Three Day Rain Belts Northeast States With Severe Losses
A three day storm battered eight states causing widespread damage and many deaths or missing persons. New York City reported the worst over and forecasters predicted the peak has passed though upstate New York and New England could see more rain. President Eisenhower pledged aid as Civil Defense and emergency crews conducted rescue and salvage operations. About 6,900 families were affected across Connecticut New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania with bridges roads power lines and water supplies disrupted. Weather recorded rainfall up to 11 inches in some areas. Continued coverage on page A-3.
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Long Beach Phone Number Change Goes Into Effect
Long Beach switchboards report busy lines as new six exchange system starts. General Telephone officials note 8000 numbers changed or added prefixes while emergency numbers stay the same. Police and fire departments adapt to direct long distance dialing as residents adjust to new routines and dial tones.
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Purse Seiner St. Ann of the Sunset sinks off Pt Vicente
Ten crew saved after the purse seiner St. Ann of the Sunset sinks in 3000 feet of water off Pt. Vicente. Skipper Robert Ferando says bilge pump failed when water flooded the engine room. Coast Guard vessel Brack reports the boat listing with main deck awash as it sank at 6:05 am thirteen miles west of Felands. crew saved personal effects.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
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Tony ‘Kordich
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Hunters' Luck Ends With Duck Misfire On Water
A duck shoot went wrong when pellets struck a hunter, Vernon Luedloff of Ravenna Street Wilmington, seated on a boat in a slough. He, hit by three pellets, was taken to Community Hospital by James Hawkins of Lynwood. About 40 hunters fired at the duck. pellets also hit Luedloff, causing a right eye wound.
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Orange County
Wind storm damages property near Ozark Ala
Property damage estimated in the thousands resulted from a wind storm that struck near Ozark on Sunday authorities reported.
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Ozark
Ala.Pi
Ozark Sunday
Eisenhower Faces Higher Defense Costs in Coming Year
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson told President Eisenhower that military expenses for the next fiscal year may exceed the current 34.5 billion dollar estimate. He expects a budget near 34.5 billion and an armed force around 2.89 million, with slight possible increases. The President approved Lt. Gen. Randolph Pate to succeed Shepherd as Marine Corps commandant and discussed a successor to Donald Quarles as Air Force secretary.
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Haitian Hills Curb Force of Hurricane
Hurricane Katie cut a path across Hispaniola causing wind damage in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Peak winds reached 115 mph on the south coast before mountains weakened the storm to 40 to 50 mph. Expected to regain hurricane force at sea and move northeast toward the open Atlantic, unlikely to threaten the U.S. mainland. The storm's center was near Puerto Plata, moving northeast at about 14 mph.
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Ad Man's Wife Slain and Son Tries Self-Destruction
Pasadena AP report details the murder of Iris Hawley, skull crushed, found in her Pasadena bedroom. Her 18-year-old son Jack Hawley attempted suicide by running his father’s car into traffic and hurling himself at vehicles on Route 66 near San Bernardino, then was crushed by a diesel truck and hospitalized in critical condition.
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San Bernardino General Hospital
Weather outlook flags fog and warmth Tuesday
Night and morning low clouds with fog Tuesday morning. Temperatures rise slightly as conditions warm through the day. South winds ease, and sunshine may break by afternoon in spots.
Margaret Back From Rural Idyll
London crowds gathered as Princess Margaret returned from a country weekend with Peter Townsend amid reports of royal and church opposition to their marriage. She rode through Clarence House in a Rolls Royce with Lady Iris Peake and Det. Fred Crocker, while Queen Mother also returned from Windsor. Townsend later arrived at Lowndes Square. no official word on a possible engagement, though many Britons believe it will happen. The Duke of Edinburgh reportedly advises against the pairing, and Princess Marie Louise suggested such a union would be unthinkable. Rumors swirled about Archbishop Canterbury possibly voicing disapproval if engagement becomes official.
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Queen Victoria
Chessman Is Granted New Hearing On Plea For Habeas Review
The Supreme Court orders a fresh lower court hearing for Daryl Chessman in San Francisco on a habeas corpus petition after years of failed appeals in his death sentence case. In other actions, the Court freed John David Provoo on a technicality, granted a hearing to 14 California Communist leaders, allowed 360 friends of the court to weigh in on the 1950 International Security Act, and set to rule on George Parr’s tax trial challenge.
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Los Angeles
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Provoo
New York
California
William Schneiderman
George B. Parr
South
Texas
Austin
Parr
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Laredo
Joseph P. Ryan
Jongshoremen's Union
New England Snow Disrupts Roads and Power Across Region
Up to four inches of snow fell Sunday night across Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont with about three inches in Dublin New Hampshire and snow laden branches collapsing on power lines in Hancock. Route 9 between Brattleboro and Bennington Vermont was closed until a grader cleared a path and snow plows worked on Route 2 Mohawk Trail in western Massachusetts. The snow followed two days of rain that caused floods in southern New England communities.
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Brattleboro
Bennington
New England
Tractor damages six homes in Calgary chase
A runaway tractor started by an unknown person damaged six homes in northeast Calgary after rolling through a residential district for about five minutes. Owned by Standard Gravel and Surfacing of Canada Ltd, the tractor caused about 3000 dollars in damage before stalling.
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Alta
Standard Gravel and Surfacing of Canada, Ltd
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