Ready 25 B-26s for Indochina
The Defense Department announced 25 more Be-26 fighters would be sent to Indochina to aid French forces at Dien Bien Phu. American crews will ferry them for round the clock bombardment of Red divisions while Geneva talks loom, alongside ammunition and slower fuel shipments. The move follows ongoing French and U.S. discussions during Gen. Ely’s return from talks with top officials.
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Washington
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Defense Department
Man 54 Held in Attack on L A Girl 5
A 54 year old foundryman was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of feloniously molesting a 1 year old girl after attackers smashed into a cottage. Pedra Martes Go doy denied the charge as the girl was hospitalized with injuries suggesting molestation and facial trauma. The father and bystanders intervened before police arrived.
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Los Angeles
Pedra Martes Godoy
Leonard L. Simeone
Godoy
Anid
Tor Hospital
Stassen in Britain With Caution Policy
U S aid chief Stassen arrived in Britain to urge caution on expanding trade limits with Communist nations. He prepared to press Britain and France to avoid exporting goods that could boost Soviet war potential, amid sharp differences over what items should be allowed.
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London
M@P
U.S
Hareld E. Stassen
Britain
France
Stassen
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Stasian
Communista
United States
Russia
House of Commons
Red
China
U. S
San Fernando College Site Wins Favor
The State Public Works Board voted unanimously to relocate the seven year old college to the Sepulveda site in the San Fernando Valley if air traffic from the nearby airport does not endanger it. The project would cost about 700000 to buy land from 27 owners. Two other sites were considered.
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Sacramento
State Public Works Board
Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences
San Fernando Valle
Plummer and
Nordhoff
Woodley and
Mayvenhurst
San Fernando Valley
Russ to Return 38 Ships Loaned by WWII Allies
Washington reports that thirty eight motor torpedo boats and sub chasers loaned to the Russians in World War II will be returned to U S representatives in Istanbul in May and June. The moves part of reclaiming 186 naval craft the United States has sought from the Soviet Union for over five years.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Istanbul
Turkey
United States
Famed Surgeon Erdmann Dies On His Ninetieth Birthday
New York Dr John Frederick Erdmann renowned surgeon dies at 90 after practicing since 1887 He reportedly performed over 20000 operations and once carried out a secret operation on President Grover Cleveland A lengthy anecdote recounts Erdmann recalling Cleveland and a drugstore owner named Nigpon with the president praising Erdmann’s memory during anesthesia.
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John Frederick Erdmann
New York
Erdmann
Grover Cleveland
Morerhan
Lote Beach
Cleveland
Country
Los
Angeles
Los Angeles
Long
John
Eedmant
Chillicothe
Ohio
Nigpen
Nigpon
Prat
Rome Medicine God Statue Unearthed Near Famagusta
A beautifully carved marble statue of Aesculapius, the Roman god of medicine, was unearthed near Famagusta in Cyprus. The sculpture includes a coiled serpent and several draped male figures, with inscriptions dating to about 30 BC discovered at the ancient gymnasium site.
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Niousia
Cyprus
Aesculapius
Famagusta
Rome
Double Trouble Dreams Burn Evidence in Divorce Action
A Formosan man Li Fiun-Yu sued his wife for divorce after nightly dreams of infidelity with a neighbor. The judge dismissed the divorce suit and the neighbor sued Li for slander.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Li Fiun-Yu
Clio Money Exchange creditors back out of court fight plan
A creditors committee led by Mayor Dan Easterling pursues a 10 to 1 loss to liquidate the Clio Merchants Exchange deficit without court action. About 86 of 300 depositors approved a proposed out of court settlement, while a dissent could derail the deal, and Royall Reynolds faces embezzlement charges after a $75,000 shortage surfaced.
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COO
Atlas IP
Clio Merchants Exchange
Dan Tasterling
Royall Reynolds
The
Exchange
Clayton
Ala
Easterling
Reynolds
Atlanta
Tie
Witimots
Vera Mae Reynolds
Jack Wallace Fof Clayton
French Plea for Cease Fire Ignored at Dien Bien Phu
French appeals for a brief cease fire to evacuate the wounded at Dien Bien Phu were ignored as Vietminh bombardment continued. Gen Navarre urged Giap to use Red Cross marked planes only for wounded, while American supplied helicopters persisted in evacuations amid ongoing siege and trench construction around the fortress.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Chil
Henri Navarre
Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Phu
Bogan
International Red Cross
Ho Chi Minh
Dover
Valley Receiving Hospital doctor suspended over on duty alcohol drug reports
A Valley Receiving Hospital staff physician, Dr. De Ray O’Connell, was suspended until Monday after police reports alleged he was drunk or under the influence on duty. Hospital officials said he offered intoxication tests, but authorities note witnesses claimed impairment. The incident followed a private ambulance collision while transporting Mrs. Lupe Bergamo and her unborn baby, who died.
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J. H. Kinsting
Valley Division
O'Connell
Berganio
Pr O'Connell
van Nuys
Valley
Burkans
Berganin
St. Joseph's Hospital
Burbank
Glendale Pilot Killed in Helicopter Crash
Glendale California native Captain R. Gunter 31 a member of the Army Aviation School helicopter tactics course at Fort Sill was killed Friday when the helicopter plummeted to the ground from about 400 feet near Fort Sill Oklahoma. He was a World War II Air Force veteran.
