Deadly spring storms lash eastern half of U S
At least 30 people died as violent weather struck the eastern half of the nation. Blizzards roared across the Midwest and South floods troubled southern areas. A Hawaii air crash killed 65 aboard, including two Long Beach area residents. Names and details of victims released.
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Frairway
Seaboard
Ohio
Midwest
Dakotes
Wyoming
Long Beach
Hawaii
Army
Robert L. Thompson
J. E. Thompson
Leman Ave
Worth
M. Sef
Eugene Bennett
Fatiwr al Threfand
Dine Bennett
Citrus
Orange
Navy
James Brit Quinn Jr
Sybil Byers Quinn
Florida St
Quinn
Clover
N.C
California
United States
New Douglas Sparrow All Weather Missile Fired
An El Toro Marine Corps Air Station squadron fired the Sparrow, a weather capable guided air-to-air missile by Douglas Aircraft. The Sparrow uses a cloud penetrating guidance system to home on enemy aircraft and was launched from a Skyknight jet fighter at Segundo.
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el Toro
Marine Corps Air Station
Douglas Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Marine Corps
Douglas
Clear Weather Ahead for Southern California Five Day Outlook
The Weather Bureau forecast clear conditions across Southern California for the next five days with some late night and early morning fog near ground level. Daytime sun expected with temperatures from the mid-60s to mid-70s, while Municipal Airport briefly saw fog cutting visibility to about a sixteenth mile. Today's minimum reached 44 degrees, compared with 45 on Tuesday, and Tuesday's high was around 50.
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California
Weather Bureau
Municipal
Conferees Deadlock On Proposed Personal Tax Cut
Washington conferees failed to reach agreement on a $20 per person tax cut after a House approved plan and a Senate defeat. Rep Cooper said the committee would reconvene Friday. House Democrats moved to extend current rates by year end, while the Senate backed extending corporate and excise taxes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cooper
D-Tenn
House Democrats
Eisenhower
Seven Communists Arrested in Seoul for Plot on Rhee
Korea's National Police say seven Communists were arrested in Seoul on March 13 for allegedly planning to assassinate President Syngman Rhee. One Russian rifle one burp gun and a U S made .45 pistol were seized. The group had prepared for an attack since July but no attempt occurred.
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Sewul
Syngman Phee
Seoul
Yalta Critics Gain Nothing Ike Declares
President Eisenhower said there is nothing to be gained by revisiting the Yalta papers and questioned the value of judging whether participants were right or wrong. He favored publishing documents but urged caution when allies’ good faith is involved and warned against using such papers to damage reputations. The 1945 Yalta Conference with Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill has long faced GOP criticism in Congress.
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Eisenhower
Yalta
State’ Department
Roosevelt
Stalin
Er Churchill
Congress
Student Teacher Die in Bus Trailer Crash
A bus carrying high school students was sideswiped by a case trailer northeast of Wellington Kansas, killing 32 year old music teacher Robert Purcell and 14 year old Rosa Lind Phillips of Valley Center. Four others were injured as wind gust allegedly pushed the trailer into the bus en route to a music festival in Oxford.
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Wellington
Kan
Robert Purcell
Valley Center
Rosalind Phillips
Highway Patrol
Oxford
Briton warns nuclear tests threaten genetics and future
British physicist Professor Joseph Rotblat says continued nuclear weapon testing risks genetic harm. Writing in Atomic Scientists Journal he warns even neutral countries could suffer disastrous genetic consequences from a full scale war. He notes doubling natural radiation under certain test scenarios and calls current activity dangerous to humanity.
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London
Joseph Rothlet
Los Alamos
Rothlat
University of London
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Atomic Scientists’ Journal
Rotblat
Britain
United States
Russia
Eight Million for Long Beach VA Hospital Phase
The Bureau of the Budget approves an eight million dollar first phase for replacing temporary buildings at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital. The project will replace 361 beds, including 206 for paraplegics, add a surgery area, central supply, and a therapeutic pool. Construction may begin by next autumn after contracts are decided in the coming weeks, Rep. Craig Hosmer said.
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Bureau of the Budget
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Craig Hosmer
Veterans Administration
Hosmer
Doctor Leaves Freighter in Outer Harbor
Dr. Malcolm Sersohn, former Hong Kong detainee and advocate for communism, was removed from the California Sear in Los Angeles harbor by a midnight boarding party. He boarded an Army CID–identified plane with an officer and flew to Idlewild, arriving in New York City at 6 16 a.m. local time.
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Los Angeles
Malcolm Sersohn
New York
Army
Pacific Far East Lines
California Sear
San Pedro
Reds
Hong Kong
California
Bersohn
Vogel
CID
Army Intelligence
Richard
American Airlines
Idlewild
New York City
Long Beach
Army plane crash near Coleman kills pilot and injures passenger
One killed and one slightly injured in a 2 a.m. Army airplane crash near Coleman Texas about one third of a mile east of the Coleman airport. The pilot was 1st Lt. James W. Walker 27 of Walnut Grove Missouri and the passenger was Warrant Officer William Novick 27 of Cimati Ohio. Both were stationed at Fort Hood Texas.
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Coleman
Tex
Coleman Airport
James W. Walker
Walnut Grove
Hissinger
Weather Outlook with Patchy Fog Overnight
Clear conditions dominate but expect late night and early morning patches of low clouds or fog. Temperature will show little change. Hazardous travel not anticipated. visibility may dip briefly in foggy areas. Light winds surface mainly from the west.
Clerk Fights Thieves Again at Santa Fe Liquor Store
A one-year-old liquor store clerk at 1576 Santa Fe Ave fended off a gunman for the seventh time in three years. Two suspects, Carl Mack Keeton 30 and Eugene Christopher 17, were arrested after a high-speed chase and held on robbery charges. Christopher admitted the service station robbery. $21 and four benzodiazepine tablets were found during a room search.
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Santa Fe Ave
Harry D. McKenzie
al Adams
James Reed
Pico Ave
Tth St
Pacific Coast Hwy
Santa Fe
Carl Mack Keeton
Eugene Christopher
Flint St
Wilmington
Sailor recounts liquor store robberies across years
The interview describes two robberies in August 1952 when two sailors robbed a liquor store with a pop bottle and a later incident on a Tuesday night. The burglaries yielded small sums, with other attempts failing. The account continues on Page A-3.
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Oandits
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
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Wilson
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