No Softies for Corps Boots Told
Brig. Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. pledges no change to Marine recruit training or softening standards. He spoke at Parris Island to survivors of a platoon that endured a forced march in which six men drowned, insisting he acts as a Marine first, not a general. April drownings were the most regrettable event as he removes stars from his collar.
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Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Parris Bland
Greene
Famed Astronomer Dr. Adams Dies at 79
Dr. Adams, renowned astronomer and former director, died at age 79. He joined the Wilson Observatory in 1904 and helped plan the Mt Palomar 200 inch mirror. His longtime work included recruiting and directing training for Marine recruits before his passing.
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Dr. Adams
Pasadena
LFI
Dr. Walter
Sydney Adams
Wrt
Wilson Observatory
Farris Hland
Matthew C. Melor
Keon
Adams
Mt. Palomar Observatory
Greene
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Tribute to Porterfield Retiring After 29 Years Gifts
Dozens of friends and coworkers bid farewell Friday as lwalee L. Porterfield retired after 29 years with the Long Beach Municipal Court. A brief ceremony in Judge Kerneth E. Sutherland's courtroom awarded gifts including a barbecue brazier and smoker, golf balls, and a camera gadget bag. Porterfield began as an court attache in 1927 and later served as courtroom clerk. He plans a six month U S and British Columbia vacation before returning to Long Beach. He is a native of Kansas City and has lived in Long Beach since 1902. He attended local schools, Oregon State College and USC. He is immediate past president of Long Beach Recreational Golf Club. The Porterfields live at 360 Loma Ave and have three children.
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Larry) Porterfield
Long Beach
Assa
Con Ee
Porterfields
United States
British Columbia
Long Breach
Porterfield
Wilber F. Downs
Kansas City, Mo
Oregon State College Jena
University of Southern California
Portertilds
Loma Ave
Leona Mae
Highland
James R
Los Cerritos Municipal Court
Walter L. IV
Milwaukee
Wis
Demand to Revoke Ridings Motors Dealer License
The State Department of Motor Vehicles asks revocation of Ridings Motors at 1501 American Age after a Los Angeles hearing. A clerk admitted altering dates on car contracts to dodge filing penalties, with the DMV seeking at least 370 in fines. Counsel argues license revocation would be akin to a penitentiary sentence for a parking offense.
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Ridings Motors
Los Angeles
John R. Alexander
Standards Department
DMV
Cadillac
Ridings
Hearings on Met Fare Hike Bid Close in L.A
The State Public Utilities Commission wrapped three days of public hearings in Los Angeles on a proposed fare hike for 24 interurban lines including Long Beach to Los Angeles. Metropolitan coach Hnes has until May 23 to file written arguments on allowing a 5 to 30 cent one way increase. A decision will follow within a few weeks.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Hnes
Navy postpones court martial of S Sgt McKeon to July 14
The Navy halted the court martial of S/Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon, charged with leading six Marine recruits to death at Parris Island, to July 14. Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas announced the delay after defense attorney Emile Zola Burman of New York said he had prior commitments. The trial had been set to begin Monday.
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Matthew C. McKeon
Parris Island
S.C. Navy
Charles 5
Thomas
Teques
Emile Zola Burman
New York
Burman
Gaid
McKéon
Public Sees Nautilus on 2 Day Run
The atomic submarine Nautilus moves from secrecy to public view as 12 newsmen and photographers join an overnight cruise from New London. New Yorkers will view the vessel on Sunday on a timed harbor run with escort by harbor police helicopters and fire boats.
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New London
Conn
Reo
Manhattan
Battery
Hudson
Harbor Police
Flying saucers sighted over Japan report headlines
Reports from 14 newspapers on Friday describe sightings of flying saucers over Japan. Details remain unclear but observers reported atmospheric lights and unusual objects crossing the sky. Authorities urged calm while investigations continue.
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Japan
2 Rubbish Probes Set by County
Los Angeles county launches its own probes into the rubbish collection business. The district attorney and county grand jury will seek evidence from a state assembly committee report detailing lavish gifts to Monterey Park officials by rubbish collector Mike Hatabedian.
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Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
Dist. Atty
Ernest Roll
State Assembly
Monterey Park
Mike Hatabedian
Reds Claim Top Catholic Out of Prison
Reports from behind the Iron Curtain say Catholic Archbishop Josef Groesz is freed from house arrest in Hungary and purged Romania’s Vice Premier Alexandru Birladeanu. The Red radio in Budapest says Groesz was pardoned by Andras Hegedues at bishops’ request to replace the late Gyula Szapik as Hungary’s church head. Groesz, jailed in 1951 as a traitor, had been confined since his 1951 sentence was suspended in October in a church-owned building. Rome still recognizes Cardinal Mindszenty as Hungary’s primate. In Romania, Birladeanu is dismissed from posts as vice premier and head of the state planning commission.
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Josef Groesz
Hungary
Alexandru Birladeanu
Romania
Red Radio
Budapest
Andras Hegedues
Groesz
Gyula Szapik
Toszeg Ere
Vatican
Szapik
Rome
Josef Cardinal Nindszenty
Birladeanu
State Planning Commission
Dumitru Petrescu
Iron Curtain Melts Claim Sparked by Austrian Reds
Vienna reports claim the Iron Curtain on Hungary's border is dissolving, but border police and reporters find no real dismantling of mine fields. Hungarian communists promise removal as a gesture of friendship, while Austrian parties Raab's Conservatives and Schaert's Socialists brace for coalition.
