Willowbrook riot ends with shooting at peace meeting
A Willowbrook youth gang peace meeting at Carver School in Watts Athens district ended in a riot. One youth, Frank Garcia 19 of 507 An za¢ Ave., was shot in the thigh by a passing youth group. Florence Wallace, a woman probation officer, was injured trying to separate fighters. Both victims treated at Georgia St. Hospital and General Hospital in Los Angeles. Deputy sheriffs from Firestone Park rushed to the scene. Investigators said East Compton and Jardin gang members attended, but neither Garcia nor the shooter belonged to the visiting groups. Page A-3 continued.
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Willowbrook
Carver School
Watts- Athens
Florence Wallace
Frank Garcia
Anza¢ Ave
Georgia St. Hospital
General Hospital
Los Angeles
Firestone Park
Fred Outhouse
Sheriff's Juvenile Bureau
East Compton
Jardin
John Brewer
Five Engines Fail on B-36 Pilot Saves Flight at Carswell
At Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas five right wing engines failed during ascent on a B 36 atomic bomber. Captain Verry H Young Dallas led a safe landing after electrical and hydraulic systems failed and manual landing gear deployment was required. The crew of nineteen received praise for a superior performance from Maj Gen John J Montgomery and Brig Gen John D Ryan.
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Fort Worth
Texas
L.tt
Carswell Air Force Base
Verry H. Young
Dallas
Young
John J. Montgomery
Highth Air Force
John D. Ryan
John D. Ryan, 19Th Air Dirvision
Air Force
Pilotless Jet Handled From Ocean Crash Near San Diego
San Diego AP reports Lt. (jg) C W Vandenberg of Ripon California piloted his FSF6 fighter to intercept a runaway Navy jet during a spin near 80 miles from the city. The other pilot, J R Maccoun from Dutch Flat California, bailed out and was rescued by a helicopter. All three pilots belonged to Fighter Squadron 112 at Miramar.
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Navy
G. C. W. Vandenberg
San Diego
C. W. Vandenberg
Ripon
Celif
Calif
U. S. Coast Guard
W. F. Maccoun
Vandenberg
Maccoun
Roper
Miramar Naval Air Station
Ens
B. G. Huntley
la Jolla
Miramar
Red Prober's Target Back on Army Job
Mrs Annie Lee Moss, who testified she was not a Communist, is set to return to her Civil Service Army job after an Army loyalty board reviews the case. An Army spokesman said she would resume work Monday while the review proceeds.
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Washington
Annie Lee Moss
Sen. McCarthy
Moss
FBI
Army
Army Loyalty Board
No Hoax This Time L A Panther Hunters Round Up Four Bulls
Four bulls escaped a truck in downtown Los Angeles and fled through a mile square area as panther trained police pursued. Three bulls were captured within three hours while the fourth was shot after charging cars and pedestrians. The truck was headed to a packing company in San Fernando.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Pierman Netzley
John Hillenburg
Wayne Roberts
San Fernando
Schine Ends MP Training With Honors
CAMP GORDON Ga Lt Pvt G David Sching former aid to Sen Joseph McCarthy graduates from the Army military police school and is temporarily assigned to a photography lab as the Army weighs a bid to make him a criminal investigator Brig Gen Francis A Howard lauds his service and says Schine’s character and efficiency ratings are excellent and superior under no pressure from the Pentagon or elsewhere
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Camp Gordon
G. David Sching
Joseph McCarthy
Army
Military Police School
Schine
Francis A. Howard
Howard
Pentagon
Pyt
Three Tunisians Executed For Slaying French Police
Three Tunisians were shot by firing squad for the January 99 slaying of three French police agents in the French North African protectorate. The executed men were Mohammed Kerbou, Virgule Ali Mayou, and Hassen Ben Naceur.
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Yuls
Junisia
Mohammed Kerbou
Virgule Ali Mayou
Hassen Ben Naceur
Local Pages Index Referenced in Briefes
A terse note lists where to find sections of the newspaper such as Churches, Crossword, Financial, Obituaries, Sports and Weather across pages B-3 A-4 B-3 A-8 and A-6, guiding readers to topics and page locations for the edition.
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Boyle
Financial
Four Shots Next Month in Pacific Hydrogen Tests
Congressional sources state the largest hydrogen bomb test in the current program will be detonated in the Pacific next month, weather permitting, with April 22 as a tentative date. Rep James E Van Zandt plans to witness the test between April 16 and 26 at Bikini, amid prior delays and weather uncertainties.
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Washington
Pacific
James E. van Zandt
R-Pan
van Zandt
Bikini
Biki
Marshall Islands
Chet Holified
D.calif
John C. Pastore
DRL
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Five year old bitten by black widow at home
Wendy Lee Bremgartner, age five, was bitten by a black widow spider in her bathroom at 1322 West 16th Street and taken for emergency care at Seaside Hospital where she remains for observation. Her mother Mrs John F Bremgartner reported the incident to police.
Kansas City obstetrician charged in wife murder plot
Dr Hugh G Hamilton, a Kansas City obstetrician, is charged with attempted murder after allegedly giving cyanide in a digestive capsule to his wife Martha. The charge followed cyanide found in capsules on him at the hospital where he recovers from a leg fracture. Hamilton, 49, denied the accusation.
