Fire damages Huntington Park High gym in early morning blaze
Huntington Park High School gym sustained extensive damage with losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands. Principal Richard Nida cited 250000 dollars as a possible total, noting the girls and boys locker rooms were a total loss. Firefighters from all units fought the blaze from 3 23 a.m. with about 55 men and six engines on site. The gym lies across from the main campus. a recently rehabilitated girls section adds to the loss.
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Huntington Park High School
Richard Nida
Nida
Prince Rainier Says He Would Elope With Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier III declared he might elope as he prepares for his April 19 wedding to Grace Kelly in Monte Carlo. He spoke aboard the Ile de France before sailing to Paris, noting preparations are complete but small details remain. More than 100 fans crowded the corridor, and he admitted he sometimes wishes to marry quietly.
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Lle de France
Kelly Green
New York
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Boat maidens damages award in speedboat accident case
Boni Buehler former air line stewardess of Scottsbluff Nebraska awarded 265000 after 13 hours deliberation by a Superior Court jury in a 17 day trial. From total 265000 165000 came from prior settlements leaving 100000 against Geary Steffan. Hilton settled for 50000 and four defendants reached 115000 in settlements.
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Scottsbluff, Neb
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles Turf Club
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Boxer Sentenced in Slaying Case
A 27 year old former boxer Ralph H. Reno was convicted of second degree murder for strangling stepmother Stella Reno and dumping her body near the Nevada border. He also stabbed his father Andrew Reno in the same incident at their Santa Monica Boulevard apartment. a concurrent 1 to 14 year term for assault with intent to commit murder was imposed.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Clement D. Nye
Ralph H. Reno
Stella Reno
Nevada
Reno
Andrew
Santa Monica Blvd
Regents of California to elect new chairman today
Regents convene at 2 p.m. to choose a new chairman after the vacancy created by the death of Edward A. Dickson. Top candidates include Donald M. McLaughlin of San Francisco a mining engineer and Edwin W. Pauley of Los Angeles an oil man.
Snow shuts down New York area with heavy snowfall
Winter walloped New York and New Jersey with a new blizzard closing air schedules and complicating travel. More than 80 flights into and out of LaGuardia were canceled from 6 am to noon while Lincoln Downs in Rhode Island postponed horse racing due to a frozen track.
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New Jersey
Lincoln Downs
R. I
la Guardia
Jet crash near Louisburg kills two occupants
A jet bound for Grandview Air Force Base in Missouri crashed in a field near Louisburg Kansas, killing both men aboard. The incident occurred about 60 miles from the target base. Air Force officials stated no survivors.
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Louisburg
Kan
Grandview
Airforce Base
Two High School Coaches Killed in Collision
In Santa Maria area two Arroyo Grande Union High School coaches were killed and a third was seriously injured when their car collided with a truck-trailer. Glen Mullaney, 32, head football coach, and Charles Hardy, 26, junior varsity coach, died. Grant Gaunze, 26, Mullaney’s assistant, sustained major injuries.
Kidnap Reported Of Blonde Girl In Mar Vista
Police broadcast APB for a man in a light green four door sedan after a two year old girl wearing a yellow dress was last seen entering a car on Thermo Street near Inglewood Avenue in Mar Vista. A resident reported hearing questions asked by the man before the vehicle sped away. No missing child report was filed with police.
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Mar Vista
CNS
Thermo St
Inglewood Ave
Ike Leaves for Country Home
President Eisenhower headed in the rain today to his Gettysburg country home in Pennsylvania. He traveled about 85 miles with General Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme commander of Allied forces in Western Europe, a noted bridge-playing companion.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Gruenther
MISS TRUMAN TO REVEAL WEDDING DATE MONDAY
Margaret Truman announced she would publicly disclose on Monday the date and other details of her wedding. The statement was issued in New York and confirms plans for the forthcoming ceremony.
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Miss Truman
New York
Margaret Truman
Hope Flickers Out for Missing Boy in East Meadow
Gerald Dammans and his wife Marilyn travel to Iowa for a new home while clinging to hope for their missing three year old Steven who vanished October 31 in front of a supermarket. Pamela, age two, plays among shipping crates as tears mark the family’s departure.
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N.Y
Gerald Dammans
Iowa
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Marilyn
Pamela
Steven
Santa Ana Woman Killed in Highway 91 Crash
Mrs Nine Marie Brown, 42, of 2062 South Birch Avenue Santa Ana, was killed in a traffic accident on Highway 91 east of Barstow last night.
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Nine Marie Brown
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Santa Ana
Highway 91
Here
Cancer-stricken mother dies at sea near England
Antonia Manders a 27 year old from Sudbury Ontario died aboard the Maasdam liner in the English Channel while en route to Becker Holland. Her husband Cornelius and ship surgeon Dr Kruyt-Spanger were with her as their 21 month old son Willy slept nearby.
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Big Three Agree On Mideast Policy In Crisis
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France have a basic understanding of military steps for an Israeli Arab war. British Prime Minister Eden cites constitutional differences delaying public disclosure while Eisenhower's authority in crises remains debated.
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United States
Britain
France
Eden
London
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Congress
U.S
Cover Girl and Boy Friend Shot in Chelsea Flat
A 19 year old London cover girl Valerie Murray and her 22 year old medical student companion Derek Roberts were found shot to death in her Chelsea apartment. Police say friends saw them together often and near an engagement, in London’s Chelsea district.
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Chelsea
New York
Greenwich Village
Valerie Murray
Derek Roberts
Senate Farm Bill Delayed by Battles
Senate actions on a complex farm bill stall amid fights over amendments. Debates on about 20 of 60 proposed changes loom, with key issues including mandatory soil bank participation and dairy price supports. The bill maintains soil bank, dual parity, two price systems for rice and wheat, and acreage controls.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
St. Patrick's Day
Soil Bank
San Bernardino Pinball Ban Set to Take Effect
San Bernardino County ordinance banning pinball machines is due to go into effect tonight unless a last minute appeal delays the measure.
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San Bernardino
San Bernardino County
Culture and sex clash in U S foreign arts debate
House Foreign Affairs Committee members spar over what counts as culture in government funded arts. Rep Frances Bolton cites a Watusi act while Robert Schnitzer defends artfulness. Rep John Vorys questions Porgy and Bess’s portrayal of society alongside Rigoletto’s violence.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
James P. Richards
D-Sc
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
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Africa
Richards
Robert Schnitzer
Schnitzer
Mrs. Bolton
John M. Vorys
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
Uncle Sam
Moscow
Vorys
Porgy and
Bess
Catfish Alley
Porgy
Police quiz yields vague answers in disappearance case
Leonard Ewing Scott responded vaguely to questions from the district attorney and police about his wife Evelyn Scott who vanished May 16 1955. Authorities said he may take a lie detector test as the questioning continued, with Chief Parker calling the session a blank memory for details.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Leonard Ewing Scott
Bel-Air
Scott
William H. Parker
Roll
Carlisle man dies of heart attack at lecture
F C Srl Neiderer aged 68 of Carlisle died of a heart attack last night while attending a lecture titled New Hope for the Heart in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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F. C. Srl Neiderer
Carlisle
Swiss Doctor Bing Dies in Basle at 77
Dr. Paul Robert Bing a renowned Swiss neurologist and member of multiple academies died in Basle yesterday at age 77. He was a leading figure in medicine with ties to scientific societies in eleven countries.
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Switzerland
Paul Robert Bing
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