Storms, Hail Hit Hurricane Zone. Relief Funds Named
Thunderstorms and hail lashed Hurricane Carol areas in New England causing power outages and damage to thousands of circuits. Federal relief funds of 1.5 million dollars were allocated for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with Gov. Harter seeking an early Civil Defense meeting to plan use of the aid. Massachusetts and Rhode Island designated major disaster areas by the President.
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Massachusetts
Eisenhower
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Christian A. Harter
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Civil Defense Administration
Rhode Island
White House
Denver
Carol
New England
Long Island Lighting Co
Islin Terrace
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Gulf States
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Nebraska
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Phenix City Officials Indicted for Wilful Neglect of Duty
Phenix City mayor Elmer Reese and former Russell County Sheriff Ralph Mathews leading a rackets case. A grand jury returned fourteen indictments against thirteen defendants including Mathews deputy Albert Tuller for bribery. Reese and Mathews were released on $1,000 bonds. Fuller's bond set at $2,500.
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Phenix City
Ala
Russell County
Elmer Reese
Ralph Mathews
National Guardsmen
Mathews
Albert Tuller
Reese
Fuller
Long Beach Woman Wins Oil Painting at Pageant Event
Long Beach resident Melva Rue Laguna wins an original oil painting awarded for the best remarks on comment cards during the Pageant of the Masters event this summer. The work was one of five originals presented to attendees.
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Commelnls
Lagunge Beech
Long Beach
Melva Rue
Laguna
Ditto’s Dittos Twins Lead Ditto Inc in Chicago
T Rob inson Jr and S Rob inson identical twins act as chair man of the board and vice president of Ditto Inc of Chicago makers of duplicating machines.
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Ditto
Dittos
Chicago
T. Robinson Jr
S. Robinson
Ditto, Inc
Club Clipder Placed in Jail for Kiwanis Fraud
George Albert Zid, 47, was jailed for 60 days after pleading guilty in Muniehalt Court to defrauding Kiwanis of five dollars. He admitted clipping the club by claiming a pension check delay and soliciting contributions. Police say Zid telephoned Rotary president Hubert J. Prichard seeking a five dollar donation, triggering suspicion and arrest at 457 West Broadway.
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Kiwanis Club
Zid
Muniehalt
Kiwa Club
WT. J. Hi
YMCA
Broadway
Hubert J. Prichard
Rotary Club
Dr. Prichard
Snd
Greeks Nab Major Soviet Spy Ring Leaders in Athens
Greek officials say they dismantled a Soviet trained espionage network with 88 arrests across Athens and Thessaly. Crime chiefs include Harilaos Florakis alias Victor, a former rebel general and Moscow trained professor, linked to murder charges and central committee figures in the Communist Party.
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Busi Vrachnos
Veadhnos
Athens
Firacus
Thessaly
Tachnos
Harilaos Florakis
Florakis
Yict's
Moscow
Vradhnos
Teds
Vrechnos
Isyriakos Tsaki
Dimitris Ballas
Cechhoslovakis
McCarthy Censure Hearings Seen to End Next Week
Washington lawmakers Jake Watkins and Case voiced optimism that the McCarthy censure hearings would wrap up next week though no verdict timetable was set. The six member bipartisan committee has reviewed 45 charges from Flanders Fulbright Morse, with further evidence possible before McCarthy’s defense.
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Watkins
Utah
Gase
RSB
Sen
McCarthy
Case
Senate
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Flinders and Sons
Fulbright
Morse
Hon
KTHE to Go Dark Within Two Weeks
KETH Channel 28 will suspend operations within two weeks. USC president Fred D. Fagg Jr. announced the shutdown after two months of study into funding options, with campus studios on the SC campus and plans to aid any nonprofit group stepping in to run an educational channel in Los Angeles.
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KTHE
Long Beach
Fred D. Fagg Jr
Breaident
University of Southern California
Tige
Los Angeles
Rescue Party Starts for Air Crash Scene
Rescue teams moved toward a Baja California site after air searchers located a small private plane missing since Aug 19 with four Americans aboard. The craft was found intact in a deep canyon about 255 miles south of San Diego. four men Edward Brinisman and Merle Sleeper Rush Sill and Peter Larson, and the San Diego pilot, were aboard. They were exploring for minerals in the desert.
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Baja California
Mexico
Here
Edward Brinisman
New York City
Merle Sleeper
Pasco
Wash
National Bulk Carriers, Inc
New York
Rush Sill
Los Angles
Peter Larson
Widow of crippled veteran to face Maryland grand jury
Richmond Virginia widow of a paralyzed World War II veteran will appear next Tuesday before a Maryland grand jury to answer questions in a death investigation. The husband, Hicks, age 34, died in a wrecked car with its throttle taped open after a spree with the wife. Investigators questioned witnesses, and Virginia authorities secured her return to Maryland under a cross state testimony law to determine if the death was accidental or foul play.
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Maryland
Eicks
Hicks
Pista
Hank
la Plata
Fred
Richmond
Stout
Chartes County
James Young
Hitks
Virginia
Law and Equity
J. NM. Rives
Grand’ Jury
Wife Jailed in Theft of Pedro Yacht
In San Pedro a 19 year old woman Vida Tolliver was arrested on grand theft charges connected to the theft of a 28 foot ketch named Trade Winds from Wilmington yacht harbor last April. Authorities say she aided her husband Kenneth Tolliver and Patricia Malone in using a forged bill of sale and a forged $450 check. Bail set at 320,000 for Mrs Tolliver and 5,000 for Vida Tolliver.
