United Air Lines DC-6 Vanishes Near Cheyenne With 50 Aboard
The United DC-6 with 50 aboard disappeared early today between Denver and Cheyenne. The last radio report showed the craft at 8500 feet near Cheyenne on a route to Denver. Forty five search planes and extensive ground crews scoured northern Colorado and southern Wyoming as thick clouds hid the mountains. The crew included Captain Richard J. Appleby, 42, with a destination listed as Chicago.
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United Air Lines
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Cheyenne
Wyo
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Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Wyoming
United
Plains Country
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Civil Air Patrol
Woods Landing
Richard J. Appleby
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Thai Rebels Battle in Bangkok as Premier Is Kidnapped
In Bangkok, Thai navy and marines clash amid a bid to form a rebel government. Artillery duels erupt in the streets while shells hit the U S embassy and casualties occur. Foreigners reported unharmed as forces fight toward captured premier Pibulsonggram.
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Thailand
Pibulsonggram
U. S
Williaim T. Turner
Associated Press
Navy
Chao Phya River
Oriental Hotel
Pibulsanggram
Truman Seeks Reversal of Defense Spending Cut
President Truman asked Congress to reverse a Senate cut in North Atlantic Defense Force armaments funding. He said the stopgap measure would shrink mutual defense contracts in July from 900 million to 250 million dollars monthly. Some Senators discussed a compromise, others favored rescinding the action directly. Saturday sessions were held as Congress races to fund government operations.
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Truman
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Senate
House
Navy Cancels Leave of Men in Manila
Manila reports say United States Navy personnel on leave were rounded up by shore patrols and ordered back to base with Bangkok as the note. Rear Admiral Cruzen, new Philippine commander, declined to comment on future movements while speculation grows that ships may depart to protect Americans in Bangkok.
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Manila
United States Navy
Bangkok
Richard H. Cruzen
Philippines
Phillippines
Allies Repeat Broadcast Offer To Talk In Korea War
United Nations invited the Communists to peace talks after Gen Ridgeway urged a cease-fire. Radio outlets in Peiping and Pyongyang gave no reply or mention of the proposal, while India withheld optimism. Moscow and North Korean presses criticized U N leaders and urged stronger war efforts as other fronts remained quiet. The Jutlandia hospital ship hosted potential talks. Haven prepared to receive patients as word awaited in Pusan.
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United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Red
Peiping
Pyongyang
Ridgway
India
U. N
Moscow
Jutlandia
Moscow Radio
U. S
Japan
Trygve ‘Lie
Lie
Korea
Tutlandia
Wonsan
Kai Hammerick
Kumwha
Excommunication of Groesz’s Hungarian captors by Pope
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII excommunicated all Hungarian authorities tied to the arrest and trial of Archbishop Josef Groesz. The action marks the sixth use of excommunication since 1946 to counter communism. Groesz, primate of Hungary, was sentenced in 1949 to life, then 15 years, for conspiring to overthrow the government and restore the monarchy.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Josef Groesz
Groesz
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Midszenty
Budapest
Sac
Blast at British plant kills six workers at Puriton
Bridgewater England June 30 an explosion at the Royal Ordnance plant in Puriton in an isolated building killed six men all workers at the plant about 1500 employed. The chief activity is filling shells with explosives and the blast rattled windows and damaged a building involved in handling penlena
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England
Royal Ordnance Factory
Puriton
I Sutra
Penlena
Hundreds Free Flood in Missouri and Kansas
The Missouri River flood floods 800,000 acres across Missouri and Kansas as Big Muddy rises to crest. Army Engineers warn of $2 million in area damage, threatening dozens of towns. Red Cross workers, Coast Guardsmen, and engineers rush to evacuate families.
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Missouri River
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Kansas
St.Charles County
Anda
Sunage Army
Red Cross
Iran and Britain warn each other over Persian Gulf clash
Basra Iraq June 30 Iranian oil official Hussein Makki said British warships with tanks and troops gathered at the head of the Persian Gulf threatening Iran. The Iranian Foreign Office canceled leaves as tensions rise. Britain warned Iran to face consequences if British citizens in Iran are harmed. Iran boycotted a Hague hearing on a British injunction regarding seizure of the oil field.
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Iraq
Persian Gulf
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Shatt al Arab
Tigris
Euphrates
Hussein Makki
Abadan
Tehran
Iran
London
Anglo-Iranian, Oil Co
The
Hague
Netherlands
iIran
Man Struck by L. B. Driver Dies
Torrance June 30 Frank Parker 64 of 21600 Bonita St was fatally injured when struck by an auto operated by Lucius Smith Jr 29 of Long Beach on Carson St near Bonita St Parker was tossed 126 feet and died at the scene Reports say Smith drove about half a mile to call for help and waited beside the victim until ambulance arrival The incident was reported to the California Highway Patrol by patrolmen George Moss and A Stratton
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Carson St. i
Bonita St
Frank Parker
California Highway Patrol
Carson St
Lucius Smith Jr
Long Beach
George Moss
A. Stratton
Smith
Where to Find It
A compact notice lists sections and page locations for church ads financial obituaries sports theaters tides and temperatures across pages A1 A2 A4 A8 B4 B5 and B-2 B-3 for quick reference.
