Driver Escapes From Demolished Car in Wilmington Crash
Clinton Smith, 25, of Long Beach, escaped with minor injuries after his sedan smashed into a parked heavy truck on E Ansheim Street near McDonough Avenue. A separate crash two blocks away injured two Long Beach sailors, Lawrence Young, 27, and Kenneth Wend, 23, aboard the USS Okanogan. An 11 year old was arrested for drunk driving after a collision at Gonodhope and Trotwood, with Gerald Johnson, 315 W 248th St, arrest record and a false-name incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Clinton Smith
Orange Ave
Long Beach
Anr
Smith
E. Ansheim St
McDonough Ave
Gonodhope
Trotwood Sts
San Pedro
James Pottenger
Goodhope St
Gerald Johnson
Pottenger
Johnson
E. Anaheim St
Fishing Boat in Distress but Where
Coast Guard traced distress calls from a fishing vessel southwest of Cape Blanco Oregon but shifted to Cabo Blanco area off Costa Rica or Peru. Planes and the cutter Bonham moved to locate Sonja or Sonia while San Jose reports a U S Army plane would aid and Sonia's crew of 25 feared aboard. No storm observed near Cape Blanco.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Cape Blanco
Ore
Cabo Blanco
Costa Rica
Central America
Coos Bay
San Francisco
Sonia
Los Angeles
Sonja
Gulf of California
Olaf Vanderhaug
San Diego
San Pedro
South Africa Trips Gang of Gem Thieves
Johannesburg police say they have disrupted an international diamond theft gang linked to a method in the International Police Gazette. A 6000 pound haul from Kimberly matched the Gazette’s pattern. one suspect fled by air, awaiting extradition in Mauritius. Another suspect, a Bolivian hairdresser, was arrested in Paris and faces charges abroad.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
International Police Gazette
Kimberly
Port Mauritius
Paris
Burglars Take Jewelry from Crumpton's Apartment
Crumpton 19 of 1910 East 15th Street reported Friday that jewelry valued at 770 dollars was stolen from his apartment after burglars forced a window.
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Crumpton
E. 15Th St
Girl Suffers Broken Leg in Auto Collision
Sylvia M Braden aged 9 from Motz Avenue suffered a broken leg when her bicycle collided with a car driven by Robert W Grow aged 19 of Centralia Street Lakewood on Orange Avenue north of Olive Street. The child was treated at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital and Grow was not held.
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Paramount
Sylvia M
Braden
Motz Ave
Robert W. Grow
Centralia St
Lakewood
Orange Ave
Olive St
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Grow
Gopher Bites Curious Tot at City Park
Five year old Linda Lymat of 6070 Lewis Ave learned about gophers Friday not in a school book. Police reports say she was punctured on the right index finger after poking her hand down a gopher hole in Houghton Park and treated at Seaside Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda L. Lymat
Lewis Ave
Seaside
Houghton Park
Army Says Canned Burgers Need Not Be Square Or Rounds
Army meat experts told a Senate subcommittee that canned hamburgers need not be cube shaped and that meatballs can be elliptical. The dispute with San Francisco processor Alfred Ansara highlighted that Army inspectors sometimes misread “cube” as strictly square, prompting revisions to hamburger specifications. Durbin and Watkins defended inspectors while acknowledging past shipment issues and improper notice. The Army asserted its canned meat quality has improved for GIs in Korea and beyond.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Alfred Ansara
San Francisco
Ansera
Ansara
Wiliam F. Durbin
Army Quartermaster Corps Procurement
Durbin
Maj
Ernest Watkins
Angara
Watkins
Mario Packing Co
Korea
Tongays Home for Funeral of Daughter
Russell Tongay traveled to Tarpon Springs to bury his five year old daughter Kathy, who Miami police say died from a whipping but he calls an unfortunate accident. Kathy died after injuries during high dives from a 33 foot springboard. Tongay claims no abuse and notes she was injured hours before convulsions. His wife Betty and son Bubba accompanied him as Kathy's body was sent from Miami. Tongay, 36, a former Coast Guardsman, was charged with second degree murder in Miami, released on bond, with a hearing set for June 11.
