El Monte Girl 15 Killed After Motorcycle Ride Request
A 15 year old El Monte girl died after begging a Norwalk rider for a motorcycle ride in Monterey Park. The bike collided with a car a block later, in a crash that also killed Baldwin Park man Ronald O Dell and three other people. The county traffic toll rose to 270 with seven more injuries.
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Monterey Park
Baldwin Park
Aia
Molly Martinez
Satillo
James H. Fuller
Sierra Madre Ave
Eugene Young
Downey
Rose Winer
Los Angeles
Esther Staff
Thomas M. Monson
Miss Martinez
General Hospital
Ronald O'Dell
Norwalk
Driver Freezes On Track Tragedy Kills Two Nurses
Two women died when their car stalled on Lackawanna tracks in Wayne New Jersey as a freight train struck the vehicle. Their husbands and a passenger tried to help but could not avert the crash. The victims are nurses Vida Frey 38 of Cedar Grove and Mary Condon 44 of Montclair.
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Cedar Grove
Mary Condon
Monclair
Ex-Head Carlos Pino Socarras Freed After Matanzas Revolt
The government freed former President Carlos Pino Socarras less than 24 hours after suppressing a civilian revolt at Matanzas. The move follows a day of unrest and the authorities declare the crisis under control.
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Havana
Carlos Pino Socarras
Matanzas
Ticket Seller Robbed At Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles
A ticket seller at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium was robbed of 300 dollars by a well-dressed man about 45 who approached the window and asked about tickets for the Ice Capades Show.
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Los Angeles
Pan-Pacific Auditorium
Author's Car Kills Wife in Marin County Garage
Marmur, a 55 year old author known for sea tales, lost control of his car in a San Rafael area garage, pinning his wife Vernita Alyce Marmur 57, to the door and dragging her inside before the vehicle crashed through the rear. Firefighters freed the victim as Marmur described a pedal slip causing the car to lurch forward.
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San Rafael
Jacl and
Marmur
Larkspur
Saturday Evening Post
Collier’s
Vernita Alyce Marmur
George Bartram
Bartram
New Farm Bill Wins Approval By House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee approved a new farm bill unanimously, backing a $1.2 billion soil bank plan. A GOP proposal for $500 million in pre payments was rejected 19 to 15 along party lines, drawing Democratic criticism as a political gimmick.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Wnte
Civil Defense Action Urged by Holifield in Congress
Rep. Holifield warns Congress must initiate a civil defense program against hydrogen bomb threats if the executive branch fails to act. Speaking as a Senate Atomic Energy Committee member, he estimates a possible 100 million casualties in a US Russia hydrogen war and urges urgent leadership to avert a dangerous defense gap.
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Rep
Holifield
D-Calif
Congress
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Russia
House
Gets Prison Term in Tax Evasion
Rep. Thomas J. Lane of Massachusetts pleaded guilty to wilful evasion of 38542 in federal income taxes for 1949 50 51 and was sentenced to four months in a U S penitentiary plus a 10000 fine. The 57 year old congressman from Lawrence appeared in U S District Court before Judge Charles E Wyzanski Jr and was not scheduled to go on trial until May 15.
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Boston
Thomas J. Lane
Mass
U.S
Lawrence
U.S. District Court
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Bandit Suspect Held Over Robbery Linked to Taxicabs
Hollywood police held Miles Smith aged 50 of 2925 West Eighth Street on suspicion of robbery after a service station attendant was robbed of 69 dollars and 50 cents. His two taxicabs were used as getaway cars nearby.
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Hollywood
CNS
Miles Smith
W. Eighth
Eisenhower defends 4.9 billion foreign aid program
President Eisenhower urged Congress to resist cuts to the 4.9 billion foreign aid program, saying reductions would threaten U.S. security. Secretary Dulles testified that scaling back would gravely endanger national security, a view echoed by the White House after a March 19 message. Dulles linked deterrence to treaties and U S power, while Sen. George pushed broad NATO political activity but opposed economic expansion.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Sen. George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Dulles
White House
Capitol Hill
Dulles
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Scott hires prominent new lawyer in Las Angeles case
Criminal lawyer Frank B Belcher becomes L Ewing Scott's attorney as Scott faces a grand jury probe. Belcher warns officials to respect constitutional rights while distancing from public comments on guilt or innocence. Scott denies knowledge of Evelyn Scott's whereabouts since her disappearance from the Bel Air home.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Frank B. Belcher
L. Ewing Scott
Scott
Frank Belcher
Belcher
Evelyn T. Scott
Dist
Ernest Roll
Giant tanker keel plates joined at Bethlehem yard
Actress Madeleine Carroll helped fit the first two keel plates of Amer ica s largest tanker a 737 foot 46 000 ton vessel to be built by Bethlehem Steel Co for Stavros S Niarchos at Quincy Mass today.
