Nab Youths for Series of Holdups
Police booked five youths for armed robbery in a string of holdups at service stations on Telegraph Road in Aver, Passons Boulevard in Riviera, Imperial Highway in Bellflower, Rosecrans Avenue in Bellflower, and an attempted robbery at Clark Avenue. Names include Leonard Wilford Smith 18 and Robert Howerd Thomas 19 of Verdura Street, Donald Joe Washburn 20, Billie Caramell 17 of Arthurdale Avenue, and Robert Lee Thomas 16 of Ibex Street Artesia.
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Leonard Wilford Smith
Verdura St. Paramount
Robert Howerd Thomas
Donald Joe Washburn
Verdura St
Billie (Stach) Caramell
Arthurdale Ave
Bellflower
Robert Lee Thomas
Ibex St
Artesia
Thomas
Telegraph Rd
Avers
Passons Blvd
Riviera
E. Imperial Hwy
Belflower
Rosecrans Ave
Clark Ave
Aircraft Strike Hits L. B. Area Plants
North American manufacturing plants in Downey Los Angeles Ohio and Fresno face a walkout by CIO United Auto Workers leaders. The company says its final economic offer includes a 4 percent base pay raise plus small per hour increases and cost of living adjustments, while keeping gates open and urging employees to work regular hours. The strike, led by CAW members, could halt production on the Super Sabre F-86 family and other aircraft including the F-36 and T-28 trainer, affecting more than 21 000 employees in bargaining units.
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Uaw-Cio
North American
Air Force
Em- Company
Starkweather
Cio-United Alitars
Los Angeles
U.S
John Fenton
Columbus
The Calculated Risks of Prayer
In the November Reader's Digest Pastor Frank Halliday Ferris asks readers to examine how prayer shapes self and character. The piece questions whether one desires Christlike change, purity of heart, and genuine spiritual growth before praying, inviting reflection for lasting comfort and assurance.
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Jess
Reader's Digest
Frank Halliday Ferris
Judge Frees 7 Illegally in Prison
An article reports Judge Forte releasing seven inmates deemed held illegally. Names and past sentences are listed, including William J. Bryant Lawrence 33 released after 14 years, Gerald F. Martin Lynn 27 released after 11 years, Henry A. Gilvert Northbridge 48 released after 28 years and a sex case tag, and others from Worcester Somerville and more. The releases follow a new law allowing petitions to a Superior Court for review of commitments.
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William J. Bryant
Lawrence
Gerald F. Martin
Lynn
Henry A. Gilvert
Northidge
Wrenham
Concord Reformatory
Bridgewater
Martin J. Perkins
Worcester
Paul Rivers
Somerville
Forte
Ballot Plan Rejected by Council
The council rejected a charter amendment plan for a district south of the high t de line. City Attorney Irving M. Smith will explain by letter that any development requires an ordinance amend ing the Gil code with a 20 day referendum window before it takes effect. Eugene Tincher backed the Citizens Committee for Public Improvements while opposing funding sections for sidelands maintenance and oil development.
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High T.de Line
Irving M. Smith
Smith
Chamber
Eugene Tincher
Citizens Committee For Public Improvements
Tincher
Line set to abandon Red Cars as transit expansion proceeds
The plan moves to end the Red Cars. express trips between Long Beach and Los Angeles will shrink from four to six minutes with freeway completion. Metropolitans negotiates trading Morgan Ave Yard for land for a repair facility. Ocean Blvd passenger station remains. New 43-seat motor coaches ordered total 130, cost three million.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Haugh
Ocean Blvd
Extortion Charges In AFL Teamsters Shake Downs
Detroit prosecutors press extortion and conspiracy charges against six AFL Teamsters Union local leaders. The state calls contractor witnesses as the examination continues into the third day, alleging thousands of dollars in payoffs in shake downs of employers and sellouts of union members.
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Detroit
AFL Teamsters Union
Convicted Swindler Swope Sentenced to Three Years
Joseph D. Swope, accused of multiple false pretenses, was brought before circuit court in Hagerstown Maryland. He received a three year sentence after a parole officer testified and a prior term at the House of Correction was noted.
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Joseph D. Swope
Hagerstown
George
Swope
Frank L.jnal
House of Correction
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