California Airmen Safe in Guatemala
Two California fliers in a flying boat forced down in Guatemala on a Mexico to Bogota flight reportedly landed safely on a Guatemalan lake. The pilots were Capt. Lee Crutcher, 46, of Los Angeles, and his son-in-law Douglas McLean of San Lorenzo. Crutcher’s mother from Pasadena confirmed the landing via a cablegram from Crutcher’s wife in Colombia.
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Los Angeles
California
Guatemala
Mexico
Bogota
Theliers
Lee Crutcher
Douglas McLean
San Lorenzo
Crutcher
Lee W. Crutcher
Pasadena
Helen
Buena Ventura
Colombia
French Clean Out Red-Infested Villages in Indochina
French forces swept eight villages on the Red River south of Hanoi and between Hanoi and Son Tay as Vietnamese infantry with light tanks pressed the villages under heavy bombardment. French naval gunboats fired from midstream while planes and artillery rained high explosives. Thirty-nine Communist fighters reported killed or wounded in the raid and ongoing mopup near Vietrinh.
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Anoy
Indochina
Hanoi
Red River
Son Tay
Vencao Island
Firemen Rescue Girl From Rocky Perch
A 10-year-old Texas girl, Sue Persefield of Amarillo, was rescued from a cliff niche known as The Trap in Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs by three firemen using a bosun's chair and 70 foot rope. She was unhurt after the perilous ascent and rescue. The girl and her siblings were climbing formations at the south gateway when she became stranded.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. UP
Texas
Sue Persefield
Amearillo
Mountain Park
Here
Sue
GIVES UP Tells Why He Robbed In His Own Words
A man recounts deciding to rob for medicine after hospital red tape. He targeted the Rivoli Theater cashier Jeanne Farter and then the Egyptian site twice before surrendering. After taking two twenty dollar bills and two sixteen dollar bills, he fled by cab, bought cigarettes, and later confessed at police headquarters.
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Johnson
Rivoli
Jeanne ‘Farter
Geean
Siquor
4Th St
Locust Ave
Boy Falls and Drowns in Sherman Oaks Pool
Police reported a four year old, Jay Felz, slipped while running around his family pool rim, struck his head, fell in and drowned. His father Burt N. Felz saw the accident, dove in, pulled him out, and performed artificial respiration until rescue crews arrived. the boy was pronounced dead after a half hour.
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Sherman Oaks
Uwps
Jay Felz
Burt N. Felz
Ex-Mate Frees School Girl After Remarriage Threat
SYLMAR CNS A dramatic abduction case ends with Arthur E. La Bass 19 San Fernando sought on kidnapping charge after allegedly abducting Janice G Walton from her home last Friday. Walton said La Bass twisted her arm dragged her to an abandoned cabin near Monterey then promised a second wedding in Las Vegas where her parents had the earlier marriage annulled. She returned home three days ago with scratches blamed on brush not assault. Police report details include the elopement last December 13 and the alleged coercion to remarry.
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Sylmar
CNS
Monterey
Janice G. Walton
Miss Walton
Arthur E. la Bass
San Fernand
la Bass
Miss Wallton
Las Vegas
Arthritis Conquered by New Treatment Claims
An advertisement claims arthritis relief through a unique treatment system that purportedly normalizes body functions, reduces pain and improves digestion and sleep. Services offered by Dr. Duncan T. C. at 2315 E 7th St with a first exam and treatment priced at $3.00, plus a general note from Paris about U S military advisory plans in Portugal.
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Long Beach
Duncan
T. C
7Th
I Urban Lesn Wiel
Lisbon
Paris
Willard
Liebel
Schon
Portugal
U. S
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Milady
Supreme Comfort
Cali Long
Tacoma
Syer
McMahan's Furn
E. Anaheim
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PTT Ee
Morrell
Yorkshire
Kingan Circle
Wilson's
Plata
U.S.D.A
Imperial Valley
Safeway
Dairy Glen
Jane Arden
Cragmont
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