Deadly Parathion Gas Fire Destroys Pomona Plant
A chemical plant in Pomona exploded after a fire releasing the pesticide Parathion. Fifty five others, including firemen, suffered chemical exposure requiring antidotes and hospital treatment. Fire crews from multiple agencies fought the blaze from 11:15 p.m. to early morning. Police reported an odd odor and warned residents to seek care if symptoms appeared.
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Charles E. Duggan Co
Duggan
Ira
Ed Hooppell
Harry Williamson
Charles O'Sullivan
Kenneth McClellen
Chester Palomar
Pomona
la Verne
Claremont
Chino
Los Angeles County
4. L. Cheney Chemical Laboratory
Glendale
Los Angeles
If Paul Leach
Richfield Oil Co
Rutherford Johnstone
Fire Departments
Seal Beach Couple Dies in Smashup
George Cory, 66, and his wife Jean Mabel, 65, of 132 10th Street Seal Beach, were killed when their car collided with a truck near Victorville on U.S. Highway 66. Cory had worked at the Seal Beach steam plant of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1929 to 1952. The couple had been returning from a vacation to Northern California and Nevada when the crash occurred. An autopsy will be held and funeral arrangements are pending at Ries Mortuary in Maywood. They are survived by multiple children from prior marriages, including Charles and Howard Cory, Virginia Lovell, Vera Lee, Ruth Jensen, Elva Moody, and George Fr. Smith.
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George Cory
Jean Mabel
10Th St. Seal Beach
Victorville
U. S
Cory
Seal Beach
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Ries Mortuary
Maywood
Charles
Garberville
Calif
Howard
San Francisco
Virginia Lovell
San Diego
Vera Lee
Athens
Greece
Ruth Jensen
Lindora St. Downey
Elva Moody
Honolulu
George FR. Smith
Holydale
McCarthy Hearings Box Score Reveals Word Totals and Time
A box score of the McCarthy Army hearings shows 36 days of sessions from April 22 to June 11, about 1.7 million transcript words, 7,424 pages of testimony, 160 hours of session time, and roughly 115,000 spectators. It notes 50 witnesses, with Secretary Robert Stevens on the stand longest and Francis Carr among the briefest. The radio TV time is valued at about 10 million dollars, with networks warning estimates are rough. The Associated Press alone filed roughly 600,000 words of condensed transcripts and documents.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Robert T. Stevens
Francis P. Carr
Senate Investigations Sub- Committee
Associated Press
Revolt Develops Along Guatemala Honduras Frontiers
Armed Guatemalan exiles mass along the frontier amid reports of a planned revolt against President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Honduran observers note a government display while exile forces mobilize from Tegucigalpa with airlifted recruits and ships moving toward Puerto Barrios.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala
Cass
Chry
Carlos Castillo Armas
la Cleba
Puerto Barrios
Democrats Press Probe on Perjury and Staff Shakeup
Democrats on the McCarthy Army subcommittee urged quick decision on possible perjury prosecutions and an immediate house cleaning of staff after closed hearings. Senator Lea McClellan said both issues, plus an executive branch report on perjury and the 2 page document controversy, require prompt actions as McCarthy and aides faced scrutiny.
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Washington
McCarthy Army
Eisenhower
Lea Mcflellan
D.-Ark
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Sens
Symington
Sackson
Wash
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Sen. Potter
R.-Mich
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Army Intelligence
Subcommittee
Hoover
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Arty
Classifieds and Features by Page Citations
A list of page references for various sections including Beach Combing Billy Rose Boyle Bridge and more. It enumerates pages for Classifieds Comics Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Snorts Theaters Tides Temperatures Women and Your World across pages A-2 A-8 B-3 B-7 to B-15 and B-2 B-4 B-5.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Queen Elizabeth Dodges Disaster at Ascot Gallop
At Royal Ascot the Queen narrowly avoided a fatal collision when a telephone cable blew down across the course. The Duke of Edinburgh warned her as she ducked beneath the wire, and the Queen shared a light moment about the near miss. The incident occurred during a morning gallop with Royal peers and ladies staying at Windsor Castle.
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Ascot
Eng
Queen Elizabeth HI
Royal Ascot
Duke of Edinburgh
Lord Roseberry
Ducky
Windsor Castle
Russ Veto Halts U.N. Indo Move
United Nations in New York reports Russia vetoed a plan to send peace observers to observe the Indochina border amid the Southeast Asia conflict. The 9 to 1 vote with one abstention blocked a Thai resolution, opening the Indochina issue to the General Assembly later this summer. Soviet delegate Tsarapkin accused the move as an American plot to derail peace talks.
