Memorial Day observances span nation with wreaths and processions
Across Arlington and scattered cemeteries, officials and veterans honor fallen soldiers. Vice President Nixon will lay a wreath at the Unknown Soldier tomb, with ceremonies reflecting on Confederate and prisoner of war dead, coast guard flotillas, and tributes from coast to coast amid unsettled stormy weather and seasonal warmth.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Nixon
Wat
Keokuk
Town
National Cemetery
Ft. Bragg
N.C
American Legion
Mass
Boston
Warren
Wildwood
N. J
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Depoe Bey
Oregon
Censtral
C. David Berg
Malden
Schenectady
Benjamin F. Reisner
Spain
Sac Bernardinn Mountains
Redlands
Cal
Meriden
Conn
Lll
May Donovan
Katherine Weeks
Pie
Derrick F. Donoven
Korea
U.S. Army
Grainine
Hartford
Thomas C. Barber
Edward Lowe
Bath Memorial
Mid-Continent
Middle Atlantic
Kansas
Missouri
Illnois
Lower
Michigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebrask
Cheyenne
Great Lakes
Gulf
Pacific Northwest
Central Plains
Rockies
Senate Votes Teeth for Tavern Controls
The Senate sent two liquor control measures to Governor Knight. One lets state officials revoke tavern licenses for repeated prostitution and drug use by patrons. The other grants liquor officers general police powers during official tavern visits.
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Senate
Knight
Ex-Gl Now Female Will Lecture Here
A former paratrooper and ex T Sgt Robert Egan Rees, now living as Tamare Adel Rees, will speak in Long Beach at 724 Elm Ave under Rev Katherine Kimbrough. He will present two lectures at 2 and 8 p m on Social Deviation and Adjustment detailing his Holland missions and transit experiences.
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Holland
Len
Long Beachy
Tamare Adel Rees
Robert Egan Rees
Elm, Ave
Katherine: Kimbrough
State Solons Try to Clear Budget Bills
In Sacramento, after Gov Knight signed a 4 billion dollar budget, both houses pressed reform bills. Lawmakers logged 127 Assembly measures and 122 in the Senate as sessions stretched to midnight with over 100 bills in the House and 90 in the Senate awaiting action.
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Goodwin J. Knight
California
Sacramento
Knight
Assembly
Senate
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
State Water Department
Assemblyma Clark Bradley
San Jose
Feather River
Oroville
San Luis ‘Reservoir
Merced County
Assembly ‘Committee On Conservation, Planning and Public Works
Orange
Capistrano Beach
Two Boys Die in Separate Shootings in City
In St Louis two 34 year old youths were killed Friday on neighboring streets in separate shootings. One victim, Frank Higgins, died after allegedly playing Russian roulette with a gun he brought from a suitcase. The other, John Baggle, was found with a rifle and note. police see no link between the incidents and are investigating.
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ST. Louis
Louis Caleatella
Frank J. Higgins
John Bacely
Chris Bapely
Young Bagely
Baggly
Calesterre
Higgins
Frank
City Hospital
Ophelia Higgins
Poulson to Inform Jury of Trash Racketeering Claim
Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson says he will present to the County Grand Jury next Tuesday charges of racketeering and an alleged monopoly in the trash collection industry. He accuses the Board of Supervisors of using an Oct 1 home incinerator ban as leverage to slow private contractor bids. Poulson warns of a looming threat to life and property, while industry officials deny any monopoly and reject racketeering claims as false.
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Los Angeles
Norris Poulton
County Grand Jury
Poulson
Board of Supervisors
A.egigian
Rubbish Collectors Assn
Egigian
Precious Tape Stolen From Briskier’s Offices
A thief took Dr. Arthur Briskier’s heart sound recorder and ten years of research tapes from his Park Avenue offices. The New York Medical Society urged returning the tapes, warning a burglary could set back global efforts against heart disease. The reels contain recordings of unusual heart sounds, hypersensitive hearts and fetal heart beats.
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New York
Arthur Briskier
New York County Medical Society
Briskier
Park Ave
Udall Tornado Relief Efforts Expand In Midwest
A Friday tornado wreck in Udall left 73 hired workers and over 200 injured. Housing, Red Cross aid, and National Guard help poured in as 170 homes were ruined and 50 people remained missing. Gov. Hall visited as shelters and relief agencies mobilized.
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Udall
National Guard
Washington
Charles 5. Slusser
Wichita
National Red Cross
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Earl B. Rowe
Fred Hall
Red Cross
Blackwell
Okla
Chickaskia
Arnold
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Lebanon
Montgomery
Boone
Clinton County
New Market
Waveland
Mechanicsburg
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Leadville
Rockies
Truck Strike Peace Hope Fading In Southern California
Five of the union's demands dropped from a proposed three year 9-cent hourly raise per year for local line drivers in Southern California. Evraud cited no hot cargo provisions or pension plan. Industry leaders like Brewster were pessimistic, noting the likelihood of rejection despite a potential deal. Goods piling up at docks and terminals forced rail and carmakers to adjust operations as transport shortages hindered production.
