Four Navy Ships Driven Aground by Raging Storm
A fierce late winter storm battered the northeast causing extensive damage from Virginia to Canada. Five large Navy ships and a launch were driven aground, three destroyers refloated later, and a frigate remained stranded. Coast Guardsmen and tug crews aided 30 crewmen ashore while a 7,000 ton Italian freighter Etrusca listed on Scituate Beach.
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Etrusco
Scituate
Mass
Coast Guard
Associated Press
New York
Virginia
Canada
Ohio
Navy
Newport
Wines
Bee
Fiske
Fox
Coobaugh
Willis A. Lee
Irene Joliot Curie Dies Noted Scientist at 56
PARIS report states Mrs Irene Joliot Curie daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie died in hospital at age 56 from leukem ia linked to her work with radioactive materials. She and husband Jean Frederic Joliot won the 1935 Nobel for artificial radioactivity.
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Paris
Irene Joliot- Curie
Joliot-Curie
Hospital Curie
Pierre and
Marie Curie
American Chemical Society
Wer
Jean Frederic JoEot
Atomic Energy Commission
Madame Joliot-Curie
Ellis Island
U. S
New York
French Military Plane Crash Kills Eight Aboard
A French military transport plane crashed during takeoff in French West Africa today, killing all eight aboard. The incident occurred at a remote field with investigators beginning work on the accident site. The eight aboard are named in initial reports and include crew and officers.
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Darar
French West Africa
Pia
Quakes Kill 127 in Lebanon Towns Razed
Beir ut reports say earthquakes wrecked five villages killing 127 and possibly more as troops and police search debris. Deaths concentrated in South Lebanon and the Bekke Valley, with 25 towns affected and Syria and Israel feeling tremors. Government urges calm and proclaims three days of mourning.
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Lebanon
Beirut
Shineem
Geirut
Bekke
Riots after Khrushchev denounces Stalin in Moscow
London dispatch reports Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin as a blundering murderer sparks riots in Tbilisi Georgia. Malenkov arrives late for a power station tour amid heightened Soviet tensions as Malenkov reads British press translations at the Soviet embassy.
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London
Kremlin
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Communist Party
Tbilisi
Tiflis
Georgia
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Khrushchev
Jakob Ma‘Vik
Shuichi Matsumoto
Community Party
Banker Falls to Death from Ninth Floor Window
An 83-year-old retired banker Mark B. Heynes reportedly fell or jumped from a ninth-floor window at Omar Hubbard Apartments, 310 W. Broadway. A Jasper Ohio banker who came to Long Beach in 1911, Heynes had lived in apartments 9 and 11, no note found. Body to Mortuary awaiting coroner. survived by nieces and nephews. member of Long Beach Elks 388 Masonic Club and Shriner.
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Fuither
Omar Hubbard
W. Broadway
Mark B. Heynes
Apts
Jasper
Ohio
Long Beach
Mottell’s and
Peck Mortuary
Heynes
Long Beach Elks 388
Long Beach Masonic Club
Weather outlook: warm with variable high clouds Sunday
The forecast calls for continued warm conditions with variable high cloudiness on Sunday and a slight cooling trend near the coast in the Sunday afternoon period.
St Patrick's Day Parade Opens With Costello Review
About 120000 Irish and others marched up Fifth Avenue New York as John A Costello became the first Irish prime minister to review the Ancient Order of Hibernians parade. Early forecasts warned of a blizzard but sunshine emerged with temperatures in the 40s. Snow crews cleared four inches of snow and ice to keep the procession moving.
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New York
Fifth Ave
Trishman
Annabiseach
John A. Costello
Costello
Order of Hibernians
Suitor Kills Cover Girl and Himself. Two Held
Palos Verdes Estates authorities said Fort MacArthur soldiers Adolph Blanchia and Armando Garcia, both 21, admitted firing rifles at a skin diver believed to be a seal. The shooting from a bluff about 400 yards away seriously wounded Eugene Anderson, 26, of Manhattan Beach, who remains in critical condition at Harbor General Hospital.
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Palos Verdes Estates
Fort MacArthur
At. Ay
Fort
Pfe
Adolph Blanchia
Armando Garcia
Eugene Anderson
Manhattan Beach
Anderson
Harbor General Hospital
Desert Distress Lights Linked to Fatal Double Shooting
London reports a distress light over a desert scene as Valerie Mur and Derek Roberts are described in a deadly double shooting. A search by Riverside sheriff and Mareh Air Force Base confirms an inquiry into the incident. Neighbors say Valerie, 23, was sought for marriage. she declined and was killed, followed by Roberts.
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London
Valerie Mur
Ray
shelPoint
Ninéente
Formas
Derek Roberts
Palm Springs
Val Air Force
Cranérie
Lady Dawson
Valerie
Here
Derek
Valeria
Riverside
Bomb Explodes at Pasadena College Teacher’s Doorstep
A home made gunpowder bomb exploded on the doorstep of Pasadena City College psychology teacher Mildred Wellborn, 50. Police found a threatening note demanding fair grading, causing minor damage to the house and scorched shrubs.
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Pasadena
Pasadena City College
Avalanche Kills 7 Jap Forest Workers
Seven forestry workers died after an avalanche struck a western Hokkaido forest area in Japan. Two other men were missing and presumed dead, authorities said.
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Seerone
Japan
UPI
Hokkaido
Classifieds and Puzzles Noted in Page Directory
The note lists sections and page numbers for where to find specific content in the newspaper. It covers Churches, Classifieds, Comics, Crossword, Financial, Obituaries, Schools, TV Radio, Shipping, Sports, Theaters, and Tides Temperatures with respective page references.
Lad's Cap Gun Found Next to Santa Fe Rails
Three year old John Richard Sandoval was found dead today in an oil storage tank after an extensive search by over 100 people aided by helicopters. He had apparently climbed into a narrow underground tank opening in Rivera near his home and fell in, his body recovered with grappling hooks. The search covered more than a square mile as residents, sheriff’s crews, and helicopters combed the area. The only clue was the boy’s toy cap gun found near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks. no evidence of a train strike was found. The child was last seen playing near Warvale and Paramount Boulevard. he was three feet tall, 34 pounds, with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
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John Richard Sandoval
Rivera
Southland
Walter V. Sandoval
Warvale Ave
Sewell Griggers
Sheriff's Air Squadron
Warvale Land Paramount Blvd
Norwalk
Japanese WWII Holdouts End Jungle Years Later
Nine former Japanese soldiers emerge from Morotai Island jungle after ten years in hiding. They recount fleeing in 1945 to avoid surrender and surviving on yams and tapioca before learning the war had ended. They traveled home aboard the Nissho Maru.
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Japan
South Sea
Hajime Hishi
Morotai Island
New Guinea
Stgeek
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Long Island
Sylvia
Providence
R. I
Kafs Sakr
Egypt
UPO
Irene Joliot-Curie
Irene Curie
Syria
Israel
American University of Beirut
Jack Smyth
Boston
Old Colony Ave
Beantown
New England
5Th Ave
John Joseph Sheehan
Gleann Chorbraighe
Calif
Rivera Area
Walter ‘Sandoval
Ricky
Sheriff's
Rio Hondo River
Valerie Murray Bride
Desert
Tarefree
Yard
Salisbury
Roberts
Lad
Santa Fe
Iaica
Montebello Land
Los Angeles
Rio Hondo
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