Fire May Be Key Chief's Secret to Bennington Disaster
In Washington AP dispatch Roy M. Cohn testified that Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor John G. Adams sought to block the McCarthy subcommittee's probe into Communists in the Army and would welcome hearings being dropped. Cohn cited Adams's remark that avoiding hearings would be a feather in his cap, amid security concerns at Fort Monmouth and long FBI warnings. He quoted Maj. Gen. Kirk B. Lawton saying he had struggled to root out security risks, with gains only after the subcommittee's attention.
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New York
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Naval inquiry opens into Bennington blast death toll
Eyewitness accounts mention the word catapult as the Navy probes the Bennington disaster that killed at least 91 and injured 201. The inquiry focuses on the catapult room and damaged areas below the third deck as Captain Raborn and crew describe the blast offshore near Quonset Point.
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Bennington
Navy Board Ofnquiry
Naval Air Base
Leyte
Boston
Naval Board of
William F. Raborn Jr
Oklahoma City
General Service
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Pittsburgh
Wallam
Navy Sending Four Doctors to Duty Here
Long Beach Naval Station Infirmary will increase medical officers from five to nine. Capt. J.C. Woelfel USN, commanding officer, said the four new physicians will report soon. Out-patient dependent care will return toward former levels, with additional doctors possibly serving aboard ships to augment dispensary care.
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Long Beach
Weather forecast fragment shows changing skies and warmth
A fragment indicates mostly clear weather through Friday with low clouds in the mornings and slightly warmer daytime temperatures.
Walker's Department Store Plans Major Los Altos Expansion
Walker's Department Stores will build a new outlet in Los Altos Village Shopping Center at Bellflower Boulevard and Stearns Street. A 50 year lease was announced by Clarence Miller and Lloyd Whaley. Initial plans call for a two story building over 100000 square feet with potential expansion to 150000 and a basement. Construction slated to start by July with completion in early summer 1955.
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Bellflower Blvd
Stearns
Miller
Howard F. Conrad
Man Kills Wife and Self in Huntington Beach Feud
Huntington Beach reports a bitter domestic dispute ending in gunfire. Phyllis Virginia Black, 38, was killed by husband Charles F. Black, 36, who then fatally shot himself. Their 6-year-old son Buzzile is in neighbors' care as authorities note finances and drinking sparked the tragedy. Black had a long career as an oil operator and horseman, with prior marriages and two grown children. Bystanders describe a tense, unresolved feud extending to nearby residents Ard Rardin and Aldrich/Arntz court disputes over a garden planter.
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Orange County General Hospital
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Black
Buena Park
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Buzzie
A-Bombers Flight Over Nicaragua Sparks East-West Tensions
Three 10-engine American atomic bombers flew from Carswell Air Force Base in Texas on a non stop goodwill mission to Nicaragua in observance of Army Day. Brig. Gen. John D. Ryan led the lead plane with two follow ons at eight minute intervals. The flight, lasting about 14 hours, did not land and occurred amid reports of arms shipments to Guatemala and Honduras from Europe and the Soviet Union.
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Nicaragua
Guatemala
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19Th Air Division
Carswell Air Force Base
Bsés
Department
United States
Honduras
Mexico City
U. S
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Panama Canal
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Jackton
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John
Foster
Dulles
Boy Death Triggered by Wrong School Note
Los Angeles area report details 15 year old Joel Simpson an honor student at Mount Vernon High School who shot himself with a .22 rifle after receiving a note about failing mathematics at his home The note was meant for another student Clarence Simpson the boy's father had lent the rifle last September for his son's school work The Simpsons told police they checked with Joel and left him alone when they returned he was found dead in his room the school principal Miss Hazelle Moore said she did not understand how the note was sent to the wrong address
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Los Angeles
Jor Simpson
Clarence Simpson
Joel Simpson
Mount Vernon
Joel
Simpson
Joe
Simpsons
Relyn
Geraldine
Tiny old woman linked to debt over odd phrase
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a wealthy state of indebtedness and a mysterious day tied to a tiny old woman. No clear names, places, or dates can be confirmed from the readable text.
Nude Women Cultists Attack Officer Over School Proclamation
An officer reported he was assaulted by about 20 women of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect as he tried to issue a proclamation mandating school attendance for their children. No further details available.
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JoraNne Rumns
Sons of Freedom
Ita
Ralph McIntosh
Earth Tremors Hit Thessaly for a Second Day
Thousands of jittery Greeks slept outdoors as tremors rocked central Thessaly for the second day in a row, sparking continued concern across the region about aftershocks and safety.
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Athens
Greece
Thessaly
Accused of Slaying but Gets His Bell
DETROIT reports Sylvester-Shaw will be given $25 by authorities though she faces charges in the slaying of her husband. Mrs Shaw had posted a $25 bond working through the case. details remain unclear as the incident unfolds.
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Shaw
U S Opposes Indochina Partition Plans
United States officials reportedly stand against any settlement that partitions Indochina. Nine party conference plans secret talks to redraw areas for regrouped forces after a cease fire. Vietminh proposals likely would partition Viet Nam, opposed by Vietnamese. French Foreign Minister Bidault returns from Paris consultations.
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United States
Indochina
Nine Party
Viet Nam
Vietminh
U. S
Georges’ Bidault
Paris
Beach Combin Page El Sent See A21 Women Pay
Fragmentary OCR noting a world page reference and a women pay item on page A21. Insufficient readable details to determine event or人物.
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