Branding incident leaves LB youths sought by police
Police search for a youth who branded a 3 year old boy with a three inch cross on his hip and slashed another youngster. Betty Catti reported her son Reg. 3 injured last Thursday after neighbors urged action. Juvenile Bureau head Joseph Kennick vowed inquiry into motive and suspect.
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Greg Catti
Betty Catt
Elmfield Ave
Press-Telegram
Betty Catti
Reg
Joseph M. Kennick
City Juvenile Bureau
Kennick
Republicans Press To Weaken Senate Rent Control Bill
Washington March 22 Republican foes of rent control push to weaken the Senate twelve month extension bill led by Harry P. Cain and John W. Bricker pressing for softening amendments before a final vote. Administration leaders hoped for a slowdown late today or tomorrow while Democratic Leader Lucas warned of an overtime session to wind up debate before the March 31 expiration of the present law.
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Washington
Senate
Harry P. Cain
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Scott W. Lucas
Missouri farmer held in fifth wife's death mystery
William C. Mahurin, 53, held in St Francois County jail over the death of his wife number five, Charlotte Thelma Fisk. Neighbors found her burned body on their 80 acre farm near Armington after a morning dispute. Sheriff says she died after a stove explosion claim. prosecutors pursue perjury charges amid arson past and tests on stomach contents.
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Armington
William C. Mahurin
St Francois
Charlotte Thelma Fisk
St. Louis
Mahurin
Desloge
B. C. Tomlinson
Police Seeks Sister of Girl Found in River
Milwaukee March 22 AP investigators shifted focus to locate Patricia Birmingham's missing sister Kathleen 16 a West Allis High School student believed eloping with Milton Babich 19 as Patricia's body weighted with concrete was found in the Milwaukee River near the harbor entrance Detectives said a home burglary on February 10 may link to Patricia's movements and four youths aged 15 to 17 were detained for questioning with more details sought to contact the family and clarify events surrounding the disappearance and death.
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Milton Babich
Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
Kathleen
Babich
Associated Press
West Allis
Harbor
Florence Wynn
Hammond
Wis
Patricia
Adolph Kraemer
Kraemer
Fabian Babich
Milton
Patria
Possi
Body of Infant Found in Trash Near 19th St and Olive Ave
The body of a newborn boy was found this morning wrapped in a newspaper in a trash can near 19th Street and Olive Avenue by sanitation workers. Homicide detectives say the infant was born alive and had likely been dead for at least 12 hours.
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19Th St
Olive Ave
Up coast storm warnings issued by Weather Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO March 22 The Weather Bureau ordered small craft warnings from Cape Blanco to Point Arena up the coast today. The action affects vessels along the Pacific coast as seas and winds spike, prompting caution for mariners and local harbor authorities.
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San Francisco
The
Weather Bureau
Cape Blanco
Point Arena
Suspended officers and Cohen arrested in LA case
Two Los Angeles police officers Detective Lieutenant Jack Swan and Sgt. Winfield Scott Wolfe were suspended and Mickey Cohen was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a high level police meeting. Sol Davis, Cohen associate, was also booked as the inquiry followed the release of seven men tied to Cohen.
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Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Cohen
C. B. Swan
Jack Swan
Winfield Scott Wolfe
C. B. Horrall
Horrall
Hollywood
Sol Davis
Los Angeles Times
Long Beach News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Production speeds at Douglas plant on C-124 A es underway as workers are hired. City plans to establish an honor farm for prisoners. Visa issued to Briton for a peace trip to the U S. miners feel pinch from a two week strike. Sailor returns to recount seizure.
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Long Beach Douglas
Thau
U. S
House approves 70-unit Air Force bill to Senate
The House passed a 70-group Air Force bill and sent it to the Senate, with a 395 to 3 roll call. Reps. Celler, Marshall and Marcantonio voted against final passage. The antisegregation amendment failed 253 to 0, while Marcantonio failed to force a roll call on his patron. The bill authorizes Air Force growth to 70 combat groups, sets Army ceiling at 37,000, and fixes Air Force manpower at 302,000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ian
Celler
D.N. Y
Marshall
D.minn
Marcantonio
A.l-N. Y
New Yorker
Air Force
State Will Buy Site for College in L. B. District
A Long Beach area state college project moves forward with purchasing a four hundred acre site at the Bixby Ranch adjacent to the Long Beach Naval Hospital. The State Public Works Board was asked to acquire the land for the 1.5 million construction program serving southeastern Los Angeles and Orange counties. If the preferred Bixby location falls through, three alternate sites lie west of Lakewood Boulevard, east of Lakewood Boulevard near Lakewood Country Club, or north of Carson Street near Lakewood.
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Long Beach
State Department of Education and Finance
William &. Grant
D. W. Campbell
Bixby Ranch
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Grant
Bixby
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood Community
Carson St
Chamber of Commerce
H. F. Burmester
Campbell
Douglas A. Newcomb
John 8. Griffith
Llewellyn Bixby Jr
C. E. Scott
Chamber
Scott
Accidental Shot Fatal to Boy in Whittier
Manuel Martinez, age four, died after a stray bullet struck him while playing in Whittier. Deputies reported the shot came from a nearby home where Abel Acosta was unloading a rifle. Acosta was not held.
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Whittier
Manuel Martinez
Manuel
Abel Acosta
Acosta
Vandenberg Sees in Pact Hope for Peace
Senator Vandenberg in Washington praised the Atlantic pact as the best bet to prevent a hotcold war, calling it the most important step in American foreign policy since the Monroe Doctrine. He urged solemn national conviction and tied the plan to broader defense unity and potential legislative action by the United States, Canada, and six Western European nations.
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Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Washington
United States
Defense Senate
Gary women seek state aid to curb vice and crime
In Gary Indiana a mass meeting of over 900 women urged Mayor Swartz to join a delegation to Indianapolis to seek immediate help from Governor Schricker and Indiana State Police head Arthur Thurston to clean up vice and gambling. A plan sets next Friday for the visit. The drive follows the fatal March 3 purse snatching of Miss Mary Cheever and ongoing council inaction.
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Ary
Ind
Gary
Indiana
Eugene Swartz
Indianapolis
Henry Schricker
Arthur Thurston
Indiana State Police
Mary Cheever
Rewari
Swartz
Washington
Hobart Wiggerly
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