Nine arrested in raid on heroin office near parochial school
Sheriff narcotics detectives seized a suspected heroin sales operation after two weeks of surveillance. Paul T. Talley, 26, described as chief pusher, his wife Billie May Talley, 25, and Marilyn Jo Wickham, 19, were detained with seven others on narcotics charges. Authorities found a hypodermic outfit, marijuana tins, two pistols, a rifle and $1000 in cash. Talley admitted frequent Mexico trips for heroin.
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Paul T. Talley
E. Second
Talley
Billie May
Marilyn Jo Wickham
S. Willowbrook
Sgt. Vega
Mexico
Norwalk Sheriff's Station
Inspired Kiss Clears Him in Auto Crash Suit
A pharmacist from Glassport, Pa., Alex Wargo, was freed in a damage suit after testifying that Mary Lyons, 29, kissed him while the car moved and he became inspired, causing his vehicle to strike a pole. Judge Thomas M. Marshall denied Lyons a new trial.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas M. Marshall
Mary Lyons
McKeesport
Alex Wargo
Glassport
Wargo
Missing UCLA Scientist Hunted in Los Angeles
Police widen search for Dr. George Fuller a 27 year old UCLA medical physiologist missing since May 31 from his Los Angeles home. He left for an evening seminar at UCLA and has no known motive for disappearance his wife reports no marital trouble.
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Los Angeles
UCLA
George Fuller
Fuller
Midvale Ave
U. S. Department of Public Health
Cornell University
Weather outlook with early coastal fog and warm up ahead
Mostly clear today with coast fog expected in the morning tomorrow. Highs around 95 on June 13, with a low of 62. Full forecast appears on Page A-9.
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Gune
Ncerese
Dutch Royal Rift Claimed In Palace Healer Scandal
A German magazine report alleges faith healer Miss Greet Hofmans influenced Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard causing a royal rift since 1950. Dutch officials acknowledged embarrassment but offered no comment on the disclosure.
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Tee Hague
Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Mina Cristina
der Spiegel
Frankfurt
Bernard
Miss Greet Hofmans
Vote Contempt on Robeson by House Panel
The House Committee on Un American Activities voted 7-0 to pursue contempt of Congress against Paul Robeson. In a stormy session Robeson refused to declare if he is a Communist and denounced the committee as bad Americans.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Raccoon Captured On 10th Floor Of Downtown Office Building
Two special agents from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cornered and seized a raccoon perched on the ledge of a 10th floor downtown Providence office building. The agents questioned how the animal ended up so high in the structure.
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Providence, R.I
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Lockheed Shift Ends Burbank Move to Ontario Plant
The relocation of more than 1,260 tons of equipment tools and supplies by Lockheed Aircraft Service Division to a new plant in Ontario has been completed.
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Lockheed
Burbank
CNS
Lockheed Aircraft Service Division
Ontario
Eisenhower to confer with Adenauer in hospital room
President Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, plans a hospital room meeting with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer tomorrow at 10 a.m. The visit will be his first outside family and aides since his abdominal surgery, with Dulles accompanying Adenauer.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Wire Cut Triggers Western Union Disruption in Jersey City
Teens used an axe to sever a trunk cable disrupting communications from New York to the West Coast. Emergency crews repaired the line while Western Union rerouted traffic to a temporary circuit at the ground level point near the Hackensack River.
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Jersey City
N.J. A
Western Union
New York
West Coast
lIthe
Hackensack River
Nesting robin pulls big oil truck off run
In Oshawa Ontario a nesting robin laid three eggs on a tow hitch of a oil tank truck. The eggs hatched after the truck traveled 260 miles with driver Keith Moffat. The mother bird grew tame enough for petting, and a spare vehicle was added to the run after an egg broke. The babies are due to hatch in about 10 days.
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Oshawa, Ont
Keith Moffat
Robin
Moffat
Harry Perry
Denver Attack Victim Gives Birth Amid Legal Fallout
Mrs. Joe R. Anson, 27, who was attacked in her Denver apartment last September, has given birth to a boy now in the custody of the Denver Welfare Council for adoption. The attacker, John D. Peters, 18, an airman, is serving a 40 to 80 year sentence in the Colorado prison.
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Denver
Joe R. Anson
Mercury Heads Into 90s Again
Temperatures rose into the 90s across the Pasadena area as smog settled over the region. The Air Pollution Control District issued midday updates warning residents to limit outdoor activity and stay indoors when possible.
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Pasadena
Air Pollution Control District
Heat Wave Keeps Midwest Awaiting Summer
A record breaking heat wave entered its fifth day across the Midwest and beyond. Residents from the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast endure high temperatures as summer nears its official start on June 21.
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Midwest
Chicago
Great Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
Heat and smog alert issued as Pasadena hits 95
The APCD forecast light eye irritation in the Los Angeles basin with a possible alert amid scorching heat. Pasadena logged 95 yesterday and 62 tonight with other area highs near 95 to 101. The air pollution alert, triggered in Vernon at 10:40 am reaching .70, was cancelled at 12:15 pm after a 75 minute breeze. Cooler weather expected to begin tomorrow and near normal by weekend.
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APCD
Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Gabriel
Glendora
Covina
Weather Bureau
Vernon
Handyman charged in brutal North Baltimore murder
A 21 year old Negro handyman was seized and charged with the murder of Mrs. John H. Boost in North Baltimore. Police described the attack as the most brutal they had seen with two butcher knives a Japanese saber and a brass figurine used as weapons. Mrs. Boost, 48 mother of four, was killed during a home intrusion as she ate ice cream, after the intruder forced a screen door. Bloodstains and signs of a furious struggle were found.
