Bus Plunges From 50 Feet After Collision With Tank Truck
A Pacific Electric bus fell 50 feet into a deep excavation after colliding with a butane tank truck at Alameda and Aliso in downtown Los Angeles. Bus driver Leland H. Wilson died from severe injuries. about 13 passengers were injured and 36 were aboard. Several riders were thrown through windows as ambulances rushed victims to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. none of the injured were reported in serious condition. The truck teetered on the brink and avoided tipping into the excavation.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Electric
Leland H Wilson
Alhambra
Santa Fe
Georgia Street
Alameda
Aliso
Hollywood
Santa
Wilmington Man Found Shot Dead
An unemployed laborer Genaro Garcia, 56, was found shot to death in his small home behind 126L Hiatt Street in Wilmington. Police say a small caliber bullet struck his right temple and he had been dead about five hours. His nephew Ernest Garcia found the body around 9 a.m. Investigators consider murder. no weapon was found. Neighbors heard dogs barking around 4 a.m., about the time of death.
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Wilmington
Hiatt St
Genaro Garcia
Ernest Garcia
Weather Outlook With Fog and Mild Temperature
Night brings low clouds and local fog with hazy afternoon sun today and Sunday. Little temperature change with highs near 75 degrees.
Ex-Woman Bride Story at Stax Lodge Despite Secrecy
Dr Ewan Forbes Sempil and housekeeper maid Aschel Mitchell married in a closed ceremony at Stax Lodge Friday night. The bride is 40 and the groom recently changed his name amid gender transition. guests included the doctor's brother Lord Sempill. A priest attended and callers were refused admission.
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Alford
Scoilaed
Ewan Forbes-Semplis
Eroftt
Elizabeth
Aschel Mitchell
Lord Sempill
Forbes-Sempill
Stax Lodge
Peter McEwan
Five Die In Navy Training Plane Crash Near New Orleans
A Beechcraft twin engined trainer crashed into a canal near the New Orleans Naval Air Station during weekend exercises, killing five marine reservists from Louisiana and injuring one. The plane tore down wires and crashed into a canal bank before landing on its back.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Navy
Louisiana
7th Bomb Wing Leader Missing in Action in Korea
Col Glenn C Nye commander of the 10th Bomb Wing and his B-26 crew were listed missing after their plane was hit by anti aircraft fire during a daylight strike. Nye, 40, of Champaign Illinois, led the six plane formation as the left engine ignited and bombs were released. No parachutes were seen after the aircraft spiraled down behind hills. Nye had 16 years in service and had commanded the wing since 1952 after Chanute assignment.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
Glenn C. Nye
U. S&s
Lsted
Nye
Champaign
Herbert
Pincus
Hempstead
N. Y
William J. Bel
Norfolk
William H
Vanney
Ponca City
Oklo
Air Force
1Vth
Chanute Air Force Base
Europe
Red Troops Practice Near Yugoslav Line
In Hungary near the Yugoslav border four Russian satellite nations conduct joint maneuvers. The radio cites reliable sources and lists Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia as participants, all allies of the Soviet bloc and foes of Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia.
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London
Belgrade
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Illinoisans Get Overseas Orders At Camp Cooke
The 44th Infantry Division unit based at Camp Cooke California received overseas orders affecting 3400 to 3600 Illinois soldiers. The draft will pull most remaining personnel into Far East and European theaters with pre-embarkation leave within two weeks. Officers are ordered individually.
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Camp Cooke
Calif
44Th Infantry
Ilinois National Guard
Public Information Office
Far East
Europe
Alaska
44Th Division
135Th Engineers
Chinese Reds Reclaim White Norse Mountain In Fresh Assault
In a savage counterattack near White Norse Mountain northwest of Chorwon, Chinese forces reportedly toppled South Korean infantry on the summit, recapturing the hill just hours after ROK 1st Division troops had driven them off. The hill has changed hands for the 23rd time in five days as a surge toward Seoul unfolds.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
1 Sth
White Horse
Chorwon
Heartsick war bride reunites with son in Pasco
In Pasco Washington a German war bride Mrs Elwood Dwinnel reunites with her son Uwe Mahfeld after four years apart. Uwe travels from Berlin to join his mother at the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Martell where a welcome cake reads Herzlich Willkommen. The journey was funded by a Berlin advertising agency and Uwe says he hopes to stay in America where people are friendly.
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Pasco
Wash
Uwe Mahfeld
Berlin
Elwood Dwinnel
Uwe
America
Martell
Syeafold
Spokane
Germany
Where to Find It
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Adlai Stevenson vows ruthless graft crackdown in White House bid
In Miami Florida Adlai E Stevenson promised to pursue corruption without mercy if elected president. He tied Cuban gambling scandals to national crime rings and pledged identical reform in Washington, pressing civil rights and federal land disputes amid Florida campaigning.
