Bellflower Courthouse Fire Damages 30 000 Admits Court Still Open
Bellflower Los Cerritos Municipal Court suffered a 30 000 dollar fire after arson damaged the building. Judge Roberta Butzbach planned to continue court in a smoke-logged jury room as investigators from the sheriff’s arson detail probed the blaze. Deputy Norman Leon fainted from smoke but recovered. Firefighters from Bellflower Paramount and Downey contained flames within an hour. Nearby Roswell flood scene reports nine missing, four dead, and widespread property loss across Pecos Valley communities.
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Bellflower
Las Cerritos
Roberta Butzbach
William Young
Norman Leon
Los Angels County Fire Department
Paramount
Downey
S. J. Turner
Don Mead
Sheriff's Office
Butzbach
Los Cerritos
B. Flower St
County Civic Center
Ed Hatcher
L. Long
Dean Wert
G W Mason Dies Nash Hudson Chief in Detroit
George W. Mason president and chairman of American Motors Corp. died at Harper Hospital Detroit after a brief illness. Born March 22, 1891, Mason led Nash Hudson after its 1950 organization and shaped the Nash Kelvinator merger and Hudson Nash merger as a key auto industry executive.
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Detroit
George W. Mason
American Motors Corp
Harper Hospital
Mason
American Motors
Nash and Hudson
R Mason
Valley City
WN. D
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Copeland Products
Kelvinator Corp
Nash
Consolidated Companies
Charles W. Nash
Hudson Motors
Nash-Kelvinater Corp
Eisenhower to Speak Tonight on Farm Speech and Campaign Drive
President Eisenhower plans a major televised and radio campaign address tonight from Denver. Vice President Nixon says a Midwest farm speech is likely soon and the remarks should give Republicans a boost toward keeping control of Congress. The Denver White House bills the talk as the campaign’s greatest single effort to prevent a Democratic recapture, with broad coast to coast coverage.
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Denver
Nixon
Eisenhower
Denver White House
Chie
HNXT
Channel 2
KEI
Midwest
Congress
Republican National Committee
Cbs-Tv
NBC
Classified and notices details from the edition
A reader index lists where to find the week's newspaper sections including Beach Combing Bridge and comic pages. It notes page letters and an entry labeled 7 a for the openings.
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Boyle
Wilson
Weather Outlook Near Clear Through Saturday
Mostly clear conditions prevail into Saturday with early morning fog or low clouds. Temperature trends show a slight uptick in warmth, yielding a milder feel during daytime hours and cooler nights.
Police Catch Youths With Stolen Safe
A 19 year old burglary suspect James Wade of Long Beach surrendered to police at noon after detectives said he led three accomplices who hammered open a stolen safe near the San Gabriel River. Robert Layman of Lakewood and a 14 year old were arrested earlier. another boy involved fled. The group pointed to a home at 262 Termine Ave as their hideout and burglary site before Wilenberg, the occupant, was away. A separate note reports 20 Japanese children missing after a boat capsized on a mountain lake during a sightseeing trip.
