16 year old Paramont youth killed in gang clash
A 16 year old Paramount High School student James Kuiphof was shot dead while walking toward his front yard after taunting gunfire erupted in a mob clash between rival teen gangs. Police detained about ten youths and one boxer Marco Polo as suspects or witnesses. inquest planned as authorities seek motive and victims.
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Paramount
America
James
Jimmy Kuiphol
Garfield Ave
Kuiphol
Illinois Ave
Jefferson St
Bellflower
Hollydale
Norwalk Sheriff's Station
Marco Polo
California
South Gate Arena
Polo
Young Kuiphof
Paramount High School
Kuiphof
Bellflower Medical Center
Perk Emergency Hospital
Long Beach
Frank Kuiphof
Charlotte Tiemstra
Wilma Kuiphof
George
Norwalk
Paramount Mortuary
Torrance Boy Spends Night With Friend Found Safe
Six year old Michael Crane of Torrance walked into Torrance Elementary School this morning declaring he had spent the night with a new friend. An overnight search in the harbor area had centered on his disappearance at 2 p.m. Thursday from Gramercy Point. Fire crews were draining a pond near the school as the rescue effort ended with his calm return. Fathers, mothers, and siblings greeted him as photographers captured the relieved scene.
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Michael Crane
Kenneth
Torrance
Crane
Harbor
Gramercy Pt
Michael
Joan
Steven
Terry
White House
Lloyd Gilstrap
Mystery Kidnapping At Crenshaw Blv Near 251st St
A 9 year old girl was pulled into a small green two seated car by a man aged about 22 or 23 on her way to school in Torrance. She escaped near Crenshaw Boulevard and 251st Street and reported the incident to Mrs. Joe Stahl in Lomita. An all points bulletin was issued to Southland police. The child was taken to Harbor General Hospital for examination.
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Torrance
Joe Stahl
St. Lomita
Southland
Crenshaw Blvd
251St St
Harbor General Hospital
Pro-Reds Mothers Urged to Press Korea Return
A Los Angeles Legion official urged sending the mothers of 23 American prisoners to Korea to influence their sons to refuse repatriation. Harry Myers asked national commander Art Connell to seek government action, calling it a psychological victory over the Reds.
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Los Angeles
Korea
Harry Myers
Classifieds and sections listed for issue navigation
The page index outlines where to find features such as Beach Combing on B-1, Billy Rose on A-9, Boyle on A-9, Bridge on A-Unknown, Classifieds on B-8 to B-15, Comics on A-4, Crossword on A-2, Editorial on A-8, Financial on 8-3, Obituaries on 8.2, Radio and TV on A-0, Shipping Table on B-2, Southland Cities on B-2, Sports on A-13 to A-15, Theaters on B46 and B7, plus Tides, Temperatures on B-2, Women on B-4 and B-5, and Your World on A-2.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Southland
Typhoon Tears Through Southern Japan and Tokyo Toll
A tropical storm named Tess battered southern Japan and reached Tokyo with winds over 70 mph. Reports list 12 dead, 49 hurt, 22 missing in the inland sea zone, with property damage in the millions and about a dozen ships grounded or damaged. American military personnel were ordered to alert status as rains endanger levees and rescue efforts continue.
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Tokyo
Japan
Talxe
Lake Suwa
Japanese Weather Bureau
Kissrazu
Kyodo
Delay in Start of Repatriation Interviews At Panmunjom
The Korean Repatriation Commission postponed the start of Allied and Red efforts to coax home prisoners refusing repatriation. No new date set for prisoner interviews, a phase described by an Allied spokesman as the psychological battle of our time. The U N command also agreed to the postponement of interviews originally slated to begin Friday or Saturday.
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Panmunjom
Red
U. N
Gale Whips Gulf Heads Liz Taylor Stricken by Nervous Collapse
A hurricane with 120 mph winds moved toward the U S Gulf Coast from Mobile Alabama to St Marks Florida and threatened to reach land tonight. Elizabeth Taylor, in Copenhagen, suffered a nervous collapse believed related to overstrain while her husband Michael Wilding reported she would recover in about a week.
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Gulf
Liz Taylor
aAssociaters
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Ala
St. Marks
Fla
U. S.S
Burea
Gulf Coast
Bureau
Florida
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Copenhagen
Denmark
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Dangelierre
Miss Taylor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sven Jonssen
Wilding
Stockholm
Zealand
London
Michael
Weather update with coastal fog and sunny afternoons
Night and morning low clouds and fog linger near the coast with most sunny afternoons through Saturday. Temperatures will rise, bringing a noticeable warm up across the period.
Defense Dept to probe false confessions by POWs in Korea
The Defense Department will investigate reports that some former American war prisoners in Korea made false confessions or informed to curry favor with Reds. Secretary Wilson said inquiries will be individual, fair, and based on facts, while noting most prisoners resisted coercion. The probe aims to determine if any deviated from expected conduct and how it affected others.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Red Pargaan
Vaplai
Wilson
Jay
United States
Gotham Holds Citywide A Bomb Drill Test
Eight million New Yorkers sought shelter at 9 50 am as citywide civil defense sirens marked a major atomic alert drill. The exercise simulated two A bomb hits on downtown Manhattan and Queens with a 15 minute halt in traffic while wardens directed people to predefined shelter areas. Transportation mostly continued though most other activities paused.
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WEW
York
Manhattan
Queens
Eisenhower Orders Capital Defense Test
President Eisenhower directed all government departments and agencies to participate in a civil defense exercise set for November 3 in Washington. The drill aims to train civil defense workers to respond to an air raid or other emergency.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bing's Kin Jailed as Drunk Driver
West Los Angeles up rport says Bing Crosby’s brother Larry Crosby was jailed on suspicion of drunk driving after running a stoplight struck a parked car and hit a palm tree. He was released on 150 bail and ordered to appear in municipal court.
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Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Larry
Crosby
R. J. Gray
L. MM. McDermott
Wilshire Boulevard
Philip Glauzer
Red Atrocity Quiz Heralded by McCarthy
New York AP reports Senator McCarthy announces a Senate inquiry into reported Communist atrocities against United Nations prisoners of war. He names Senator Potter to chair a subcommittee looking into U N POWs still behind the bamboo curtain and other matters.
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Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
United Nations
Permanent
Senate
Potter
R.mieh
Wisconsin
U. N
Wall Street
American Legion
Fotter
Monahan Killers Ask New Trial
Attorneys for Barbara Graham Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins filed motions for a new trial in the case of the Burbank widow Mable Monahan. Superior Court Judge Charles W Fricke set arguments for Oct 6. The three defendants face the death penalty in the San Quentin gas chamber after a six week trial the lawyers contend the verdict ignored the evidence and legal standards and that the court misdirected the jury in its rulings.
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Los Angeles
Uri
Burbank
Mable Monahan
Superior Court
Charles W. Fricke
Barbara Graham
Jack Santo
Emmett Perkins
San Quentin
Monahan
Santo and
Perkins
S. Ward Sullivan
Graham
Jack W. Hardy
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Defense Dept. States ‘Confessions’ Inquiry
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James Kuiphof
Foe
Jimmy
Steff Phi
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