Europe Chilled by Fear Over Soviet Attack
Reports from Lueneburg Germany say Russian jet fighters shot down a British four engine bomber on the East West frontier. At least four British airmen were killed as two Soviet MiG-15s allegedly forced a Lincoln bomber into flames near the Elbe. An American Thunderjet was shot down 300 miles south in Bavaria but the pilot survived by parachute. The incidents sparked fear across Europe and raised questions about shoot to kill orders for fighters on the Soviet bloc frontier. The British Foreign Office cautioned it was too early to determine a pattern.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Georgi Marenkov
Elbe River
Bavaria
Europe
Foreign Office
London
Hamburg
West Germany
Long Beach
Cold War Crisis Mounts Fears of More Red Moves
Washington officials and lawmakers react to a series of air incidents over Europe. House Speaker Martin warns action but declines specifics. Diplomatic sources seek full details on the shootdown of a British plane and a U.S. patrol aircraft as Soviet jets strike in Czechoslovakia and Germany. Experts consider motives ranging from coincidental clashes to strategic crisis tactics by the new Soviet leadership.
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U.S
John MJ
Washington
Martin
R.mass
Czechoislovakia
Germany
Price controls lifted on broad consumer goods and foods
The Office of Price Stabilization announced immediate decontrol for coffee and instant coffee, beer and ale, heating oils on the east coast, soybeans and animal feeds, and most chemicals. OPS cautioned potential retail coffee increases of 10 to 12 cents per pound and beer rises of about a half to one cent per bottle, while several items including animal feeds, soybeans, and many building materials were not expected to rise. The move covers products with nearly 40 billion dollars in annual sales, marking the sixth decontrol in a weekly series and freeing all items on the consumer price index from regulation.
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Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Theie
Dixie Verdict: Death Sentence for $1.50 Robbery
Atlanta writ: 83 year old Howard Teroy Booker was sentenced to die in the electric chair for an armed robbery that netted $1.50 and two streetcar tokens. A 28 year old woman testified the defendant dragged her into a thicket, beat, stomped and cut her, and fled with the small amount and tokens. Officials say it was the second death sentence for armed robbery in Atlanta courts.
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Atlanta
Howard Teroy Booker
Sarah Babbitt
Former Actress Slain in Burbank Home
The body of 62 year old former actress Mabel Monahan was found in a Burbank home closet with hands tied and head crushed. Neighbors report the house ransacked and bloodstains in most rooms. Monahan, widowed six years, had been dead for days. her daughter Iris Souder was visiting from New York.
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Burbank
Mabel Monahan
Mitchell Truesdale
Monahan
Iris Scherer Souder
Souder
Las Vegas
Luther
Scherer
New York
Dr Bernhart Schwartz shoots wife in Hollywood apartment
Esther Schwarte, 33, wounded three times in the abdomen and back during an attack by her osteopathic doctor husband, Dr Bernhart Schwartz, 41. Police hunted him as their two young sons cried nearby while he reportedly threatened self harm if Esther died.
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Holly Wood
Polce
Esther Schwarta
Bernhart Schwartz
Hollywood
Schwartz
Los Angeles
Esther
Barry
Dennis
Sava Schwartz
Mrs. Schwarter
Weather: Sprinkles Tonight Then Partly Cloudy Friday
A few sprinkles are possible tonight with cooler, partly cloudy skies on Friday. Expect little temperature change across the period.
Artesia Housewife Forces Vacuum Sale Standoff
Mrs. C. E. Torrence of Artesia staged a sit down to buy a $6.98 vacuum after a $100 model was demonstrated. Deputies said it was civil matter. She paid $7.19 with tax, then explained the cleaner had been stuffed with newspapers to hinder operation.
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Artesia
C. E. Torrence
E. Bingham Sr
Edison Charges Power Sabotage at Douglas
Edison charges five acts of sabotage on 11 000 volt lines feeding the Douglas Aircraft plant. AFL Electrical Workers Union members on strike suspected. FBI, police and sheriff called in. Switches damaged along Carson Street to Artesia. plant operations largely undisturbed.
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Douglas
Southern California Edison Company
AFL Electrical Workers Union
FBI
Sheriff’s Office
Edison Company
Los Angeles
Carson St
Cherry ‘Ave
Artesia
Newspaper Page Index Landmarks and Sections Listed
The note lists where to find sections in the newspaper such as Beach Combing on Page C-1, Boyle on Page B-11, Bridge on Page B-11, Classifieds on Pages C-b to C-II, Comics on Page C-4, Crossword on Page C-6, Editorial on Pages 8-10, Financial on Page C-3, Obituaries on Page C-2, Radio and TV on Page C-5, Sports on Pages A-21 and A-22, Theaters on Page B-8, and Women’s pages on B-2, B-3, and B-4.
Committee Halts Velde Probe Into Clergy
Washington The House Un-American Activities committee unanimously approved a resolution to stop Chairman Harold H. Velde from starting any new Communist investigations without committee approval. Rep Francis E Walter introduced the measure amid a fight after Velde proposed probing communism among the clergy. A public session on an alleged spy ring delaying witness Abraham Glasser of Rutgers University law school until Wednesday ended with his public rebuke of Reds in education.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harold H. Velde
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Velde
Abranham Glasser
Rutgers University Law
Eisenhower Seeks New Health Education Welfare Cabinet
President Eisenhower proposes a reorganization plan to create a federal department of health education and welfare to absorb the Federal Security Agency. Oveta Culp Hobby would become secretary if the plan becomes law, with Congress 60 days to act under the General Reorganization Act. Senate hearings begin Monday led by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal Security Agency
White House
FSA
Ovjeta Culp Hobby
Department
Senate
House
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Lynedon Johnson
Texas
McCarthy
R-Wis
Margaret.Chase Smith
Maine
Will Cover Nevada A-Bomb Test For Readers
Eye witness accounts of an atomic bomb detonation near Yucca Flats Nevada will be provided by a Press Telegram on the spot staff writer and photographer. George C Flowers city editor will be accredited as an official press observer to report the detonation significance preparations and effects for readers.
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Yucca Flats
Nev
Press-Telegram
George C. Flowers
Armed Services
Independent-Press
Solons Order Inquiry Into Ammo Shortage
The Senate Armed Services Committee ordered a five member subcommittee probe into ammo shortages in Korea. Chairman Saltonstall said shortages cited by retiring General Van Fleet have been substantiated and sought to assign responsibility to people, law, or economic conditions. Senator Burd urged punishing those responsible for what he called criminal negligence.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services’ Committee
Korea
Saltonstall
R.-Mass
James A. van Fleet
Johny Saltonstall
Burd
D.vac
Suttonstall
Russell
D.-Ga
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Royal Air Force
Esther Schwartz
Hightower
U. S
Ryds
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Russia
DIXIE
CE. Torrence
Ee ‘Bingham
St. Artesia
Lakewood Plaza
Claire Treast
Ostrom Ave
Virginia E. Andrews
Knoxville Ave
Jasner Nurter
Edison
P-T
Nevada
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