley Rose
Diane Rose
Timmy Hickman
Cody Hickman
Ronald Perry
Judy Perry
Carolyn ofUer
Ronald Barr
Seaside Hospital
Eastern Heat Grips Central Plains Through Atlantic Seaboard
The Associated Press reports a hot humid spell across the central plains to the Atlantic and southward with readings in the 90s from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf. Cooler air moves into the northwestern quarter and Great Lakes as showers appear only in scattered areas.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Atlantic
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Texas
Montana
New England
Ohio Valley
Middle
South Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Bowles Seeks One Billion for India Aid Plan
Ambassador Bowles reportedly worked out a four year plan for India aid totaling one billion dollars. He hopes to win administration and Congressional backing next week and discuss the plan with President Truman after returning from Hartford. The proposal ties to India’s five year plan goals and food production, with Bowles aiming to bolster Nehru against Communism as the United States pursues a larger foreign aid package.
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John M. Lightower
Washington
Chester Bowles
India
Bowles
Hartford
Conn
State Department
Truman
Nehru
United States
Congress
South Asia
Kadves
Batista Says $96 Million Missing From Cuban Treasury
Havana reports a $96 million shortage in Cuban treasury between 1944 and 1949. Government announces court action. Four years of that period include President Grau San Martin’s administration. Grau and 10 aides were indicted last August for misappropriating about $36 million. A court investigation also probes 174 million stolen from 1944 to 1948.
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Fulgencio Batista
Ramon Grau San Martin
Grau
French Narrows Red Plot as Ports Targeted in Raids
Paris reports say French naval authorities ordered raids on Communist fronts in Brest Lorient Bordeaux and Oran as police seek papers linking to a top secret plan for Toulon defense and ties to the Iron Curtain. The action targets Jacques Duclos and 163 others amid a May 28 riot backdrop and a broad crackdown praised by Premier Pinay.
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Paris
General Labor Confederation
Brest
Lorient
Bordeaux
Oran
Algeria
Red
Jacques Duclos
France
Toulon
Mediterranean
Matthew B. Ridgway
Antoine Pinay
Police Cruiser Stolen Then Abandoned Near McAlester
Oklahoma city police report a cruiser stolen from near the McAlester police station. It was recovered hours later five miles northwest of the city. Earlier a burglar entered Police Chief Roy Anders residence while he attended church and took his pistol.
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Malester
Okla
McAlester
Jater
Roy Anders
USAF in Britain Receives Four Engine Jet Bombers
Four United States Air Force B-45 Tornado bombers arrived at Sculthorpe U S Air Base England as the first jet bomber wing to reach Britain. The planes, part of a four-engine group, flew from Langley Field Virginia in a mass ocean crossing marking a NATO strengthening step against Soviet aggression.
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London
Europe
Sculthorpe
England
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Europe
Langley Field
Virginia
Bolis
Convict Slasher Recaptured After Girl Scout Attack
Davis Henderson a 34 year old escaped convict from a southern Michigan prison camp was recaptured after terrorizing a Wamplers Lake Girl Scout camp. He slashed East Detroit leader Mrs Rhea May 29 and wounded a youth hunter Don Frier 22. Henderson fought off by four shots and was grabbed by two state troopers as a large police and guard search closed in.
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Clinton
Mid
Michigan
Davis Henderson
Don Frier
Henderson
Rhea May
East Detroit
Frier
Irish Hills
Detroit
Wamplers Lake
May
Julian N. Frisbie
Jackson
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T Staurant
Garden Grove Blvd
Garden Grove
Glaser
New Delhi
Batista
Havana
the Gov
Jeanne Shores
Alhambra
Santa Cruz
Jeanne
Citrus Junior College
Greater
Los Angeles
USAF
Britain
Glenn Roberts, Inc
FREE
We & Sk
Libbey
California
Pilsners
Rhen
Barker
Broo
Broadway
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