Compton Youth Survives 1500 Foot Cliff Fall
Kenneth Wright Jr., ten, of Compton, fell about 1500 feet while playing atop a cliff at Lake Arrowhead. He suffered a concussion, cuts, bruises, and possible internal injuries but is expected to recover. Two playmates confirmed the slide and drops before rescuers carried him out on a litter.
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Lake Arrowhead
Santa Anita Hospital
Kenneth Wright Jr
Colin Ave
Compton
Kenneth
Ralph
Gary Sangster
U.S. Forest
Joe Austin
Boyr
Austin
Young Wright
Social Security Boost Approval In House
In Washington the House approved a Social Security boost by 300 million dollars with a voice vote and postponed final passage to tomorrow. Rep Ford questioned quorum, Speaker Rayburn pledged a roll call, Maine primary absences delayed records, and Doughton defended the measure against charges of socialism and venue. Oscar Ewing was denied as author finally the bill was described as written by the committee.
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Washington
House
Ford
R.mich
Rayburn
D.-Texas
Maine
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Reed
Coughton
Reed
Rep. Simpson
R.pa
Oscar Ewing
Tye
Father and six children die in Ont. blaze
A fire trapped a father Fred Thibeault 40 and six of his children in a frame house in Widdifield Township near North Bay Ontario. Gerald 16 Rene 10 Lynn 7 John 5 Patrick 4 Betty 3 perished. In hospital in critical condition is the mother and twin Les 2 Lornz 2.
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North Bay
Ont
Widdifield Township
Fred Thibeault
Gerald
Rene
Lynn
John
Patrick
Betty
Les
Lornz
Two Men Seized With 20 Lbs of Bulk Marijuana
U S border patrolmen jailed two men in San Diego on a charge of possession of 20 pounds of bulk marijuana. The trunk contained the bulk marijuana in a car stopped near Temecula Riverside County. The men are Perfecto Vallejo 24 of Oakland and Frank Reye Avalos 26 of Pittsburgh.
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San Diego
U. S
Perfecto Vallejo
Oakland
Frank Reye Avalos
Pittsburgh
Temecula
Riverside County
Hundred Lepers Burned by Chinese Reds in Yunnan
Catholic News Agency reports that about 100 lepers at the Hingehuang leprosarium in Yunnan were burned to death by Chinese Communists. Only three escaped. the incident followed years of care by Rev. Francis Le Du and other missionaries.
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Rome
Hingehuang
Yunnan
Fidel Catholic
Hong Kong
China
Yungjen
Rides
Francis le du
Paris Foreign Missionary Society
Fides
Dress Shop Robber Ties Up Victims on Broadway
A robber tied and gagged three women in a dress shop at 3310 E Broadway before noon. He forced owner Olive Mulholland to surrender $100, then escaped on foot east on Broadway. The victims were freed by an adjacent store operator who heard cries and alerted police. The suspect, in his thirties with sandy hair, fled east.
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E. Broadway
Olive Mulholland
Broadway
Groom and 21 Horses Die In Belmont Fire
A spectacular blaze at Belmont Park race track killed a groom and 21 horses. Alfred Mitchell, 23, of Laurel Maryland, died after being knocked unconscious by a horse he was attempting to save. Firefighters saved seventy horses, but damage reached about 25 000 dollars for horses, barn, land, and equipment. A brick fire wall saved fifty horses and half the barn.
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Belmont
Belmont Park Race Track
Alfred Mitchell
Laurel
Long Island
Wasgsau County
George Clough
Army Engineers Fund Boosted by Senate Action
The Senate appropriations committee approved a bill to fund Army Engineers at 566 million 774 thousand 605 dollars for flood control navigation and related projects. The package exceeds the House approval and falls short of President Truman's budget by about 45 million dollars. The plan allocates 277 million 135 thousand 600 dollars for rivers and harbors 302 million 077 thousand 200 dollars for flood control 62 million 520 thousand dollars for lower Mississippi flood work and 18 million 22 thousand 549 dollars for the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army Engineers
House
Truman
Senate
Mississippi River
Panama Canaline
Where to Find It Beach Coimbing Page 8-1 Boyle Page A-13
A navigational snippet lists sections and page references across the newspaper. It names Beach Coimbing, Boyle, Bridge, Classified Ads, Comics, Crossword, Editorial, Financial, Obituaries, Radio and Television, Shipping, Sports, Theaters, Tides, Temperatures, and Women’s Activities with their respective page designations.
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Boyle
Polish Countess Krystyna Skarbek slain in Kensington hotel
Countess Krystyna Skarbek a Polish-born wartime British spy known as Christine Granville was found stabbed to death in a Kensington hotel. A porter Dennis G. Muldowney, 41, was charged with murder after allegedly confessing. Skarbek who naturalized as British in 1947 led sabotage and resistance efforts and received the George Medal and an OBE.
