Record Parade Kicks Off Jr. Rose Bowl Tilt
The largest Jr. Rose Bowl Parade in post season charity classic history opened the 14th JRB today with about 2 000 participants. Honorary grand marshals include Rafer Johnson Parry O'Brien Mike McKeever Marlin Luster Ivory Jones Bob Lillis and June Stover. Bands from Pasadena College of Sequoias Bakersfield Del Mar and Northwest Mississippi JC highlighted the march.
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JRB
Stan Stevens
Pasadena Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Rafer Johnson
UCLA
Parry O'Brien
USC
Mike
Marlin McKeever
Marv Luster
Ivory Jones
Bob Lillis
Los Angeles Dodger
June Stover
Bakersfield College
del Mar College of Corpus Christi
Tex
IRB
del Mar
del Mar Turf Club
Northwest Mississippi Junior College
Sentabia
Miss
Herter Off Today for Paris Talks
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter leaves Andrews AFB with Rob ert Anderson and Thomas Gates for NATO discussions in Paris. The Cabinet team seeks stronger NATO defenses and greater European military and financial contributions, including relief for U S military costs in Eastern Europe.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Herter
the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Andrews Air Force Base
Foy D. Kohler
Anderson
Gates
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Council
West Germany
France
NATO
Europe
Dream Buses Added for Comfort and Safety by MTA
The MTA introduces 100 new Dreamliners to improve ride comfort and safety for city commuters. Pasadena Recreation Dept. presents The Magic Nutcracker by a group of young performers. South Pasadena High School wins the CIF AA football title by defeating Mater Dei 28 to 14. The Yankees trade four players to Kansas City to acquire outfielder Roger Maris. Don Carter wins the World Invitational Bowling Tournament in Chicago with Olge Gloor taking the women's title.
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MTA
South Pasadena High School
Mater Dei
Page
New York Yankees
Kansas City Athletics
Roger Maris
Don Carter
Chicago
Olge Gloor
Eisenhower Hosts Quiet India Visit Amid Palatial Scene
President Eisenhower, amid a crowd of 8000 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, exchanges remarks with President Rajendra Prasad. Security intervenes as revelers and officials flood a palace lawn during an otherwise calm stop on his 11 nation tour.
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New Delhi
UPI
Eisenhower
India
Rastrapati Bhavan
Old West Point
Rajendra Prasad
Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
U.S
TV Producer Hurt in Crash Near Sinatra Party
TV producer director William A. Colleran is hospitalized with severe injuries after a car crash in Los Angeles. Police say his car crossed a double line, struck a curb and rammed a brick pillar after attending a party at Frank Sinatra's house. His wife actress Lee Remick flew from Cleveland Tenn to the bedside. Colleran, 42, suffered internal injuries a severe concussion and an eye laceration.
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Los Angeles
William A. Colleran
Lee Remick
Cleveland
Tenn
Colleran
Frank Sinatra
Stock Promotion Suspects Held In Secret Grand Jury Indictment
Two men, Walter A. Falk 65 of Van Nuys California and Carl F. Peterson 72 of Denver were arrested on a secret federal grand jury indictment returned last March on mining stocks swindle charges. Bail was set at 25000 dollars each.
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Los Angeles
Walter A. Falk
Marietta St
van Nuys
Calif
Carl F. Peterson
Denver
Abandoned Soviet Plane Spotted Near Iceland
A Soviet twin engined aircraft with CCCP markings and tail number H 535 was seen on an ice floe about 155 miles northwest of Iceland near Greenland. Icelandic and American patrols reported the find and searched with aid supplies but fog prevented recovery before night.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Greenland
Icelandic Defense Force
Ussr
Keflavik
L A Toy Shop Fire Displaces Midnight Mission Residents
Flames swept the Southwestern Novelty Company at 380 South Los Angeles street prompting evacuation of more than 200 Midnight Mission residents. Firefighters battled the blaze for about 30 minutes, destroying the three story brick building and causing over 150000 in damages. The fire origin is undetermined though it started in the rear first floor and spread through highly combustible toys. Off duty watchman Jimmy Robinson alerted authorities as smoke filled the alley separating the mission and toy firm. Residents were allowed to return once the fire was extinguished.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Midnight Mission
William Goss
Southwestern Novelty Company
South
Los Angeles Street
Sunshine Mission
George Kelly
Jimmy Robinson
Mission
Toy Company
Their Marriage Up in the Air in Formosa
In Taipei Formosa Miss Feng Hsui ying 18 and Capt Cheng Ching lien a Nationalist Chinese paratrooper were to wed today after parachuting from a C46 transport for the ceremony. The best man and 12 others also jumped.
