Rupp Faces Gas Death Unless Insanity Proved
In Santa Ana Billy Rupp, 18, faces the gas chamber for the murder of Ruby Ann Payne, a 15 year old Yorba Linda babysitter, with a verdict of first degree murder after 281 hours of jury deliberation. The jury did not recommend leniency and a sanity trial is set for Monday to decide if he is sane enough to die.
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Santa Ana
Billy Rupp
San Quentin
Ruby Ann Payne
Yorba Linda
Kenneth E. Morrison
Rupp
Henry Jackson
Anaheim
Willian Rupp Sr
Rupppe
Lermey
Gomyedler
Mirder
Bill Rupp Jr
Young Rupp
California
Woman Violated Beaten Three Days in Maywood Apartment
Elizabeth Pruett 21 told police she was held captive for three days by a former boxer she had known for years. The assailant forced her into his car and into an apartment on Maywood streets, where she endured repeated violations and beatings until he slept. She escaped to a nearby building on West 36th Street, where the manager alerted officers. She was treated at General Hospital for possible skull fracture, head lacerations, and body bruises.
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Los Angeles
Maywood
Elizabeth Pruett
Weather outlook shows showers tonight to Saturday
Forecast calls for showers through tonight with clearing by Saturday as showers persist near mountains. Temperatures remain steady. A small crest from Monterey to San Diego is warned with 20 to 30 mile per hour winds and locally stronger gusts.
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Monterey
San Diego
Showers and small craft warnings along California coast
A battered 65-foot fishing boat El Re dondo struggled near Point Vicente as Island Queen rescued a lone man. Showers and small craft warnings spread along the southern California coast with winds 20 to 80 mph foreseen. Rain drenched Long Beach while the Weather Bureau predicted showers tonight and dry weather Saturday.
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el Redondo
Point Vicente
Patos Verdes
Island Queen
Coast Guard
California
Long Beach
Hamilton Air Force Base
Air Force
Weather Bureau
Alfred K. Kessler Jr
Con
the Forey
San Diego
Small Fourth Air Force
Force Area
Whichornia
Gregton
Washington
Nec
Th & Y
Cali
Vada
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Isler
Air Force Reserve
Mother and eight children die in Westport fire
In Westport Massachusetts a mother Mrs Mary T Audette and eight of her nine children perished in a kitchen fire that spread smoke and heat to upstairs bedrooms. The father Aladdin and an older son Daniel were working overnight when the tragedy occurred.
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Westport
Mass
Vup
Mary ‘T. Audette
Genevieve
Gillege
Jean
Manuel Rego
Audette
Rego
Mr. Audette
Rosenberg Seeks Blondes For Troops In Korea Visit
Manila dispatch reports Mrs. Anna Rosenberg assistant defense secretary was asked what troops in Korea need most. She answered bluntly that they need blondes. This remark drew attention amid wartime morale efforts.
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Manila
Anna Rosenberg
Defense
Korea
Woman Fends Off Would-Be Robber At Work
Ardath Finch, 33, bookkeeper at Reardon Distributor Co., locked up and walked to her car when a man suddenly produced a gun and ordered her to unlock the door and open the safe. She talked him into leaving, offering to drive him to a dark spot. he fled on Anaheim Street after she abandoned him on the highway.
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Ardath Finch
Relonda Beach
Reardon Distributor Co
12Th St
Miss Finck
Miss Mineck
Miss Flack
Anaheim Stt
Santa Fe Ave
Earthquake Shakes Milan Industries
An earthquake struck the southwestern part of Milan during the early hours. The brief tremor caused no damage and no injuries were reported.
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Milan
Italy
The Hard Way Curley Says Anybody Can Ride in Plane
Seattle report describes Pilot Roy Aitchison flying a seaplane at 2000 feet when his dog Curley the spaniel clung to a pontoon. He slowed to six mph and coaxed the dog back to Lake Sammamish. The pup held on through the wash and was celebrated by Bill and Mrs Aitchison.