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London
Kensington
Scotland Yard
Krystyna Skarbek
Dennis G. Muldowney
G. W. Jennings
Muldowney
Winchester Castle
Christine Granville
Gestapo
Poland
Hungary
Central
Europe
Ohce
France
George
Order of the
Soviet Jets Down Swedish Aircraft Off Estonian Coast
Soviet jet fighters shot down an unarmed Swedish Catalina off the Estonian coast during maneuvers. Seven Swedish crew members were rescued by a German ship. Sweden demanded an immediate investigation and protested to the Soviet ambassador, amid tensions over espionage and a trial of Swedes accused of betraying northern defense.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Estonia
Yimumdad
Ulumaell
Constantine Rodionov
Foreign Office
Tage Erlander
Rodionov
Erlander
King Ibn Saud Reported Welcoming 64th Child
Cairo dispatch cites J. Akhbar claiming Saudi Arabia's King Tan Saud, aged 75, has fathered his 64th child. A further royal birth was noted last week. The article does not identify the mother or which wife conceived the infant.
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Cairo
Egypt
J. Akhbar
Saudi Arabia
Tan Saud
Germ War Meet Called by Malik
United Nations News warns that Jacob A. Malik of the Soviet Union called a Security Council meeting for Wednesday to discuss charges that the U N is waging germ warfare in Korea. The move follows failure to act in disarmament talks and precedes discussion on new member admissions as nations await a U N Assembly resolution.
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United Nations. N
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Korea
Soviet Union
Security Council
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Malik
Ination Security Council
U. N. Assembly
Paris
Warden Roy Best Faces Trial Over Colorado Penitentiary flogging
In Denver on June 16, Warden Roy Best was brought to U S District Court to answer charges tied to the flogging of six convicts during an escape attempt at the Colorado penitentiary eleven months prior. The opening was delayed as lawyers confer with Judge Delmas C Hill while juror questions are prepared. Best joked that his wife attended sessions at their Hitch Rock Ranch near Colorado Springs milking cows.
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Denver
Roy Best
U. S
Colorado Penitentiary
Delmas C. Hill
Big Ammunition Dump Blast Kills One Injures 28
The Eighth Army reported a massive munitions dump explosion in Haeundae Korea on Tuesday. One American soldier died, 28 were injured, and two were missing as fires raged for hours. Firefighters battled the blaze with bulldozers while rockets lit the sky. About 20,000 to 30,000 Koreans were evacuated to Pusan. Several Americans returned to duty. four were hospitalized. Brigadier General Edward Lastayo praised firefighter risk and planned decorations. The blaze continued into the evening, with continued bursts and shrapnel in the air. The cause centered on a pile of signal flares and grenades.
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Haeunde
Korea
Eighth Army
United Press
Jim Healy
Pusan
Edward Lastayo
Long Beach
New Russ Debt Talk Scheduled
Washington June 16 United States and Soviet Russia agreed to renew talks to settle the Soviet World War II lend lease account worth about 11 billion as negotiations resume after a 10 month suspension Moscow had offered 300 million while Washington pushed 800 million final settlement The Soviet embassy announced the resumption and a new meeting was set for this afternoon with charge d affaires Boris Karavaev coordinating.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Soviet Russia
State Department
Boris I. Karavaev
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Russia
Yanks Smash Chinese Attack on Korean Front
U S 45th Division infantry, supported by artillery, repelled a Chinese attack on a hill west of Chorwon. The five day battle left Reds with over 1000 casualties and about 750 Chinese killed in a seven hour engagement. Fighting raged across the 153 mile front near Panmunjom, Korangpo, Yonehon, Kumhwa, Kimsong, Pukhan River and the Punch Bowl as jets claimed three Communist planes down. Second Lt James Low, Sausalito, California, became America’s 17th jet ace with five MIG kills after shooting down one plane and six weeks in Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Chorwon
U.S
Panmunjom
Korangpo
Yonehon
Kumhwa
Kimsong
Puk- Han River
Punch Bowl
Eighth Army
James Low
Sausalito
Calif
America
Tm Sausalito
James
Paul V. Low
Jim
Manchurian
Yonan
T Hill
Railroad Strike Strands 150,000 N Y Commuters
New York June 16 A engineers strike shut down Long Island Railroad stranding about 150000 commuters Traffic jammed bumper to bumper on parkways into the city as buses filled to capacity Many travelers stayed home while the road’s two way daily rider total runs about 300000 with most living on Long Island and working in New York City.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York City
Long Island
Weather summary shows clear skies and light fog
The forecast calls for mostly clear conditions with some patchy early morning fog. Temperatures are expected to change little tomorrow with minimal variation.
Public Flogging With Cat o Nine Tails in Delaware
In Wilmington a 30 year old man named John P. Barbieri received 20 lashes on his bare back in Delaware's first public flogging in three years. He pleaded guilty to beating 59 year old Mrs Belle Davis on April 18 and will serve a six month jail term after a brief stay in the prison infirmary for bruises. The flogging was carried out by Warden Elwood Wilson with minimal blood and described as humane in its staged progression from shoulders to waist and back.
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Wilmington
Del
John P. Barbieri
Delaware
Barbieri
Belle Davis
Elwood Wilson
Wilson
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Ibn Saud
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