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Roswell
N. M
Pecos
Sacamento
Frank Thomas
New Mexico Transportation Co
New Mexico
West Texas
James McClutcheon
Willie Salo
Manuel Hernandez
Ben Tolliver
Salina
Texas
Minnie Juarez
Eva
Tony
Helen
Salo
Hernandez
Tony Tolliver
Francisco
Morales Fernandez
Manuel Vel
Jos Rodriguez
Nicholas Costa Ortega
McCutcheon
Thomas
Hagerman
Here
Pecos Valley
Carlshed
Dexter
Artesia
Lake Arthur
Carlsbad
James
Layman
Theiflo
San Ga' Oriel
Long Beach
Folice
Ed Wysocki
Les Johnson Jr
R. C. Dillon
Jayman
San Gabriel River
Tth St
Parsons
Termine Ave
Carl O. Wilfinberg
Schuman backs London Plan linking Germany to Western Europe
Paris AP Schuman warned a rearmed West Germany might quit the London aligned seven power bloc. He urged closer ties to Western Europe, matching his role in planning the EDC, as France debates Mendes France’s London accord endorsement in the National Assembly amid looming votes on Brussels NATO and German rearmament provisions.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Germany
London
Western
Europe
European Defense Community
Schuman
French National Assembly
Mendes-France
France
Britain
Holland
Luxembourg
Belgium
West Germany
Italy
Brussels Mutual Defense Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels Group
NATO
Bundestag
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Coast Guard Cutter Mor- ris crash with yacht Alpha described
Ensign James A Frost Jr of the cutter Morris testified at a hearing that about five minutes before impact he believed the Alpha was passing well to starboard as the Morris rammed amidships on the port side off Point Hu en em est at 4 58 a m on Oct 2. Three aboard the Alpha were saved, two presumed drowned. Frost said he adjusted course from 293 to 287 degrees and observed the Alpha's mast light and later the green starboard light. He reported seeing the vessel maneuvering and believed it was crossing his bow before the collision. Four or more whistle blasts followed the impact. The inquiry continues.
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Coast Guard
Ens. Frost
Times
Ansign Frost
Frost
Poulson Seeks Ouster Over City Fire Integration Fees
Los Angeles mayor Norris Poulson vows to remove any fire commissioner blocking integration of white and Negro firefighters. A stalemate among four commissioners sparked a large crowd of cheering firemen and disrupted proceedings. The dispute centers on transferring Negro firemen from two all Negro stations to stations citywide, with recall threats and a pending fact finding report.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Norris Poulson
Poulson
Fire Commission
Etter
Commission
Richard K. Yeamans
Alderson
Robert A. Day
J. C. Joscelyri
Day
Plane forced back by Atlantic storms flies home
A Canadian Air Force transport, returning from a mission, faced 70 mile per hour headwinds and ice over the Atlantic. The aircraft, carrying officials including Foreign Secretary Lester Pearson, turned back and was rerouted to Shannon, England.
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Canada
Shannon
England
Lester Pearson
Atlantic
Ten Teens Held in Dope Party Raid Near El Monte
AP report details a narcotics raid at Five Points southeast of El Monte where 12 youths, including two teenage girls, were arrested on narcotics charges. Officers seized 43 heroin capsules, two injection outfits, and a forged draft card. Suspects range in age from 14 to 25, with names listed for eight adults and three juveniles unnamed.
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EL Monte
Here
D. A. Cook
Sherif
Cook
Rodney Turman
Alfred V. Lopez
Los Angeles
Heraby
Bilils
Jo-Cellucci
Buena Park
Temple City
Jeanne Bastin
Arcadia
James Mc Miller
Pagadéna
Ronald A. Robey
el Noute
Ronald A. Jenkins
Baldwin Park
John E. Campbell
Altadena
Fred L. Becker
Mina Ave
Whittier
Rosemead High School
Lopez
Mendocino ‘State Hospital
Vigor Mortis on TV Stage A Murder Mystery
CBS mystery "It Was" stars Tristram Coffin as a husband shot by his wife Teresa Wright in a den set. Detective Powell and Horace McMann act as investigators as the corpse is moved off screen. The network notes Coffin thought the camera was off him.
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Tristram Coffin
Teresa Wright
CBS
Dick Powell
Coffin
Powell
Horace
McMann
Tristram
Pedestrian 34th Death of Year in City Traffic
A 55-year-old woman Edna P. Lister died at St Marys Hospital from injuries after being run over at 10th Street and Pine Avenue. Driver Srenna Chbeile Reiss cited for failing to yield in a crosswalk. The 34th city fatality this year compares with 31 last year at this time.
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St. Mary's Hospital
10Th St
Pine Ave
Edna P. Lister
W. Broadway
Srenna Chbeile Reiss
Pacific Ave
Tse
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Albert R. Malone
Sistors St
Torrance
Wardlow Rd
Timothy James Robinson
Los Angeles
Cane
Malone
Seaside Hospital
Robinson
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James Frost
Ronald Caspers
Martha Kurz
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