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Lawsun
Okla
Ft. Sill
R. Gunter
Glendale
Calif
Army Aviation School
Honeymoon Resume Declares Teen Marriage Binding
Memphis court ruled the elopement of 14 year old Patricia Kurrus and 18 year old Thomas Murchison legally valid under habeas corpus. Judge Harry Adams expressed doubt about teen marriage but said laws permit the union, noting Patricia’s parents previously held her at home after learning of the marriage.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harry Adams
Adams
Thomas J. Murchison
Patricia Kurrus
Murchison
Patricia
Clarence J. Kurrus
Sardis
Miss
Nick
Navy
Border Shooting Leaves 1-Year-Old Watchman Dead
In Jerusalem area a 1-year-old Jewish watchman was killed Friday night after Jordanians opened fire across the armistice line on a village in the Judean hills. An Israel army spokesman announced the killing today.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Judean Hills
Israel Army
Egypt's Civilian Rule Proposal Sparks Street Protests
In Cairo clashes erupt as civilians react to Naguib's plan to end military rule. Workers join sit-down strikes and student protests while the 12 man revolutionary council considers a caretaker government and transition to parliamentary rule.
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Cairo
Egypt
Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Mohammed Naguib
Farouk
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Nasser
Nagwh
al Goumbhouria
Nureddin Tarref
Mustafa Nahas
Scemdjance
Richhilding
Ismailia
Suez Canal Zone
Five Hurt in Traffic Accidents in Compton Area
Five persons sustained injuries in three traffic incidents in Compton and nearby areas early today. In two crashes vehicles overturned on Central Avenue near Rosecrans. John Andrews and Velma Finney, both Willowbrook residents, were severely hurt and admitted to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital. Napoleon W Holyfield, 28, of Los Angeles, suffered minor injuries after swerving to avoid a collision. French Comer, 19, Gardena, broke a forearm when his car left Western Avenue, and Joseph Cook, 19, Compton, endured minor injuries after his motorcycle overturned on West Olive Street. Arnold Osborn, 21, Lincoln Village, was seriously injured when knocked from his bicycle on Dominguez Avenue. Vernon Bowman, 26, Long Beach, told police lights blinded him before his car struck the bicycles. He and Comer were hospitalized at Park Emergency Hospital and Harbor General Hospital respectively.
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Napoleon W Holyfield
Losangeles
Western Ave
Comer
Joseph Cook
Tamarind St
Compton
W. Olive St
Arnold Osborn
Harrison St
Lincoln Village
Dominguez Ave
Wilmington Ave
Harbor General Hospital
Vernon Bowman
Terminal Ave
Long Brach
Tld
Crashes Hurt Soldiers and Couples in Separate Falls
Two Fort MacArthur soldiers, Pvt. Charles Seigler and Pfc. Carl Medley, were cut and bruised when their car hit a power pole on Mira Mar in Torrance. Medley faced drunken driving charges. In Palos Verdes Estates, a head-on crash on Palos Verdes Drive injured five men and two teenage girls, with Patty Priest, 15, seriously injured. Fred Tyres, 25, and Jerry Scarpa, 19, were among those treated. Tyres faced drunken driving charges. Marlese Ravenscroft, 18, and another driver, from Long Beach, were also cited.
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Torrance
Fort Mac
Arthur
Palos i Verdes Estates
Charles Seigler
Pfc
Carl Medley
Calle Mira Mar
Medley
Palos Verdes
Marher Ave
Marlese Ravenscroft
Falcon Ave
Long Beach
Crash Victim Enters Ninth Coma Month
Stephan F. Smith a 3 year old victim of a hit run crash remains in a prolonged coma at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital his ninth month in unconscious condition following a July 28 1953 collision on the Anaheim Street service road entrance to the Terminal Island Freeway Smith resided at 1081 McFarland Street Wilmington.
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Stephan F. Smith
Acoma
Todeyne
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Smith
Anaheim St
Terminal Island
McFarland J St
Wilmington
American scientists say Pacific fish unlikely radioactive
Washington reports that American scientists deem the Japanese fear of radioactivity in Pacific fish from the hydrogen blast as unnecessary. An American envoy in Tokyo told Japan that chances of contamination from the Marshall Islands tests are negligible, except for fish caught near the closed zone.
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Washington
Pacific
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
Four Minute Quake Felt Near Salinas
The UC seismographic station reports a mild quake near Pinnacles National Monument southeast of Salinas lasting four minutes. Assistant seismologist Walter C. Marion says it began at 7 44 08 a m and registered magnitude four on the Richter scale.
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Berkeley
Tui
University of California Seismoraphic Station
Pianacles National Monument
Salinas
Walter C. Marion
Jordan complains to UN over Jordanian plowing attack near Tulkarm
Jordan charged the United Nations mixed armistice commission that a 20 man Israeli patrol opened fire on Jordanian farmers plowing near Tulkarm on Friday. The report cites Jordan’s complaint and details of the clash.
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Jordan
Airs Plaint
Jerusalem
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Tulkaren
West Lands Metals Stockpiling Program
Washington reports a stepped up long term stockpiling plan for metals, with Eisenhower administration approval and a review ordered by Mobilization Director Flemming. Western senators hail it as a temporary relief measure while urging broader import controls to protect lead zinc copper and other producers.
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Washington
Uddaho
Dworsha Idaho
Eisenhower
White House
Actah
Sen
Bennett
Utah
Pruule Ue
Idpho
Watkins
Arthur S. Flemming
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Double Trouble
Clio Money Exchange
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
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Mitchell
Dewey
New York Cit
NLRB
Independent International
Longshoremen’s Assn
Afl-Ila
New York Shipping Association
International Longshoremen’s Asan
Ind
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Oiner
Arthur Leff
Leff
ILA
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FLA
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
William V. Bradley
Baltimore
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Doris Denman
Sun Valley
Paula
West Lands Metals
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