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Kansas City
Hugh G. Hamilton
Hamilton
Land
Two Soldiers Killed in Training Attack
Two soldiers of the U S 65th Infantry Regiment were killed Friday during a live fire infantry training attack in the Ninth Corps area. A third soldier was slightly wounded and two Korean soldiers with the unit were also injured. An investigation is underway and names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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U. S. 65Th Infantry Regiment
Ninth Corps
Teen driver in Chicago neighborhood drives into danger
Arlene Goerner, 16, swerved to miss a dog during a driving lesson with her 21-year-old brother Howard in the South Side. The station wagon struck garbage cans, toppled a house stairway, sending Arthur Mankin, 33, to Illinois Central Hospital with a dislocated shoulder and cuts. Howard was arrested for abusive explanations, and Arlene attended classes while strangers received driving tickets for negligent driving and no license.
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Chicago
South Side
Arlene Goerner
Arlene
Howard
Arthur Mankin
Ilinois Central Hospital
Chicago Vocational School
Brother Howard
George Goerner
Hyde Pade
McCarthy Endorsement Doubtful From GOP Leader
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall told Omaha GOP leaders that McCarthy will not have the party’s official endorsement as a campaign spokesman. He noted McCarthy is in high demand as a speaker, with more invitations than he can accept, but stressed local officials decide whether to invite him in pivotal races. Hall said Eisenhower and Nixon speak for the party, and that McCarthy’s feud with the Army has diminished his effectiveness.
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Omaha
Leonard Hall
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Hall
GOP
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
National Republican Committee
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Republican Party
Hail
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Budget Chief Resigning From White House Budget Post
Joseph M. Dodge will resign as Director of the Budget on April 15 to return to private business. He will resume as chair of the Detroit Bank, after current leave. Dodge has served since 1953, under Eisenhower, including roles in Germany and Japan. The White House has not named a successor, with the resignation accepted reluctantly by the President.
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Washington
White House
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
Detroit Bank
Detroit
Eisenhower
James C. Haggerty
Germany
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Budget Bureau
Federal jobholders total decreased in February
The Senate House committee reported a 6125 decline in federal jobholders in February from January, marking the 19th consecutive monthly decrease. The joint committee on reduction of non essential federal expenditures said 2,340,767 persons were on the federal payroll in February compared with 346,892 in January.
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Washingson
Senate House Committee
Joint Committee On
Lebanese Students’ Outburst Subdued at Beirut Gate
Lebanese police dispersed a steel demonstration by Arab nationalist students opposing Arab participation in the Turkish Pakistan alliance. Twenty nine persons were wounded, five seriously, as protests at the American University of Beirut gates were broken up by police.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Leblanese
American University
Rubirosa’s New Flame Aims For Paris Romance
Porfirio Rubirosa plans a rendezvous with a stunning 23 year old heiress in Paris next month. He keeps her identity confidential, while his romance attracts international attention amid his separation from Barbara Hutton. He balances travel with workouts and visits from actress Monique van Vooren and wine heiress Lorraine Dubonnet as Zsa Zsa Gabor arrives in New York.
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New York
Porfirio Rubirosa
Paris
Barbara Hutton
Aca
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hollywood
Rubi
Zsa Zsa
Rubirosa
Miss Hutton
Monique van Vooren
Lorraine Dubonnet
Weather Outlook Calls For Warm Clear Days Ahead
The forecast indicates mostly clear skies and warming temperatures through Sunday. Residents should expect daytime highs in the pleasant range with light breezes and minimal rain chances.
Knight Plea May Save 2 Facing Death
Sacramento California Governor Goodwin Knight recommended commutation for Wesley Robert Wells and fellow prisoner James Francis Silva, as the California Supreme Court weighs whether to reduce their death sentences for prison assaults. The governor’s move hinges on court approval, with the case involving two felonies and eligibility for the death penalty. Continued on Page A-3.
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Sacramento
Wesley Robert Wells
California Supreme Court
Goodwin Knight
Knight
James Francis Silva
Wells
San Quentin
State Supreme Court
Leas
Phil Gibson
Downey Man Foils Gunmen in Home Invasion
Downey sheriff deputies issued an all points bulletin for two armed bandits after they forced entry into a Downey home. The 63 year old Frank Lipus calmly confronted the robbers who fled, tearing a five foot gate while escaping. Women and children in the house were unharmed.
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Downey
Sheriff's Deputies
Frank Lipus
Firestone Blvd
Anna Lipus
Norwalk Man Arrested in Sacramento Narcotics Case
A 33 year old Norwalk man, Steven Hernandez Nava, was arrested on U S 99 in south Sacramento after a highway patrolman spotted a damaged car with expired license tabs. Narcotics agents recovered about $14 000 worth of marijuana in a sack wired under the vehicle. Nava was booked at county jail on charges of possessing and transporting narcotics and violating the vehicle code.
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Sacramento
Steven Hernandez Nava
Norwalk
Donald Cooper
Nava
U. S. 99
Cooper
Pat Pious
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Hugh Hamilton Denles
Red Prober
L. A. Panther Hunters
ABC
Fear Child
Bitten Fond
K.C
Prober
Leonard W. Hall
National Republican
Neb
Midwest and
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