Five Pedestrians Struck in Long Beach Fatality and Wrapup
A 41 year old woman died Friday night after being struck on Paramount Blvd near 4th St. Five pedestrians were hit in separate late Friday accidents. Names include Ora G Boyle, Jerry Evans, Willie Martin Jr, Catherine Hagarty, Laurene Vowel, and others. Drivers cited or not held by police. One hit and run report filed. Victims treated at St. Marys and Community Hospitals.
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Seaside Hospital
Ora G. Boyle
Coolidge St
Paramount Blvd
Gale Ave
Hmit-Run
Victil
Willie Martin Jr
Grange Ave
Orange Ave
21St St
Martin
St. Mary's Hospital
Catherine Hagarty
46Th St
Pack
Ave
EB. Broadway
Ann L. Fitzgerald
Park Ave
Gardena Boy Stows Away To Honolulu In Navy Hold
A 16 year old Gardena boy identified as Donald A. Pritchard fled home after a note to his mother, boarded a Navy ambulance from the Matson freighter Hawaiian Forcer, and spent seven days hidden in the hold with minimal rations. He carried gear for a South Seas life and a bow with 11 arrows, later detaching from the bow in the dark. He spoke to Federal Judge J. Frank McLaughlin and was sent to Juvenile Detention. the adult probation office was asked to verify his story.
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Honolulu
UPA
California
Matson
Hawaiian Forcer
Donald A. Pritchard
Gardena
Pritchard
Virgil Padgett
Navy
San Petra
J. Frank McLaughlin
Gardena High
Sylvia Padgett
Vermont Ave
Christmas Day Awakening of Unconscious Gail Staley
In Paducah Kentucky on Christmas Day 1 year old Gail Staley woke from five months of unconsciousness after a car accident last October. She spoke asked about Santa Claus and family names while neighbors cheered her recovery. Doctors had considered surgery but predicted eventual awakening.
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Paducah
Gail Staley
Gail
Santa Claus
Clarence Staley
Louisville
Paduczh
Rescue Efforts Underway After Ocean Ditching Off Oregon
A Pan American Stratocruiser carrying 23 aboard ditched in the Pacific off Oregon near Newport. Coast Guard planes and small boats led rescue efforts as a merchant tanker joined the search. Survivors were seen on three life rafts with no reported deaths or injuries.
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Seattle
Pan-American World Airways
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Oregon
United Air Lines
Portand
Pan-American
Portland
Coast Guard
Newport
Idaho Falls
Bitter Cold Grips U S Across Regions
Unseasonal cold slices through the nation hitting the Southland fruit belt and northern highways with ice and dust storms in the West. Floods, crop fears in Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Indiana traffic deaths from icy roads. Niagara River ice jam calls in Army engineers. Temperature near zero in Indiana as records fall.
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Southland
Niagara
Texas
Deep South
Georgia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Indiana
Indianapolis
Cordell Hull Suffered Stroke in Bethesda Hospital
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, age 83, was stricken by a cerebral accident at 3 a.m. in Washington. He was rushed to Bethesda Naval Medical Center where doctors placed him in critical condition after entering a coma following the stroke.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda
Naval Medical Center Hospital
Hull
Shereton Park
Bull
Prion
Sal
Wild Brahma Steers Run Rampant Through Phoenix Streets
Dozens of steers escaped from a cattle car and roamed Phoenix causing chaos. Police fired 50 rounds. at least two people were seriously injured and others received minor injuries. A 15 year old girl was gored. 76 year old James Legg was crushed. Local resident Glenn Hay helped save Legg by distracting the animal.
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Phoenix
Southern Pacific Railroad
R. Gail Baker
Joale St
Richard Porter
Ecorner
Frances Rhodes
James D. Legg
Glenn Hay
Legg
Hay
Thousands Stage Riot in Brussels
Tens of thousands of Catholics protested cuts to parochial school aid defying a government anti demonstration ban in Brussels. Police battled rioters with non gunfire as 1,500 were arrested and hundreds injured including a former Catholic premier amid clashes in tree lined streets.
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Brussels
Belgium
Where to Find It Churches A4 5 B3 Classified B4 B11
Classified and notices guide readers to church listings and classified pages with page references A4 A5 B3 and B4 through B11. The brief entry indicates where to locate church notices and other classified material within the newspaper.
Russia Rejects Western disarmament plan details
London dispatch says the United States offered to cut armed forces by 2,000,000, France 300,000, and Britain 250,000 under a Western disarmament plan that Russia rejected. British Minister Anthony Nutting disclosed the first full details at a press conference, with France releasing partial figures.
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London
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Anthony Nutting
Nutting
Soviet Leader Bulgainin Backs Big-Power Conference
MOSCOW Soviet Premier Bulganin stated the government supports the idea of a big-power conference with a positive attitude. In Washington the White House offered no comment. Bulganin did not specify how many powers would attend. A Foreign Ministry press conference will reveal Bulganin's reply to a mass correspondent's question.
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Moscow
UEI
Nikolas Bulganin
Bulganin
Washington
White House
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhower
Bridges Says Asian Threat Very Serious
Senate Republican leader Bridges warns the Far East crisis could bring Red China to attack Nationalist held offshore islands within weeks. He cites high military officials noting a likely assault on Matsu and Quemoy, risking a wider Asian conflict as the United States pledges defense of Formosa and the Pescadores.
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Washington
Styles Bridges
RNH
Far East
China
Senate
Appropriations
Armed Services Committees
U.S
Quemoy
Matsu
Bridges
Matsus
Formosa
United States
Pescadores
Red China
63 on Transport Limping Over Sea
Air Force C9 transport with 63 aboard reported engine failure on a flight from Honolulu to Travis Air Force Base California. A rescue squadron aircraft was dispatched from UB Air Force Base to intercept the crippled C97.
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UB Air Force Base
Calif
Honoluk
Travis Air Force Base
Cali
Bist
Weather Update Shows Tate Night Fog Clearing
A weather note reports fog near Cous Mus with mostly clear skies overnight. Temperatures show little change as conditions ease toward morning.
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Tate
Cous Mus
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Daisy Ave
Wist
K. R. Dansen
Magnolia Ave
Cedar Ave
34Th St
Helen T. Wright
Seaside
Emma K. McCormick
Bayview Ave
Wilmington
Timothy J. Mullen
Wanda St
Amy
Leslie
Donohoe
Brahma
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