J. W. Robinson Co to Build 160000 Sq Ft Department Store
The J. W. Robinson Co plans a 160000 square foot department store on Colorado between Hudson and Oak Knoll. Land and building costs are about 5500000, with seven and a half acres acquired for store and parking. Pereira Luckman and Raymond Loewy are overseeing final plans for the project, the same team that designed Robinson's Beverly Hills store.
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J. W. Robinson Co
Colorado
Hudson
Oak Knoll
Donald Buckingham
Union and
Gilmor Brown
Coldwell Banker Co
Los Angeles
Robinson's
Robinson
Beverly Hills
Deer Standoff Causes Freeway Crash and Casualties
Three deer paused on the Foothill Freeway near Devil's Gate Dam at 7 am. One doe was shot after colliding with Stephen Nathanson's car, another driver Fred Smith narrowly avoided a fatal drop into traffic. Both men were unharmed. deputies tracked the remaining deer as traffic slowed and flares were set.
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Devil's Gate Dam
Stephen H. Nathanson
Caltech
Tujunga Canyon Blvd
Tujunga
Pasadena
Fred Kenneth Smith
Evelyn
la Crescenta
Nathanson
Smith
Montrose
William McElheney
Pasadena Police
California Highway
Berkshire Ave
Linda Vista Hills
Former Official Claims Stalin Spied for Czar
A former Soviet Secret Police General, Alexander Orlov, now in hiding in the United States, charged that Josef Stalin spied for the Czar while plotting the Russian revolution. He alleged Stalin’s double dealing was exposed and linked Khrushchev’s current campaign to downplay Stalin.
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New York
Josef Stalin
Alexander Orlov
United States
Red Secret Police
Grigori Zhukov
Orlov
Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Hollywood composer cites 14 musicians in party probe
Albert Glasser a noted Hollywood composer and his wife Katherine testified as HUAC resumed hearings on Communist influence in Hollywood music naming 14 musicians labeled Reds and active in party circles during 1943.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Hollywood
Communist Party
Albert Glasser
Katherine
House Un-American Activities Committee
Weather forecast with sun after morning clouds
The forecast calls for morning cloudiness and sunny afternoons today and tomorrow with a high around 50 and a low near 48. An April 18 to 19 report shows mild conditions with full details available in the Pase AS where to find section.
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Ry Ralls Utili
Hich Seem
Cine New York
Avril
Pase
Hydrogen bomb test delayed to May eighth
The planned Pacific hydrogen weapon test, previously set for May 1, has been postponed to May 8 due to technical difficulties in readiness. The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission announced the delay today.
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Washington
Pacific
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Former Army Lt. Icardi Freed in WWII Slaying Case
Former Army Lt. Aldo L. Icardi was acquitted of perjury charges related to denying involvement in the wartime murder of U. S. S. Major William Holohan in Italy. The acquittal came on a defense motion to dismiss, with no government appeal possible.
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Washington
Aldo L. Icardi
William V. Hollahan
Italy
U.S
Richmond B. Keech
Icardi
Pittsburgh
Holohan
Iccardi
New Scott Evidence Uncovered in Missing Wife Case
An aide to Dist. Atty. Roll returns from the East with new evidence in Evelyn Scott’s May disappearance. Investigators found she owned two thirds of a $575,000 Milwaukee apartment house and a grand jury will hear claims of grand theft and forgery up to 20 counts.
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Los Angeles
Dist
Atty
Ernest Roll
L. Ewing Scott
Evelyn
Roll
Adolph Alexander
Police
District Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
Scott
Soil Bank Fund Wins Approval
The House Appropriations Committee voted 36 to 7 to provide 1.2 billion dollars to start the soil bank program immediately. The session was secret and hurried, with Rep J Vaughan Gary reportedly siding with six Republicans against the proposal.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
J. Vaughan Gary
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Eisenhower
Ex-President Muzzled Trumans Planning Quiet Wedding
Independence residents await the wedding of Margaret Truman to E C Daniel Jr at Trinity Church on Saturday. Daniel arrives from New York with his parents while the Truman family hosts a private gathering and keeps plans low profile.
