Miss California crowned Patricia Johns in Fresno win
Patricia Ann Johns, 18, of Fresno, describes her reaction as numb all over after winning the Miss California title. She beat 19 contestants in Santa Cruz to earn the state crown and a $500 scholarship plus a $250 diamond ring, wardrobe, and a trip to Atlantic City for Miss America. Mae Entwisle of San Diego was runner up and Joyce Burger of Sacramento placed third.
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California
Patricia Ann Johns
Fresno
Patricia
Atlantic City
Santa Cruz
Mae Entwisle
San Diego
Joyce Burger
Sacramento
Weather and people blame not the atom for floods
The weatherman notes the public looks for a scapegoat when weather runs wild. Francis W. Reichelderfer recalls past misattributions such as radio waves in 1915 and atom blasts in Washington. Parachute incidents in Japan and a high school marriage involving a teacher and pupil are also recounted among varied items.
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Francis W. Reichelderfer
U. S
Indiana
Washington
Reichelderter
Writer Says Rhee to End U. N. Control
The New York Herald Tribune, reporting from Seoul, said South Korea will withdraw its troops from United Nations operational control rather than accept the current armistice terms. Marguerite Higgins wrote that Rhee rejects UNC ties to 16 ROK divisions and foresees no Panmunjom ceasefire under a UN-led plan.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Marguerite Higgins
Mark Clark
U. N
Syngman Rhee
Clark
Rhee
UNC
Alls
California Banker Dies Returning From Parley
An Oceanside resident and former president of the California Bankers Association, A. IL. Lath on 70, died while returning from a parley.
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California
Oceanside
A. IL
Lathon
California Bankers 'Association
Sabre Pilots Knock Six MiGs From Sky
U S Air Force Sabres shot down six Communist MiGs over North Korea in a day of heavy air combat. Col. Robert Baldwin of Sherman Oaks, California, downed his eighth MIG, with two more damaged, as ground action remained light along the eastern front near the Manchurian border.
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Seoul
U. S
Kor Yean
Robert Baldwin
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Fifth Air Force
Alee
Pasadena Banker Dies After Train Heart Attack
A banker from Pasadena died Saturday en route to an Oceanside hospital after suffering a heart attack aboard a train. He had been returning home from a banking convention in Coronado.
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Oceanside
Pasadena
Coronado
Mrs Rankin Improves After Compton Hit and Run
Mrs Leila Bernice Rankin aged 34 of 1506 Elith Street remains in critical condition at Los Angeles General Hospital after a Friday hit and run in Compton. Compton police say she was crossing Wilmington Avenue in the 300 block when struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
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Leila Bernice Rankin
Elith St
Los Angeles General Hospital
Compton
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Joyce Underhile
Amboy
Gibson
Amboy High School
Betty
Duke of Edinburgh
M. H. Ross
Los Angeles
Sandsy
Tarhfornia Damey Industry
Trappey
U. N. Control
Menli
Why Ag
Macatee
Hess
Ching Im Place
Sai
Presse Telegram
Mixth Street
Fine Avebus
Long Beach
CIAL
Petri’s
Bekins
Bekins Furniture Depository
Anaheim
Ls 8
ASN
Fries Ava
Wilmington
Newmark
N. Bong Beach Blvd
Laem RL Rs Brico
Ralphs
Ray
Biskit MIX
del Monte
Prunes
Church's
Bete GE
Swift
Yalb, Nosed
PAN
Rex Soleei
Swift's Baby Meats
Glorietta
Libby
Gherkins
Pepsi Cola
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Dennison
Mazda Oil
Gov't
Groun
Marco Dog Food
Goodwin
Velveeta
Coney
Dupont
Bon Ami
Lacone
Cherry
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U.S. NO
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