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Wee der
Charles Tull
Vida. Tolliver
Kenneth KR Tolliver
Chicago
Maziublan
Mexico
Tollivers
Patricia
Sant Pedro
Bernard Coacher
Tolliver
Last Frontier Hotel Sued for Million
Belden O. Katleman, operator of Dl Rancho Vegas Hotel, sues Morel Last Frontier Corp in Southern Nevada District Court claiming 20 percent stock and more than a million dollars in misappropriated hotel funds. Defendants include Jake Kozloff, Murray Randolph, and William Kozloff. requests receiver and full audit. Kozloff denies mismanagement and personal gain.
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Morel
Last Frontier Corp
Belden O. Katleman
Dl Rancho
Murray Randolph
William Kozloff
Jake
Katleman
Kozolf
Neswsnen
1St Frontier Corp
Retired Teacher Dies on Ship at Port
A 76 year old Pennsylvania State University alumna, Mrs Olive McClelland of Kutztown, Pa., was found dead in her berthing area aboard the American President Penn State Lines ship at Berth 154 in Wilmington. Police believe she died of a heart attack while planning a local Penn State Alumni Club chapter. The Southern California Penn State Alumni Club proposed five chapters in the Southland with officers elected including Bo Wo Nevimaier as chairman and Mrs Arthur Jones as secretary.
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Penn State Grads Line
Madison
Olive McClelland
Pennsylvania State University
Kutztown
Clark
Sanford Eades
Southern California
Penn State Alumni Club
Southland
Bo Wo ‘Nevimaier
Arthur Jones
James Cuzzolina
Long Beach Day Set for LA County Fair Schedule
Long Beach Day at the 1954 Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona is set for Friday September 24. The fair runs from September 17 through October 3 with events and activities highlighted for Long Beach residents.
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L. A
Los Angeles County Fair
Pomaona
Ivor
French Chief Faces EDC Fight Amid Cabinet Shakeup
The Times reports in Paris that Premier Mendes France faced a fractured cabinet after resignations over the European Defense Community treaty. Adenauer warned that Europe risks nationalism and reliance on the Soviet Union if France blocks agreement, while U.S. lawmakers questioned France’s stance and urged continued pursuit of European unity.
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Times
Here
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Soviet Union
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United States
Navy Chief's Wife Kidnaped Case Shocks Cambridge
A Pennsylvania woman told state police she was kidnapped by Charles Noonan after he forced his way into her car near Cambridge following a traffic stop on U S 80. Noonan was found injured beside U S 46 and faces kidnapping and crossing state lines charges. FBI involvement followed.
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Onio Vei
Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Homestead Park
Highway Patrol
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Gunman Robs Liquor Store for Beer at Grand Ave
A gunman robbed liquor store clerk Robert Taverner at 8318 Grand Ave Friday night, stealing six cans of beer but none of the cash. Police questioned three men as suspect leads unfold.
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Robert ¥. Taverner
Grand Ave
German Inventions Parade at Meranberg Fair
The opening day of the 16th German inventors fair features 100 exhibitors displaying quirky items. A raincoat transforms into a picnic table. a barking toy dog and a foot pump musical clackboard debut. a car dash key locks brakes. an upright dashboard horse signals fuel shortfalls. Gerda Salven of Stockholm helped with the raincoat. Foreign representation includes England France and Switzerland.
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Germany
Gerda Salven
Stockholm
Sweden
England
France
Switzerland
Eisenhower Labor Day Address Highlights Free Work Pride
President Eisenhower, in a Labor Day message, praised free nations' workers for the "tremendous surge of might" born of freedom and contrasted it with slave states that force endless toil. He planned a Dover visit with Mrs. Eisenhower and a groundbreaking for the first peaceful atomic plant at Shippingport Pennsylvania, with a five minute TV radio address to follow.
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Pas
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Pennsylvania
Long Beach
Two Liquor Bans Urged at City Council Meeting
Protests by the City Council against issuing liquor licenses were submitted after hearings at City Hall before State Board of Equalization officer Charles Green. A protest against an officer and wine license for Harry B. Groos cited proximity to Jordan High School. Harry J. Moore testified, and the zoning amendment to bar new liquor establishments in an amusement zone was noted. City Planning Director Werner Rudhti testified the site lies in that zone.
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State Board of Equalization
Harry B. Groos
Atlantic Ave
Jordan High School
Harry J. Moore
Werner Rudhti
Kenneth E. Sutherland
James T. Stary
Edgar A. Brown Named U S Senator Candidate
South Carolina Democrats nominated Edgar A. Brown of Columbia to succeed Burnet Maybank in the U S Senate. Brown, a Brown broke with Governor Byrnes in 1952 and did not join the Eisenhower movement, backing Adlai Stevenson in the state’s electoral votes.
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SL. C
VPI
Edgar A. Brown
South Carolina
State Democratic Committee
Burnett Maybank
U. S
State Committee
Senate
Brown
James F. Byrnes
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
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