California cross filing shapes 1956 party dynamics
A Sacramento briefing notes cross filing as a peculiarity of 1956 California politics. Democrats unite behind Adlai Stevenson or Estes Kefauver while Republicans weigh state influence, with voters registering Democrats since 1932 and Democrats leading registration by about 830000. Contined on Page A-3, Col. 7.
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Noth
California
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Ming
Press-Telegram
Chaisen
Indian Fire Expert Killed by Boulder
An Indian forest firefighter named Herbert Botella, about 27, of Mescalero, was killed near San Bernardino National Forest when a dislodged boulder rolled down a canyon wall after a warning cry. The fire, incendiary in origin, has burned about 600 acres and prompted evacuations around Smiley Park. One cabin burned. hundreds of firefighters are working to contain the blaze near City Creek Canyon Road, below Running Springs toward Big Bear Lake.
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San Bernardino
U. & Forest Service
Herbert Boestella
Mescalero
Vone
San Beernardino Na
Batella
Jon
Botella
Forest Service
Smiley Parks
Running Springs
Big Bear Lake
City Creek Canyon
PBM Crashes in Panama Seven Airmen Lost
A US Navy Martin Mariner PBM from Patrol Squadron 34 crashed while taking off from Coco Solo Naval Base Panama. One of eight aboard survived, seven were missing. The plane hit the Colon breakwater at about 150 feet altitude and sank in flames. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Culon
Panama
Urila
U. S. Navy
Martin Mariner
PBM
Patrol Squadron 34
Coco Solo
Colon
Princess Margaret Declines Townsend to Serve Duty
London AP ongoing royal statement from Clarence House confirms Princess Margaret will not marry RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend. She cites duty to the crown and church, saying the decision was made alone and amid public speculation. Townsend spent hours with Margaret before the official announcement.
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London
Margaret
RAF
Peter Townsend
Clarence House
Elizabeth
Townsend
Brussels
Commonwealth
Fidward VIII
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Kingstom
Sussex
Rupert Neville
Britain
Royal Mansion
Philip Burn
Change Telegraph
Charles Jervis
Press Association
Apartment Blaze Routs 30 Tenants on Alvarado Street
A fire driven evacuation occurred when flames swept the third floor storage area of an apartment building on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles. More than 30 tenants fled to the street as twelve fire companies fought the blaze from a cigarette ignition on a sofa. Frank Lick, a newspaper vendor, summoned help and awakened residents.
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LOS Angels
Alvarado St
Frank Lick
Woodward Killing Mystery Told Big3 Propose Russians Lift Iron Curtain
Geneva AP United States Britain and France unveiled a 17 point plan to free information and travel across the Iron Curtain at a Big Four meeting. Dulles announced passport restrictions lifted for Americans traveling in the Soviet bloc and Eastern Europe. Molotov pressed for broader exchanges and for East and West Germany to join discussions as talks on Germany and security continue.
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Woodward
Big3
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Russia
U. S
Dulles
MacMillan
Pinay
Molotov
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Union
Europe
Molotovy
China
United Nations
International Labor Office
Germany
Bus Strike Averted by Accord OK
Buses operated on regular schedules after AFL Bus Drivers Local 1277 ratified a two year contract with Long Beach Mot or Bus Co. The settlement, accepted at 1 a.m. Sunday, adds nine cents an hour retroactive to January and five cents more in 1956. Union vote 127 to 137. Pensions rise from 1135 to 135 monthly and extra drivers gain overtime parity. The old contract expired at midnight. strike was averted after federal conciliator Jules Medoff mediated talks.
