Legg Objects to Plan Asks Military Aid
The County Board of Supervisors approved 70000 to collect data on potential evacuation of Los Angeles County amid atomic attack. Civil Defense groups would use funds locally to inform an evacuation plan. Legg objected, saying funds should finance military advisers. County counsel said federal help not required. Local leaders favor radar upgrades first and question highway capacity for mass removal.
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County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
John Anson Ford
Herbert C. Lesg
Lege
Harold W. Kenney
Seven Convicts Escape Norfolk Prison by Wall
Seven long term prisoners scaled a 20 foot wall at Norfolk Prison Colony in Massachusetts and slid to freedom in heavy fog. They were serving six to 17 year terms for armed robbery breaking and entering and murderous assault. Bloodhounds aided police as state police and locals conducted a wide search.
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Norfolk
Mass
Norfolk Prison Colony
Tonks Broik
Carver
Carver Prison Camp In A Prison Atruck
Bereheck
Hong Kong Yanks Redeem Scrip in Mystery Exchange
U S forces in Hong Kong cancelled their ahoro leave to exchange military scrip for dollars. Rumors spread of Indochina war developments and a Communist attack on Formosa. DoD issued orders to combat counterfeiting as scripts were issued abroad.
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Hong Brung Uuxx
U. S
Hong Kong
Formosa
U. S. Department of Defense
Geneva Conference Progress Reported
Western sources report progress at the Geneva Indochina peace conference in the first real working session. Talks focused on cease fire and military matters with private consultations ongoing among nine delegations. Major figures met include Walter Bedell Smith, Anthony Eden, Georges Bidault, and Chow En-lai as efforts to break deadlocks continued.
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Geneva
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Prince Bull Lee
Viet Nam
Xibhan Menon
Nehru
Bia
Red China
Chow En-lal
Eden
Haile Selassie Arrives in New York for U.S. Visit
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived aboard the United States liner as the official guest of President Eisenhower. He praised Ethiopia’s stand against aggression and communism, saying Ethiopia opposed aggression and supported anti-Communist efforts. The party of 19 toured New York, with crowds waving United States and Ethiopian flags before moving to the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
United States
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Long Beach
California
Near
Middle East
Korea
Africia
Hede Kod Uner
Hudson
Plor
Waldorf-Astoria
Widower seeks adoption in policing kidnap case Burlingame
Kathie Langdon, a four year old Burlingame girl, vanished Sunday while playing outside her grandfather’s home as a man described as Ervin L. Arnold drove away in a car. Police and FBI issued an all points bulletin for Arnold, a 46 year old welder said to be grieving his wife and “quite attached” to the child. Authorities say Arnold is wanted for questioning on suspicion of kidnapping.
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Burlingame
Calif
FBI
Kathie Dahleen Langdon
John Hartnett
Ervin L. Arnold
Capt. Hartnett
Gene ' _ Re
Arnold
Hartnett
Peter Dahl
Lownie
Finding It Beach Gombing Boyle Bridge Classifieds
A fragmented OCR note points to a page reference for beach, bombing, Boyle, bridge and classifieds listed across sections B-1 and A-15 with unclear details. The readable bits suggest a directory or classified listing with page markers but lack concrete items or actions.
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Beach Gombing
Boyle
Ae Bridge
Dulles Fears Reds Trying to Build Up Panama Base
Major General Cornelius E. Ryan testified to the McCarthy subcommittee about requests for leaves from Ft. Dix for Pvt. G David Schine. He disputed claims of wrongdoing, defended Army charts, and described the nature of Schine’s passes, phone calls, and ratings. McCarthy criticized the charts as dishonest while Ryan defended them as truthful.
