Mother and Daughter Die in San Clemente Crash
A 6 year old Long Beach girl was killed and her mother critically injured in a head on crash on Pacific Coast Highway near San Clemente at 7 am. Edward Justinius Sargent 40 of Santa Ana was arrested at the scene and faces manslaughter charges. The girl's body was taken to Diver Mortuary as investigators await the county deputy coroner.
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Long Beach
San Clemente
Pacific Coast
Hwy
Hilary Thompson
Coronado Ave
Joyce E. Thompson
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Edward Justinius Sargent
First St. Santa Ana
San Clement
Thompson
Sargent
Diver Mortuary
Roger Burnham
Pall of Smoke Dims Sunlight in Northwest
A heavy pall of smoke dimmed the sun across the Pacific Northwest as fires burned tinder dry lands. Over 53,000 acres were blackened in Oregon Washington and California with several blazes threatening towns. Dying winds helped divert flames and easing some areas while large fires burned on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Tillamook Burn.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
California
del Norte County
Lem
Mill City
Santiam
Tillamook
Beaverton
Ore
State Division of Forestry
Olympic Peninsula
Douglas Workers Attacked Beaten at Home in Labor Clash
Two nonstriking Douglas Aircraft plant workers were beaten at their homes by assailants linked to a labor dispute. John McCrillis, 62, of Rivera, had sworn to return to the picket line after being warned, and described a 6 foot 1 inch assailant. Wallace William Wright, 54, of Lakewood, was assaulted in his living room by three men who called him a scab and fled after striking him, requiring stitches.
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Douglas Aircraft
Powder Blasts Mark Florida Race Row
Two dynamite blasts tore holes in an apartment house in Miami amid tensions over plans to permit Negroes to live in white sections. No injuries were reported. Police Capt. Ray Brock said the building at northwest 3rd Court and 69th Street in Carver Village showed two holes about 50 feet apart.
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Miami
Fla
Ray Brock
Northwestth Court
69Th St
Carver Village
Drastic action ends life of Paris gas killer
Paris dispatch reports Charles Quesnil, a butcher, died by gas in a self inflicted death. He left a note expressing disdain for the neighborhood. Police and authorities noted the act followed escalating tensions and public hostility.
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Paris
UPI
Charles Quesnil
Doctors Standing By for Surgery on King
Five of Britain's leading doctors spent the day at Buckingham Palace as they prepared the lung operation on the king. A palace source said the surgery had not yet begun and there was no indication it would happen that night. The doctors examined the king and supervised equipment setup while oxygen deliveries arrived. Prime Minister Attlee said the king's condition caused great anxiety and expressed hope for a successful operation.
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London
Britain
Buckingham ‘Palace
NDC
Attlee
Clement R. Attlee
Attee
Semara Doe
North-Be
Erwgk
Buckingham Palace
San Bernardino Quake Shakes City With Minor Damage
A sharp earthquake hit San Bernardino and nearby towns early today with minor damage reported. The strongest jolt occurred around 1:23 a.m. felt in northern San Bernardino and Patton, Redlands, Colton, Ontario, Fontana, and Crestline, with one witness noting the old courthouse rattled loudly and many residents phone-swarmed seeking if it was a quake or bomb.
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San Bernardino
Pasadena
California Institute of ‘Technology
Riverside
Casa Blanca
Joose
Patton
Redlands
Colton
Ontario
Fontana
Crestline
Police
Neale
Pyeatt
Australia Spurns Red Party Ban
In Sydney on September 22 Prime Minister Robert Menzies conceded that the referendum to outlaw the Communist party in Australia failed. Ballot counts showed No voting about 1,873,000 to Yes 1,708,000 with state results varying. Labor opposed the change led by Herbert Evatt.
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Sydney
Australia
Robert G. ‘Menzies
Communist Party
Menzies
Red Party
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
Thenoes
Queensland
Western Australia
Melbourne
People of
Labor
Herbert
E. Evatt
Romania Accused of Border Violations
Belgrade Yugoslavia on September 22 charged Romania with two border violations and alleged efforts to promote war in the Balkans. The Belgrade radio quoted the Yugoslav foreign ministry sending two notes accusing Romania of shootings on September 5 and 16.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Omania
Yugoslav - Foreign Ministry
Rowith
Ier
Refinery Blast Causes $10,000 Damage in Signal Hill
Signal Hill Hremen will probe the Apex Oil Co site after an early morning explosion damaged 10 000 dollars worth of property. A 1000 barrel tank mostly water with a slim oil layer blew, igniting a neighboring tank and timered timber. Firefighters from Signal Hill and Long Beach fought the blaze 45 minutes with no injuries reported.