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United Nations, N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Indochina
Southeast
Asia
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Security Council
Thailand
U. N
Thai
Tes Banon
General Assembly
Tsarapkin
Officer Dies One Wounded in Abilene Gun Fight
In Abilene Texas a fatal shootout at a service station left officer J J Spann dead and suspect Bill Gaither wounded after a high speed chase that began with a domestic disturbance. Davis Spann and Gaither exchanged gunfire as bystanders and a car full of people watched. Police say Gaither and two women were later jailed.
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Merkel
Tex
VPI
Abilene
J. J. Spann
Bill Gaither
Sweetwater
Texas
Gaither
Ww. T. Davis
Spann
Davis
I Spann
Weather outlook with night low clouds and sun Saturday
The forecast calls for night and morning low clouds with mostly sunny skies Saturday and a slight rise in temperatures. Warmth builds into the weekend as conditions improve.
2000 Aliens Rounded Up in Southland
AP reports Opera tion Wetchhack expanded into a second day with more than 2,000 illegal entrants caught. About 740 men checked farms, rail yards and bus stations across Southern California and as far north as Sacramento. Officials say publicity aided the drive and many fled back to Mexico. border patrol cites 1,100 to 1,200 still receiving bus transport as of Thursday night.
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EL Centro
United States
California
Sacramento
William A. Burkett
Herman R. Lindon
Los Angeles
Harlan B. Carter
U. S. Border Patrol
Crash Ends Celebration Injures Four Graduates
Four high school graduates were injured when the driver fell asleep and crashed his car into an embankment at Miraleste Drive and Palos Verdes Drive East. Jacqueline Thorson 18 Hermosa Beach and Gail Glant 17 Manhattan Beach suffered serious injuries, David Barr 17 Redondo Beach had a broken nose and chest injuries, Terry Smith 17 Manhattan Beach minor injuries. The group had attended a Redondo Beach graduation dance.
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Rolling Hills
Miceleste Dr
Palos Verdes Dr. East
Harbor General Hospital
Jacqueline Thorson
Hermosa Beach
Gail Glant
Manhattan Beach
David Barr
Redorde Beach
Terry Smith
California Highway Patrol
Barr
Miraleste Dr
Palos Verdes Dr
Redondo Beach
Nations Expected to Veto U S Plan on Guatemala Arms
London reports Britain will refuse to permit American warships to stop and search British merchant vessels for arms bound for Guatemala. France Denmark and Norway expected to join in rejection. West Germany likely to approve. British and international law would guide cooperation to prevent arms shipments. The Guardian denounced the move as colonialism. State Department weighs Latin American support for a high seas search and seizure draft resolution ahead of an inter American conference.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Guatemala
Central American
United States
France
Denmark
Norway
West Germany
U.S
The
Guardian
Washington
State Department
Smog Control Bribe Charge to Be Probed
District Attorney Ernest Roll launched an investigation into bribery charges in an anonymous letter against County Supervisors and the smog control inspectors.
Dist Atty probes bribery charges over county officials letter
Dist Atty Ernest Bell launches a probe into anonymous bribery accusations against County Supervisors and smog control inspectors. A three page unsigned letter claimed conspiracies in awarding contracts and a market takeover, with details of a car accident tied to the alleged scheme.
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Atty
Ernest Bell
Ing
Sir
C. C. Field
County Civil ‘Service
Southlanders Flee Flaming Fuel Flood
Riverside residents fled as 12,000 gallons of aviation fuel spilled after a auto and train collision at a Santa Fe Union Pacific crossing. A tank car overturned and fire surged 200 feet high. Seriously injured were Donald B. Riley of Los Angeles and An Norton Sr. of Riverside. both hospitalized. no homes burned. Fire crews from CHP, forestry, and March AFB aided in extinguishing the blaze.
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Riverside
Highgr
Sheriff's Office
Donald B. Liley
Los Angeles
Norton, Sr
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
California Highway Pistrol
State‘ Forestry
March Air Force Base
Rest Home Fire Evacuates Sixteen Elderly In Los Angeles
A one story rest home fire in Los Angeles forced sixteen elderly women to escape through windows. One patient, 72 year old Mrs Rachel Burgess, was overcome by smoke and taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for treatment. Firemen credited Marie Wile and Mrs Maritermined with aiding exits.
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Los Angeles
Rachel Burgess
Mmnoké
Georgia Street
Marie “Wile
Mari
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