Oil Well Blaze Flares Night as Fire Crews Battle It
Huntington Beach suffers an oil well blaze poured with flame hundreds of feet high. Fire crews and Standard Oil workers fight to cap the well for a second night. Traffic on Pacific Coast Highway is halted while efforts to flood the well with salt water and shoot the casing proceed.
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Huntington Beach Ocean
Pacific Coast
Orange County
Oil City
Jones Sand
Standard of California
Huntington Beach Fire Department
Standard Oil
J. K. Sargent
Oo Wells
Southwest Floraition Co
Compton Boy, Two Richmond Lads Drowned
Two 9 year old boys from Richmond California drowned in the Russian River while weekend guests of a church youth group. Victims were Larry Vinsahaler and Tommy Williams. parents of Williams not listed.
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Monte Rio
Sonoma County
Calif
Richmond
Russian River
Larry Vinsahaler
Harold Vinsahaler
Tommy Williams
Boy Scout Drowning During Lake Outing in California
A 12 year old Compton boy, William Evans, died during a Boy Scout outing at Arrow Pearl Lake between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear. Five other boys were on three rafts when Evans fell in while attempting to jump between rafts. Rescue efforts continued after the incident with two missing boys later recovered. The event prompted a cleanup of the deep lake hole where gravel dredging had widened the area.
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San Bernardino
Compton
Arrowpear Lake
Lake Arrowhead
Big Bear
William Evans
John E. Evans
Temple St
Harold Wright
Evans
Rae
Metker
Larry
Tommy
Robert Nolte
Richmond
Monte Rio
Tommy Williams
Tommy’s
Dick O'Brien
Charles, Dale
Dennis
UAW Serves Wage Demands on Chrysler in Detroit
United Auto Workers served wage demands on Chrysler after pressuring Ford since June 2. Chrysler, employing about 75,000 production workers, becomes the second major automaker to receive the demands as negotiations continue.
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Detroit
The
United Auto Workers
My Cr Corpsler
Ford Motor Co
Junion
Chrysier
Arthritis drug delays cloud quines pig cane relief
Highlights from today report lengthy waits for arthritis drugs that enable patients to discard canes. Local notes include Methodist conference voting to form social action committees, Long Beach all breed beach show ongoing at Municipal Auditorium, and five women now holding major civic jobs.
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Methodist Conference
Thurch
Long Beach
Weat
Municipal Auditorium
Where to Find It and Page References Summary
A listing of newspaper sections and page references including Sports on pages C-1 to C-5, Theaters on C-6, Women's Activities in Section D, Public Forum A-2, and Realty and Oil News on B-7 and B-8. Also notes neighborhoods Communilies on page 6-2 and radio features on A-13.
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Bridge
Bovine and Oil News
Creasword Puzste
Eee Clubs
Fope Heavy
Communilies
Public Forum
Radio Dog
Realty
Harbor lover awaits word as wedding plans crumble
Gloria Gardena 26 of San Pedro waits for news of fiancé William Ervin 43 after he fled by plane to New York following a gun attack that fired four shots at his car on Anaheim Street Harbor City. Police seek clues and consider a secret admirer motive as Gardena recalls past dancing days and hopes for his safe return.
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Detac
H. Baldridge
San Pedro
William R.ervin
Santa Cruz Ave
Ervin
Gloria Gardena
Pacific Ave
Préss-Telegram
Gloria Garedeta
Studiex
William R. ‘Ervin
San Pédro
Hays
Gardana
Pres- Telegram
William R. Ervin
Santa Cruz St
New York City
Miss Gardena
Harbor Region
Gust Gouzounes
Santa Cruz
Gouzounes
Harbor City
Gardena’s
Miss
Iman
Gloria
Six Killed in Hwy 99 Truck Car Collision Near Madera
Six people died when a truck collided with a sedan seven and one half miles north of Madera on Highway 99. The sedan carried nine occupants including three small children and two women. Three others were hospitalized in critical condition, including William J. Carney of Stockton who is believed to have driven the car. The truck driver escaped uninjured.
