Obedient 3 Year Old Saved From LA Well
In West Los Angeles a 3-year-old boy named Andrew Kantola survived a 30-foot fall by clinging to a rope for nearly an hour. Under his father Dr Bennett W Kantola's instruction to stop crying the child held on until firefighters pulled him to safety. The boy stood in water up to his chin and sustained only minor cuts and bruises after firefighters used a helmet and lowered firefighter Richard Smith into the well to retrieve him.
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West Los Angeles
Andrew Kantola
Bennett. W. Kantola
Chery
Andy
Richard Smith
Truman avoids politics aboard USS President Cleveland
Former President Truman chats with reporters aboard the SS President Cleveland en route to Hawaii. He praises California weather, deflects questions on the Eisenhower administration, backs Hawaii and Alaska statehood, and comments only briefly on Bohlen’s Russia ambassadorship, while avoiding speculation on Korea ammunition shortages and new Russian peace overtures.
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Harry S. Truman
Cleveland
California
Air
Hawaii
Truman
Eisenhower
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Russia
Joseph McCarthy
Bohlen
Alaska
Ite
Korea
McCarthy Urges Bohlen Lie Test For Security Files
Senator McCarthy pressed Charles Bohlen to take a lie detector test over security information in Bohlen’s files as the Senate debated Bohlen’s ambassadorial nomination to Russia. President Eisenhower refused to withdraw the nomination, with a vote expected Wednesday and leaders signaling broad approval.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Senate
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Bohlen
Russia
Eichten
Bridges
RN. H
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Wiley
Rwis
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. George
D- J Ga
Flying Boat Missing With 11 Aboard Over Atlantic
The U S Navy reports a PBM Mariner with 11 crew members missing northwest of San Juan since Sunday during training in Puerto Rico. Search covers 16 000 square miles as ships and planes scour the area. The aircraft belonged to Patrol Squadron 34, normally based in Trinidad. A second item notes a fire at Asbury Apartments 2505 W Sixth St injuring no one.
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San Juan
U. S. Navy
PBM Mariner
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Patrol Squadron 34
Trinidad
Sue Angrien
Wvel
Asbury
Sixth St
Henry Kaiser Enterprises
Weather: Mostly clear with Tuesday fog and little temp shift
Forecast calls for mostly clear conditions through Tuesday with night and early morning fog and low clouds. Temperatures show minimal change across the period.
Ike and Solons Agree to Let RFC Die in 1954
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders announced plans to dissolve the Reconstruction Finance Corp by June 30 1954 as required by law. House Speaker Martin said about half of RFC offices will close within 60 days and small loan functions may transfer to another agency. Details to be set by Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Commerce Secretary Weeks. No loans over 1 million will be granted.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
House
Martin
R-Mass
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Secretary of Commerce
Reds Launch Major Assault at Old Baldy Front
Chinese forces delivered the year’s largest offensive against the western front 45 miles north of Seoul, driving Allies from Pork Chop Hill and contesting Old Baldy and White Horse Mountain. About 3500 attackers pressed multiple sectors including T-Bone Hill as Sabre jets hunted MIGs under heavy weather.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
Old Baldy
Pork Chop Hill
White Horse Mountain
Okd Baldy
Pork Chow Hill
T-Bone Hill
Tur
Strugle
Chorwon
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Motorman Held for Drunk Driving Near North Chicago
A railroad motorman Edward S. Boyer Sr of Route 3 Waukegan was arrested Sunday for drunken driving while operating an empty train on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee line toward Highwood. He posted a $200 bond and faces a North Chicago Police Court hearing Tuesday after the derailment at North Chicago when a fellow trainman switched the track and workers struggled to realign the car.
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North Chicago
Edward S. Boyer
Route 3
Waukegan
Boyer
Milwaukee
Highwood
U S and Czechoslovakia clash at United Nations over subversion claims
Czechoslovakia blasted U S efforts to subvert its Communist regime at the United Nations, while U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr said Prague itself showed subversion and latched onto Moscow backed charges. The exchange occurred on the U N Political Committee as East West peace moves faded.
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United Nations
N. S
Czechoslovakia
United States
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N
Lodge
Fire in Danville District Causes Multi-Million Loss
A Sunday blaze in Danville Indiana caused about 2.02 million dollars in damage, burning two downtown buildings and a four story Milner Hotel. The origin is undetermined. Twelve firefighters were overcome by smoke, with 75 firemen from Danville and six nearby Indiana communities fighting the blaze.
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Danville
Milner
Miinsisland Indiana
Chace Resigns Race On For Long Beach Mayor
Long Beach council members rush to shape a race for mayor after Mayor Burton W. Chace resigns effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Chace will stay on council until sworn in as Fourth District Supervisor in about two weeks. Front runners include Vice Mayor Lyman B. Sutter and former Mayor Clarence F. Wagner, with other councilmen as possibles.
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Whale Une Hue Aes Bel We Lue
Chace
Long Beach
Lyman B. Sutter
Clarence F. Wagner
Sutter
Wagner
Lynn Parmley
James Seaton
Raymond Raymond C. Kealer
Where to find it listings note sections and pages
A compact notice lists newspaper sections with page references for readers. It enumerates topics from Beach Combing to Sports and Theater and mentions specific pages such as A-11 B-3 and B-9 for navigation.
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Boyle
Crosword
Lied First Time Ex Red Admits to House Probe
Hollywood hearing resumes as dance director Danny Dare testifies and admits previously lying about Communist party membership. The House Un-American Activities Committee, expanding inquiry into entertainment and other fields, subpoenas over 80 witnesses and televises sessions. Dare, 48, confessed he lied in September 1951 about not being a Communist.
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Red
House
Los Angeles
House un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Communist Party
Danny Dare
House Committee
Youse
Dare
Washington, D. C
Alaska Man Named Territorial Secretary
Washington reports President Eisenhower appointed Waine Edward Hendrickson of Juneau as secretary of the Territory of Alaska. The White House statement noted the appointment was recommended by Secretary McKay. Hendrickson, born in 1896, is a native of Juneau and was educated there.
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Alaska
Oes Territorial
Washington
Eisenhower
Waine Edward Hendrickson
Juneau
Territory of
Hendrickson
Interior
McKay
Girls Riot at State School Sparks Violent Outbreak
A riot at Los Guilucos School for Delinquent Girls seven miles east of Santa Rosa left a girl with a severely cut leg and twenty nine ringfedders sent to Sonoma County jail. Officials linked the turmoil to recent removals to Napa State Hospital of girls suspected of homosexuality.
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Santa Rosa
Los Guilucos
Sonoma County
Napa State Hospital
Eisenhower vows to weed out undesirables in civil service
President Eisenhower announced his plan to remove incompetent dishonest or disloyal federal workers to strengthen the merit system. He designated Philip Young as chairman of the Civil Service Commission and said Young would oversee civilian personnel matters, attend cabinet meetings, and serve as a chief representative. The president stressed his aim to elevate public service and guard privileges of conscientious civil servants with a strong merit system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
White House
Young
Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
West Berlin Guns Face Reds Over Refugee’s Truck
In Berlin both sides fired rifles for about 30 minutes when an East Zone refugee truck crashed a border fence and lodged in the French sector. Rudolf Schulz, 36, fled east after his father’s arrest, and his family reportedly escaped west by another route.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Excapement
Rudolf Schulz
Sandkrug
Une
Schulz
Apie 25
Ontegular
Ae Thequads
Rer
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