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Curley
Seattle
Roy Aitchison
Aittchison
Aitchison
Lake Sammamish
Bill
Die-Hard Chinese Hold Charging ROKs Off Height
AP War Correspondent John Randolph from the central front reports Chinese forces and die-hard communists repelling a dawn attack on Pinpoint Hill. After 13 hours of fighting, ROK troops advanced partway but failed to seize the crest amid fog and heavy enemy assaults.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
John Randolph
Central Front
Kumhwa
Republic of Korea
ROK
Where to Find It Beach Combing and Classified Ads
A compact guide lists where to locate features across the paper including Beach Combing on Page 8-1, Boyle on A-11, Bridge B-4, Classified Ads 8-15, Comics 6-7, Crossword B-9, Editorial A-10, Financial 8-8, Southword Cities 6-2, Lookout B-3, Obituaries A-é, Radio and Television A-12, Shipping A-6, Sports A-13 to A-15, Theaters A-8, Tides Temperatures A-d, and Women's Activities B-4.
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Boyle
Dewey Visits Augusta for Policy Talks with Eisenhower
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York arrived in Augusta, meeting President-elect Eisenhower to discuss policy problems and Korea. He reiterated there is no possibility he would join Eisenhower's cabinet, and he framed his arrival en route to Miami for a yacht trip as part of the ongoing policy discussions.
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Augusta
AFP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Korea
Repubblican Administration
Miami
Dewey
Hisenhower
President Truman to allow federal workers time off for Eisenhower welcome
President Truman ordered federal employees be granted time off next Tuesday to join a city wide welcome for President elect Eisenhower in Washington District of Columbia. The memo to agency heads, issued by Donald Dawson, notes civic groups plan a large welcome as Eisenhower arrives for a conference with Truman at the White House to ensure a smooth transition of administrations.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
White House
Donald Dawson
Navy warship strike sinks five. tanker damaged near Virginia
NORFOLK VA AP A fast Navy attack transport and an oil laden tanker collided sixty miles east of Cape Henry early today. Five Army personnel aboard the destroyer Ruchamkin were killed and seven injured three seriously. The Washington sustained a damaged bow but continued to Philadelphia. The collision halted amphibious exercises and delayed a planned landing at Virginia Beach.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Navy
Texas Co
Washington
Fifth Naval District
Philadelphia
O'Hare
Fremont
Norfolk Naval Base
Ruchamk
Army
278Th Infantry
Contat
Fort Devon
Mass
Tennessee Natonal Guard
Ruthamkin
Virginia Beach
Richard Kidney
Ape
Col
Widow Carrying $9500 Loses It All
CHICAGO. A 58 year old widow told police she carried her life savings from $2500 to $10,000 because she distrusted banks and lost it to four purse snatchers Thursday. Mrs Wilma Gardner described a teenager striking her in the stomach and wrist, breaking her grip and taking the money. The cash was an inheritance from her mother and insurance proceeds after her husband’s death in 1948.
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Chicago
Wilma Gardner
Six Die in Blaze on Indian Reserve in Nanaimo
Six persons died in a residence fire on the Indian Reserve in Nanaimo B C early today. Ate and Mrs Mae Thomas along with three of their six children and Thomas brother James were victims. A son saved two other children by tossing them from a blaze circled window. The dead children ranged from six months to four years.
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Nanaimq
B. C
Ate
Mae Thomas
Thomas
James
Denouncing War Up and Down Plea From Soldier to Eisenhower
In a Syracuse letter written before 1952, Master Sgt Jack Smyth laments endless up and down fighting in Korea and asks why leaders and newspapers do not explain what the war is about. He pleads for someone to tell the California division’s troops the purpose and aims of the conflict. The Syracuse Herald Journal published and planned to forward the plea to President Eisenhower, then considering a Korea trip.
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Syracuse
Korea
Jack Smyth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Eisenhower
Impart
KOTC
California
The
Herald-Journal
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Goldie Wohlgemuth
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Cpl
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Sylvia Lovato
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Associated Press
High Sierra
Santa Barbara
Fresno
Guess
Hard
Marvel L. Arrowsmith
Texaco
Indian Reserve
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