Lava flows force Hawaii town evacuations amid Puulena eruption
Lava from Puulena Crater roared across a Hawaiian landscape as fissures opened near Kapoho Opihikao and Pahoa. Sixty families evacuated while roads were cut off and spectators watched a white hot crater explode overhead. Planes carried observers as emergency shelters accommodated about 75 residents and a steady stream of refugees sought aid.
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Punia
Kapoho
Opihikao
Pahoa
Puulena Crater
Java
Kapoho Road
Feot
Oregon
Knight insists on 80 million tax hike plan
Gov. Knight defended a bold 80 million dollar tax program to balance the 1955-56 state budget. He said opposition is minimal, expects Legislature to accept the measure, and noted no industry objections to new levies on cigarettes liquor beer and horse racing. Knight suggested finance officials believe the state can avoid further taxes next year if the program passes, and warned a special session on taxes may be needed due to the budget’s short fall.
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Sacramento UF
Knight
Liguor
John MM. Peirce
Rancher's Body Found in Ladd Canyon Home Yard
Frank Peter Maag 71 a rancher was found dead Monday afternoon in the yard of his Silverado Canyon home. Authorities report the cause as a heart attack. The body was sent to Shennan Mortuary in Orange.
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Canyon
Frank Peter Maag
Ladd Canyon
Shennan Mortuary
Orrange
Five Die When B47 Crashes Into Lake Charles Homes
A B47 jet bomber crashed near Lakes Charles Air Force Base on Monday night killing five aboard and two civilians in a trailer park. Capt. Clarence Wilson pilot and Capt. Mark Veck co-pilot plus Cant. Elwan McBee observer died aboard. Civilians Albert Morgan and Kate Morgan were killed in their Lake Charles home. Debris damaged several houses and trailers as fire crews fought the blaze with chemical extinguishers and portable tanks.
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PIA
Lakes Charles Air Force Base
George Spotswood
Clarence Wilson
California
Mark M. Veck
Downieville
Calif
Elwan B. McBee
Yort
Worth
Tex
Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff's Office
Albert Morgan
Kate
James C. Sapp
Charles Afb
Morgans’ House
City Denies Title Fund Accusation Amending Long Beach
A Long Beach committee led by Senator Arthur Breed defends tide land oil and gas funds. It praises harbor construction and waterfront improvements funded from tide land proceeds. The report asserts all money is publicly recorded and invites scrutiny by Lindsay and the Legislature to verify expenditures align with trust provisions.
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Lone Beach
Arthur W. Breed
Oakland
Long Beach
Tideland
Lindsay
Nugent on Witness Stand Tells of Losing 89 Pounds
FT SILL Okla May he testified during his Korean War POW case Nugent said captors threatened execution and that he rejected collaboration charges He described weight loss from 215 to 126 pounds and defended actions as an aid to fellow prisoners while denying propaganda aims and approval by Lt Col Liles who led his defense case.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Korea
Marvin Talbert
Albemarne
Wisconsin
Talbert
Paul V. Liles
iNugent
Missing Scientist in Russia continues global intrigue
The report tracks Pontecorvo and his wartime moves from Fascist Italy to Britain and Canada, noting his Stalin Prize claim and Western disbelief about Soviet atomic progress. It cites reactions from Dr. Rabi and U.S. officials, and details Pontecorvo’s elusive whereabouts from England to Finland and beyond.
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Instore Pontecorvo
Union
Prat
Bruno Pontecorvo
Pontecorvo
Russia
I. 1. Rabi
Columbia University
Soviet Union
Rabi
U. S
U.N
Geneva
New York Times
Washington
Dr. Pontecorvo
Harwell
England
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Fuchs
Canada
Chalk River, Ont
Erpool University
France
Italy
Poland
Rome
Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
Leningrad
Truman Expert Calls For Personal Income Tax Cut
Senate Finance Committee heard from Leon Keyserling that personal income taxes should be cut to address lagging consumer purchasing power. He defended a proposed $20 per person cut as not inflationary and urged faster action, while noting the measure’s shortcomings. Eisenhower discussed taxes with GOP leaders as Knowland signaled possible veto.