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Tarpon Springs
Fila
Russell Tongay
Florida
Kathy
Miami
Tongay
Betty
Bubba
Husky
Coast
Sapp
Warren Bill Bans Exhaust Plugs in Cars
Sacramento reports AB2928 authored by Assemblyman Charles Chapel would outlaw the retro fit of spark plugs in exhaust pipes and require all motor vehicles to carry a rear view mirror by January 1954 as the measure passes both Houses and heads to the Governor for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Charles Chapel
Inglewood
Smuggling Suspect Captured After Battle Aboard British Freighter
More than 100 Korean police arrested 14 Chinese seamen and a Chinese suspect on gold smuggling charges after an 80 minute clash aboard the British freighter Wonsan in Pusan. Police, aided by American and British authorities, seized the suspect Chou after negotiations failed and with British Minister Walter Graham approving force.
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Pusan
Korea
Wonsan
Chou
Four Injured in Auto Crash Near Norwalk
A head on collision at 166th Street and Pioneer Boulevard left four people hurt. Dorinda Morgan and Hute B Morgan, both of Los Angeles, along with Johanna Poole and Jesse T Poole of Artesia were treated at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, with Morgan later moved to French Hospital and Poole to Mission Hospital. The two men were released after treatment.
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Norwalk
166Th St
Pioneer Blvd
California
Dorinda Morgan
Los Angeles
Hute B. Morgan
Johanna Poole
208Th St. Artesia
Jesse T. Poole
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Dinner Set Onyx Display at Gem Show in Bellflower
The Victor Valley Gem and Mineral Shop will display a complete Death Valley onyx dinner set valued over 1500 dollars, built over 20 years. The show runs today 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at John Simms Park with free admission and many gems minerals and jewelry on view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simms Park
Death Valley
Victor Valley
Two Oil Men Editor Die in Plane Crash
The Beechcraft Bonanza crashed three miles south of here, bursting into flames. Victims identified are John H. Hershey of Salt Lake City, C. Kenneth Hicken vice president of Great Basin Oil and Leasing Co., and Ron Johns of the Denver Post. Johns was the Denver Post oil and mining editor visiting Hershey’s uranium and oil ventures in Grand County.
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Muab
Here
John H. Hershey
Salt Lake City
C. Kenneth Hicken
Great Basin Oil and Leasing Co
Ron Johns
Denver Post
Johns
Hershey
Hicken
Grand County
Boxer Duran Sentenced to One Year in Jail
Los Angeles bantamweight boxer Danny Duran aged two was jailed for a year on narcotics conviction. He was arrested last January with his wife Valerie aged 21 who is already serving a narcotics sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Danny Duran
Valerie
Argentine Pinch Forces US News Agencies to Halt Dispatches
In Buenos Aires under Juan Peron, government action cripples U S agencies. Congress orders probe into foreign news outfits. AP UP and IDS suspended or restricted as pro government papers drop U S dispatches. Interior papers lose access to interior distribution and radio feeds may be canceled.
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Buenos
ATRES
Argentina
U. S
Juan D.peron
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
Peron
Congress
U.S. State Department
la Nacion
AP News
la Macron
New_York Times
the Times
Buenos Aires
Edward A. Murrow
Ministry of Communications
United Press
Thomas RR. Curran
Latin America
Interior
Reuters
AIP
U.S
Major Decisions Stall in California Legislature as Session Pauses
Sacramento report details a stalled session with no major bills passed, despite heavy committee activity. Lawmakers face gridlock on highway funding, the budget, liquor and narcotics measures, and education reform. Hearings loom May 21 on certain bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance
Senate
Assembly
Iit
Herbert Klockstein
R.long Beach
Jors
Governmental Efficiency Committee
Harry L.parkman
R.millbrae
House
Nelson statue at Trafalgar Square draped with pirate flag
The Trafalgar Square Nelson statue atop a 184 foot column was wrapped in a pirate flag by a midnight prankster. Workmen had prepped the monument for Queen Elizabeth's coronation when the vandal left a skull and crossbones cloth, prompting skilled climber Sidney Larkins to retrieve the flag and vows to catch the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Trafalgar Square
Horatio Nelson
Britain
Sidney Larkins
Larkins
Water Level Low Power to Be Ample
California State Division of Water Resources reports general unsatisfactory water conditions but no power shortage foreseen. Despite April rain, only Klamath and Upper Sacramento basins have adequate irrigation supply. Southern California and San Joaquin Valley face critical levels. south coast reservoirs at 54 percent of normal. All state reservoirs total 9 million acre feet, just above the 10 year average. Hydroelectric and steam plant links make a power shortage unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
California
State Division of Water Resources
Klamath
San Joaquin Valley
217 Killed in Battles in African Colony
Nairobi report says six teen loyal natives and at least five Mau Mau members died Friday in three clashes across the colony. The fiercest fighting happened at Kairuthi where over 50 insurgents fleeing toward the Aberdare Forest engaged about 15 native home guardsmen. four Mau Mau were killed and two wounded.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Kairuthi
Aberdare Forest
Seventy seven Congress members visit New York City
Seventy seven members of Congress their staff and families totaling 238 people visit New York for a weekend. Friday the group received the key to the city from Mayor Vincent Impellitteri at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Vincent F., Impellitteri
Gary Cooper Denies Cannes Romance With Gisele Pascal
Gary Cooper denied romance rumors with Gisele Pascal as he arrived in Cannes. He affirmed he is married, plans Brussels next morning, and will return to Germany to present his Oscar winning film. He noted he dined with Pascal and other people, stressing multiple social outings.
