Nixon Campaign Swing Draws Long Beach Rally
Vice President Richard Nixon campaigned in Long Beach urging a Republican Congress to sustain economic growth, boost employment and wages. He cited undecided voters and said moderate Democrats are swinging to Eisenhower, praising Rep. Craig Hosmer and stressing the year as America’s best peacetime period with unemployment halved.
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Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower Congress
Long Beach
Shell
Nixon
Congress
California
Eisenhower
Craig Hosmer
Hosmer
America
Smog emergency debate hits LA as Larson seeks expert advice
Los Angeles officials and Dr. Francis M. Pottenger Jr. testified on October 14 about whether smog warranted an emergency action. Gordon Larson, head of the Air Pollution Control District, maintained he sought medical guidance during peak smog days and did not imply a true emergency. County Supervisors planned to hire a “smog sheriff” while Larson keeps his post. Pottenger warned there is no medical emergency, though sensitive individuals may suffer.
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Los Angeles
Pi — Lane
Gordon Larson
Francis M. Pottenger Jr
Grand Jury
Larson
Tole
Air Pollution Control District
Pottenger
County Medical Assn
Alt
Monrovia
Harold Kennedy
Arthur J. Will
Will
Harold W. Kennedy
John BR. Aichin
Marilyn Monroe wins divorce from Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe testified she endured only coolness and indifference from Joe DiMaggio during nine months of marriage. After a 15 minute trial Superior Judge Orlando Rhodes granted the divorce with no alimony or community property. Monroe said she hoped for warmth and understanding. she left the courthouse amid photographers and said they were still friends.
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Santa Monica
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Jerry Giesler
Imoads
Mej
Iongerv
Giesler
Inez Melson
DiMaggio
Dorothy Arnold
Jone
Joe Jr
Miss Monroe
Joe
Texan Blows Self Up in Courthouse
In Edinburg Hidalgo County Texas Harry Miller about 60 of Realitas blew himself up at the courthouse on the second floor shaking downtown. Several minor injuries reported as an unexploded bomb found in the lobby. Miller carried a bag or box believed to contain dynamite or similar explosive. Miller had been in a court trial seeking damages for injuries from a pipeline dynamite explosion. Miller was under medical care for psycho neurosis and lived in Realitas about 100 miles north.
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Idinburg
Tex
Alan
Hidalgo County
Edinburg
Harry Miller
Abouit 60
Realitas
Miller
Sheriff's Department
Vowe- Grande Valley
Loo-Miles
Golfer Von Elm’s Wife Found Dead in Car in Burbank
In Burbank AP report says Mary Von Elm died in a car on a tavern parking lot from possible poison. Roy Ford, 28, a friend in the car, was jailed on suspicion of murder though detectives favor a suicide theory. Dr Newbarr noted a deep head wound and multiple abrasions while Ford claimed the bottle of insecticide caused the death.
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Burbank
George von Elm
Roy Ford
Frederick Newbarr
von Elm
Ford
von Elms
Roy
Mary
Twogene Hilley
Bobby Jones
Jones
United States
Billy Burke
Inverness
Hacienda Country Club
la Habra
Whittier
Land Cave Collapse Claims 4 Year Old Girl
A San Pedro four year old girl, Mary Lou Delafuente, died when a sand cave collapsed while she and her eight year old brother played nearby. Fire crews rescued the boy but Mary Lou could not be revived. Police classify the death as accidental.
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Joseph Delafuente
San Pedro
Mary Lou
Joseph
Washington
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Mary Lou Delafuente
Esther Delafuente
Ogg St
Hei
Moore
Fire Department
Hope
San Pedro Receiving Hospital
Halverson Mortuary
Miners Die in Beira Uranium Mine Clash
A Free Europe Committee bulletin reports more than 50 miners killed in a Beira area uranium mine cavern in Banat Province on April 28. Relatives attacked Russian guards, who opened fire, killing seven. The Beica Mine area remains a closed district under heavy Russian guard.
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Vilivna
Ausima
Free Europe Committee
Beira
Romanian Banat
Beica
Film Location Blast Kills Two Workmen
A film location accident during a war movie shoot caused a phosphorous blast that killed two workers. Levis Satkas of Encino and Royal Love of Van Nuys, both about 45, employed by Warner Bros, were killed. another man was reported critically injured.
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Carsun
Cole
Levis Satkas
Encino
Calif
Royal Love
van Nuys
Warner Bros. Studio
Texas Hotel Fire Kills 2 and 2 Still Missing
COLORADO CITY Tex Two bodies recovered and two others believed dead after a lightning struck fire at the Colorado Hotel during a midnight thunderstorm Firemen found A R Trice 70 a retired farmer and Lonnie Mize 30 a windmill repairman dead Mrs Eva Bebout owner listed H Ladd about 70 Al Cates about 50 as missing Thirteen guests accounted for unharmed W W Hudson 66 hospitalized for shock
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Colorado City
Tex
A. R. Trice
Lonnie Mize
T Am
Eva Rebout
Colorado Hotel
Alamo Hotel
HE. Ladd
al Cates
Rock
Eisenhower Ponders One Day Campaign Swing To Stir Voters
President Eisenhower voiced puzzlement over voter apathy and said he might undertake a one day flying trip to four cities to dramatize voting. He declined to predict the election outcome, cited possible high satisfaction or fatigue, and noted better prospects for world peace amid the shift from war to peacetime economy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Detroit
Louisville
Minneapolis
Boston
Wilmington
Del
Waterloo
Iowa
United States
Japanese Coast Guard Reaches Stranded American Vessel
Tokyo reports coast guard ship Genkai reached the side of the American craft Hope after a radio alert said it was plunging in rough Pacific seas with nearly empty fuel. The Navy could not locate it. the Hope is described as a 125-foot pleasure craft by the Navy and as a small freighter towing a yacht by the U S Embassy.
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Japan
U. S
Tokyo
Coast Guard
Pacific
Genkai
U. S. Navy
Navy
Honolulu
Beach Combing and Theaters Highlight Page Listings
A reader guide lists where to find features across sections. It mentions beaches, Boyle, bridge, comics, crosswords, editorials, finances, obituaries, radio and TV, shipping, theaters, tides and temps, and women’s pages across pages A and B.
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Boyle
Eng Yineeris
Wilson
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Shell Speech Lands
Tom Kutchell
Malcolm Epley
Medic
Santa Monica Superior Court
Marilyn
By Bob Thomas
Ike
U.S
Wile
Jergins
Russia
Charles E. Bohlen
Frank Siene
Foreign Office
Karl BE
Sommerlatte
A. Bohlen
Foreign’ Ministry
Pork Beach
Merritt Jergins
Los Angeles Superior
Diane Jergins
Lilo
Newport Beach
Wan
Dorothy
Dorothy Jergins Smith
A. T., Jergins
Bel- Air
A. T. Jergins Jr
San Antonio, Texas
Red
Texas
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