Spring Weather Grips Midlands Amid Storms and Floods
A spring onset brings bitter cold and snow across the Great Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. Tornadoes skirt Arkansas, flooding worsens Piedmont, and windstorms down a circus tent in Uvalde as temperatures plunge below freezing into Texas and Oklahoma. One injury reported and a family of four missing amid widespread disruption.
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Reds purge friend of Malenkov in Moscow reshuffle
London dispatch reports Soviet vice premier Nikolai Bulganin demanded removal of Culture Minister Georgi Alexandrov for failing to secure ministry leadership. Nikolai Mikhailov, ambassador to Poland, named to replace Alexandrov. Alexandrov, noted Malenkov ally and historian, previously served as a candidate member of the Communist Party Central Committee.
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Georgi P. Alexandrov
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Yank Copter Missing Near East German Border
A U S Army spokesman said inquiries in Soviet occupied East Germany for a two seater H13 helicopter missing since Thursday have yielded no results. US officials noted a blinding snowstorm near the East German border may have sent the craft down in the Soviet zone after veering off course. The aircraft carried a pilot and a German member of the Army labor service battalions. Air search was abandoned Sunday.
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Where to Find It Beach Combing and More
A brief catalog lists newspaper sections and page references including Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on Page 4-13, Bridge on A-13, Classifieds B-11 to B-15, Comics on B-10, Crossword A-18, Financial B-3, Editorial A-12, Obituaries B-2, Radio and TV B-3, Shipping Table B-2, Sports A-14 and A-15, Theaters B-6, Tides and Temp B-11, Wilson A-13, Women on 8-4 and 8-5, and Your World A-2.
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Bellflower Teen Drove 90 In Chase After Gunman
Jim Shiffert aged 19 of Bellflower sped through North Long Beach to Lakewood and Downey in a 90 mile an hour pursuit after a gunman raided a service station on Paramount Boulevard. The driver fired at Shiffert as he chased, but the suspect escaped. Shiffert worked at Douglas Aircraft in El Segundo and planned to tell his wife Barbara Jo.
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35 Buildings Burn, 300 Made Homeless in Quebec Fire
More than 300 firemen and volunteers fought for four hours before dawn to control a blaze that destroyed 351 buildings in Colet's business district in Nicolet Quebec. No casualties were reported though about 300 residents were left homeless after the fire, which reportedly began from a stove explosion in a local restaurant.
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Appeal Court Upholds Oil Isle Drilling Rights
Sacramento and Richfield Oil Co won a court ruling allowing offshore drilling from man made islands off California. The Third District Court of Appeal upheld the lease, stopping a Sacramento Superior Court injunction bid by Hugh B. Martin. The decision cites the Legislature’s limits and federal scope on such “filled lands.”
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Hugh B. Martin
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Oil Company
Richfield
Superior Court
Paul Peek
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Corps of Engineers
Sacramento Superior Court
District Court of Appeal
Monterey Oil Co
Seni Beach
Jed Peck
Monterey Ca
Rincon
Ventura County
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George Grover
Supreme Court
Spring Winds Spar Over Southland With Freezing Temps
Spring arrived amid cold gusty northerly winds across the Southland. The vernal equinox at 4 36 am saw freezing temperatures in some areas while Long Beach dipped to 45. Dry gusty winds plagued Blythe with sand clouds and Santa Ana winds. San Fernando Valley and Mojave highways faced dust. Norton Air Force Base Riverside and March AFB reported gusts to 38 mph. Scattered light showers troubled Riverside Beaumont Eb Centro and rain touched the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Long Beach
Carvers Valley End
Blythe
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Mojave Desert
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San Bernardino
March Afb
Riverside
American bullfighter Patricia Hayes wins second bull ears and tail
Patricia Hayes, 23, from Agelo Texas Pulaski Texas, defeated a second bull in Ciudad Acuna Mexico earning the ears and tail amid cheers. The fight followed her prior injuries including brain concussion and broken ribs from a 1956 Acapulco encounter. Her father J H Hayes of San Angelo watched, praising her skill and risk.
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Big 4 Meeting Gets State Dept. Blessing
Washington officials say a top level Big Four meeting aligns with administration thinking though conditions precede any active push. President Eisenhower has shown limited interest in such a session and demands preconditions like Austrian peace treaty progress and German elections. Senator George argues a four power conference could avert war, possibly this year, but a ministers meeting seems likelier now.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Dulles
France
NBC
Fisherman’s Prayer and a Curse in Athenian Verse
A short devotional verse by JULIEN 0 HYER reflecting on Jesus cursing a barren fig tree and foretelling dire justice on betrayal. The poem uses archaic phrasing to describe wrath, prophecy, and a warning about a betrayer in a somber religious tone. The author’s name appears at the end.
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Hyer
Hatchet Killer Hangs Self in San Quentin
A convicted murderer Harold Randolph Cilar, 40, awaiting execution in San Quentin Prison hanged himself in his cell, using three towels. The killings targeted his wife and two children in Pasadena on December 19.
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Harold Randolph Cilar
Sixth Test A-Blast Planned for Tuesday
LAS VEGAS. the year s sixth atomic blast may now be deton ated at the Yucca Flat test site on Tuesday. the test, delayed more than a week, was postponed due to too windy weather this morning.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Sailboat sinks off Catalina rescued pair saved
A sailboat the Mardena sank off Catalina Island on Sunday after a hole flooded the hull. Miss Betty J. Wilzenske and Randy Douglas Marshall were rescued, with Monsoon and an unidentified fishing boat assisting as Marshall remained aboard to salvage gear before being pulled off.
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Betty J. Wilzenske
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Monsoon
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Airliner Falls in Storm Killing 12 In Springfield
An American Airlines Convair crashed near Springfield airport during night rain. The 3 crew and 52 passengers suffered, with 12 dead and 23 hurt. Pilot Jack Pripish survived. stewardess Rita Madaj and co pilot Glenn Walker died. Sheriff Hendrix described muddy, hard search and rescue.
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American Airlines
Jack Pripish
Chicago
Rita Madaj
Glenn Walker
Los Angeles
Carl McCrary
Lrescue
Glenn Hendrix
Cela
Youth Tells How Plane Hit and Split Open
Fifteen year old Robert Browning of Chappaqua New York describes his crash experience after an American Airlines plane crash near Springfield Missouri. He woke outside the wreck thinking it a dream and later learned he had facial cuts and possible internal injuries as he comforted other travelers until ambulances and police arrived.
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Robert Browning
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St. John's Hospital
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Louig Browning
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