Believe It or Not Ripley Dies of Heart Attack
NEW YORK May 28 Robert L Ripley world famous creator of Believe It or Not cartoons is dead at 58 from a heart attack at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center His secretary said he had felt unwell recently and went to the hospital Thursday His career spanned daily cartoons books radio movies and television He directed holdings and collections managed by Col Robert Hyland and his home on Mamaroneck Island Sound serves as a curio museum Survivors include a sister and a brother, with burial likely in California where he was born
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Robert L. Ripley
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Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Lise Wiese
Robert Hyland
Mamaronecit
Island Sound
Evening Globe
Max Schuster
William Randolph Hearst
Hing Feastures
Ipley
Ing
Pley
Beatrice: Roberts
Ethel Davis
Burlingame
Calif
Douglas Ripley
Oripley
Ce USA
Woman Chosen as President of Postmasters
SANTA BARBARA May 28 Postmaster Mayme Lee Jory from the California pier of the National Association of Postmasters was elected president. The new officers installed include Frank Emerson, L. Brackett, Geyersville, Alax Main, Lompoc, Edward Enos, Niles. Vice presidents named L. Dwight San Pedro, secretary treasurer Manuel Reis Jr San Anselmo, state editor Hawileigh Lamb Brawley, sergeant at arms.
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Mayme Lee Jory Dent
California
National Association of Postmasters
Hoberga
Frank Emerson
Coronaey
L. Brackett
Geyersville
Alax Main
Lompoc
Edward Enos
Niles
L. Dwight
San Pedro
Manuel Reis Jr
San
San Anselmo
Hawileigh Lamb
Brawley
Arma
Reds Refuse Permit for Balloon Race
The Belgian Aero Club cancels this year’s Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race citing high risk from uncontrollable winds. Organizers say balloons travel with the wind and may be carried over Soviet controlled territory, leaving pilots without horizontal control.
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Belgian Aero Club
Voice of America Jammed by Russians
New York May 28 1959 The Voice of America says Soviet jamming has increased to 205 stations drowning out broadcasts to Russia with only brief scattered reception. The BBC and VOAnetwork now use 61 transmitters to reach Soviet listeners as Russian jamming resumes with seven or eight transmitters at a single station. The VOAs spokesman notes jammed broadcasts were intensified last April and trimmed to essential news to retain listener interest when reception is possible.
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New York
Voice of America
Russia
Voice
British Broadcasting Corp
Bridges Claims Indictment Is Smoke Screen
SAN FRANCISCO May 28 Labor leader Harry Bridges a naturalized citizen since 1945 and head of the CIO longshoremen's union called his perjury and fraud indictment a government smoke screen. He said the case aims to divert attention from Washington and predicted another deportation bid as bail was set at 20 000 with two aides also facing charges of conspiring to defraud the government and lying about Communist ties.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Iil
Louis Goodman
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Anes
Schmidt
Robertson
Hono- Tuiw
Washington
Jersey milk war threat diminished in north Jersey
May 28 report from Trenton says the milk price war is fading as two major firms restore two cents of a three cent per quart cut ordered last week. Sheffield Farms Co and Borden Farm Products acted after a state officials conference led by President Bond Wise and Attorney General Theodore Parsons. Parsons had warned Sheffield they could lose their license if prices were not restored.
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North Jersey
Sheffield Farms Co
Borden Farm Products
Atep
Heffield
Bond Wise
Theodore D. Parsons
Parsons
Sheffield
New Jersey
W C Fields Will Cremate Body Next Thursday
LA date May 28 AP reports W C Fields will be cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park next Thursday. The comedian died Christmas Day 1946 and his will directed cremation, a provision initially blocked by his estranged widow but later ordered by the court. The estate includes roughly 771 429 with ongoing legal wrangling among relatives and friends.
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Los Angeles
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Funny Man
Harriet Fields
Magda Michael
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Princess Margaret arrives in Paris for return from Italy and Switzerland
Princess Margaret landed at the Gare in Paris on her return from holiday in Italy and Switzerland. She was met by the British ambassador Sir Oliver Hardy and Canadian ambassador Major General George P. Vanier.
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Margaret
Italy
Suiherland
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Oliver Hardy
George P. Vanier
A-bomb May End Poverty for All Navajos
Phoenix, May 28. The atom bomb could make the poverty-stricken Navajo Indians wealthy, said Charles H. Dunning state director of mineral resources after a survey of the reservation in northwest Arizona. The Vanadium Co of America operates five uranium mines on Navajo land with 30 more leases signed. the Atomic Energy Commission will explore the reservation extensively in 1951.
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Charles H. Dunning
Mineral Resources
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Vanadium Co. of America
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Anid Dunn
Tango-type Game Held to Be Legal
Newport Beach May 28 police chief says the tangotype game called tango-quiz proposed for Balboa Club, 1600 Coast Hwy, is not illegal under state law. If approved, it will seat 50 players. Two other games with similar names were licensed in Balboa and Newport.
