Phone Poles Topple in Santa Monica Storm
A northward windstorm battered the Southland, toppling 16 telephone poles on E Seventh St east of Long Beach and bringing heavy rain, brief snow, and urban damage. The storm closed streets, disrupted toll and long distance lines, and caused widespread debris. Weather officials forecast continuing showers with cooler temperatures and gusts, while the city grapples with downed trees and damaged infrastructure.
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Southland
Seventh St
Long Beach
California
California Highway Patrol
Angeles Crest Hwy
Foothill Blvd
Cajon Pass
Big Bear
Arrowhead
Crestline
City Creek Ra
Running Springs
Camp Baldy
Big Pines
Wrightwood
San Gabriel River
Orange County
Santa Ana
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Washington
Weather Bureau
San Diego
San Francisco
Park Department
Mahanna Ave
Naval Shipyard
Los Angeles
Laura K
Villa Riviera
Tug of
Alaska Tug & Barge Co
Oil Coast Guard
Morris
Coast Guard
Alamitos
Florida gale topples unfinished building in Miami
A 60 mph gale in MEAMI Florida on March 15 knocked down an unfinished building as a thunderstorm flooded streets and damaged trees. Three walls of the structure ready for roofing collapsed under the force. Damage was estimated around $7,000 as Weather Bureau noted sustained winds near 30 mph and 0.5 inch of rain. Small craft warnings extended from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys.
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Meami
Fla
Miami
Weather Bureau
Palm Beach
Florida Keys
Father Rescues Lad as Car Dives in Ditch
Kenneth Neilsen of Harbor City and his three year old son Danny survived a car skid into a muddy Keystone slough after crashing south of East Racatapult. Neilsen crawled back to the rear with Danny and smashed a rear window to escape. Danny had a cut hand. Neilsen a bruised leg. They were treated at Harbor General Hospital and released.
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Keystone
Kenneth Neilsen
Danny
Neilsen
Neilson
Wilsen
Arehouseman
Harbor General Hospital
Los Angeles
Reno Burglary Arrests Tighten Missing Million Heist
Four more people were seized in Milwaukee and Reno as the $1.5 million Redfield burglary investigation expanded. John Triliegi and Frank Sorrenti were arrested in Milwaukee hospitals and apartments, while Andries Robert Young and Louis Gazzigli were nabbed in Reno and Milwaukee. A woman, Mrs Leona Giordano, was held in Los Angeles and tied to transporting stolen property across states. Authorities linked the robberies to the Feb 29 million dollar Reno heirloom theft and note the suspects claimed to be soap salesmen in the past.
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Reno
U.S
Redfield
Milwaukee
John Triliegi
Frank Sorrenti
Triliegi
Sorrenti
Andries Robert Young
Robert Murphy
FBI
Tribiegi
LaVerne Redfield
U. S
Trillegi
Isoap
Dalesmar
J. Edgar Hoovey
Washington
Gazzigli
Hoover
LE. A
Los Angeles
Leona Mae Giordano
Louis Gazzigli
Jeff
Riverside
L. W. Redfield
Young
Yiet
Wis
Giordano
Nevada
Planes kill 116 Reds in Korea front Saturday
Allied tactical aircraft killed an estimated 116 Communist fighters on Korea s eastern front with air strikes in the Satae Valley and near the Punchbowl twenty miles north of Parallel 38. U S ground troops reported small groups of Reds and artillery fire. carriers Valley Forge and Antietam led day long raids against road and rail targets from Pukchong to Wonsan, destroying trucks and rail lines.
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Seoul
Korea
Satae Valley
Punchbowl
Parallel 38
U. S
Korean
Belfast
Haeju
Valley Forge
Antietam
Pukchong
Wonsan
Three Killed and Fourteen Hurt in Area Crashes
Three persons were fatally injured in separate accidents in nearby areas yesterday. Fourteen others were injured. Jack D. Exwin, 19, of 623 Venice Way, Redondo Beach, was killed when his car skidded on Pacific Coast Highway near the Torrance Lomita boundary, struck a fire hydrant, and smashed a pole. Two passengers escaped with minor injuries. Eleanor Josalle, 51, Los Angeles, died at Seaside Hospital from injuries after a collision in Wilmington Boulevard. Paul Jenik, 40, of 25033 Cypress Street, suffered fatal injuries later at Santa Ana Community Hospital. Louis William Lackey, 17, of 537 Glasses Street, Orange, died four hours after a crash on Newport Boulevard.
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Jack
D. Exwin
Vincent Wk
Redondo Beach
Pacific Coast
Torrance-Lomita
Torrance
Cordon Nelson
Thomas St
Thomas St., Re‘donde Beach
Daniel Chase
Manhattan Beach
Erwin
Harbor General Hospital
Eleanor jJosalle
Los Angeles
Seaside Hospital
Theodore
Paul
Jenik
Cypress St
Wilmington Blvd
al Norris Trout
Stevens St. Orange
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Louis William Lackey
St. Orange
Newport Blvd
Paularino Rd
Lackey
Public Schools Taught by Nuns Denied Funds
Madison Wisconsin March 15 Public schools taught by Roman Catholic nuns were cut off from state financial aid by the State Superintendent George E. Watson. He said each school violates state law by using a religious test for teachers or including sectarian instruction or not operating eight grades.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
George E. Watson
Gen Amaro a Famous Mexican Leader Dies
Gen Joaquin Amaro aged 63 veteran revolutionist and defense secretary in three governments died tonight in Mexico City. He fought in 360 actions during the Mexican Revolution and headed the Colegio Militar turning Mexico's forces into a modern army.