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Madera
Hwy
Here
William J. Carney
Stockton
Polio Death Reported From General Hospital
One polio death in Los Angeles General Hospital confirmed for June 25. The victim is 12 year old Fred N. Brewer, as polio cases rise nationwide.
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General Hospital
Los Angeles
Fred N. Brewer
Swindler Engel Wins and Loses Hearts in Chicago
Mrs. Reseda Corrigan says Sigmund Engel bribed her with $5000 in 50 100 dollar bills and proposed marriage while claiming to return $8700 she loaned him. The 73 or 80 year old con man, famed for romances, was arrested on Corrigan’s warrant and faced a separate Los Angeles case. A San Pedro student, Carmen Megio, 35, was found hanged in his garage in a separate report, with police noting possible suicide or accident.
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Hicago
Reseda Corrigan
Sigmund Engel
Engel
Chicago
Corrigan
Corrine Perry
Los Angeles
St. Anthony's High School
Carmen Megiio
Ninth SE
San Pedro
Ternbon
Anthony
McNerney
Town Hall
Po Mce
Chicago Molice
King Solomon
80 mile gale hits regatta and drownings at rowers event
A fierce 80 mile gale disrupted the Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie causing a spectator to drown when his small boat capsized. Eight planes in a New Hackensack hangar were damaged as a wall collapsed during the storm. Raymond Winans of Poughkeepsie drowned. others escaped injury as trees toppled and lines failed.
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Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
New Hackensack
N. Y
Raymond Winans
California
Jon Page
Berlin Strikers Move Toward Walkout End
Berlin reports that 16 000 striking rail workers indicate they would end their 16 day walkout after Allied leaders discuss the crisis. Western command signals, and statements from union deputy Waldheim suggest no immediate direct order to resume work, framing the move as an Allied decision.
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Berlin
Thay
Besin
Waldheim
Striking ‘Workers’ Union
Reds Pledged Support by Nine Faiths
Prague reports say a campaign to force Catholic Church backing for Eastern Bloc regimes has spread to Romania. Nine churches in Slovakia faced seizures and priests were arrested as Romania reportedly united all churches except the Catholic with the communist regime. Cepicka, Czech justice minister, accuses Vatican of obstructing state relations and claims Catholic leaders aided foreign enemies.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bucharest
Slovakia
People's Democratic
Justinian
Alexei Cepicka
Vatican
Cepicka
Klement, Gottwald
Anguly
Josef Beran
Communist Central Action Committee
Man Swallows Live Crab For Dare in Chester
Lawrence Johnson a 34-year-old longshoreman in Chester Pennsylvania bit into a live 14?4 pound crab on a dare outside the Eddy Stone Hotel. Johnson felt uneasy then went to Chester Hospital but reported his pains subsiding and plans to defend his new title against all comers while a friend says he lost a $20 bet on the stunt.
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Chester
Lawrence Johnson
Johnson
Chester Hospital
Albert Richel
Alma Heitz
Baltimore
O'Chester
Richel
Eddystone Hotel
Rival of South Korea Chief Shot In Seoul Home
In Seoul on Sunday June 26 a leading rival of President Kim was shot four times at his home during a noon interview. Police said the assailant, identified only as Lt Ann, opened fire as political turmoil surged after seven assemblymen from the Young Progressive Fort were arrested earlier in the week.
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Seoul
Korea
Kim
Koo
Ee Eee
Roi
Waa
Lt -Ann
Corony
Allimem
Bers
Young ’ Progressive
Tor
Antigovernment
Weather Summary Cries Heat Across Nation with Showers
The report notes extreme heat across the United States with Las Vegas reaching 108 degrees and cooler conditions in the northern Rocky Mountains and North Dakota. Scattered afternoon showers are possible in parts of the Mississippi region as humidity remains high and a thunderstorm risk persists.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Misippi
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