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Roland Hodgkinson
Los Angeles
Balboa Ba Club
Coast Hwy
Balboa
Newport
Harbor Belt Line Employees Vote in Strike Issue
Wilmington May 2 Determination of whether Harbor Belt Line operating employees strike will be decided by ballot begun yesterday with results and tabulation due next Tuesday. Employees seek a contract guaranteeing jobs in case of consolidation or coordination of the line's facilities. The railroad links major harbor shipping centers with standard lines.
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Harbor Belt Line
Ine
Aqueduct Plant Set for August Operation
The Metropolitan Water District reports a new 4 million dollar water softening unit will be placed in operation about August 1. The plant was completed yesterday and will double the output of the existing filtration plant.
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Metropolitan Water District
Navy to bring Rome Colosseum relic to Los Angeles
The U S Navy will haul a three and a half ton block of Rome's Colosseum via a battleship to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The stone, a granite piece five by three and a half by two and a half feet, was discussed with real estate man J J Garland during a Olympic committee meeting and was to be gifted to the California Olympic Stadium but proved too large for air transport.
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J. J. Garland
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Trans-World Airways
Union-Shop Clause Declared Illegal By NLRB Ruling
Washington May 28 AP report states the National Labor Relations Board unanimously ruled the union shop clause in John L. Lewis's contract with captive southern coal mines illegal under the Taft Hartley Act. The decision targets the Mine Workers agreements and holds that the miners were effectively on strike when work stopped pending contract talks. Lewis warned operators that the clause violated law and could be costly.
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John L. Lewis
Southern
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National Labor Relations Board
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Minera
Victim of Beating Found On Surf Beach Dies in Hospital
Walter George Case, 63, a railroad employee, died after a beating received in an apparent robbery. His battered body was found yesterday on the beach at Grand Ave Santa Monica, a bloodied hammer nearby and his pockets emptied. He died at Los Angeles General Hospital.
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Walter George Case
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Los Angeles General Hospital
Pomona Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Youths
In Pomona a motorcycle carrying Geneva Morse, 15, and Rex James Kenyon, 20, collided with a track-trailer at an intersection. Oakdale truck driver Martin Edward Paisley, 38, is held on negligence suspicions pending an inquest.
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UPA
Ant & Girl
G. ~. Weddle
Geneva Morse
Rex James Kenyon
Weddle
Martin Edward Paisley
Oakdale
State Sales Tax May Advance to 3Per Cent July
Sacramento report outlines possible tax changes as the California Legislature debates funding. Assembly opposition to Gov. Warren’s plan hinges on shifting from general funds to reserve funds for new buildings, affecting cigarette, whisky, and horse race levies and restoring taxes on banks and personal income. Democratic and Republican lawmakers unite in opposition to the governor’s fiscal push.
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Earl Warren
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Rumsey
Jonathon J. Hollibaugh
Huntington Park
Lawaiver Quits to Avoid Bribery or Bankruptcy
San Diego May 28 A California legislator Howard K. Cramer resigned from the State Assembly effective at midnight stating he quit to avoid bankruptcy or loss of integrity. He takes a job as a radio operator in the U S Immigration Service at Chula Vista his hometown. Cramer was elected to a second term last year and earlier served as a Navy aviation gunner.
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Howard K. Cramer
State Assembly
U. S Immigration Service
Chula Vista
Killer Spends Last Hours Praying for Criminal Kin
In Columbus on May 22, John K. Burson, 33, condemned for the Elsworth Ruch Jr. murder, faced execution by electric chair at 8:12 p.m. He spent his final days in religious meditation with Rev. C. V. Lucier, praying for four brothers on death row and his mother, who did not. Burson’s family records reveal multiple prior prison terms and convictions, including siblings with varied sentences and a mother noted for alcoholism.
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Servin
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John KR. Burson
Islayer
Elsworth Ruch Jr
C. V. Lucier
Orient
Burson
Mansfield Reformatory
Yugoslavia Seeks West Aid to Boost Economy
Yugoslavia faces a tough spot amid East West tensions as it seeks economic and financial help, machinery, and raw materials. An Associated Press summary notes Tito’s five year plan shifts workers to industry, lowering food output while raising consumption, with no move away from communism and aims to keep West deals apolitical. Foreign trade data show rising imports and exports in recent months, with 1947 exports at 84.8? to 85- percent of prewar levels and imports at around 53.2 percent, signaling modest recovery.
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Associated Press
Marshal Tito
Acarce
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Foreign Trade Ministry
Layoffs Decline as Unemployment Claims Peak Yet
Washington reported that total unemployment claims last week reached a yearly high of 2,057,750 for those out of work at least a week. New layoffs in industry fell 7,600 to 336,800, the second straight week of declines. Twenty eight states including New England saw fewer new claims, with Michigan dropping 4,800 amid auto labor disputes. E L Keenan noted many idled workers were recalled, and Connecticut Maryland New York Kentucky were among states topping declines. Continued claims rose due to administrative distortions in Virginia and the nation.
