South Pasadena man admits two Wilshire district slayings
Donald T. Basher, 27, of South Pasadena, confessed to killing two women in their homes within 15 months to fund his USC psychology degree. Victims were Laura Lindsay, 62, and Karil Rogers Graham, 39. He said he burglarized to pay for school and feared capture.
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Donald T. Basher
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Laura Lindsay
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Karil Rogers Graham
Art Center
Berserk gunman shot in Paso Robles after spree
Ex convict J. Thomas Caldwell, 32, of Los Angeles and San Francisco, was critically wounded after a morning shooting spree that wounded hotel manager Alma Anderson, 58. Caldwell required surgery at General Hospital San Luis Obispo to save his life after a police shotgun blast ended his 2 1 2 hour terror.
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San Francisco
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Union Blacklist Claim in Suit Over Telephone Answering
In Los Angeles a suit filed in Superior Court alleges that telephone answering services used a blacklist to exclude union members. Office Employes International Union Local 30 seeks 250000 dollars from Thrifty Telephone Answering Service and two associations of answering service owners.
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CNS
Superior Court
Office Employes International Union Local 30
Weather Update Showers, Fog Inland Next Two Days
The forecast calls for clear skies today and tomorrow with early coastal fog in the mornings. Cooler conditions expected today with a high near 91 and a low around 56 tomorrow. Full weather details appear on Page A-10.
Highland Park Thug Robs Market Owner of Cash
Los Angeles reports a gunman broke into a market owner's home at 526 N Ave 22 Highland Park early today and stole 1050 in receipts. The assailant forced entry through a back door and told Tom I hear you are a nice guy I don't want to hurt you. The robber gave a $10 bill to Mrs Tom for the baby. The Toms have two children Jim and Fayeking.
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Hee Tom
N. Ave
Highland Park
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Toms
Jim
Fayeking
Miss Raye Seeks Fifth Divorce in Miami Flight
Comedienne Martha Raye boarded a plane at Idlewild Airport to Miami to pursue divorce from her fifth husband dancer Ed Begley. She stated plans for the divorce and also announced selling her Westport Connecticut home and leaving the state.
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Martha Raye
Miami
Ed Begley
Idlewild
Westport
Conn
Connecticut
Eisenhower Meets Adenauer in Hospital on German Reunification
President Eisenhower and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer held a 10 minute hospital meeting at Walter Reed as Eisenhower, in pajamas, expressed hope for early German reunification to liberate 17 million in the East. Adenauer then departed for New York, with Dulles and Kellerman present.
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Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Henry Kellerman
State Department
Adenauer
New York City
Kellerman
Foreign Aid in Deep Trouble Declared in Senate
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson warned that the administration's Foreign Aid Bill is in deep trouble in the Senate. He said 25 Senate Democrats and a substantial majority see the administration has yet to make a case for restoring the House cut.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Democrat
House
Johnson
Polio Cases Fall in Week Nationally
The Public Health Service reports 176 polio cases across the United States in the past week, down 103 from the same week last year indicating a continuing decline in new polio infections nationwide.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Noisiest Import Yet Hillbilly Music Rocks Germany
The American Forces Network airs Hillbilly Gashaus in Frankfurt attracting many German fans and American GIs. Cafes adopt Hillbilly Gashouse names and readers from England to Denmark write in with enthusiasm for the program.
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Germany
American Forces Network
Storms Fail to Ease Midwest Heat Wave
A six day heat wave persisted as violent storms battered 300 miles of Gulf coast and moved inland. The tug May Dee sank off Gulfport with 15 aboard. eight rescued and seven missing. The O J Cenac saved three more. A truck plunging into Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans killed the driver and left another missing.
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Miss
O. J. Cenac
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Lake Ponchartrain
Two Truman Aides Convicted in Tax Case Fraud
A jury in St. Louis convicts Matthew J. Connelly, White House aide to President Truman, and T. Lamar Caudle, former head of the Justice Department Tax Division, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in a tax case. Judge Rubey M. Hulen set sentencing for July 19 after an eight-nine member panel deliberated nine hours.
Court upholds firing of diplomat John Service
The U S Court of Appeals today upheld the governments 1951 firing of veteran diplomat John Stewart Service but cleared his record of findings of loyalty doubts. The unanimous ruling affirmed District Judge Edward M Curran’s June 30 1955 decision in full.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
John Stewart Service
Edward M. Curran
Baseball Today Report Mixed Results From Major Games
Chicago faced Philadelphia with Philley and Mantle among the home run hitters. Cleveland and Boston saw Lemon and Jensen connecting for solo shots as Daley and Hegan pitched. New York at Milwaukee listed as the only National League game for the night.
