Prison violence leaves inmate dead in Terminal Island
In a Federal Prison on Terminal Island violence erupted with Ted Sumpter, 30, killed by stab wounds and skull fracture. Warden Preston G. Smith said 12 inmates were in the carpenter shop when the attack occurred. FBI began questioning them as investigators probe motive and sequence of events. Sumpter, serving 18 months for car theft, had been moved from Texarkana and convicted in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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Texas
Blueprint for East San Gabriel Valley growth released
A 26 page regional land use plan envisions a population of 930 000 in the East San Gabriel Valley with 12 persons per acre overall. It forecasts new single family homes on 6 000 to 10 000 square foot lots and estate style lots above 20 000 square feet in hilly areas. The study covers 205 square miles and relies on 25 community shopping centers and 24 school districts with centralized governmental services in Covina Pomona and Puente.
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San Gabriel Valley
Regional Planning Commission
Covina
Pomona
Puente Valley
Puente
Three Priests Rescued From Sinking Stella Maris
Off Balboa Island a 32 foot Stella Maris began taking on water and sank after a 45 minute struggle at sea. The three priests led by Rev. Charles Cranham were rescued by a passing tuna boat eight miles northeast of Avalon after signaling for help.
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Stella Maris
Salin
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Charles Cranham
Pius School
Long Beach
William J. Barry
Catholic Welfare Bureau
William Atwill
St. Vibiana’s Cathedral
Los Angeles
Balboa Island
Father Cranham
Barry
Cranham
Stella ‘Maris
Fugitives Captured After Lassen County Ranch Raid
Three Folsom convicts who escaped from custody were recaptured following a raid on a ranch house in Lassen County. Authorities pursued the fugitives after the break, ending the short-lived escape.
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Alturas
Folsom
Lassen County
Weather forecast notes low clouds and sunny Saturday
The entry reports low clouds tonight with a sunny Saturday. It lists a minimum temperature of 58 and mentions a full weather report on page A-4, with other features and sections like Classified, Comics, Editorial, and more.
Gould heirs settle estate in France division
In Nice France the widow and two daughters of millionaire Frank Jay Gould reportedly reach agreement on the division of his vast estate.
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Nice
France
Frank’ Jay Gould
Surgeons Find Tumor in Roll's Lungs at UCLA
Dist Atty S Ernest Roll underwent exploratory surgery at UCLA Medical Center to locate a tumor on his left lung. Doctors said the tumor is best treated with radiation via a cobalt unit rather to surgical removal. Roll, with a long standing chronic lung condition, remained in satisfactory condition post operation and will begin radiation in a few days.
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Dist
Atty
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Ucla Medical Center
Roll
Hearings Set On Grand Canyon Plane Tragedy
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced public hearings to begin August 1 in Washington on the Grand Canyon crash that killed 128 people. It seeks the cause of the fatal collision between a Trans World Airlines Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7, with congressional probes already under way at the site.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Grand Canyon
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Congressional
Salt Lake teen ends worst ordeal with peaceful hospital night
Salt Lake City report says Jean Margetts, who spent nine days under a wrecked car in a Utah mountain canyon, has had her most peaceful night since entering the hospital on July 3, marking a quiet moment in her recovery.
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Salt Lake City
Jean Margetts
Utah Mountain
Ike Nominates Two to U.N.
President Eisenhower named two frequent critics of his foreign policy William F. Knowland and Hubert Humphrey as U S representatives to the United Nations General Assembly. They head a slate of five representatives and five alternates for the assembly in New York set to open about November 12, pending Senate confirmation after a Dulles meeting.
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Eisenhower
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William F. Knowland
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Assembly
New York
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Family Believes Kidnapper Afraid Holds Baby Return
WESTBURY N Y The Weinberger family spokesman says the parents now believe the kidnapper fears capture more than the ransom in delaying the baby's return. David Holman, uncle of the mother, notes reports that $25 000 was ready and says police no longer monitor St Brigid Church where the infant was kept.
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Weinberger
David Holman
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Holman
Nassau County
St. Brigid
Harriman Office Opens in Los Angeles State Delegation Shift
Californians for Harriman opened a Los Angeles office as Mrs. Bernice Ryan Simonton, chairman, said the California Democratic delegation is pledged to Adlai Stevenson but should be ready to back Harriman if he appears likely to be nominated.
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Harriman
Bernice Ryan Simonton
California
Adlai Stevenson
Four Year Old Goes Blind Yet Finds Joy in Five Days
Orlando boy Mike Sibole age four faces removal of his remaining eye after a retina cancer. He spends five days experiencing sights at Africa U S A and Miami Seaquarium before lifelong blindness begins. His parents hope to give him a joyful final glimpse of the world.
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Mike Sibole
Mike
J. W. Sibole
New York
School For the Blind
Miami
Governor Knight may seek new California college conference
Governor Knight signals possibility of four major California universities forming a new athletic conference if the PCC fails to stabilize athletic relations. UCLA President Fagg calls for a conference of PCC presidents to address penalties tied to subsidies, with Sproul urging an emergency meeting in San Francisco.
