Labor Day weekend auto deaths top 400 feared record
Auto death toll climbs past 310 by early Labor Day Sunday as safety officials warn the weekend could surpass 461 set in 1951. The National Safety Council estimated about 400 deaths. Ned H. Dearborn says the toll will exceed that and mark the worst Labor Day period in history with about 120 deaths per day.
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Weather Outlook Clear Through Tuesday With Fog Patches
Mostly clear through Tuesday with early morning fog patches. Temperatures rise to the high 80s Tuesday, then cool to the low 50s overnight.
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Heat, quake, and tides shake Southland in a day
The Southland baked under 90s as heat prostration deaths rose to 27 and a strong rip tide prompted lifeguards to pull dozens from Huntington Beach. A San Andreas Fault tremor in the Santa Clara Valley caused chimneys to crack and water mains to burst, with San Jose reporting a 3.5 to 6 magnitude estimate and a 21-foot wall crack in a jail.
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Texas Fears Hurricane to Bring Floods
A tropical storm near the Mexican coast could become a hurricane. Forecasts warn of torrential rains threatening Texas as the storm nears Brownsville, with potential impact near Falcon Dam and along the Rio Grande Valley.
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Three Americans Freed By Soviets After Years In Custody
The Soviet Union released three American captives and handed them to U.S. military police in Berlin. Wilfred Kumis of Amesbury Massachusetts Murry Fields of Brooklyn New York and Frederick Hopkins a civilian previously listed under another name were checked at the Army hospital and kept incommunicado while authorities decide further action. Fields claimed the alias Michael Feingersch. An Army spokesman said all appeared healthy.
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Long Beach Bride-to-Be Arrested After Oceanside Fatal Crash
A Long Beach man, Morgan Stephens, 37, died in a Pacific Coast Highway wreck near Oceanside while en route to marriage. Bride-to-be Esther Rapp, 37, was arrested on manslaughter charges after witnesses said she drove on the wrong side of the road causing the collision. Rapp suffered minor injuries. occupants of the other car were unharmed.
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Deer Seek Drink at Beverly Hills Home
Three bucks three does and four fawns visited 6-year-old Jenni fer Ruffy on Beverly Drive. Her father Jonah Buffy set out water pails after the deer wandered down from sun-baked Franklin Canyon.
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Bay City Woman 75 Assaulted and Murdered
San Francisco police disclose Miss Elizabeth Manning 73 was sexually assaulted and killed in her four room apartment. Detective Henry W Turkel reported the body was found Sunday and he estimated she had been dead about 18 hours.
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Firemen halt rapid blaze in Mermaid Place apartments
About 25 people were evacuated as flames spread through a roof at a Mermaid Place block. One woman hurt her foot while trying to save pets. two birds perished. Fire officials praised speedy action and said an electrical short was likely the cause.
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Accidents Take a Holiday Here In Long Beach
Police Lieut Cy J Novotny reported no traffic accidents in Long Beach up to 11 am on Labor Day weekend. Ten injury accidents occurred to date with five each on Saturday and Sunday. The city expects a risky period in the early evening as vacationers return home. July 4, 1955 had only one injury crash and no fatalities.
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Tiger claws at Ringling Bros injures man
A Bengal tiger at the Ringling Bros circus in San Francisco clawed a meat cutter, injuring Charles Oswald, 47, of Sunbury Pennsylvania. Oswald had worked for the circus seven months and was hospitalized with a gashed arm.
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Long Beach Labor Market Hits Postwar High Unemployment Falls
Labor Day report from Long Beach area shows employment reaching 127,275 with unemployment at 4,040. George Toll of the state employment office cites strong prospects, expanding construction, hospitality, garment manufacture and machine trades. Industry breakdown lists manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, services, and construction as key sectors. Washington notes labor leaders praising workers as employment peaks set nationwide.
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Where to Find Beach Combing Page and Section Listings
The notice lists page locations for various newspaper sections such as Beach Combing on Page A13, Bridge on A13, Classifieds B11 to B15, Comics B8, Crossword B10, Editorial A12, Obituaries B10, Radio and TV Shipping Table B10, Sports Hagen A-B15, Theaters B2, and Tides Temperatures Vital Statistics B40 and Wilson A13. It directs readers to the indicated pages for each feature.
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Fires Rage Unchecked in Forests
California and Oregon report extensive forest fires burning tens of thousands of acres with new blazes flaring as crews fight old ones. No casualties. redwoods near Rockefeller Grove threatened as Miramonte evacuations occur and dozens of fires loom across Siskiyou and Malheur regions.
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Plane speed mark broken by 622000 mph flight
Air Force colonel Horace A Hanes set a new world air speed record at 622000 mph over California desert on two high altitude runs in a Fig 0 Supersabre over Edwards AFB. The eight mile high flight surpassed sound, beating the previous 755 mph record set by Lt. Col. Pete Everest in 1953. Hanes received the Thompson trophy after a token flight at Philadelphia.
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