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Financial
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Perigo
Japanese Diehards Surrender After Seven Years
Eighteen Japanese World War II holdouts on Ansterian Island in the Marianas surrendered to a U S Navy tug today, ending a seven year wait and accepting Japan’s defeat. They boarded the tug USS Cacopa with ashes of comrades, were in good health, and will be repatriated to Guam and Japan.
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Jie
Ansterian Island
Marianas
Japan
Cacopa
Navy
Sir
Boatman Knifed at San Pedro
San Pedro reports a boating assault on the vessel Sunbeam at Berth 72. George Flynn of Compton, 30, was slashed by Costa Rican crewman Jose Vargas, 32, while on watch aboard the moored craft. Flynn was hospitalized with injuries to his wrist.
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San Pedro
George Flynn
Oaks Ave
Compton
Sunbeam
Jose M. Vargas
Verges Tanamok
Musemnient
Jack Bird
Portland
Flynn
Long Beach Psychiatrist Dies in Hotel Room
Dr. William M. Peake a 45 year old Long Beach psychiatrist was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room from an overdose of sleeping pills and whisky after being released on bond on morals charges involving four Seal Beach boys He left a farewell note and had warned his wife of taking his life The death followed his failure to appear in Santa Ana Township Court on the bond and his car was left in Lynwood authorities said.
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William M. Peake
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Seal Beach
Santa Ana
Howard Cameron
Dr. Peake
Orange County
Russell Campbell
Jack McAlery
Bandit Holds Up Broadway Market
Julius Sawtelle a 37 year old clerk at Dodd's Market 2650 E Broadway reported a noon time hold up by a young pale man about six feet tall and 170 pounds with light blond hair who entered the shop produced a quart of milk and an automatic pistol demanded cash then fled out the rear door with an uncertain loss to be determined after books are checked
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Dodd's Market
E. Broadway
Julius Sawtelle
Elm Ave
Sawtelle
Weather Outlook Scattered Clouds With Mild Temps
Scattered high clouds and morning low clouds are expected tomorrow with little change in temperature. Night and morning conditions may include low cloud cover, then partial clearing later in the day.
Smoking Barred in Mountain Areas Citywide Fire Ban
Los Angeles authorities ban smoking and burning in all mountain areas due to extreme fire hazard. Fire Chief Wallace Newcomb notes about 30 percent of local brush is highly inflammable, prompting immediate restrictions.
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Los Angeles
Fire Department
Mountain Farrer
Wallace Newcomb
Jersey Fugitive Trapped After Kidnapping Murder Charge
Warren Lee Irwin, a 27 year old scar-faced fugitive wanted for kidnapping and murder, was trapped by New Jersey state police in a wooded Delaware River area. Carolyn Bakey, a five year old girl from Washington, was found unharmed in a stolen car Irwin abandoned during the arrest after fleeing from Warrington, Pa.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Warren Lee Irwin
New Jersey
Delaware River
Carolyn Bakey
Washington
Erwin
Irwin
Fugitve
Warrington
AP Man's Trial Begins Monday
Frankfurt report says the Czech Foreign Office in Prague announced that Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis will go on trial Monday in Prague. He has been held since April 23 on charges of hostile activities, gathering and spreading secret information through illegal channels. The U.S. High Commission confirmed the note via the U.S. embassy in Prague.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. High Commission
Prague
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Apa
E High Commission
U. S
Foreign Office
Two Major Fires Rage in Powder-keg Forests
United Pree reported a 6400 acre forest fire burning uncontrolled in British Columbia and the 1000 acre He He Creek fire in Willamette National Forest east of Eugene Oregon was rekindled late Friday afternoon as northwest weather predicted warm, low humidity through the weekend. Forester William Hagenstain of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries warned the region sits on a powder keg while Eugene set another June heat record at around 100 degrees Friday.
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British Columbia
Willamette National Forest
Eugene
Ore
Northwest
William Hagenstain
Pacific Northwest Forest Industries
Collision Kills Two in Two Car Crash Near Westminster
Two men died and a third was injured in a two car collision at Heil Avenue and Bolsk Chica Road near Westminster yesterday at about 8 p.m. Ralph Anderson Wilhelm, 49, of Long Beach, and Donald Field Hardin, 18, of Huntington Beach, were killed instantly. Injured was James Bradshaw, 20, driver of the other car, treated at St Joseph’s Hospital Orange for minor injuries. Wilhelm left a daughter 12 and a son 22. Hardin’s father lives in Rosemont.
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Heil Ave
Bolsk
Hardin
Bradshaw
Wilhelm
Wilelm
Betty Jane
Richard
Barstow
National Guard
Long Beach
Rene P. Wilhelm
51St St
Arvin
Kern County
Fullerton Cannery
Typhoon Menaces Okinawa Island
Typhoon threatens Okinawa Island with potential impact if course remains unchanged. Weather Bureau notes a tropical disturbance in the Formosa region moving eastward with possible effects by tomorrow morning.
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Taiper
Formosa
Okinawa
Weather Bureau
Rormosa
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