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Taipei
Formosa
Feng Hsui-ying
Cheng Ching-lien
Four Lutheran Churches Merge to Form Largest U.S. Body
Chicago reports a tentative merger of four Lutheran denominations representing three million members to create the Lutheran Evangelical Church in America. The plan, negotiated since 1956, unites the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, United Lutheran Church in America, and Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Chicago
United States
Lutheran Unity
Lutheran Evangelical Church In America
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church In America
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Three More Escapees Captured
In Harlan Kentucky three convicts from a North Carolina prison breakout were recaptured after wandering the mountain town. Wilder Cummings John Kilbourn and Johnny Lee Miller were identified as the fugitives among twenty escapees from Ivy Bluff prison. Three remain at large.
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Harlan
North Carolina
James Cox
Wilder Cummings
Wilkesboro
N.C
John R. Kilbourn
Winston-Salem
Johnny Lee Miller
Henderson County
Ivy Bluff
Auto as Weapon Lands Speeder Behind Pasadena Bars
A 22 year old man, Robert Sherman, driven through traffic signals and city boulevard stops, rammed police cars during a high speed chase then kicked Officer Robert Behnke. Sherman and two 17 year old passengers were jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charges after the pursuit ended with Officer Duncan Dow halting the car near 717 Del Monte. An accidental gun discharge occurred when officers forced him from the vehicle.
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Pasadena City
Robert Sherman
Solita
Sherman
Orange Grove
Fair Oaks
Duncan Dow
del Monte
Robert Behnke
Romance and Movie Heroes in Jury Selection for Finch Trial
In Los Angeles prospective jurors discuss romance and TV heroes as Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff Pappa face murder charges for the July killing of Finch’s wife Barbara. Jury questioning resumes Monday with 13 jurors excused to date.
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Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff Pappa
Barbara
Miss Pappa
Dr. Finch
Rexford Eagan
Fred N. Whichello
Grant B. Cooper
Refrigeration Ship Damaged by Fire Near Copenhagen
A 4,900 ton refriger ator ship under construction for the Soviet Union on a Danish island near Copenhagen was badly damaged by fire. The blaze started in the compressor room before dawn, drawing hundreds of firefighters and 24 engines to the scene for hours. Government agents were summoned to investigate.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Soviet Union
Rebels Claim Capture of Three Towns
A 3,000-man Paraguayan exile force led by Maj. Juan Jose Rotella invaded Paraguay at 2 a.m. claiming three towns fallen and clashes with Gen. Alfredo Stroessner’s troops. They seized Encarnacion port zone and Puerto Iguazu while a rebel plane strafed Encarnacion. Paraguayans say the border is under control as the siege system remains in flux.
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Posadas
Argentina
UPI
Paraguay
Juan Jose Rotella
Alfredo Stoessner
Titan missile explodes during launch at Cape Canaveral
A Titan intercontinental missile exploded moments after liftoff at Cape Canaveral. The 98 foot missile rose briefly before erupting in fire and a mushroom cloud. All 50 crew members in the nearby block house escaped unharmed, with the launch tower reduced to a fire-blackened ruin.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Teen-Age Bandit Kills Fresno Grocer During Hold Up
A teenage bandit fatally shot Oscar Mandan, a 61 year old Fresno grocer, during a robbery yesterday. Mandan was hit in the stomach during a struggle with the assailant who fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
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Fresno
Oscar Mandan
Repentant Attacker Frees Girl from Suspected Police Impostor
A 15 year old girl was abducted from near El Camino Junior College by a man posing as a police officer. After driving away with her, he released her when he appeared to repent and asked her to get help. The incident occurred around 9 30 p m at Redondo Beach and Crenshaw boulevards as she sat with a 16 year old friend. Police and deputies investigated with several arrests reported as the case unfolded.
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Los Angeles
CNS
el Camino Junior College
Redondo Beach
Crenshaw Boulevard
Rosecrans Avenue
R. Maha
Lennox
Sabotage Plot Foiled at North Sumatra Plant
Medan dispatches report army authorities halted a plot by Moslem Darul Islam extremists to blow up the state oil plant of Permina Oil Co. in North Sumatra.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
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College of Sequoias
Visalia
Yuba College
Dream Buses
Sweet Tooth Ballet
Pasadena Recreation Dept
St. Nick
Berlin
South Pasadena
Yankees
A’s
Carter
Asuncion
Throng
Russ
Santa
Santa Claus
Milwaukee
National Paraplegia Foundation
Eugene Grueschow
Lynn Bukowski
L.A
Trio
Cox
Cooper
Encarnacion
Panama River
Puerto Iguazu
Buenos Aires
Parana River
Brazil
Stroessner
Fidel Castro
Ramon Duarte Vera
Vera
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