Water rights fight looms in California legislature
Sacramento reports a stalled special session debate on a constitutional amendment to apportion water between north and south. Assemblyman Lind calls it the most explosive issue, while Gov Knight weighs adding it to the agenda. Southern leaders push for a decision before funding large projects like Feather River. State Engineer Banks warns of north surplus and south shortages, with San Diego at risk without heavy rains.
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Union Quiz Figure Shot in Mystery in Newark
Insurance broker Pi Louis Saperstein, 49, working on a union welfare racket probe, was critically wounded by gunfire. He was found in a parked sedan behind St. Barnabas Hospital with a woman present. A second auto may have produced the gunman. police traced tips to locate him. The shooting follows another Newark assassination attempt on Theodore Nalikowski, 47, Teamsters Local 478 business agent, shot twice as he entered his car.
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Charge Aid of Evangelist Beat Patron at Fresno Tent
Fresno CA police accuse a watchman and an aide of Evangelist A A Allen of assault with a deadly weapon at a tent revival. John McDonald 21 allegedly struck Herbert Carlson breaking his left arm with a flashlight after Carlson pledged 250 dollars and tried to arrange payments. McDonald and Robert Shamach signed a disturbing the peace complaint. McDonald jailed then released on bail.
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Foul Play Theory Discarded in Fire
In Oxford Pennsylvania a fire killed 12 members of the Twyman family. Authorities ruled out foul play and said an overheated stove or an explosion caused the blaze. John Twyman, 36, a truck driver, arrived home as the last body was removed from their tarpapered two room house heated by coal wood stove and a kerosene heater.
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Treed Taught David How to Go Up Not Down
In Los Angeles Robert Varon aged 4 teaches his brother 24 to climb a lemon tree. David climbs toward the top of a 9 foot tree while Robert cannot reach him. Their mother calls firefighters who rescue David from the tree. Robert admits he never explained how to descend.
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Autherine Lucy fights Alabama return to classes
Autherine Lucy, the first Black student at the University of Alabama, seeks a federal order to reinstate her in classes after expulsion. An attorney asked Judge Hopt Grooms to overrule the expulsion and set a hearing date. Lucy hinted in a New York interview she might study in Texas after marriage, and could be connected to a University of Texas path.
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CARTER Speaks to 2000 at North Alabama Citizens Council
USAFE reports executive secretary Carter addressed about 2,000 attendees in the municipal venue, urging civic involvement and outlining council goals for the region. The turnout reflected strong local interest in community affairs and organizational aims.
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Six Trapped Miners Rescued Near Azalea Mine No. 1
Crescent City reports a snowcat delivered 200 pounds of food to Azalea Mine No. 1 in Del Norte County. Six trapped since February 13 were located by a rescue party led by Jim Smith of California-Oregon Power Co. The group included Walter Freeman and three Cave Junction residents, plus Mr. and Mrs. James Perry. They were assessed as well after an 11:30 pm return from Medford following a 10 hour trek over blocked roads.
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Man Freed by Reds Dies in Torrance
Robert Howard Parker, 82, a retired American businessman released from imprisonment in Red China last October, died in a Torrance hospital. He lived at 1921 Attic Ave., Long Beach. Survived by wife Natalie and daughters Mrs Ratty Weber and Mrs Bob Carny of Long Beach. Funeral set for 10 am Tuesday at Mettell's & Peek chapel with Masons officiating.
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Urges Study on Firmness of U.S. Allies
Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles called for a study on how firmly America’s allies should support it in an atomic war. In a speech at Maxwell Air Force Base he urged positive and unequivocal deterrent pressure and said aggressors must expect the United States to counter with its best and most modern weapons.
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WCTU Says Billboard Firms Refused Space
Evanston Illinois Mrs Glenn G Hays head of the National Woman s Christian Temperance Union says major billboard companies refused space for temperance posters after accepting money for them. She cites General Outdoor Advertising Co which operates in Memphis Louisville and San Diego and notes refusals by several firms at mid year meeting.
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Quacks Cause Park Traffic Tie Up Downtown
An excited caller reports ducks at Macarthur Park disturbing park operations as they waddle across 6th Street. No injuries occurred as ducks and motorists exchanged quacks and horns before police guided them back to the lake.
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Smog Study Eyes Mental Social Effects in L A
The State Health Department announced plans to study the mental and social impact of smog as part of a broader health survey. It will interview segments of the population to see how pollution influences residence changes, jobs, and social and economic conditions, with focus on oxidants and their health effects.
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Poisoned Family to Get Home for Mate to Be
A 15-year-old Japanese girl, Reiko Yamazaki, confessed to poisoning her mother and three brothers with potassium cyanide to secure a home for herself and her future husband. Police say she admitted killing the relatives after arguments with her mother about space in the house for the couple.
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Deterrence and the new science of war study
Quarles urged a detailed study at Air University advanced schools to analyze deterrence. He argued deterrent power has grown without theory, insisting deterrence should aim to preserve peace without retreat or appeasement. He warned against weak retaliation that makes aggression profitable.
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Hungry Cannibals Snails Arrive To Battle Giant Snails
About 200 euglandina rosea carnivorous snails arrived in Honolulu from Leesburg Florida on Friday. Officials say the goal is to reduce giant African snails plaguing farms. The plan envisions the last snail starving after eating rivals.
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Shark sustains 19 aboard drifting ketch for two weeks
Ebert a 28 year old Gilbertese survivor says the 40 ton ketch Tarawa Dee drifted 64 days over about 2000 miles from Gilbert Islands to Guadalcanal after engine failure. With nine days without food the crew caught a six foot shark to feed 18 others and a baby died. Five men drowned and a child born to a Gilbertese woman died shortly after.
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