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Quincy
Mass
Madeleine Carroll
Ameria
Bethlehem Steel Co
Stavros S. Niarchos
Family swept to death in San Saba flood near Brady
A mother, father, and their 14 year old daughter were swept away in a flash flood on the San Saba River near Brady Texas. At least three other cars plunged into muddy floodwaters at a nearby low water bridge 11 miles south of Brady near Voca. No rescues reported of the car occupants. Missing and believed drowned are Mr and Mrs W S Hale and Sharon Kay Kennedy.
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Brady, Tex
San Saba
Here
State Highway Patrol
West Texas
Voca
W. S. Hale
Sharon Kay Kennedy
Carnera sues Columbia Pictures over film The Harder They Fall
Primo Carnera sues Columbia Pictures for 1.1 million dollars claiming invasion of privacy in The Harder They Fall. He says the film subjects him as Toro Molina, a stupid man, harming his reputation and causing social ridicule. The suit notes Carnera fought 560 bouts between 1928 and 1937, winning about 480, and held the heavyweight title in 1933 before relinquishing it in 1934.
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Santa Monica
Primo Carnera
Columbia Pictures
Toro Molina
Carnera
Trigger Fingers Are Too Quick
Harold J. Erickson, 28, of 15025 Oswald St in San Fernando, was wounded with bullets in both legs while practicing a fast draw in San Francisco Canyon. He drew his guns before unholstering, collapsed at the scene and was taken to Community Hospital.
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Community Hospital
Harold J. Erickson
Oswald St
San Fernando
San Francisquito Canyon
Truth Triggers Deportation for German-born Student
Otto Weyer, an engineering student at Henry Ford Community College, faces deportation to Germany after admitting he previously claimed citizenship falsely. The case stems from a Windsor Ontario trip last spring when he forgot his border-crossing card, led to a sworn admission during citizenship tests, and followed by his father’s midnight, rain-soaked distress on the Belle Isle Bridge.
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Detroit
Otto Weyer
Germany
Windsor
Ont
Henry Ford Community College
Otto
Joseph
Belle Isle Bridge
Weyers
High Court delays ruling on Internal Security Act
The Supreme Court splits 6-3 delaying a ruling on the 1950 Internal Security Act. Justices defer to assess whether perjured testimony influenced a government order requiring Communist Party registration. The court orders the Subversive Activities Control Board to hear again and clarify the record.
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Security Act
Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party Register
Moscow
Subversive Activities Control, Board
Turnabout
Harvey Matusow
High Tribunal
Subversive Activities Control Board
Florida county fruit quarantined to curb Mediterranean fly
Miami reports a new quarantine will ban movement of fruits and vegetables from most of Dade County. State plant board commissioner Ed L Ayers announced the measure in Washington after confirming the Mediterranean fruit fly invasion is spreading in South Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Ed. L. Ayers
State Plant Board
Washington
South Florida
Troop Plane Crash Kills 2 in England
A four engined York transport plane carrying British servicemen their wives and children crashed on takeoff at Stansted England killing a serviceman and a child. Six were seriously injured and five trapped passengers were freed by firemen.
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Stansted
England
Cyprus
York
Royal Air Force Field
Bank box opened in Beverly Hills murder case
Police opened Elmer Perry's secret safety box at Bank of America Wilshire branch. Detectives found miscellaneous business papers to probe motive behind the murder of the 61 year old former Siegel associate found dead April 11 in his car.
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Beverly Hills
CNS
Elmer Perry
Wilshire
E. V. Jackson
Bank of America
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Tony Cornero
Unprecedented April Snow Hits Northern States
A historic spring cold wave dumped over a foot of snow in the north and unleashed floods in major cities. Snow and freezing conditions stretched from Montana to the Great Lakes, while Detroit and Gary cleaned up after flash floods and Dakotas to Minnesota experienced heavy snowfall.
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Fort Worth
Montana
Upper
Great Lakes
Detroit
Gary
Ind
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
House sets marine deaths hearing at Parris Island
The House Armed Services Committee plans public hearings tomorrow to learn all details about the deaths of six Marine recruits during a night swamp march at the Parris Island NC base. Gen Randolph McPate, the Marine Corps commandant who led a personal investigation, will testify first.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Parris Island
N.C
Randolph MCC
Pate Marine Corps
Fight Opens for Estate of Man Who Died Twice
A Los Angeles court fight over the 108000 dollar estate of Sidney Hopgood Langdale unfolds after he vanished from England in 1922 and was legally dead by 1939. Langdale died October 27 in a downtown hotel with 11.48 in pocket. a safety box held 108 225 in United States Steel stock. He left a 17 year old will claimed by wife Rebecca Creed, daughter Marj or ie, and friend Marion Gunnell, while sister Dora May Langdale and two nieces and a nephew contest the document.
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Los Angeles
Sidney Hopgood Langdale
England
United States Steel Corp
Rebecca Creed
Langdale
Marjorie
Marion Gunnell
Dora May Langdale
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