Tragic heat wave crash claims six children in Norwalk
In Imperial Crest Norwalk a heat wave cooled plan to visit relatives ended in a high speed collision. Mrs Lee attempting a cooling ride with six children was broadsided by a truck trailer at a busy Washington Boulevard Rosemead Boulevard intersection. Witnesses Margie Rojas Connie Riach and C R Kerr reported the crash and the weight of the truck pushed the sedan 290 feet along a service road. Seven children from the Lee and Diller families were affected with six killed and others injured. The driver Bander faced questioning while officials disagreed on fault. Residents described Imperial Crest as a close knit community shocked by the loss and the destroyed Fluton Street homeward bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton R. Pulham
Pluton St
Imperial Crest
Washington Blvd
Rosemead Blvd
Margie Rojas
Connie Riceh
Trucker Bander
Bauder
Smith
Bauer
Jlés
Ord
Alen Pulliam
Timmy
Pulliam
Pulliamas
Sally
Arthure Diller
Nancy
Carolyn
Artie
Raby David
Diller
Susan Lee
Lee
Youth Flees Police Kills Boy Wounds Cop
A youth suspected in auto theft shot and killed an 11 year old boy and wounded a policeman after escaping from a Chicago police station. Police hunted the suspect, Carey Robinson 19, and Leon Freeman 15, with officers sweeping the East Side area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Side
101St St
Ewing Ave
Carey Robinson
Leon Freeman
Stanley Szymanski
Robinson
James Quinlan
Daniel Decero
South Chicago
Eisenhower outlines grand labors for lasting peace
The president urged a just and durable peace not by force or threats but through understanding aspirations, fair trade, resolving prejudices, and peaceful communication while maintaining security. He linked these goals to domestic aims, noting family and community strides toward equality and the end of slums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Sandra
Linda
Randy
Norwalk Tragedy Strikes Diller Family and Neighbors
In Norwalk, the Diller home at 10838 Pluton St becomes a site of mourning after a traffic tragedy killed three Diller children and three other youngsters as well as a housewife. Neighbors mourn and recall plans for a party that would have united the block. The Dillers moved from Detroit seven months ago and faced the sudden loss with quiet grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Arthur Biber
Aries
Pluten St
Sandra
Arthur Diller
Pluton St
Dillers
Rivera
Helen Lee
Karen
Carolyn
Nancy
Arthur Jo
Dil Jers Aems
Pratid
Diller
Court Order Ends Eastern Dock Strike
New York longshoremen from rival unions returned to Atlantic Coast piers under a Taft Hartley order that bans the strike for at least 10 days. Tugboat crews and cargo handlers idle since Thursday began to resume work in morning shape-ups as 160 workers from a bolted local joined two freighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Council OKs Rezoning for New Industry
Long Beach approves a 20 acre rezoning from residential to industrial for an electronics plant south of 70th Street between Obispo and Downey Avenues. Leach Relay Co and subsidiaries Jeffries Transformer Co and Palmer Electric Manufacturing Co plan a factory, with 700 current Los Angeles workers and a $2.5 million annual payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Leach Relay Co
Jeffries Transformer Co
Palmer Electric Manufacturing Co
70Th St
Obispo
Downey Aves
Los Angeles
C. R. Harmon
E. Blackburn
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee
Fragmentary Notes From A Quiet Yard Scene
A hazy excerpt describes safety talk and a family puppy roaming the yard. The street remains deserted with no playmates nearby, conveying a calm, lone neighborhood moment.
FBI Nabs Seven Top Red Chiefs
After World War II the state board of the Communist party in Cleveland led a crackdown arresting seven top party figures. Charged under the Smith Act with conspiracy to advocate overthrow, they include Joseph Brandt David Katz Frieda Zucker Katz Lucille Bethencourt Elvader Greenfield Joseph Dougher and Frank Hashmall. The arrests mark a continued federal effort to seize second tier leaders across Ohio and Pennsylvania with prior waves dating to 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party At
Cleveland
Communist Party
Midwest
United States
Justice Department
Joseph Brandt
Forneely
Frieda Zucker Katz
David Katz
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Lucille Bethencourt
Communist Activites
Lorain
Elvader Claud Greenfield
Ohio Communist Party
FBI
E. Griene
Joseph Michael Dougher
Joseph Michael Walsh
Pennsylvania
Thhe
Steubenville
Ohio State Penitentiary
Frank Hashmall
New York City
Hamilton
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Carlyn
Arthur
David
Susan Shiney
Timmy Pulliam
Linda Diller
Reviaws
Reviow
Revlon
Walker's Street
Webcor Noble
Meee
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