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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1954
Page
5
A Christmas fireworks stockpile exploded in a house in Sarno, Italy, on Tuesday killing at least nine people and leaving several missing. Three homes were destroyed and another badly damaged.
The United States issued a note to the USSR demanding disciplinary action for Soviet fliers and pledging defensive protection for U S aircraft if Moscow fails to act. The exchange came amid debates on bipartisanship in Congress and tensions from the Formosa clashes. Prominent leaders Knowland Dulles Eisenhower Wilson Rayburn and Johnson weighed in on foreign policy cooperation and the danger of delaying decisive action.
A Tuesday night ti alarm fire destroyed a South Baltimore square block including a lumber yard and multiple businesses. It burned 61 of 110 first line pieces, triggered three explosions, and forced about 250 residents from homes. Firefighter George Powell suffered burns. damage could exceed one million dollars.
Seventy six year old Charles Rowe wandered from his new home at 11504 Loch Lomond Ave and, barefoot in jama shorts, opened the wrong door and ended up seven miles away. Deputies found him at a restaurant near Rosemead and Whittier Blvds after the morning call from the cafe owner. Rowe said he had quite a jaunt and promised to learn the bathroom location.
A giant Wave overturned and sank the 225 ton fishing boat Albatross near Chuwita Spain on Monday. Fifteen of the sixteen aboard were drowned. The sole survivor, Juan Varela Fernandez, clung to a capsized lifeboat and reached safety on Tuesday after drifting all night.
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