Riot Quelled by Sixty Officers in Angeleno LaFayette Area
Sixty peace officers broke up a riot of about 200 juveniles near Angeleno and LaFayette after 10 p.m. Eight youths were arrested and sent to Juvenile Hall. No injuries were reported as officers faced missiles including rocks and beer bottles while being threatened. 40 units from San Gabriel Monterey Park Alhambra the highway patrol and the sheriff's office restored order.
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Frank Lloyd
San Gabriel
Angeleno
LaFayette
Floyd
K. L. Rucker
Monterey Park
Alhambra
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Couple Hurt as Car Crashes Into Store at Walnut and Michigan
A Buick eastbound struck a car turning left on Walnut. Austin Follette and his wife Carrie Sevita Follette were rushed to Huntington Memorial Hospital after emergency surgery. Jacob Slavin was treated for neck and shoulder pain. A secretary, Mrs. Olney Atherton, was in the Floyd Lee Inc. store when the car crashed through a plate glass window. groceries and peanuts littered the scene.
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Michigan
E. Walnut
Jacob Sidney Slavin
Follettes
French apologize for mob in Tunis incident
The United States received a formal apology from France in Paris for the unpardonable acts of a French mob that wrecked U.S. property in Tunis. French officials pledged to cover repairs and investigate police inaction as U.S. offices in France offered to pay for damages.
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Washington
France
United States
U.S
Tunis
State Department
Paris
C. Douglas Dillon
Alain Savary
Charles Lucet
C. Burke Elbrick
Elbrick
Lucet
Department
U.S. Information Service
Survivors Describe Ghost Ship Arakarimoa Sinking
Survivors in Guadalcanal say four passengers likely died after leaping into shark infested waters from the wrecked Arakarimoa. Thirteen reached shore by dinghies, while six remained aboard. a 66 year old man’s body was later found. The ship had been missing for weeks after a hurricane.
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Honiari
Guadalcanal
Seek to Impeach Gov. Folsom in Alabama Rally
A white citizens council group in Birmingham filed a petition seeking the impeachment of Gov. James E. Folsom. They accuse him of corruption in office for permitting Autherine Lucy to enroll at the University of Alabama and cite his condemnation of campus unrest and lack of support for white supremacy.
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Birmingham
Ala
White Citizens Council
James E. Folsom
Autherine Lucy
North Alabama
University of Alabama
Folsom
Hot Rodders Invade Cleveland Sparks Police Action
About 20 carloads of teen aged hot rodders roared into Cleveland to take over the town. Police broke up the demonstration, eight youths were jailed. Deputy Frank Barber Jr. was gashed on the head by a knife wielding teen as Bradley County Sheriff Paul Jones noted the clash.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Bradley County
Paul Jones
Frank Barger Jr
Ohio River Flood Threat Eases Amid Blizzard Warnings
A weather bulletin reports the Ohio River flood threat easing as the Ohio Valley remains at risk from a subdued crest. Meanwhile a developing storm could produce blizzards across Nebraska and Western Kansas with gusty winds and near cold temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
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Ohio River
Midwest
Kansas City
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York State
Marietta
Ohio Valley
Probe alleges Chinese in slavery in California’s San Joaquin Valley
U S FBI agents moved in to probe charges that Chinese workers were smuggled into California and held in slavery in the San Joaquin Valley. An affidavit by C Paul Patuck of Oakland for the Retail Clerks Union requests records from Chinese associations to aid a federal probe into illegal entries. About 50 workers allegedly were forced to work ten hours daily six days a week and kick back much of their pay at four Yuba City Marysville markets, with an estimated underpayment of 265000 dollars from 1951 to 1954.
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San Francisco
UPFBI
California
San Joaquin Valley
C. Paul Patuck
Oakland
Retail Clerks Union
U.S
Patuck
Yuba City
Marysville
Bookmaker Cahan Shot In Row
Hollywood bookmaker Charles Cahan, known for the Cahan case on electronic listening devices, was shot six times in a cafe row over a $20 bill on Santa Monica Boulevard. He, 31, suffered back and arm wounds and was hospitalized. Lloyd Douglas Woods, 47, Beverly Hills, was arrested as an associate of Cahan.
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Hollywood
Charles Cahan
State Supreme Court
E. Elm Dr
Beverly Kills
Cahan
Ten Injured As Car Plows Into Bell Gardens House
A car driven by Dean Herschel C. Launius smashed into the kitchen of Richard Platte’s home at 7140 E. Gage in Bell Gardens injuring ten people. Launius and his wife Edna were taken into custody on suspicion of drunk driving. The Plattes and their two children suffered various injuries. all were treated at Maywood Hospital.
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Bell Gardens
CNS
Dean Herschel C. Launius
Montebello
Richard Platte
E. Gage
Depty
Launius
East Los Angeles
Edna
Lucy
Ray
Wilma
Chester
Karan
Linda
Maywood Hospital
Platte
Danny
Sharon
Four Jesuits Feared Dead In Fire At Shadowbrook
Four Jesuits missing and feared dead after a $1 million fire at Shadowbrook Jesuit seminary in Lenox Massachusetts. 127 escaped. six other priests and brothers injured. Missing include Henry E. Perry 72 Benedicta Maine Henry B. Muello 55 Boston Arthur B. Tribble 53 Malden Stephen Mulcahy former dean of Boston College.
