Builders Show Fortunes From Lakewood FHA Deals
Five men who burned Lakewood Park and Carson Park homes testified of large FHA insured loans and profits. Ben Weingart and Louis Boyar described using many corporations to buy land, build projects, and profit from land sales and mortgage financing. They disclosed millions in insured loans and substantial land profits linked to Investors Diversified Services and other backers, amid Senate Banking probes.
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Ben Weingart
Los Angeles
Carson Park Mutual Homes
Louis H. Boyar
Homer Cepehart
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
FHA
Weingart
Weingart-Rayne
Weingart-Boyar Corporation
Weingart-Boyar
William Simon
Senate Committee
Boyar
Simon
Carson Park Mutual Flores
Lakewood Mutual Homes
Carson Park
Investors Diversified Services
Minneapolis
Robert R. Young
Texas
Clint W. Murchison
Lakewood
Sen. Capehart
President Extends Federal Aid to Hurricane Stricken States
President Eisenhower designated hurricane hit regions of Rhode Island and Massachusetts as major disaster areas. He sent telegrams to Gov. Roberts and Gov. Berlor expressing sympathy and pledging federal relief, contingent on Civil Defense Administration survey results. Civil defense officials will contact the governors immediately.
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Fraser
AMI
Eisenhower Tacay
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Dennis J. Roberts
Ry ‘Island
Christian A. Berlor
Rem
Eisenhower
Roberts
Herter
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Tie Civil Defense Administration
Deputy L A Attorney Kills Himself in Malibu Motel
Los Angeles reported the death of Louis Albert Babier 55 a deputy city attorney found with a slashed throat in a Malibu motel Wednesday night the death deemed an apparent self inflicted act A knife lay beside him Babier a 20 year city employee left home after a ride to the county law library his wife said he had suffered migraines and a prior breakdown in 1947 a son and daughter survive
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Los Angeles
Louis Albert Babier
Malibu
Felica
Babior
Peen
Bablow
Little Artie
Artie
Chester
Helicopter Landing Platform Planned at Santa Monica Hospital
A holiday helicopter landing platform is to be built atop Santa Monica Hospital to speed delivery of Labor Day traffic to the emergency ward. California Ambulanceoss officials note long ambulance trips to Malibu and oceanfront areas, while Douglas Aircraft and North American Aircraft Companies offer air sea rescue helicopters for emergencies.
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Santa Monica Wy
Santa Monica Hospital
California
Cossidl
Malibu
Douglas
Anc
Tug Sent to Aid Ship Sinking Off Brazil
CPI Lloyd Brasileiro dispatched a tug to the 4 955 ton cargo ship Commandante Pessoa taking water but not in danger. Earlier reports said the craft was sinking ten miles off Gabo de Sao Roque near Natal. Built in 1919 by International Shipbuilding Corp Hog Island Pa with no aboard count available.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
CPI
Lloyd Brasileiro
Commandante Pessoa
Gabo de Sao Roque
Natal
International Shipbuilding Corp
Hog Island
Weather outlook shows variable clouds through Friday
The forecast calls for variable high cloudiness but otherwise mostly sunny conditions from today through Friday. No major precipitation expected, with dry days and improving sunshine as the week progresses.
Home Repair Scam Run by Southland Con Artists Exposed
The Senate subcommittee hearings describe a home remodeling racket in Southern California led by “suede shoe” salesmen. Victims paid 690 to 790 dollars for model homes, then faced secrecy about prices and pressure to sell more jobs. Noted operators include Tine derpelso Construction Co and Cardiff Co with commission schemes and inflated par figures. A separate Idaho case reports a 6 year old girl injured by two chained bears as a neighbor’s yard exhibit.
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Los Angeles
Wold
Adams
Big House
Tinederpelso Construction Co
Cardiff Co
Lanpanies
Aluoni
Koontz
Woonts
Bewmey Ave
Waters
Moscow
Idaho
Lorrayne Olesen
Wiliam Olesen
Olesen
Torrayne
Lorrayne Jost
Mother Kills Daughter Over Trip Leave
CRICACO PIA 86-year-old Mrs Katherine Kirby confessed she killed her daughter Miss Mary Jane Kirby 34 with a flat iron and razor after an argument about Mary Jane not taking her mother on a California vacation. Police quoted Kirby saying she was angry because her daughter returned from a trip without taking her along. Kirby was held without charge for questioning.
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Cricaco
Pia
California
Katherine Kirby
Mary Jane Kirby
Paul Heeney
Beach Combing Access Details Across Sections
A listing directs readers to where to find various features across the newspaper, naming sections such as Beach Combing on B-1 and Sports on A-25 to A-27, with additional pages for classifieds, obituaries, and other regular content. The notice serves as an index for readers to locate items throughout the issue.
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Boyle
Wilson
Korea Protest Plans Wider GI Transfer Demonstrations
South Korean officials scheduled nationwide protests over U S troop and air force withdrawals. An informed source warned chants and parades may reach last summer's armistice signing frenzy. The National Assembly voted to sponsor demonstrations at once.
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Sbuul
U. S
National Assembly
Big Engine Three Cars Off Tracks After Crash
A diesel freight train engine was derailed when a semi truck and trailer carrying a 42 ton concrete sewer pipe crashed into it at Artesian Street west of Paramount Boulevard. Two men were hospitalized with major injuries. The incident tied up the northbound Union Pacific freight and eastbound Quick lines. Local fire and police units responded. witnesses described the impact as the truck load striking the locomotive and cars, dragging the engine from the tracks.
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Union Pacific
Union” Pacific
Vadke Cross Artesian St
Ju West
Paramount Blvd
Sevileinys
Ubetral
Don Frazer
Albia St
Dawney
Sai
Berell Mwitsman
Pierce
Pierce, Fireman On the Train, Sales “Tsgin
Smen
Roland Caufield
Ensgine
Long Beach
McCarthy Espionage Charge Focuses Senate Hearing
Senators weigh possible espionage act violation by Senator McCarthy as final charge in a fast hearing. McCarthy's lawyer Edward Bennett Williams objected to material taken out of context while Williams and committee aides clashed over testimony from the Army hearings.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy Army
McCartt
Jedward Bennett Williams
Charmin Watkins
Be Winh
Guy G. de Furia
Help, Help Prowler on Loose or Her Imagination
NORWadSM anerm's Deputy A R Brown desk man took a report from a distraught woman Wednesday night. She said she heard a prowler in her yard and noted lights went out during TV watching, her dog alert, cat fleeing, and a parakeet falling from its cage. Officers found no evidence of a prowler.
Forest Fire Control Expected by Tonight
Fire crews in Santa Ana Mountains battle a stubborn blaze that has scorched over 8,000 acres. They expect control on all fronts by tonight as overnight spread slowed to about 200 acres.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Dittmer Dies After Heart Trouble Beside River
Walter I. Dittmer 55 at Santa Ana River near Orange County died after an apparent heart attack while struggling to escape a fire zone. He grabbed pills from his pocket as his car became stuck on the Santa Ana River tract. his body was found beside his seat in sand. Fire crews battled rugged canyons and extreme heat as temperatures climbed toward the upper 90s, with ongoing line control and rescue efforts continuing this afternoon.
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Anaheim
Walter IL. Dittmer
Anantherm
Re 'Dittmer
Santa Ana River
Trabuco
Holy Jim
California
Dittmer
Long
Mercury
Union Pacific Railway
Headquart Beach
Orange County
Santa Ana
Bal Rd
Santa Ana Trabuco
Joe Sherman
Edmund DeSutte
Long Beach
U. S. Forest Service
Almer
Sue
DeSutter
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