Egypt to respond to Menzies Suez talks plan
Cairo reports Egypt will answer tomorrow to the Menzies committee request for talks on the Suez crisis. President Nasser is expected to meet with the five nation panel in Cairo while insisting the entire Suez issue be discussed and not only the plan for an international authority. The move comes as Britain and France prepare military options if negotiations fail.
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Cairo
Egypt
Menzies Committee
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London Suez
Menzies
United States
Suez
India
Britain
France
L A City Taxpayers Face Record Property Bills
Los Angeles budget officials anticipate a city tax rate rise from 6.86 to at least 7.17 per 100 of assessed valuation. Final figures depend on late auditor calculations for districts including schools flood control sanitation and waterworks. Homeowners face a 44 cent school tax hike plus higher assessed values.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Officers Quell Mammoth Riot in Oxnard District
Teenagers sparked a large riot in Oxnard Colonia District. About 50 officers battled the mob for an hour and a half. a 16 year old girl was hospitalized with head injuries. Police booked eight for failure to disperse. three arrested were under 21.
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Oxnard
Colonia
Sheriff's Office
California Highway Patrol
Ventura
Port Hueneme
Navy Shore Patrol
Cheveres
Otis Tipton
Mill Opens Under Escort After Prolonged Labor Dispute
In Oroville a non union worker crossed a four man picket line and started the Feather Falls Pine Mill after a weekend shutdown. The escort was said to be armed if needed though no weapons appeared. The two year labor dispute recently resurfaced after a period of dormancy and violence last week.
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Oroville
Feather Falls
Pioneer Californian Lottie Hollister Dies at 83
Mrs. Lottie Steffens Hollister 83 pioneer Californian and sister of the late author Lincoln Steffens died in a Santa Barbara hospital. Her husband John J Hollister was a former state senator and her son J J Hollister is a current Democratic state senator. The family resides on a large ranch north of the city.
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Santa Barbara
Lottie Steffens Hollister
Lincoln Steffens
John J. Hollister
J. J. Hollister
Here
Baseball Today in the Leagues
National League actions include fence Brooklyn Milwaukee. American League features Cleveland Lemon 16-11 at Washington Griggs 1-5 night. Any game scheduled.
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Cleveland
Lemon
Washington
Griggs
Bomber Hits Two Homes Near Sanford Air Station
A Navy attack bomber crashed into two houses near Sanford Air Station in Florida, killing the three crewmen and a 3-year-old girl, Sue Lowe, on a porch. The blaze destroyed one home and scorched both structures as bodies were recovered after firefighting efforts. Eight airmen bailed from a KC-97 near Fire Island Alaska amid engine failure, one rescued, pilot Capt. Elva Wilkerson landed safely. Marina Del Rey bond plan to fund a $25 million small boat harbor will go to the Board of Supervisors.
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Sanford
Fla.p
Sanford Air Station
Sue Lowe
Anchorage
Alaska
Fire Island
Here
Elva Wilkerson
Los Angeles
CNS
Marina del Rey
Board of Supervisors
Eisenhower challenges Russia on nuclear tests at Pebble Beach
President Eisenhower announced that the Soviet Union resumed nuclear tests possibly including a hydrogen device. The White House and Atomic Energy Commission noted the last Soviet detonation was under a megaton and urged Russia to publicize tests to reduce danger and counter Western claims of threats to world peace. Tokyo reported no Soviet test detectable by the Japanese meteorological observatory, despite nine U.S. blasts at Bikini this year.
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Pebble Beach
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Commission
United States
Tokyo
Japanese Central Meteorological Observatory
U.S
Bikini
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Santa Cruz Island Fire Injures Ranch Foreman on Island
A fire on Santa Cruz Island 30 miles off the mainland injures ranch foreman Rudy Nilsby. Firefighters plan to airlift him off the island as the blaze burns the southeast side on property owned by Pier Cherini. Ranch hand Ed Plimer is the other occupant in that area. The island measures about 20 by 5 miles and is used mainly for cattle raising.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
W. A. Wadleigh
Rudy Nilsby
Pier Cherini
Nilsby
Ed Plimer
Murder convict in isolation trial in Los Angeles
James Merkouris, 43, was placed in a sound proof isolation booth as his sanity trial proceeded in Superior Court. Judge Clement D. Nye halted the trial last Wednesday after Merkouris assaulted Deputy District Attorney J Miller Leavy and shouted obscenities. Court attaches said the booth was the first of its kind in local history.