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Paris
Gisele Pascal
Gary Cooper
Brussels
Cooper
Gisele
Prince Rainier I
Monaco
Marshal
Germany
French Riviera
Mies Pascal
Mike Pascal
Cannes
Cigarettes Blamed in Two Minor Fires
Police report two small blazes traced to cigarettes and overstuffed furniture. At 6 a m fire damaged the front room of Kenneth E Turner at 525 Golden Ave. and at 4 50 a m a similar fire damaged Lloyd Campbell’s front room at 4461 Banner Dr.
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Kenneth E. Turner
Golden Ave
Lloyd Campbell
Banner Dr
Parts of Peace Plan Unacceptable to U N
United Nations discussions on the Korean war and a new eight point Soviet plan unfold at State Department briefings. Dulles travels with Stassen to the Middle East and South Asia as Congress probes foreign aid and trade laws. Red proposals for a five nation neutral repatriation commission raise questions on vetoes, majority rulings, and enforcement methods amid ongoing armistice talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Middle East
South Asia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
U. N
India
Mip
Congress
Eisenhower
Congressional
Middle
Near East
Libya
North
Africa
Pakistan
Asia
Cage
Bal
Harrison
Reds
U.N
Long Beach
Reda
Red
Harrison pressures on new prisoner exchange plan
Gen Wilkes K Harrison Jr told newsmen after a 32 minute session that his barrage of questions aimed to force the Communists to spell out their compromise exchange plan. Allied truce negotiators said they must know the answers before the proposer could be considered further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Wilkes K. Harrison Jr
U. N
High Schools Get Awards From Freedoms Foundation
Gardena High School Lynwood High School and Compton Union High School District received awards today from the Freedoms Foundations Inc of Valley Forge Pennsylvania for effective programs teaching the fundamentals of the American way of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardena High School
Lynwood High School
Compton Union High School
The
Freedoms Foundations Inc
Valley Forge
Mother's Day origins honored at Andrews Church in Grafton
In Grafton West Virginia Andrews Methodist Church prepares special Mother's Day services marking the church where the holiday began forty five years ago The event honors Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day and notes her arrangements with the church Sunday observances led to state and national proclamations by Gov William Glasscock in 1909 and President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 The piece highlights Mother's Day recognition in 46 foreign countries and the ongoing tradition in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. Va
Andrews Methodist Church
Andrews Church
William B. Glasscock
West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Two Missing in Alps Flight Object of Hunt
Ten American planes searched the Austrian Alps today for a U S Air Force plane missing since Tuesday with two officers aboard. Seven Army planes from Austria and three Air Force planes from Germany criss crossed large arcs seeking the T 6 trainer thought to have run out of fuel. The Air Force identified the two officers as Col. James G. Earnest 44 of Richmond Virginia and Capt. Charles W. Kelly 32 of Shreveport Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austrian Alps
Austria
Air Force
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
James G. Earnest
Richmond, Va
Charles W. Kelly
Shreveport, la
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L. B. Driver
Tongays
Warren
Bill
N. Y
By Robert B. Tuorman
Mother's Day Church
By Bob McKowen
Alps
Hunt
Ee Tayi
Acconts Gydun BF
TET
Federal
Savings OF Lond
BEA
East First St
Hoefly
Lakewood Blvd
California Redwood Association
Hammond Lumber Company
W. Annaheim ST. Fhone
A.M. Miller
Beoeger
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