Tanker Crew Leans Into Burning Sea
RAMSGATE England AP Swedish oil tanker Johannishus burst into flames after a collision with Buccaneer in the English Channel. Of 43 aboard, 21 rescued, one dead on shore, a woman survivor says crew aided each other amid searing flames.
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Goorwin Sands
Here
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Hook
Holland
Margate
Dover
Ina Svensson
Margateehe
Strike Fails to Halt Queen Elizabeth Sailing
London reports that a wildcat seamen strike failed to stop the Queen Elizabeth from sailing to New York on schedule. The Diamant Line vessel will stop at Cherbourg, with about 200 British seamen, cooks, and stewards striking in Liverpool and Southampton. Cunard officials say only about 20 crew members walked off, seeking better conditions.
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Cherbourg
France
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Southampton
Cunard
Sunset Beach Blaze Kills Baby in Duplex Fire
Sunset Beach reports a two bedroom cottage fire at 230 16th St gutting the Sunset Motel unit and killing four month old Dane Dean Martina who was alone in the kitchen while Wendell Martin attempted rescue. Fire officials say cause undetermined with siblings at school and father at work. Marine plane crash near Laguna Hills adds to a grim scene as search and rescue teams face rugged terrain and limited access.
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Legislature Approves California Private College Scholarships
In Sacramento the Legislature approves a scholarship program for California private colleges. The measure limits competitive awards to 600 dollars and provides 640 first year scholarships. If signed by the governor, the bill takes effect on a four year trial basis.
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Sacramento
California
Man Burned to Death in Plane Crash at LOCKWOOD
In LOCKWOOD California Donald Betts McNib 44 died after his plane failed on takeoff bursting into flames. He was thrown free and critically burned passenger Jonn Marcus 830 was also injured as bystanders including his father witnessed the crash. The craft struck a 12,000 volt power line and rolled inverted trapping McNab whose foot wedged under the gas tank.
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Donald Betts -McNib
Jonn
Marcus
McNab
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
Moncerey
George Betts
Anl
Power Inc
Betts
Insurance Program Planned by Dentists
The California State Dental Association forms a non profit corporation to offer prepaid dental care to laborers and other groups. Association president Dr. W Smith says the plan will launch when 25 percent of the state's 8300 licensed dentists join.
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San Francisco
California State Dental Assn
W Smith
Association
Where to find it quick reference page list
The notice lists sections and page numbers for newspaper features and departments. It names Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Table Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures Wilson Women Your World with corresponding pages A-2 A-8 A-22 A-23 C-2 C-7 to 13 B-14 C-4,5 B-1 to 4 A-23 C-7 page ranges and special sections per edition.
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Wilson
Miss Europe Contestants Battling Cold Flu in Helsinki
At Helsinki Finland the Miss Europe pageant contestants suffer a cold bug with two days to judging. Italy’s Vandesa Guida Turkey’s Luna Solcy and France’s Monique Lambert face sniffles and sore throats amid hectic prep. Crowning set for Saturday.
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Finland
Italy
Vandesa Guida
Turkey
Monique Lambert
France
Feteg
Germans Swear In 2 Cabinet Members
Chancellor Adenauer swore in three new cabinet members Heinrich von Brentino Theodor Blank and Hans Joachim von Merkatz in a Wednesday ceremony. Bundestag president Lugen Gerstenmaier led the oath before a session pause of one hour to discuss the Moscow invitation.
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Adenauer
Moscow
Weather update: night fog with morning low clouds
A night and morning of low clouds and fog with partial afternoon clearing. Little temperature change expected.
Queen Opens Parliament Amid Britain Crisis
Queen Elizabeth II opened a new Parliament session under Britain s gravest industrial crisis the 12 day railroad strike. She pledged to mobilize Commonwealth resources for peace and urged negotiated settlement with the Soviet Union and Formosa Strait talks. The opening featured reduced pageantry due to rail disruption and the state of emergency proclamation under the Emergency Powers Act.
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Britain
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Formosa Strait
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House of Commons
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Eden
Bruce Cabot labeled coward by wife vows Italy pursuit
Hollywood AP Franchesca DeScaffa, 24 year old Venezuelan actress, calls estranged husband Bruce Cabot cowardly and says she will pursue him to Italy for support for Alfonsine, 2. Superior Court orders Cabot to pay 4950 and jail five days for contempt if he returns. He plans to stay in Italy claiming his only child was born in 1929.
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Bruce Cabot
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Él 'L
School Bus Crashes Into House Near Mezzanine Way
A school bus carrying children to Country Day School ran off Mezzanine Way and struck a house on 5303 Mezzing Way, narrowly missing a sleeping wife. The driver left the scene after the crash and was reported to have given details to a nearby motorist. Children on board were unharmed.
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Bachtelle
Obispo Ave
Rutgers Ave
Callier
Jack Shackleton
G. Max Kendall
Kendall
Douglas Aircraft Co
Shackleton
Stanton Boy Buried in Sewer Ditch Rescue
A 12 year old boy named Jerry Cenammo was nearly buried for 135 minutes in a sewer ditch near a Beaver Place housing project. Neighbors and his father dug him out after a sand bank collapsed. He revived with fire department aid and was kept overnight for observation.
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Jerry Cennama
Gerald Cennamo
Beaver PI
Jerry
Glenda
Diane Ziske
Robert Ziske
Andy Anderson
Ed Jerdahl
Cennamo
Molovey in Paris for talks with French leaders
Minister V. M. Molovey arrived in Paris by plane for a luncheon visit with Premier Edouard Feure and Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay. Diplomatic observers expect discussion of Soviet invitation to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the anticipated Big Four top level conference.
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V. M. Molovey
Paris
Edzay Feure
Antoine Pinay
United States
United Nations
San Francisco
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Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Pension Rise Wins in Close of Legislature
SACRAMENTO AP The 1955 general session closed after 120 days with key wins for pension increases liquor and beaches parks measures and a defeat for a state water department. The budget hit a record 134 billion and many welfare proposals failed. The Senate backed a five dollar across the board aid increase to aged and blind raising top payments to 85 and 90. A water department plan stalled as the Assembly called for a possible special session. The liquor license bills were reshaped with separate liquor licenses for restaurants and taverns and a later conference settled 16 million for beaches and parks from tideland oil revenues.
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Sacramento
Senate
Knight
Assembly
Istate
Light-fingered thief steals from woman’s bra stash
Mae Benson reported to police that a thief robbed her in a San Francisco store while she slept, taking live SS bills she had tucked into her bra for safekeeping. The incident highlights a bold theft in a brief, unsettling crime report from the city.
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San Francisco
Eres Mae Benson
Escape drama ends in jail after Paglino verdict
Albert L. Paglino, 29, convicted of first degree murder for faking a funeral to hide his crime, is sentenced to life imprisonment. In a courtroom twist he nearly escaped via elevator before returning to custody. The case links to a 1954 tourist court fire in St Louis County and a victim later identified as Willie Burchett.
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Circuit Court
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Rose Fills
Gunt Ararm
Ruben Sayers
Jack Culligan
Sayers
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Calif
Willie Burchett
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