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Fpi
UCLA
Raymond B. Allen
Goodwin J
Knight
California
Allen
PCC
Southern California
Fred F .Fagg, Jr
Washington
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Council of Presidents
San Francisco
Knight pushes scrapping Rose Bowl pact for top teams
California leader TM Knight urged ending the Big Ten PCC Rose Bowl rule that blocks two top teams from meeting in Pasadena. He suggested California schools form their own conference and criticised scholarships rules and PCC penalties while calling for a clearer, fan favored system. He said the issue should be discussed publicly and noted no UC board action yet.
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Pp Gory
Goodwin J. Knight
Pasadena
Knight
California
PCC
Big Ten
University of California
UCLA
University of Southern California
Washington University
Board of Regents
Rebel Leader Executed in Can Tho
Rebel Gen Bacut, 32, former Hao Hao sect commander of about 10 000 troops, died by guillotine today in Can Tho cemetery after a stubborn stand against President Ngo Dinh Diem. He wore a black peasants' outfit as he was executed.
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Viet Nam
Bacut
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fireflies Shipped to Buena Park Denied Release
Hollywood 'Idea Man' Desmond Slattery sent 15,000 fireflies from Texas to Buena Park for a mass release. County officials blocked the plan and ordered Slattery to find another home for the insects.
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Hollywood
Idea Man” Des‘mond
Slattery
Texas
Callifornia
Guild adopts two year limit on local contracts
The American Newspaper Guild in Toronto announces a constitutional amendment restricting local contracts to two years unless the International Executive Board approves a longer term. The change tightens contract duration rules across the union.
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American Newspaper Guild
ANG
International
Baseball Today Incomplete Sums Across Leagues
American League action includes Chicago versus Boston and Detroit at Washington with night games featuring Fay nee Ramos and Pascual. Kansas City at Baltimore. Cleveland at New York with Score Wynn Sturdivant. National League lists Pittsburgh Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn Milwaukee NYC St Louis matchups with Erskine Newcombe Antonelli Dickson and more.
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Sturdivant
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Dickson
Knight Urges Courts Overruled Liquor Bans in California
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight said cities may ban liquor only through legal rulings, not his office. He commented on state liquor chief Russell Munro overruling local zoning in San Marino and South Pasadena and urged cities to bring cases to the supreme court for clarity.
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Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Russell Munro
San Marino
South Pasadena
Slayer Dies in Gas Chamber at San Quentin
Henry Thomas, 32, executed in San Quentin gas chamber after six postponements for the holdup murder of Tulelake grocer Mrs. Welsie Ainsworth. Warden Teets said he was resigned and calm, not sleeping, while listening to radio music. Gas pellets dropped at 10 03 a.m. and he died at 10 11 a.m.
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Henry Thomas
Harley O. Teets
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Tulelake
Welsie Ainsworth
Flood Insurance Bill Approved by House Committee
The House Banking Committee approved a 3 billion dollar flood insurance program plan. A companion Senate bill would provide up to 250 000 dollars for businesses and 10 000 dollars for residences. Under the House plan businesses would cover 60 percent of premiums with the government paying 40 percent to be split on homes by the government.
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House Banking Committee
Senate
Rosamond Trains Collision Claims La Mesa Driver
A 32 year old La Mesa resident, Frank William Whillden of 8707 Chevy Place, La Mesa, died after a car collided with a train in Rosamond. He died en route to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster.
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CNS
la Mesa
Frank William Whillden
Chevy Place
Antelope Valley Hospital
Lancaster
Disc Jockey Charged in Wife Slaying
In Pittsburgh police charged disc jockey Wally Dickson with the murder of his wife Nancy 26. The arrest rests in part on testimony from the couple’s 5-year-old son Jeffrey who said he heard two shots the night his mother was bludgeoned and shot in the chest and forehead.
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Pittsburgh
Wally Dickson
Jeffrey Dickson
Nancy
Composer Carleton Dies After Surgery in Burbank
Robert L. Bob Carleton, age 60, famed Dixieland composer of Jada, died last night at St. Josephs Hospital after an exploratory operation. He wrote more than 500 tunes starting from his native St Louis, Missouri.
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Robert L. Bob Carleton
Jada
St. Joseph's Hospital
Carleton
St. Louis
White Mule Arrested Aiding Whisky Manufacture
In Pittsylvania County Virginia a mule found at three raid sites was jailed after refusing to lead agents to operating stills. Agents labeled him contraband and turned him over to ABC officials who expect to auction the animal.
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Chatham
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Cascade
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania
ABC
Dynamite Laden Vessel Towed Off Long Beach
The Sea Boy was seen attempting to tow the 272 ton freighter Fort Ross, loaded with dynamite, to a Mexican port after engine trouble off Baja California. Coast Guard said the Fort Ross, owned by Jack Cooney of Vancouver, B C, was adrift but not in immediate danger.
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Coast Guard
Sea Boy
Fort Ross
Jack Cooney
Vancouver
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Baja
California
Steel Parley Resumes Monday In Nationwide Strike
Negotiators for the United Steelworkers and steel companies met for about two hours in a bid to end the 13 day old nationwide strike. U S W President David J McDonald said there was no change in the situation and plans to resume talks Monday.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
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