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Independence
Delaware
E. C. Daniel Jr
New York
Margaret Truman
Kansas City
Margaret
Daniel
Harry S. Truman
E. C. Daniel Sr
Zebulon
N. C
Truman
Margie
Four Miners Trapped in Utah Cave-In Feared Dead
In Sunnyside Utah a Kaiser No 2 mine collapse trapped four workers after seven were in the tunnel when roof fell. Rescue crews report slow progress with 16 feet cleared and 85 feet more to reach. Names identified: LaVell Golding Joe Archuleta Lloyd Heath Joe Otterstrom.
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Sunnyside
Utah
C. T. Hallett
Kaiser Steel Corporation
No. 2
Crubble
LaVell Marion Golding
Wellington
Joe Archuleta
Dragerton
Lloyd D. Heath
Joe Otterstrom
Gas Tax Link to Rapid Transit Urges State Senate
A state senator says the legislature may soon divert some gas tax revenue from highways to finance mass rapid transit in California. The note links the gas tax to funding for rapid transit projects in San Francisco and elsewhere.
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San Francisco
Ppa
Baseball Today National League and American League scores
Baseball today lists NL results including Philadelphia’s 9 to 2 win over Brooklyn and St Louis’s 6 to 3 victory over Cincinnati with pitchers Haddix and Jones noted. American League games show Cleveland and Chicago tied 0 0 and Detroit 5 1 over Kansas City with Pettanere noted and Berra, Stobbs, Fitzgerald in the Western rosters.
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Brooklyn
Dickson
Seminick
Haddix
Jones
Cleveland
Chicago
Averill
Harshman and Lollar
Kansas City
Detroit
Itack
Marlowe
Mass
House
Petenere Ohadnastinnneance
Sbrt
BOMOR
Cloudburst Floods Barstow Damages Homes
A cloudburst near Barstow caused two hours of heavy rain damaging about forty homes. Water flooded main streets and highways, inundated cars, and a river of water passed through the Elks Club. Heavy rains also affected surrounding desert areas and Pasadena saw a trace of rain.
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Barstow
Desert City
Elks’ Club
Milk Byproducts Price Rise Seen in Los Angeles
Price increases for butter and cheese and other milk byproducts are expected in parts of the United States due to President Eisenhower's dairy support plan. Some areas may see increases of 2 cents per pound for butter and 1 cent for cheese, with milk prices rising by 1 cent or more. J P Duffy, supervisor of the Bureau of Milk Consumers, notes California minimums and competition may keep milk prices steady locally.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Eisenhower
J. P. Duffy
Bureau of Milk Consumers
State Bureau of Milk Control
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier Begin Honeymoon Voyage
Film star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III married in Monaco and departed on the 300 ton Deo Juvante II for a 15 day honeymoon. A 2000-strong crowd cheered as they cut their cake and sailed, with Kelly in a gray suit and Oliver the poodle on her arm.
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Monte Carlo
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier III
Principality
Oliver
Finn Runner Wins Boston Marathon
Antti Viskari of Finland won the 60th Boston Marathon defeating Boston's Johnny Kelley in a record time of 2 14 44 for the 26 mile course from Hopkinton to Boston. He beat the old record of 2 18 22 set last year by Hideo Hamamura.
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Boston
Antti Viskari
Finland
Johnny Kelley
Boston A.A
Viskari
Hopkinton
Japan
Hideo Hamamura
Hostilities End in Mideast Amid Cease Fire Agreement
Dag Hammarskjold announced Egypt and Israel agreed to an unconditional cease fire effective 6 p.m. last night. The UN secretary general said no military or paramilitary forces may shoot across or pass the armistice line and must observe Article 2, paragraph 2. Hammarskjold headed to the region to seek further easing of tension.
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Jerusalem
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
Israel
U.N
U.N. Palestine Truce Commission
Cairo
New York
United Nations
Oe Hammarskjold
Midle East
Security Council
Woman Falls From Midtown Hotel With Pet Dog
A 50 year old woman identified as Mrs Isabelle Pereyra resident of the Rio hotel at 132 West 47th Street fell or jumped eight floors to her death early today. Her Pekinese dog died with her. Police said her husband Eusebio Pereyra was at sea.
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New York
Isabelle Pereyra
The
Rio
Eusebio
Blast Wrecks Refinery Injures Eight at Marcus Hook Plant
A thunderous blast at Sun Oil Co. Marcus Hook refinery wrecked the ammonia plant shortly after midnight injuring eight people. Damages are estimated near three million dollars as flames rose 200 feet and debris flew across three acres of the site.
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Co
Chester-Marcus Hook
New Jersey
Delaware River
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