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Los Angeles
CNL
James Merkouris
Clement D. Nye
Merkouris
Dep. Dist. Atty
J. Miller
Freedom House Awards Named Winners in 1956
New York announced the 1956 Freedom House award recipients. President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines and Governor Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico are honored. Whitney North Seymour Freedom House board chair and Dr. Harry D. Gideonse, president, announced the selections.
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New York
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Luis Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Whitney North Seymour
Freedom House
Harry D. Gideonse
Stevenson Truman talk exposes private
London Evening News prints what it calls the authentic story of Adlai Stevenson and Harry Truman after Stevenson won the Democratic nomination. The paper recounts a brief reconciliation attempt in Truman’s hotel suite with a sharp exchange and a remark that Bess Truman will never forgive me.
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London
London Evening News
Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman
Stevenson
Chicago
Truman
Evening News
Bess
Tru
Classified Telephone Rates and Departments
Classified line lists 5 cents telephones and contact numbers for all departments with extensions RY ZE and central lines for inquiries. Provides standard rates and department dialing codes for readers seeking information or placing notices.
Women die in cliff fall on Pacific Coast Highway
A large earthslide blocked the Pacific Coast Highway near Santa Monica with 6000 cubic yards of debris covering a 15 foot stretch. 9,000 tons of rock and dirt were cleared but the road remained closed amid fears of further landslides as four picnicking women were carried away.
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Santa Monica
CNS
Pacific Coast Highway
Wilshire
San Vincente
Police Quiz Kidnap Suspect Anew
Police resumed questioning Angelo John LaMarca in the Peters Weinberger case as they seek details about the July 4 kidnapping of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. LaMarca confessed to the abduction and abandonment of the infant, saying he took the baby to Brooklyn and left him with a friend. He has not named any accomplice and was deemed sane at the time by a psychiatrist.
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Mineola
N. Y
Angelo John LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Westbury
Brooklyn
la Marca
One Killed and 200 Wounded in Ahmedabad Meeting Crackdown
Bombay reports that one person died and about 200 were injured when police fired on a 50 000 strong crowd at Ahmedabad last night during a meeting led by Moraji Desai chief minister of Bombay State. Rioters tried to drag leaders of the All Indian Congress from the platform.
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Bombay
India
Ahmedabad
Moraji Desai
All-Indian Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
GOP Backed Man Enters Race as Democrat
Arnold Brewer Jr. previously pressured by Republican allies to seek state legislative seat. He ultimately filed to run as a Democrat in Boothbay Harbor Maine, marking a party switch before the campaign.
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Boothbay Harbor
Arnold Brewer Jr
Brewer
Democrats Start Ballot Campaign
Associated Press reports the Democratic Party initiates a campaign to organize and mobilize voters for upcoming ballots. Key organizers coordinate outreach across states with emphasis on registering new voters and building district support ahead of primary contests.
Campaigns Move North and West as 1956 Ballot Takes Shape
Democratic nominees Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver head to Santa Fe and other cities for a tour ahead of November. Vice President Nixon departs California for campaign conferences in Washington. A Boston boy faces assault charges after a Halloween doorbell prank ends with a gunshot. Eisenhower continues golf vacation as AFL CIO meets in the Poconos to decide endorsement.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe N. M
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Iowa
Knoxville
Whittier
Calif
Washington
Los Angeles
Boston
Branner
Eisenhower
Cypress Point Club
Peble Beach
James C. Hagerty
Afl-Cio
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
Baler Loses $349 In Hay Bale Mishap
Scottville Kentucky farmer Mo da G Taylor found his wallet missing money after his pocketbook slipped into a hay baler. Federal Reserve in Washington will redeem the amount since serial numbers remained visible. Taylor plans to leave his wallet at home while baling hay.