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Mexico City
Joaquin Amaro
Mexico
Carles
Portes Gil
Oriz Rabis
Colegio Militar
West Point
Public forums and radio listings guide readers across sections
A compact overview notes political forums on page A-19 and public forum coverage on page A-22, with radio and television listings on page B-2. Realty, sports in Southland Magazine pages A-24 to A-27, fashion in Section C, theaters in A-23, waterfront on A-15, and women's activities in Section C round out the reader’s week.
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Public Forum
Southland Magazine
Avalanche Buries Baby at Tungsten Mill Site
A massive snowslide struck four homes and a mill near Bishop in the Sierra Nevada, yet 81 residents were spared. A 15 month old baby, Mike Holmes, was trapped for two hours but rescued unharmed. The mill supplies tungsten for defense, snowdrifts reached 30 feet, and nearby Marines faced bus transport disruptions as storms hit Southern California with floods and evacuations across Santa Barbara, Guadalupe, and Casmalia.
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U.S
Vahablunt Corp
Sierra Nevada
Bishop
Pine Creek Canyon
Mike Holmes
Tom Holmes
KEY
Camp Pendleton
California
Santa Barbara
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angles
Ventura County
Los Angeles
Newhall
Guadalupe
Casmal
WSB Asks Delay of Steel Walkout
Washington reports the government asked CIO steelworkers to delay a threatened March 23 strike to at least April 8. Wage Stabilization Board chair Nathan Feinsinger urged bargaining within three days after recommendations, with continued production during talks. If no agreement by April 4, 96 hours notice would be required. Union leader Philip Murray aimed for a quick decision as U S Steel pledged to meet within three days of the board's ruling and warned of production curtailments if postponement fails.
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Washington
CIO
Nathan Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
Feinsinger
E. Murray
Pittsburgh
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Wired Feinsinger Company
WSB
U. S
Murray
WSS
Rocketeer, 15, Dies After Blast
Fifteen year old Fred Overton died from burns after his rocket fuel mixture exploded. His 18 year old companion Richard Dierlamm remained in critical condition at the local hospital.
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Reno
Fred Overton
Richard Dierlamm
Rubber price cut by government for April and May
Washington March 15 The government reduced crude natural rubber price to 48 1/2 cents a pound for April and May sales The rate has been 50 cents since January 17 The rubber is imported by the Saar Services Administration and resold to industry GSA had announced it will withdraw from rubber imports by 30 1952
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Washington
Saar Services Administration
GSA
Lit
Suspect Tells How He Shot Gl Dead
In Inglewood an Army sergeant back from Korea was shot to death early today by a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife. Radar Technician Earl Lewis said he fired after Medart followed his car and rammed him twice, then turned and advanced. Lewis, 28, was booked for murder. Mrs. Medart, 34, denied any romance and was jailed as an accessory. The slain sergeant, 41, father of three, had been in the Army for many years.
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Inglewood
Korea
Clifton B. Medart
Earl Lewis
Lewis
van Nuys
Medart
Robert L. Hopkins
Hughes Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Hopkins
R. W. Stockwell
Camp Roberts
Santa Maria
Calif
Bill
Jean
Amy
Public Seats at GOP Convention
CHICAGO March 15 Wern er Schroeder Illinois Republican national committeeman said there will be about 3000 spectator seats for the public at the July GOP convention. The seats will be apportioned to states by their share of total sidegates with a bonus for states within 500 miles of the convention.
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Chicago
Werner W. Schroeder
Ilinois
Republican National
Reds Protest POW Killings at Koje Prison
MUNSAN March 16 The senior Red delegate to the Korean armistice talks protested Thursday’s Koje Island riot in which 12 North Korean POWs were killed and 26 wounded. Nam Il warned such massacres would not be tolerated while UN Command probe and an Army board report due in Tokyo within a week. The Reds questioned the PR exchange terms as staff officers discussed a broader Allied package to ease truce deadlock, including port-of-entry limits and waiving on weapon-location reports.
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Munsan
Red
Koje Island
Nam IL
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Tokyo
Gy Fetter
Nam
George Hickman
Reds
Korea
China
South Korea
Living Death Girl Off Critical List
Seven year old Carol Ann Pugh of Mayfair underwent brain surgery at St. Luke's Hospital Pasadena to arouse her from a coma. The operation removed an obstructing membrane from the left brain, fluids were released, and she was reported off the critical list after the three hour procedure. The child had fallen ill after a measles attack in December 1948 and has not walked or spoken since.
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Carol Ann Pugh
Hazelbrook Ave
Mayfair
St. Luke's Hospital
Pasadena
Mark Dillon
Carol Ann
Dentist Faces Trial for Slapping Patient
A dentist stands trial after allegedly slapping a patient during a dental appointment. Court records show the incident occurred during treatment at a local clinic, with prosecutors arguing the patient sustained minor injuries and the defense disputing the accusation.
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EH. Carson St
Florida
Father
Lad
ED Olson
Korea Reds
Long Beach State College
Wilmington
Benning Park
Tnaman
New York City
Pace
Lunchtone Cluts
Pape
Associated Trent
Rocketeer
Pol Hart
GOP
Koje
U. N
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