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New York
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Staley
Lollar
Grim
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Philley
Mantle
Cleveland
Lemon
B. Daley
Hegan
Iglock
Hord
Kiely
Daley
Jensen
Boston
National League
Milwaukee
Spain
Man free climbs church bell tower in Cambridge standoff
Horrified crowd of about 2,000 watches 26 year old Godfrey A. Sherman Jr swing from a cross on a 185 foot bell tower for 90 minutes while drinking gin and eating a sandwich and an orange. He drops pocket change to the crowd before being talked down by his brother a priest and police and fire fighters.
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Cambridge
Mass
Godfrey A. Sherman Jr
Sherman
Blacklist on Defense Jobs Sparks House Hearing
House investigators accused the Defense Department of blacklisting contractors for up to two years without notice. Subcommittee chair F Edward Hebert labeled the practice high handed and unfair. A DoD witness said suspensions occur when there is evidence of fraud and prevent any bids from the listed contractor.
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Washington
House
Defense Department
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Armed Services Investigating
Armed Services
Ten Americans among dead in French rail wreck
A Paris Luxembourg express carrying American tourists derailed near Fismes France causing ten deaths and 44 hospitalizations with 38 grave injuries. Officials reported many hurt and uncertain American casualties as the train sped through Fismes toward Rheims in Champagne country. American Express interpreter Jack Heutzager noted several Americans were aboard and many travelers were headed for June holidays.
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France
Filmes
Rheims
Champagne District
Paris
American Express
Jack Heutzager
Luxembourg
Teens Stowaway Trip To Honolulu Ends With Return
Two 17-year-olds Joan Damon and Dudley Taylor traveled from San Francisco aboard the Lurline to Honolulu with under four dollars between them. Chaperoned by Earle C. Anthony, they enjoyed Hawaii brief but costly sights before flying home. Their parents paid about 300 dollars each for the trip and the teens fear facing schoolmates upon return.
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East Palo Alto
Dudley Taylor
Redwood City
San Francisco
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Nadine L. Damon
Dudley
Menlo
Atherton High School
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Golden Gate
Dutch deny healer ruled queen Juliana amid abdication talk
Dutch editors dismissed reports that faith healer Miss Greet Hofmans influenced Queen Juliana and caused a constitutional rift with Prime Minister. The German weekly Der Spiegel had alleged Hofmans guided state affairs after assisting the princess. The tale followed a wartime political shift as the Communist De Waarheid ran the story without affecting election results.
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U S Servicemen Held in Slave Labor Camps
Vienna reports three American servicemen held in slave labor camps by Russia. Returnees claim the men are near Odessa and include Edward Reitz-Stothorn a California pilot Bob Goldman of New York and Jack Koarelsky with unspecified home state.
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Austria
Russia
U.S
Association of
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Edward Reitz-Stochnoth
California
Bob Goldman
New York
Jack Koarelsky
Trevor Gardner Testimony Due
The Senate Air Power subcommittee today summoned Trevor Gardner of Pasadena former assistant Air Force secretary in charge of research to testify on whether Russia outpaced the United States in air power development. Gardner resigned after seeking more funding for research.
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Senate Air Power Subcommittee
Trevor Gardner
Pasadena
Air Force
Russia
United States
Gardner
Ruth Ruth Married After Cross-State Trip
Ruth Anton and Stanley C. Ruth traveled from The Dalles Oregon to Ruth Nevada for a wedding ceremony making Ruth Ruth the wife of Ruth.
Maxwell House Coffee Hikes Wholesale Price
General Foods Corp. announces a three cent rise in vacuum packed Maxwell House coffee price to 1.02 dollars per pound, the highest since February 1955.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Honeymooner Dies After Falling From Plane Over North Carolina
Oren Ase Pruitt 38 of Charlotte dies after plunging 6000 feet from an open door on a Piedmont DC3. The couple wed Tuesday in York and were honeymooning to Asheville to meet the bride’s parents. A Piedmont official said the door could not have been forced open in flight and remained open upon landing.
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N.C
Piedmont
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Shelby
York
S.C
Asheville
Oren
W. G. McGee
Bomb Scare Delays Russian Clergymen in New York
Eight homeward bound Russian church leaders were delayed four hours by a phony bomb scare at Idlewild Airport. After the all clear they boarded a KLM Constellation at 1:50 a.m. for Amsterdam. The clerics and 29 other passengers left the US after police searched the plane. They spent 11 days in the United States.
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Idlewild
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Amsterdam
Holland
United States
Adventists Flock to 54th Southern California Camp Meeting
Thousands of Seventh Day Adventists from Southern California converge on a 36 acre site at Imperial Highway 4100 for a 10 day camp meeting. The 600 family size tents and 2100 trailer park will host worship and activities with the first address by M. J. Andreason at 7 30 p m.
Governor Joseph B Ely Dies in Massachusetts
Westfield reports the death of Joseph B. Ely former Democratic governor of Massachusetts who served from 1930 to 1934. Ely passed away in his home state, marking the end of a notable political career.
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Mass
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
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