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California
Evraud
Ruele
Midwest
Brewster
Dustry
Studebaker
Weel
Ventura County
Tailrones
Xtra
Ithe
Uaw International Executive Board
Reuther
Ford
National
Ford Council
UPFO
UAW
Ernest Breech
Ford Board
General Motors
Fardi
GM Council
Senate Bill Aims to Ban L A Drilling Off Santa Monica Bay
Legislation moves to ban offshore oil drilling along the 47 mile stretch from Point Fermin to the Ventura County line including Santa Monica Bay. Assemblyman Levering backs the measure with broad support and cautions a broader ban may protect residential areas, while Shell favors expanding tideland access and opposes the split.
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Sacramento
Senate
Los Angeles County
Santa Monica Bay
Marold K. Levering
Los Angeles
Tulsa
Okla
PIAA
Mileed
Point Fermin
Venta County
Point Vicente
Culver Blvd
Lloyd H.tideland
McGuire
Point Dume
Civil Service
Levering
Point Tdume
Ventura County Board
Assembly
Shell
Santa Monica
Wildcat
Charles E. Chapel
Inglewood
Chapel
Wire Tragedy Nets Three Youths in Water Hazard
Three youths were electrocuted when they stepped from a stalled car into six inches of water charged by a fallen 2,800-volt line in Hawthorne. The victims, all from Independence, were identified as 17 year olds George Rock and Emil Dasta and a girl, Maureen Freeman. The line crossed Normandie Avenue near a flooded area as rescuers and deputies investigated the scene. A later report notes a hospital concussion and lacerations for a girl and a separate unrelated convention news item from Geneva.
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Hawthorne
Algames Fraser
George
Rock
Independence
Sheriff's Deputies
Emil J. Dasta
Kansas City
Meureen
Cecile Freeman
Normangie Ave
Imperl
Philadelphia
Fandred
Leo R. Hiesendorf
Las
Fort Angeles
Gars
S. Vermont Ave
Gial Federation of Wem
United States
Biesendorf
Glen Countries
Theodore
Chapman
Normandie Ave
Jerseyville
General Federal
Harbor
Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
Middle, East
Africa
Idlewild International Airport
New
342 Clubwomen to Geneva World Parley
York Friday meeting reports Secretary of Labor Mitchell saying equal job opportunities under federal contracts, predicts 1955 a record year for American workers with 62 million employed. Prices steady for five months and even slight drop last month. Resolutions include endorsement of fundamental freedom and right to work in chosen jobs.
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York
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Two Burglary Counts Against Transient Man
Borjemin IF Webb 45 a transient faces two burglary counts for stealing more than $2,000 worth of tools and equipment from a building at 700 W 208th St. Webb appeared for preliminary hearing Friday in Compton Municipal Court and was ordered held for Superior Court with trial set for June 10.
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208Th St
Borjemin
Webb
Compton
Spree Stopped Second Chance To Blow Savings
A Boston couple, both paper cutters, were detained by police for their own good after flashing large sums of money in Charlestown. They planned to spend about six thousand dollars of their life savings in one night, and now face a second chance to decide their future.
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Boston Cpi
Charlestown
Michael F. O'Brien
Ten Miners Die in Indian Gold Field Collapse
Ten miners were killed at the Xolar Gold Field in Bombay India when a shaft wall collapsed at about 8,700 feet depth. The disaster occurred as workers were traveling underground, with reports noting the men were crushed in the collapse.
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Bombay
India
Xolar
Uranium Prospecting Made Easy
Uranium prospecting is made easier by numerous scientific devices for prospectors and professionals. Geiger counters and scintillators aid locating uranium, alongside traditional mineral finds, with Shelby Instrument Company at 1701 Magnolia offering tools.
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Mateur
Inet
Shelby Instrument Company
Magnolia
Ford rejects Reuther bid to join pay talks
Ford declined Walter Reuther’s invitation to join the UAW National Ford Council meeting to decide the workers’ response to Ford’s proposed pay and benefits package. The union rebuked the offer as a “phony” while Ford warned it would be an unforgivable error not to let workers learn details.
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Petrov
UAW
Ford
Reuther
Tito avoids Kremlin push as talks with Soviets continue
Yugoslav leader Tito stands firm against Soviet bid for closer ties while delegates debate next steps in Belgrade. Russian aides warn of rapid moves as Khrushchev and Mikoyan press for closer political relations amid the Yugoslav stance.
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Brions
Tito
Adrietic
Soviet Union
U. S
Johni Foster Dulles
Belgrade
Gaurees
Kremlin
Las
Belgade
Vikitas Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Vikalai A. Bulganin
Anastase I.mikoyan
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