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Jagotta
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E. L. Keenan
The
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Maryland
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Nort National
Amateur fliers end 3300 mile Portland trip storm stops many planes
Oregon airmen completed a 3300 mile cross nation tour from Portland. Weather forced about 80 planes to divert to Massachusetts and New Hampshire airfields. Gordon L. Coyle of Corvallis led the landing with his 10 year old daughter Roberta aboard. Dr. Robert Greene of Portland ferried 20 planes that waited at Lebanon New Hampshire with Mrs. Greene.
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Corvallis Lumber
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Robert Greene
Portland
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Lewis Will Testify About Mine Safety
Sen. Neely says John L. Lewis will testify Tuesday morning before a Senate labor subcommittee on a mine safety bill. Lewis, UMWA president, is expected to back the bill giving federal inspectors authority to shut down unsafe mines.
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Sen
Neely
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Senate Labor
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United Mine Workers of America
Supervisors Won't Endorse Prop 4 In Aging Benefit Debate
Lake Arrowhead May 28 The California County Supervisors Association declines to take a stand on Proposition 4 repealing the old age benefits measure. Los Angeles County Supervisor William Smith calls the amendment a foolish thing and urges backing the movement to repeal.
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California County Supervisors’ Association
Wiliam Smith
Los Angeles County
British Sailor Held for Smuggling in San Francisco
A 20 year old London sailor Joe Halanen aboard the Partenia was arrested after customs found 87 pairs of pants and 27 British made sports coats in his possession. He claimed purchase in Liverpool and was held for action by the Federal District Court on smuggling charges.
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Joe, Halanen
London
Partenia
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Baik
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Judith Conlon's Purse to Be Bared
The jurors in Judith Conlon's espionage trial are awaiting the purse contents to be shown after the trial resumes. Prosecutors Kelley and Whearty plan to reveal items soon, depending on defense attorney Archibald Palmer's schedule. The purse reportedly contained government secrets linked to the case.
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Judith Conlon
John MM. Kelley Jr
Raymond P. Whearty
Archibald Palmer
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Wheat
Copion
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Cannery Group at San Diego Ponders Offer
San Diego tuna fleet ties persist as cannery owners review a compromise price proposal. The American Tunaboat Association offers $310 for basic yellowfin at dockside while boat owners push against a $340 guaranteed price. About 75 clippers idle. AFL fishermen back the opposition to reductions.
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American Tunaboat Association
Beery's Daughter Receives $2000 Monthly Allowance
In Los Angeles on May 2, Carol Ann Beery, 18 year old adopted daughter of the late Wallace Beery, was granted a $2000 monthly income for six months from the actor's estate valued at $2,000,000. She will study dramatic arts in New York and is one of three main beneficiaries of the will.
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Carol Ann ‘Beery
Wallace Beery
New York
Superior Court
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New York Dramatic Academy
Sapte
Milan Publisher Fined for Rap at U. S.
In Milan Italy the director of the Communist newspaper L Unita Davide La ilolo was fined 80 000 lire for publishing accusations that Italian newspapermen are warmongering servants of the United States. He must also pay 50 000 lire to the Milan journalists fund and print the sentence, plus a suspended eight month prison term.
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Italy
L'Unita
United States
Davide Lailolo
132 Heroes Share in Kathy Fiscus Rescue Money
Los Angeles May 2 The final chapter in the Kathy Fiscus tragedy closes as 132 men who toiled in vain receive checks from the Kathy Fiscus Rescue Fund Donations totaling 347613.20 were sent from across the country. Payouts range from 91.20 to 898.40 with names such as Whitey Blickensderfer 828.40 Tommy L 668.80 Don T Metz 927.20 William Yancey 866.40 Bart Herpel 775.20 Raymond Hill 668.40. An additional 1526 is held in reserve for possible future claims.
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Aris
Kathy
Rial
Arong
H. L
Whitey) Blickensderfer
Tommy L
Don T. Metz
William Yancey
Bart Herpel
Raymond Hill
Rodeo Stars Vie at Bellflower Spring Fair
Nationally known cowboy stars compete in roping, bronc busting, and trick riding at the Los Angeles County Spring Fair in Bellflower. Red Ryder leads the grand entry as top cowpokes vie for honors in 10+ horse riding classes, with hundreds of dollars in purses. Carroll Weberg notes fair attendance nearly doubles last year.
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Rocky Mountains
Los Angeles County
Red Ryder
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Feady
Aesir
Carroll Weberg
Army Offenders on Honor Plan
Fort Meade Maryland May 28 The Second Army announced an honor system for rehabilitation replacing confinement for many first offenders The program included work training and instruction and was declared a success ready for adoption at other installations Six soldiers formed a rehabilitation training company Most kept within restricted areas thanks to their honor Provost Marshal General Sad Gen Edwin E Parker Jr oversaw the effort
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Edwin E. Parker Jr
Canada official dies after operation in Ottawa
Ottawa May 3 28 Canada assistant deputy g rmindater aid matroller of transport Malcolm Maclennan 62 died today after an operation.
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UE Finnsy
Malcolm Maclennan
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Transport
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