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Vienna
UPI
Red
Hungary
Model Yachts Burn at Prospect Park Club House
A fire at a Brooklyn boat house destroyed 60 model yachts valued from 200 to 1000 dollars each. The Prospect Park Model Yacht Club's boat house burned to the ground, causing substantial loss to members and club holdings.
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New York
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Reuther challenges Demos on civil rights plank at ADA event
Walter P. Reuther told ADA delegates that the Democratic Party must offer a clear civil rights choice or risk losing support. ADA leaders urged a bold policy stance and warned against middle of the road compromises. The conference featured plans for strong civil rights and desegregation proposals with Roy Wilkins and Eleanor Roosevelt as speakers.
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Walter P. Reuther
Democratic Party
Americans For Democratic Action
Reuther
Eisenhower
ADA
United Auto Workers
Roosevelt-Truman
Soviet Russia
Roy Wilkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wilkins
National Assny For the Advancement of
Middle West Storms Shift to Northeast
Mild weather gave way to showers in parts of the nation as storms moved from the Midwest toward the Northeast. Rain totals topped an inch in Erie Pennsylvania and Findlay Ohio while other regions saw scattered showers from the northern Rockies to the Pacific Coast. Temperatures rose to the 80s near Lake Michigan and Lake Erie with the Presidio Texas reaching 106, marking notable warmth across the central and southern plains and upper Mississippi Valley.
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Mead's
Melba's
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Ward & Co
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Washington
Mississippi
Tito ends state visit with France amid heavy security
Marshal Tito and his wife concluded a six day state visit to France with a trip to the Rhone hydroelectric project. France deployed massive security as the presidential train departed for Italy, while Tito praised growing Franco Yugoslav friendship and thanked France for the aid and hospitality.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Italy
Tito
Mondragon
Paris
Rhone
Tite
Dust Reds Touring Mondragon Ousts Hydro Project Interest
A fragmented report notes leaders from varied regions showing interest in removing Communists from ranks of a large European youth organization and mentions a hydroelectric dam project built in 1952 with holding locks, tied to the organization’s second annual convention.
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Mondragon
Japan
Tans Assa
JVA
I Europe
Tion
Sex School Trial Opens Monday in Orange County Case
Ex-psychology instructor George Edwin Andrus, his alleged partner Mildred Elizabeth Florence, and his son Paul face trial Monday on morals charges. The trio, linked to an alleged sex instruction program at the International Christian Revival Assn., are seeking venue changes amid claimed prejudice. Authorities raided the Buena Park HQ February 2. Andrus and Florence each face five counts including mistreating children and contributing to delinquency, with the younger Andrus charged with one count.
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George Edwin Andrus
Mildred Elizabeth Florence
Paul
International Christian Revival Assn
Thelma St
Buena Park
Orange County Grand Jury
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Flor
Ence
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Florence
Funeral for Everett A Littlefield Held in Long Beach
Masons will conduct the service for Everett A. Littlefield 63 of 580 E 238th St at 3 pm Monday in Mottrells Peek Chapel Sea St and Alamitos Ave Long Beach He was superintendent of Stand Dredging Co Terminal Island and died Thursday He was born Randolph Mo and member of Saint Johns Episcopal Church Wilmington Lodge 198 FAM El Bekal Shrine Long Beach Consistory Survivors include wife Florence daughter Madeline Brown mother Maze Howard brother Gilbert Manson sisters Madeline Baltey Marie Jacobs Geneval MacIntosh Margaret McGeorge and five grandchildren
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Everett A. Littlefield
E. 238Th St
Mottell's & Peekenapel
Sea_St
Alamitos Ave
Long Beach
Littlefield
Stand Dredging Co
Terminal I Island
Randolph, Mo
Sst. John's Episcopal Church
Wilmington Lodge
F&am
Farmer Defies Crop Rule and Is Jailed in Florida
Walter T. Carroll, 44, jailed for contempt after refusing to sign a U S Department of Agriculture acreage report. He and his brother Roy were arrested on their north Florida farm following a scuffle with U S deputy marshals while he insisted government has no right to require plantings. Desvain e Judge Dozier A Devane ordered indefinite confinement.
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Pensacola
Fla
Walter T. Carroll
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carroll
Roy
North Florida
U. S
Dozier A. Devane
Desvane
Three From Area Enter Puff Derby in Coast Race
Three entrants from the area join a Powder Puff Derby starting July 7 at San Mateo County Airport. Co pilots Iris Critchell of Palos Verdes Estates and Alice Roberts of Phoenix fly No 2 with Edna Bower of Long Beach and Franky Bera. Morrison of Long Beach pilots No 14. The air race, which ends in Flint, Michigan, began in Long Beach in prior years.
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Lone Oracy
San Mateo County
Iris Critchell
Palos Verdes Estates
Alice Roberts
Phoenix
Ariz
Edna Bower
Long Beach
Franky Bera
Los Angeles
Cleo Morrison
Flint, Mich
Gem Bandits Seized After Daylight Jewelry Heist
WIADAID Spain anr pol ice announce the arrest of four Chileans in a daylight jewelry store hold up four days ago. The raid netted about $250,000 in gems and all the jewels have been recovered according to the official statement.
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Wiadaid
Spain
Anr
Bya
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