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AFL
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
D. Patrick Ahern
Jules Medoff
Repre
Copter Crash Claims Three In Corpus Christi Backyard
A helicopter crashed upside down in a Corpus Christi yard killing three men: pilot Charles Manley age 34, William Moore 43, and William Kenyon 37, all linked to Glasscock Drilling Co. The pilot's wife witnessed the tragedy as onlookers were injured and bystanders reported the rotor and tail motors failed before the wreck.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Charles
Chuck) Manley
William James Moore
William Kenyon
Manley
Jean Wisdom
Jack A. Wisdom
John
Kenyon
Glasscock Drilling Co
Gulf of Mexico
Moore
der Weir
Police to Quiz Wife of Slain Socialite
Oyster Bay authorities planned to question Mrs. William Woodward Jr at the hospital to obtain additional points while she remains lucid. The 32 or 35 year old socialite, wife of Nashua owner Woodward, described mistaking her husband for a prowler when she fired a shotgun blast at him in their bedroom. Officials believe the shooting may be accidental as they continue to investigate and seek a fuller account from Mrs. Woodward after she recovers sufficiently.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
William Woodward Jr
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County Notec
Doctors Hospital
John W. Frutting
Woodward
Pinnell
Dean Retires at Presidio Rites Today
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, Korean War hero and 6th Army deputy commander, retires after 32 years in the Army at a Presidio ceremony. He spent three years as a prisoner after capture near Taejon on August 25, 1950, and will receive a combat infantryman’s badge alongside his Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, and other honors. General Maxwell D. Taylor will pin the badge.
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San Francisco
Presidio
William F. Dean
6Th Army
Dean
Taejon
Korea
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Chief of Staff
Where to Find It Beach Combing Boyle Bridge and more
An index of features and departments appears with page references across the newspaper. Sections include Beach Combing and Boyle on A-11 and A-11 respectively, Classified B-9 to B-13, Comics B-3, Crossword A-11, Editorial A-10, Financial B-3, Radio and TV B-7, Shipping Table B-3, Sports A-12 A-13, Theaters B-6, Tides Temperatures B-9, Vital Statistics B-9, Wilson A-11, Women B-4 B-5, and Your World A-2.
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Boyle
Wilson
Weather Summary Night and Morning Low Quiet Then Sunny Afternoon
Night and morning lows will be loud and clear with a mainly sunny afternoon. Cooler air moves in bringing a gentle drop in temperatures, yielding a pleasant late day and lighter winds.
Postage rate hikes eyed to cut federal deficit
President Eisenhower approved Summerfield plans to reintroduce Congress in January proposals to raise first class postage to 4 cents an ounce and air mail to 7 cents. Details remain unsettled as Summerfield resumed discussions after a 30 minute visit with the President at Fitzsimons Army Hospital.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Congress
Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Four Americans Released by Chinese Reds
In Hong Kong the Chinese Communists freed four more Americans including Rev Armand Proux of Lawrence Mass a Jesuit priest since the 1930s Mrs Nadeshia Romanoff wife of an American sailor and her daughter Irene and Harriet Mills a 35 year old Fulbright scholar from New York City The releases followed appeals for exit visas as President Eisenhower’s doctors reported progress in his heart condition and he walked about 100 feet in his room today The Hanyang carried the released party to Hong Kong after a day of rehabilitation claims by the Reds
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Hong Kong
Armand Proux
Lawrence
Mass
China
Nadeshia M. Romanoff
Irene
Harbin
Manchuria
Reds
Summerfield
Senhower
Romanoff
Harriet Mills
Scholar
New York City
Hanyang
Realistic worry seen as healthy mind practice says Dr Marmor
Beverly Hills psychiatrist Dr Judd Marmor told a meeting of psychiatrists that realistic worry grounded in fact prompts real action and aids a healthy ego. He argued worry differs from anxiety and that many wrongly deem all worry neurotic.
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San Francisco
Beverly Hills
Judd Marmor
Marmor
American Psychiatric Assolation
Chinese jail term ends as U S woman defends China
Father Proux says 43 months in Shang hai jail with 30 interrogations before a last Wednesday trial. Red China released him while Miss Mills, 35, told reporters she is not a Communist yet defends the government as justified in arresting her. She believes U S aggression in Korea.
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Father Proux
Shanghai
Red China
Miss Mills
United States
Korea
Sinking of Flying Eagle Near Aleutians
The 8,198 ton cargo vessel Flying Eagle sent an SOS 500 nautical miles south of the Aleutian Islands as water flooded its third hold. Japanese Coast Guard reported the distress. Toho Kaiun-Maru picked up the brief signal and headed toward the scene. The ship is owned by Ishraicitsen Co. Inc. of New York.
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Tokyo
Flying Eagle
Aleutian Islands
Japanese Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Ishraicitsen Co., Inc
New York
Toho Kaiun-Maru
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U.S
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