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Dulles
Panama
Van
Gh .T. LI
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Schine
Ryan
Army
Stevens
McCarthy Camp
Sehine
Ft. Dixcuniers
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft.Dix
Schite
McCarthyr
Lehine
Ft Dix
John. Bruce
Bob Taylor Weds Ursula Thiess on Mid Lake Adventure
Screen star Robert Taylor and Ursula Thiess married Monday afternoon aboard a cabin cruiser on Jackson Lake in Wyoming. Russell Robinson and Ralph Couser of Los Angeles witnessed the ceremony with Ivy Pearson as matron of honor and John and Jess Wort as witnesses. The couple will return to California for location work on Many Rivers to Cross, with Thiess joining Taylor on location.
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Robert Taylor
Ursula Thiess
Jackson,Lake
Wyo
Jackson
Ursula
Thiess
Fle
California
Taylor
Jackson, Lake
Justice of the Peace
Russell Robinson
Ralph Couser
Los Angeles
Ivy Pearson
Los’ Angeles
John
Jess Wort
Wort
Cloverdale
Calif
Miss Thiess
Barbara Stanwyck
George Thiess
Tayor
Captured General's Wife Reaches Paris
Mrs. de Castries, wife of the captured French general who led Dien Bien Phu forces, arrived by plane from Indochina. She was met by a French government delegation, ushered into a black sedan, and driven away as police kept reporters and cameramen back.
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Ef Atlains
Chusuatt Des Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
de Castries
Nurse recalls Dien Bien Phu siege courage
Genevieve de Galard Ter taube, the nurse who tended the wounded at Dien Bien Phu, described the fortress siege as the most formidable experience of her life. She spoke of duty and devotion amid a global press presence and heavy Viet Minh assault on the French Union fortress in March 1954.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Genevieve de Galard Tertaube
Dien Bien Phu
Kidnapping foiled in Long Beach. one jailed in motel stop
Police halted an early morning kidnapping in Long Beach, arresting James Gordon Taylor, 21, inside a motel on East Pacific Coast Highway after the victim freed himself by striking an attacker. The robbed man, Wilburn Wayne Rogers, 48, escaped with minor injuries and details indicate a second suspect remains at large. Rogers met the pair at a bar on Atlantic Avenue and Wilton Street before agreeing to ride downtown for liquor. Rogers was bound with a knife at his neck while the driver brandished a .25 caliber pistol and grabbed $100. Police continue searching for the second kidnapper, a man described as from Poughneck.
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James Gordon Taylor
Anaheim
St. Apt
Wilburn
Wayne Rogers
46Th St
Taylor
Lawrence Dodd
Robert ‘Platt
Pacific’ Coast Hwy
California
Ave
19Th St
Rogers
del Poughneck
Atlantic Ave
Wilton
Rogers Peacner
Dodd
Platt
Missing East Long Beach fliers vanish after 10 days
Two pilots from Long Beach, William Brown and Eddie Fritzie, both from Cherry Avenue, left East Long Beach Airport near Sunset Beach in a Luscombe plane bound for Salem Oregon ten days ago. No crash is reported though unconfirmed. Their car remains parked at the airport.
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Long Xseaen
Sunset Beach
William Brown
Eddie Fritzie
Cherry
Dulles Sees Red Arms Shipments Taint Guatemala Power
Secretary of State Dulles said the Red arms shipment to Guatemala may aim to create a Communist bastion near the Panama Canal. He noted 2000 tons valued at 10 million dollars arrived from Poland, making Guatemala a dominant Central American military power. He urged UN peace efforts in Southeast Asia and outlined conditions for possible U.S. intervention in Indochina. Dulles also said the United States will send a note to Russia about Eisenhower’s atomic energy peace pool proposal and that Turkey’s Prime Minister will visit the U.S. in June to discuss economic matters.
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Washington
Dulles
Guatemala
Panama Canal
Poland
Central America
United States
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Dull
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Menderes
Turkey
Dwies
Puerto Barrios
Torrance Pilot Sees Light in Paris Texas Flier Misread
Torrance pilot Clayton Hakes, en route from Torrance to North Carolina, misinterpreted Paris Texas lights as a landing field. After circling for 45 minutes over East Texas, he finally located a boiler factory and baseball diamond as his improvised landing area.
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Paris
Texas
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