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Miami
Fla
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Florida
New Orleans
Washington
Stevenson
Truman Ends Whistle Stop Tour With Harlem Speech
President Truman wrapped up his whistle stop tour in New York delivering a Harlem speech urging Negro voters to beware Eisenhower and Republicans as a threat to civil rights gains. He argued segregation in the Army is morally and militarily wrong, citing troops in Korea as proof of equality under service.
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New York
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harlem
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Senate
Korea
Eisenhower Targets Tax Spend Rule in Utah Speech
General Dwight D. Eisenhower criticized current politics as divide exploit tax spend and rule during a Salt Lake City address in the Mormon tabernacle. He urged steady leadership balancing security and liberty before continuing his campaign swing to Denver and Texas with a focus on the South.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Southland
Texas
Barner
Phoenix
Ariz
Eisenhower
Two Men Hunted in Fatal Stabbing at Willowbrook
Sheriff deputies seek two suspects in a fatal 12:15 a.m. stabbing on a parking lot at 11812 S Parmiee Ave in Willowbrook. Fletcher, 27, of 1765 E 115th St died at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital after an argument over money from a pawned suit. Witness Otis Hubbard, 21, said the suspects fled in a car later found abandoned at 102nd and Beach. An all-points bulletin was issued. Fletcher is survived by his mother.
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Willowbrook
Elgin
Fletcher
Compton
Sgt. Martin
Otis L. Hubbard
1765
B. 115Th St
102Nd
Beach Sts
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Bennie Haynes
Jean St
Truman Whistle Stop Violence Flare In New York
During President Truman’s whistle stop tour through New York state fists and tomatoes flared. An Eisenhower supporter and a Stevenson backer were treated for facial injuries and a third man was charged with felonious assault after incidents in Amsterdam and Schenectady. At Grand Central Station Stanley Stone and Jack Rubenstein clashed resulting in Rubenstein’s hospitalization and Stone’s jailtime.
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New York
Eisenhower
Stevenson Rooter
Truman
New York State
Amsterdam
N. Y
Mr. Truman
Schenectady
Stevenson
Grand Central Station
Stanley Stone
Jack Rubenstein
Rubenstein
Bellevue Hospital
Stone
Soviet Leader Warns US War Danger at Congress
Soviet Deputy Premier Nikolai Bulganin told the 18th Soviet Communist Party Congress there is a real danger the United States will launch a war against Russia. He urged constant battle readiness and noted the Democratic camp armed forces must stay prepared while peaceful economic goals are pursued.
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Moscow
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Communist Party
United States
Russia
Raratea Nf
Soviet Union
Central Committee
Stalin
Politburo
Politburo and the Organization Bureau
Bulanin
Theoviet Union
Bulganin
Push-Button Weapons Not Invincible Warns Dr Bush
MEDFORD Mass Dr Vannevar Bush veteran scientific leader cautioned that no push button weapon grants lasting military supremacy He spoke at Tufts College centennial noting a totalitarian state with tanks millions under arms atomic bomb stockpiles still cannot guarantee lasting advantage He warned against overreliance on new weapons and stressed enduring use of conventional means of warfare.
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Medford
Mass
America
Vannevar Bush
Tufts College
Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Fourth Tot Found Alive on Bloody Logging Road
Chester California AP reports a grocer Gard Young 43 and three daughters were found beaten to death on a remote logging road six miles east of Chester. A blood smeared fourth child was found alive, initially near death but later said to be recovering from shock. Young had withdrawn 7100 from a Westwood bank Friday.
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Chester
Calif
California
Gard Young
Westwood
Young
Handy
Plumas County
Sondra
Gay Young
Seek Suspect and Four Hostages Face Phoenix Case
California police warn that Tommie Irwin, 31, of Bakersfield may head to Phoenix with a kidnapped woman and her three children as hostages. A nationwide bulletin seeks Irwin, described as dangerous and mentally unstable, and notes his sister lives in Casa Grande or Chandler. The woman, Dana Seaman, and her children, ages 6, 4, and 7, were forced to accompany him. Bakersfield authorities have filed a kidnapping charge.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Tommie Irwin
Bakersfield
Calif
California
Irwin
Christian Kelly
Casa Grande
Chandler
Dana Seaman
Seaman
Lis
Pollee
Brakeman Hero Stops Runaway Train Near Cedar City
Darel Walker, a Union Pacific brakeman from Cedar City, leaped from a car to the engine as a freight train sped away at an estimated 70 miles per hour. Police sped to Iron Springs at speeds around 90 mph to assist, and Walker boarded the moving locomotive to bring the runaway to a stop.
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Cedar City
MM. W. Walker
Union Pacific Railroad
Anthon H. Lambert
Iron Springs
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