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Lenox
Mass
Shadowbrook
Massachusetts
Andrew Carnegie
Henry E. Perry
Benedicta
Henry B. Muello
Boston
Arthur B. Tribble
Malden
Stephen Mulcahy
Boston College
Bulganin Sees Open Sky Basis for Disarmament Talks
In Moscow Premier Bulganin backs France’s proposal to fuse Eisenhower’s open sky plan with other arms ideas as a potential basis for major power disarmament discussions. He spoke at a French embassy dinner while reviewing Auriol and Moch proposals and is anticipated to respond to Eisenhower’s latest letter.
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Moscow
Bulganin
France
Eisenhower
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Jules Moch
Moch
Police Calm Duck Burst At McArthur Park
In Los Angeles police calmed a duck outbreak at Mc Arthur Park after callers said ducks bit and disrupted Sixth Street. Officers halted heavy traffic and persuaded the birds to retreat to the lake with no injuries reported.
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Los Angeles
McArthur Park
Sixth St
Reds convict priest as spy in Shanghai trial
An American Catholic priest, Father John Houle of Glendale, California, has been tried in Shanghai for espionage, convicted, and sentenced to four years. Reports say the sentence retroactively dated to June 15, 1953, the arrest date, and he is one of seven priests jailed in Shanghai.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
John Houle
Glendale
Calif
Houle
Quake Felt Over Humboldt County Area Last Night
A rolling earthquake was felt across Humboldt County in extreme Northern California last night. No damage was reported.
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Eureka
Humboldt County
California
Pasadena Glendale City Lines face potential Monday strike
Negotiations between Pasadena and Glendale City Lines and the Transportation Union Division 1277 failed. 16 mechanics and maintenance workers threaten a 16 cent hourly pay raise to avert a walkout, with talks ending after no progress and a two year offer of 14 cents per hour rejected.
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Pasadena
Glendale
Fred Morris
Transportation Union Division 1277
John Fenton
Morris
Long Beach
Body of Nellie M. Kress Identified in Santa Monica Surf
PFA body found in the surf late Tuesday by actor Brian Ahern has been identified as Nellie M. Kress 68 of Los Angeles. Her brother Charles B. Kress of Corona identified her yesterday. Tests are under way to determine the cause of death.
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Santa Monica
PFA
Brian Ahern
Nellie M. Kress
Los Angeles
Charles B. Kress
Corona
Weather Smog Outlook Forecast for Manxioum
The outlook notes fog or low clouds spreading in from the coast during night and morning hours with mostly sunny conditions after midday. The report lists a high of 74 and a low of 44 for March 9 in Manxioum.
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Manxioum
Medic Cancels Caesarean Scene on NBC Show
NBC will not air a Caesarean birth on Mondays Medic program. The network said the film is not family viewing in its current form and may be shown later after further editing. All My Mothers All My Fathers will be rerun in its place.
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Hollywood
NBC
Musicians Defy Union Order Over Local 47 Session
In Los Angeles a faction of Local 7 defied a national AFM order to cancel a midnight Monday membership meeting. A committee halted a special session to oust Local 47 President John T. Green, but vice president Cecil F. Read called the move unAmerican and undemocratic and said the revolt would proceed at the Hollywood Palladium.
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Los Angeles
CNS
American Federation of Musicians
Local 7
Local 47
John T. Green
Cecil F. Read
Hollywood Palladium
Quarles Calls Study on Allied Support in Atomic War
Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles urged a formal study to gauge how firmly allies would back the United States in an atomic war. In a Maxwell Air Force Base speech, he pressed for deterrent pressure that is positive and unequivocal and stated aggressors must expect the U S to counter with its best weapons.
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Montgomery
Ala
Donald A. Quarles
America
Quarles
Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base
Nixon Vote Helps Flexible Farm Price for Wheat
Vice President Nixon cast a tie breaking 46 to 45 vote to reject a higher rigid support level for wheat, preserving the administration’s flexible farm price program. The vote contrasted with earlier 54 to 41 approvals for cotton corn and peanuts, drawing sharp parliamentary contention and a challenge from Senator Gore over Nixon’s authority.
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Washington
Nixon
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Fire sweeps rag plant in Los Angeles blaze
A fire last night at 1348 W Slauson gutted the ABC Wiping Materials Co rag plant in a one story frame building. Five fire companies battled the flames under Battalion Chief W G Meyers. Damage estimated at 10000 dollars as rags stored inside fed the blaze.
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Los Angeles
CNS
W. Slauson
ABC Wiping Materials Co
W. G. Meyers
Protest over Arch bishop Makarios Exile Sparks Greece Cyprus Riots
In Athens and Salonika furious mobs clashed with police as Britain exiled Cyprus leader Archbishop Makarios. Kreta Limassol and Kyrenia saw tear gas and armored cars as Greek demonstrations paralyzed Cyprus. Greece recalled its ambassador in protest while Makarios, deported to Kenya and then Seychelles, faced exile.
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Athens
Greece
Cyprus
Britain
Makarios
Salonika
U.S
Limassol
Kyrenia
Crete
Heraklion
Mombasa
Kenya
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Spyridon
Bel-Air Mystery Search Scott Home
Los Angeles police planned to search the Bel-Air home of Evelyn Throsby Scott, missing for ten months, with permission from her husband L Ewing Scott who said he loves her and will help find her. District Attorney S Ernest Bell and police held a two hour conference after the plan. Dep Police Chief Thad Brown said officers would check all information from Scott and remain unsatisfied until Mrs Scott is found.
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Los Angeles
Bel-Air
Evelyn Throsby Scott
L. Ewing Scott
Dist. Atty. S
Ernest Bell
Thad Brown
Scott
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