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Signal Hill Hremen
Apex Oil Co
28Th
California Ave
Signal Hill
Long Beach
Two Die Four Hurt in L Train Crash Near Chicago
In Westchester suburb two one car L trains collided head on killing motorman John O Keeffe 25 and conductor Thomas Tadja 53 of Chicago. Four injured included two passengers on a northbound car. CTA spokesman said southbound car failed to stop to clear the outlying car near a terminal. Maywood police noted both cars were badly smashed and were old wooden coaches.
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Chicago
Westchester
John 'O'Keefe
Thomas "Tadja
Chicago ‘Transit Authority
O'Keefe
Maywood
Just Like Regular Boys Blind Triplets Reunite With Family
Boston welcomed triplet blind brothers Barry Harry and Larry Terry for a four day reunion at the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies. Parents Arthur and Mrs. Terry from Pine Knot Kentucky celebrate their sons growth and the support of donors funding their special training.
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Arthur Terry
Pine Knot
Harry
Barry
Larry
Boston
Associated Press
Terry
Mrs. Terry
Janet H. Smith
Miss Smith
Harry James
Suspend 150 Pupils Back Teacher In Watertown Protest
More than 150 Watertown High School pupils were suspended for staying away from classes in protest of the demotion of sub master John J. Kelley. The Watertown school committee announced the suspensions and said it would explain the pay cut to Kelley who was reduced to teacher and transferred to a junior high school.
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Watertown
Mass
Watertown High School
John J. Kelley
Antiaircraft Group Sent to Albuquerque
An antiaircraft battalion has been assigned to Albuquerque and will begin setting up gun emplacements in and around the city. Officials at Sandia Secret Weapons Base said advance parties of the 726 AAA Gun Battalion have arrived from Fort Bliss Texas where the unit has undergone intensive training. The number of men transferred was not disclosed for security reasons.
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Albuquerque
Sandia
Fort Bliss
Texas
Classifieds and notices page reference update
A concise index lists where to find church pages ads comics obituaries radio and TV shipping sports theaters and weather items across pages A and B. It specifies page ranges and section labels for readers seeking community notices and listings.
Massive jet battle over MIG Alley nets three MiGs down
U S Eighth Army reports nearly 120 jet fighters from United Nations and Communist forces clashed for 25 minutes over MIG Alley in northwest Korea. American pilots claim damage to three Red MiG-15s as 34 Fat Sabres faced about 85 MIGs from 37,000 to 20,000 feet. Pilots Lt Arthur O Connell Lt Joseph Mo Lt Raymond C Barton and Lt Eugene Conley credited with possible hits while UN infantry pressed Heartbreak Ridge and Pyonggang raid efforts.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
U.S
United Nations
Pyonggang
U. N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Gardena Card Hall Held Up by Lone Bandit
A lone bandit robbed Gardena Card Hall early at 12:55 a.m. taking $450 from cashier William R. Thompson at the Horse shoe Club on Vermont Avenue. The robber implied a gun, fled to a waiting car, and was seen around the club before.
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Gardena
Escap
William R. Thompson
Horse Shoe Club
Vermont Ave
Thompson
Weather outlook with fog and hazy sunshine tomorrow
Considerable night and morning low clouds and fog but hazy sunshine tomorrow afternoon. Little change in temperature for tomorrow. Afternoon winds to 20 miles an hour.
Millikan Doubts Human Ability to Trigger Hydrogen Bomb
Nobel laureate Dr. Robert A. Millikan visiting Wright Patterson Air Force Base said it is unlikely that a person can find a way to ignite the hydrogen bomb. He cautioned that duplicating sunlike temperatures and pressures is a large assumption and warned against overestimating recent atomic and hydrogen research. He termed prospects for peaceful atomic energy uses pessimistic due to cost and material rarity.
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Dayton
Ohio
Robert A. Millikan
Millikan
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Moan
California Institute of Technology
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