Prosecutor's Pay Increase Studied
Long Beach City Council studies raising the prosecutor salary above $9000 to top deputy pay of $9600. City Attorney Irving M. Smith notes a longstanding $500 gap with greater duties for the assistant. Mayor Chace opposes extra prosecutor rise. councilman Fletcher moves to lay the matter over until full session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fletcher
Long Beach Bar Association
Irving M. Smith
Long Beach
Burton W. Chace
Wletcher
Walker Murder Trial in Recess
Riverside trial recessed as prosecutors prepare murder evidence for jurors. Key witnesses Hicks and Mrs. Maund identify Sgt. Lawrence J. Walker, accused of murdering Richard and Doris Cook, kidnapping and assaulting Hicks, and assaulting Maund. Defense questions Hicks’s testimony while await shell evidence from Walker’s car.
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Riverside
Air Force
Lawrence J. Walker
James Hicks
Crispus
A. Wright
Hicks
Walker
Betty Maund
Wright
G. T. Yancey
Yancey
Maund
William ©. Mackey
Richard
Doris Cook
World Evangelist Graham cites emergency revival at Baptist convention
The report notes Billy Graham declaring an emergency for preserving the American way of life. He and Rev. Ramsey Pollard spoke as delegates prepared for next year's Southern Baptist convention near Miami. The piece also lists tax changes and other scattered items from state and federal notices.
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Washington
San Francisco
Billy Gra
North Caro
Ae Graham
Gates
Southern Baptist Con
Vention
Ham
Emmendous Spron
Ramsey Pollard
Way Baptist Church
Knoxville
Sao
Miami
U.S. Officials Accused of Rowdy Behavior at Tolstoy Shrine
The Moscow Gazette claims eight U S embassy officers and staff disrupted Tolstoy grave rites on the museum’s 30th anniversary at Yasnaya Polyana. It names Norman Stines Ralph Collins Jackeline Granaman Charles L Forman Jr Paul John Dell Walter L Good William C Hundley John H Long and others. An embassy spokesman said the incident is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Gazette Today
U. S
Leo Tolstoy
Gazette
Tolstoy
Yasnaya Polyana
Norman Stines
Ralph Collins
Jackeline Granaman
Charles’ L. Forman Jr
American House ‘Club
Paul John ‘Dell
Walter L. Good
William C. Hundley
John ‘H. Long
Yasnaya Palyana
Russia
Alan G. Kirk
Ex Navy Officer Seeks Back Pay and Clothes After Dismissal
Former Lt(JG) William Henry Evans Jr of Edgewater Maryland says the Navy fired him and withheld back pay and personal effects. He recently mailed another letter to Secretary of the Navy Matthews defending his criticisms of administration leaders and Far Eastern policies.
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Washington
Pormer
William Henry Evans Jr
Navy
Edgewater
Naval Reserve
Evans
Matthews
Pacific
Japan
Bush Lawmaking Ends With Last-Day Assembly Actions
Last day actions show lawmakers voting on elections and measures. Bills include banning new public utility district activity without approval, authorizing jailer bonds, and setting interim committee investigations totaling 261000 for next two years.
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Assembly
Senate
California
Youth Faces Court on Charge of Theft
Ervine D. Helt, 18, was held no answer at a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Charles B. Wallace on a grand theft charge. Arraignment in Superior Court set for July 12. Police say Helt took about $500 from Blake's Market at 10 W. Del Amo St on June 13 after using a store telephone, money found on his person at his home.
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Ervine D. Helt
Charles B. Wallace
Helt
Blake's Market
del Amo St
Reds Fight Back Across Fronts in Korea War Push
United Nations forces repelled a Chinese spring offensive on the western front near Korangpo as a 2500 strong enemy regiment retreated after a five hour clash. On the central front U N troops advanced north against Reds in the Iron triangle below Fyonggang, routing defenders amid heavy small arms and machine gun fire. Air observers noted Red survivors fleeing the area as Chinese positions near Pyonggang screen further buildup.
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Eighth Army
Korangpo
38Th Parallet
Seoul
U. N
Fyonggang
Pyonggang
38Th Parallel
Burglar Enters, Steals Nothing at California Avenue Home
Beatrice H. Bell and Grace T. Kerr found their front door unlocked and a broken window at 9404 California Ave yesterday. Police puzzled as investigation showed nothing taken and the intruder swept up broken glass both inside and outside the window, while displaying a passion for Lesinis.
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Lesinis
Toar
Beatrice H. Bell
Grace T.kerr
California Ave
Valuables Missing From Apartment On Ocean Boulevard
Florence M Anthony reported a burglary at her apartment on 5901 E Ocean Blvd. A diamond and pearl neckpiece worth 1000 and an Oriental cross valued 200 plus 150 in jelothing were taken within the past 10 days. Entry method and time unspecified. Anthony works as a medical secretary at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Florence M. Anthony
Ocean Blvd
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Hague Tribunal Acts in Oil Row Continues
The article details Iran's nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the resulting tensions at Abadan and Tehran. It notes tanker crews refusing government receipts, police searches of Anglo-Iranian offices, and disrupted gasoline distribution. It also covers British evacuation plans and U.S. loan considerations amid geopolitical strain.
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Iranian National Oil Co
Iranian National Co
Tehran
Atesh
Abadan
Hossein Fatimi
World Court
Mossadegh
Iiran
The
Hague
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Iraq
Iran
Cairo
U.S
U. S. State Department
U. S
Longer MacArthur Probe Seems Likely
Washington June 23 AP A plan to summon W Averell Harriman from Europe for testimony on Far East policy threatens to prolong the Senate investigation into Gen Douglas MacArthur ouster. McMahon says Harriman should testify in rebuttal to Hurley on Yalta and related matters.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
McMahon
Harriman
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Hurley
Russia
Manchuria
Roosevelt
Yalta
Moscow
Britain
U. S. State Department
Stalin
David G. Barr
Eleven Top Reds Sentenced to Jail After Supreme Court Decision
Washington June 3 The Justice Department gains authority to jail the 11 top U S Communist party leaders. Convicted in 1949 for conspiring to advocate government overthrow by violence, their appeal failed as Supreme Court upheld conviction. Jackson denied bail and set jail start after June 30 when ruling mailed.
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Washington
Justice Department
U. S
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Red
New York
Jackson
Federal District Court
Rabbis Urge U.N. Army for Peace
The Central Conference of American Rabbis urges the United Nations to form an army for peace and to gain power to control armaments. The U S should lead in new world armament control plans after past failures, in a report adopted at the convention with over 600 rabbis attending from the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
U. S
Central Conference of American Rabbis
U. N
United States
Pharts
Canada
Spain Bans Arms Shipments to Reds
Madrid announces a government ban on arms shipments to Communist China and North Korea. There was no recent indication Spain had shipped arms to either country in recent years.
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Madrid
Spain
Frantisco Franco
China
North Korea
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Reds
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Graham
Bixby ‘Knolls
Jones
Hague Tribunal
By Jack Bell
Chiang Kai-shek
Barr
Seventh Division
MacArthur
Korea
Emmett
Rosie) O'Donnell
Far East Air Force
Sen. Bridges
Defense Department
Russell
Georgia
Wade
Consouerte
Canaan
Santa Ana
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Jefferson
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