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Scottsville
Moda G. Taylor
Federal Reserve Bank In
Washington
Taylor
North American Aviation Wins $20 Million F 86D Contracts
North American Aviation announced receipt of government contracts worth twenty million dollars for modification of F 86D Sabre Jets.
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Los Angeles
CNS
North American Aviation
Reward Offered for Lost Child at Mahoney Farm
Waterford reports a $500 reward for any trace of 4 year old Patricia Jean Mahoney who vanished Saturday night from the Mahoney berry farm. Deputies checked itinerant farm workers while volunteers continued the search in the area.
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Waterford
Patricia Jean Mahoney
Sheriff's Deputies
Part Time Pastor Held in 21000 Bank Theft
Robert Drodge a 27 year old bank teller and part time minister was arrested in Waynesburg Pa on fraudulent pretense charges for allegedly stealing 21000 from a customer account. He admitted taking some money and said he spent portions helping family and friends while intending to repay it.
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Waynesburg
Robert Drodge
Mount Morris
Ray Fisher
Drodge
First National Bank of
Morgantown
Thomas Boyd
Boyd
University of Pittsburgh
Ezio Pinza Recovering From Attack
Italian born singer Ezio Pinza 64 has canceled all engagements through winter after a mild heart attack, plus a bruised hip from a fall at Villa Picone. His wife Doris says rehearsals for A Very Special Baby are halted. doctors report a quick recovery and Pinza may leave for home soon.
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Milano Marittimo
Italy
Ezio Pinza
Doris
New York
David Susskind
Pinza
Rain Dampens Broad Nation Overnight Weather Change
Rain dampened wide areas of the nation as warm moist air flowed in from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Only isolated pockets escaped the shower or thunderstorm activity overnight.
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Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Seventh Commandment Tape Recorder Theft Reported
Boston police seek suspect after a tape recorder was stolen from St. Pauls Methodist Church in Odessa Del The device contained a sermon on the Seventh Commandment Thou Shalt Not Steal and the theft drew police attention to the church burglary casualties
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Boston
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Odessa
Del
Jon the Seventh Commandment
Los Angeles Council Seeks Funds To Prevent PCH Landslide
The Los Angeles City Council asked Governor Knight to allocate funds to stop another slide on the Pacific Coast Highway near Santa Monica. Councilman Harold Harby said yesterday's slide hospitalized four people with no fatalities.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Goodwin J. Knight
Santa Monica
Harold Harby
Bluff Collapse Injures Four Sitters at Santa Monica Picnic
On a bluff above the coast, a 175 foot high ledge collapsed injuring two women and leaving others bruised. Mrs. Lucelle Glenn and Mrs. Maude Hankerson suffered cracked vertebrae but were not in critical condition, while two companions received treatment for shock and bruises. Escaping unharmed were two men nearby and a car was partly buried by earth.
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Lucelle Glenn
Venice Blvd
Maude Hankerson
Third Ave
California Lutheran Hospital
Eugene Baughman
S. Mariposa Ave
Norah Hayward
Eighth Ave
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Hospital
Bob Sullivan
Brockton Ave
Jim Loftis
San Jose
Santa Monica
Frank A. Goodbody
Stassen Returns to Capitol Post after Disarmament Visit
Harold E. Stassen resumes duties as presidential disarmament adviser in Washington. He had taken a July 30 four week leave to campaign against Vice President Richard M. Nixon, but failed and instead supported Nixon’s nomination. He declined to discuss the abortive bid, saying simply I never speak of things gone by.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Weather Outlook With Sun After Morning Clouds
Low clouds persist tonight and morning then give way to sun in the afternoons today and tomorrow. Temperatures reach a high around 80 with a low near 61. Full forecast on Page A7.
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