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Washington
Leon Keyserling
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Keyserling
House
White House
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate Republican Teader
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Congress Approves Pay Hike for Senators and Representatives
Congress approved a 50 percent pay increase for members raising annual pay to 22500, with the bill sent to President Eisenhower for signature. Lawmakers will begin drawing the higher pay in March, following Senate approval by voice vote and a House roll call.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Seaders
Bue
Gross
Town
Pause Owned Newport Bar Conspiracy Trial Testimony
SANTA ANA Orange County liquor control officer described former Newport Beach tavern manager Pause and juke box operator Dockin as conspired to obtain a liquor license. Charlotte Harper testified the bar was Pause family owned and run, with licenses signed by Pause. Harper said Pause asked her to claim sole ownership, straining relations. her management ended July 1952.
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Santa Ana
Tan
Herman Fause
Orange
Newport Beach
Pause
Glover L. Dockin
Orangel County
Charlotte Harper
Rhoda
Harper
Board of Equalization
They’ Harbor Cafe
Snug Harbor
Ohio Cities Battered by Tornadoes
A tornado struck Youngstown's east side killing a 43 year old housewife and injuring six others while wiping out five homes and damaging more. Mary Fallett died in her driveway. Andrew Fallett was hospitalized. A boy, Billy Conklin, son of Kenneth Conklin, survived amid wreckage. A second tornado hit Troy causing about 100000 dollars in damage with no injuries. The system then brushed Pittsburgh with winds to 44 mph as lightning and thunder accompanied the storm.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mary Fallett
Andrew
Billy Conklin
Kenneth
Conklin
Troy
Pittsburgh
Papers Sent for Bonelli's Extradition
Extradition papers for William G. Bonelli were sent to California Governor Knight for action, with Atty. Don Keller saying they should reach Sacramento by Monday. Bonelli, 59, a former member of the State Board of Equalization and liquor control official, is jailed on bail near Kingman, Arizona.
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Diego
William G. Bonelli
Arizona
Don Keller
Knight
Sacramento
I Bonelli
State Board of Equalization
Southern
Egypt accuses Israel of Gaza border attack toll 38 dead
Cairo charges Israel with the most violent strike on the border since the Palestine Armistice. Egypt says 38 Egyptians killed and 31 wounded after an attack on an army headquarters inside Gaza, while Israel claims Egyptian troops crossed into Israel. UN observers report Israeli fire on Egyptian troops with unclear Israeli casualties. Egypt protests to the Security Council and summons British and American envoys.
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United Nations Security Council
Mahmoud Fawzi
Security Council
Jerusalem
Gaza
Israel
Gaza Strip
Jordan
U. N
Palestine
Egypt
Palestine Affairs
Salala Gohar
Churchill Sounding Alarm on Hydrogen Threat
Churchill warned that the Soviet Union leads in hydrogen bomb production while the United States holds nuclear superiority in weapons. He urged a bona fide system of general disarmament, noting Russia’s resistance to international inspection and the danger of any nation gaining a lasting advantage.
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Soviet Union
Russia
United States
U. S
Charles E. Wilson
Churchill
Britain
Ithem
Hell
A-Blast Flash Sighted Across Five States
A government safety team guards the public from fallout. The Air Force maintains about 100 men aloft to track clouds after each test, while the AEC and Public Health Service deploy 200 radiation monitors at the test site and some 500 more at Weather Bureau and AEG stations nationwide. Under current conditions a plume takes 48 to 72 hours to reach the East Coast, and AEC notes Nevada shots have not produced westward blowback.
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Air Force
AEC
U. S. Public Health Service
Weather Bureau
AEG
Nevada
Union Head Defies Red Probe Unit
Union leader John T. Gojack defies Congress as he clashes with the House Red Hunters panel. He accuses rival union leaders of forging documents and stealing from United Electrical Workers files while the probe into alleged communist activity across industries continues.
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John T. Gojack
House On
Subcommittee
House
Gojack
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
UE S
Fort Wayne
Ind
Scherer
Ohio
Saber Committee
Congress
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