L B Crash Injures Twenty-Two As Bus and Truck Collision
A Long Beach Redondo Greyhound bus and a northbound truck collided at Anaheim Street and Alameda Boulevard causing a 15 foot hole in the bus. Twenty-two people were injured with several hospitalized in critical condition. The truck driver Ernest Barnes aided victims and extinguished a brief fire. Passengers Jenes Psalmonds and Charles Likens pulled two women from the wreckage. Esther Backsy shielded by Edward Holden escaped serious harm. Continued on Page A-5.
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N. Bonita Ave
Redondo Beach
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Jenes
Psalmonds
Charles T. Likens
Narbonne Ave
Lomita
Likens
Esther Backsy
Fries Ave
Wilmington
Edward R. Holden
209Th St
Torrance
Holden
Barnes
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Banning Bird
Wilming
Portugal Likely to Join Atlantic Pact for Security
Washington reports on March 16 indicate Portugal is expected to join the proposed Atlantic security pact though Lisbon objects to Spain's exclusion and to any peacetime base commitments. Portugal warns it will not consent to a bases decision by a voting group, while the State Department assures no base obligation nor external base-approval power.
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Portugal
Spain
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Azores
State Department
Help Is Dispatched to Stalled Fish Boat
The Ronnie F. drifted off San Nicholas Island after its engine failed and risked running aground. The Coast Guard sought nearby fishing vessels aid and dispatched the Perseus from Long Beach and a plane from San Diego. Later, the América II and Mabelle located the vessel and stood by to assist if needed.
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San Diego
América II
Mabelle
Former Sen Gore Dies
Local brief notes the death of former Senator Gore. The item notes the passing in a concise obituary stub with minimal details and no sensationalism.
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Thomas Pryor Gore
Oklahoma
Washington
Coal Operator Calls Strike a Contract Violation
Pittsburgh March 16 A hard coal operators official labeled John L Lewis current mine shutdown a contract violation. Ralph Taggart chairman of the Anthracite Operators Conference said miners disobeying the two week memorial and protest work stoppage violated their contract. Lewis said the statement untrue.
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John L. Lewis
Ralph ©. Taggart
Anthracite Operators Conference
Lewis
Anthracite Operators’ Association
Wilkes-Barre
U S to Admit 23 Red Delegates for World Peace Parley
The State Department announced 23 delegates from Russia and Soviet bloc nations will attend a New York world peace conference this month. Five Hungarians were barred in retaliation for actions toward American diplomats. Delegates include Dmitri Shostakovich and seven Russians.
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State Department
Russia
New York
Hungary
Moscow
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
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Tom Clark
President's Rail peace plea ignored
ST. LOUIS, March 16. The Wabash Railroad strike continued despite a Presidential order to resume work. A union official said the men are out until the dispute is settled. President Truman formed a fact finding board to study the case, a typical move in railway labor deadlocks.
Baby's Hug Breaks Grandma's Rib in London
London report says 2% year old Stephen Evernnett hugged his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Evernnett, last night. A post hug examination revealed a rib fracture attributed to the child’s affectionate grasp.
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Stephen Evernnett
Alice Evernnett
Eight Children Die in Three Fires in Mo and Md
Three separate fires claimed eight children and two adults across Missouri Maryland and Michigan. In Poplar Bluff a padlocked apartment door trapped children Shirley Arm 11 Violet 8 and Gary Burch 3 to die with their mother Mary Burch reportedly leaving to visit neighbors. In Annapolis Wes Peugh Jr 6 Joan Peugh 7 and Dorothy Evans 14 burned in a first floor bathroom while Mr and Mrs Wesley Pough were burned trying to reach them. In Utica Mich Arley Price 37 Dorothy Castor 31 and their two children Leroy 10 Patsy 3 perished in a flash fire.
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Sam Knight
Burch
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Annapolis
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Joan Peugh
Dorothy Evans
Wesley Pough
Utica
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Carpenter
Dorothy Castor
Leroy
Patsy
Six Seamen Rescued After British Sloop Sinks
The British sloop Alliance sank about 123 miles southwest of Puerto Rico last night. Six men aboard were rescued by the U S Navy cutter Pocono and later transferred to the Coast Guard cutter Pandora.
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Lucas Seeks Roll Call On Every Senate Issue
Washington March 16 AP Truman Democrats press to force roll call votes on all Senate actions ending a 15 day antifilibuster fight. Lucas of Illinois says records will show who yields as Dixie Democrats and Republicans strike a compromise to curb filibuster power. Olin Johnston of South Carolina ends a long Dixie filibuster after pledges to support the deal, ending the stalemate as senators return to vote.
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Johnston
Sparkman Presses Alternative to Local Option in Rent Control
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama moves to remove the local option from the House rent control bill and presses for a Senate plan to extend controls, with a bipartisan push to have a new law ready for action by Monday. Local option faces skepticism from Senate leaders and appears likely to cause a conference with the House.
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Sparkman
D.-Ala
Senate Banking
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Maybank
D.S. C
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Truman
Home Rule Rent Curbs Explained by Williams
Mississippi congressman John Bell Williams defends a home rule amendment to the rent control bill. He says the measure preserves local authority and is not antiadministration. He outlines that state or county decontrol blocks apply, and city decisions can override higher rules, with federal law likely prevailing in conflicts.
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John Bell Williams
D. Miss
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Military Secrets Leak Probe Opens in House Hearing
Chairman Vinson started a formal inquiry after Rep. Mahon charged officials and the Atomic Commission with leaking vital military secrets. The discussion followed Fortune magazine pictures of atomic installations and reports on bombing targets, with Mahon accusing public access to a bomber map of atomic plants.
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D.-Texas
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Fatal Accident Driver Arrested in City Crash
Venus FE Avererill a 22 year old mechanic residing on Esther Street was arrested on a warrant charging mandy terane nites a rarest issued yesterday. He allegedly drove a car that collided with a city water department official Thomas C O'Reilly at Pacific Coast Highway and Walnut Avenue. A witness in his car at the intersection said the other car ran a signal. Avererill will be released on bail.
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