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Baltimore
John H. Boost
Carl Daniel Kier
Rainbow Girls Collapse In Houston Initiation
About 200 Rainbow Girls fainted or collapsed from heat during initiation at city auditorium. Paul Harriss reported 160 faintings counted by ushers before the tally was halted.
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Houston
Tex
Order of Rainbow
City Auditorium
Paul Harriss
Cave-in Kills Six Children in Brooklyn Excavation
In Williamsburg a sand wall collapsed on a group of children playing near a highway underpass. Six youngsters, two girls and four boys, died. nine others were digging and one 9-year-old was pulled alive but seriously hurt. Police and the district attorney opened an investigation for possible negligence.
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New York
Brooklyn
Marie Stanikunas
Marie
Dolores
Anatole Bykov
Power Failure Kills Polio Patient in Chicago
A city wide blackout caused by a 207000 kilowatt generator outage led to the death of Marcel Bucher a 33 year old polio victim paralyzed from the neck down Firemen and neighbors tried to save him but he died within an hour after the power failed His wife Jeanne 35 attempted to reach Commonwealth Edison Co. for help as fire crews were summoned
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Chicago
Marcel Bucher
Bucher
Jeanne
Commonwealth Edison Co
Orphans Pause in Arcadia Before Final Leg of Journey
Two Korean orphans Kim Mi Soon nine months and Baikai Hyung three pause at Dr. Bob Pierce home in Arcadia before joining 19 Korean American orphans arriving in Los Angeles by plane as part of Operation Stork. Dr. Pierce of World Vision will transport them to their new families. Kim will reunite in Fowler Kansas and Bark heads to Kansas City then Detroit. The group faced a delay due to measles and Tokyo quarantine.
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Kim Mi Soon
Baikai Hyung
Bob Pierce
Arcadia
Korea
America
Santa Margarita
International Airport
Los Angeles
United States
Pierce
World Vision, Inc
California
Kim
Fowler
Kan
Bark
Kansas City
Detroit
Tokyo
Hiccup plagued boy ends eight year ordeal
In Los Angeles Jack O Leary once hiccuped every second for eight years after a ruptured appendix on June 13 1948. His weight fell from 138 to 74 pounds. Two weeks ago his hiccups stopped and he has since gained six pounds while his mother calls it a miracle and notes the house is quiet.
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Los Angeles
Jack O'Leary
Margaret O'Leary
Jack
Truman Replies to Moscow Claim Blasts Russian Propaganda
Former President Harry S. Truman dismissed Moscow radio assertions that Russia blocked the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan. He told reporters in Paris that the Russians knew nothing about the atomic bomb and called their claim propaganda.
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Paris
Harry Truman
Moscow
Russia
United States
Japan
Regular customer robs restaurant of 300 dollars in Los Angeles
A man described as a regular customer dined at the Horseshoe Tavern on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, then junior cashier Dorothy Manges handed over $300 when the diner brandished a gun after eating. Waiter Jake Ohlson witnessed the man’s casual meal prior to the robbery.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Horseshoe Tavern
S. Fairfax
Jake Ohlson
Dorothy Manges
Lost Prospector Rescued After 8 Days on Lizards and Cactus
Charles L. Robinson of Hot Springs Ark survived eight days after a Colorado River capsized boat incident near Moab Utah. He ate raw lizards and cactus losing 42 pounds, calling the trek dangerous and divine intervention kept him alive. His companion Bryan Waelder of Long Beach Calif walked 100 miles toward Hanksville before rescue.
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Moab
Utah
Colorado
Charles L. Robinson
Hot Springs
Ark
Robinson
Bryan, Waelder
Long Beach
Calif
Hanksville
Baseball Today: Leagues, Scores and Lineups
Baseball today notes scattered NL and AL games with lineups, home runs by Lopes and Zernial, and scheduled matchups including New York at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, and Washington at Cleveland. Details include pitchers Ditmar and Harrington, and game statuses.
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RK. H. EK
Kansas City
Washington
Ditmar
Harrington Son
Ramos
Stome
Thompfoioh
Clevenger
Berberet
Lopes
Zermal
Detroit
Dos
Smith
New York
Hearn
Liddle
Katt
Rush
Landrith
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Roberts
Crome
Pittsburch
Cincinnati
Kline
Kilippstein
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Stanley J. Decker
Stockwell
Lynwood
Randall Noble Brookshire
Motz
James Robert Terrazas
Complette
Downey
Robert Benton Bowman
Madison
Walter Earl Berry
Roosevelt
Hollydale
Leamon J. Taylor
Iowa
Merket
Altadena
Society
Wome
Es Aekae
Vital Statistics
al2 World News
Mley
Coceesees
Helen Hayes
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Princeton University
Mercury
APC
Handyman
Rainbow Girls
Star-News
Marilee Pierce
Mrs. Pierce
Sharon Pierce
Williamsburg
Theresa Stanikunas
Michael
Lorraine
Truman
Bandit
Bill Wells
Bishop
Waelder
Baseball Today
Keegan
Pallet
Lollar
Turley
Coleman
Byrne
Berra
Cleveland
Mossi
McLish Feller
Wynne
Hegan
Nixon
Sister
Daley
Johann Strauss
San Gabriel Valley
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