Suspect in Norwalk Kidnapping Seeks Rest in Catalina
Avalon officers release Moore after a year at Patton State Hospital. Detectives say he could not recall kidnapping days while denying motive and claiming he entertained children. A separate search for a cross eyed molester involved a 10 year old girl near an Los Angeles River bridge.
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Chiang Guerrilla Raids Kill 1200 Red Troops and Capture 97
Taiwan defense ministry reported seaborne Nationalist guerrillas killed over 1200 Communist troops and captured 97 in raids on four Red island outposts off Chekiang. Guerrillas seized three islands but later abandoned them.
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Anti Annexation Signatures Questioned in Council
Samuel E. Vickers notes many University District protest signatures seem doubtful though petitions fell 385 short of required total. City Attorney Irving M. Smith to issue written opinion on signatures obtained before June 2, possibly resurfacing in future annexation cases. Anti annexation groups claim enough signatures to block polls in Carson Gardens Plaza Land 2 and West Lakewood. Most Larson Gardens and Plaza signs predate election call. Smith opines such signatures likely invalid.
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Ike’s Envoy Presses Rhee for Korea Armistice
In Tokyo Robertson and U S envoy Briggs confer with Gen. Mark Clark as Ike’s representative seeks to align South Korea’s president Rhee with a peace terms. Rhee marks the Korean War third anniversary with defiant vows to fight on and unify Korea despite stalled armistice talks.
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Ellis O. Briggs
U.S
Rhee Saturay
Rhee
South Korea
Civil Service Cloak Lifted by President
President Eisenhower outlined an order that removes Civil Service protections from most Schedule A federal employees not empowered as veterans. The move, aimed at excluding jobs from political influence, would affect about 134,000 positions and reflects a shift from Democratic to Republican administration staffing.
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Foundation Chief Cites Science in Palio Beat
A foundation chief asserts science defeats the Palio of YCigy amid protests over Rhee's POW release. Gen Clark in Tokyo says Allies halted Red aggression and pushed Communists back beyond the 38th Parallel as a three year goal.
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