Fierce Late Winter Storm Batters U S Northeast Coast
The late winter storm battered a vast area from Virginia to Canada and as far west as Ohio. It caused 44 deaths and left nine ships aground. Four vessels broke moorings near Newport R I with three Navy men found in an open launch. Snow totals reached up to 46 inches in spots, and Italians on the freighter Etrusca were rescued by breeches buoy after grounding in 70 mph winds.
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New York
Virginia
Canada
Ohio
Newport
R.L
Navy
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Car Crash Kills Two in Arcadia on Duarte Road
An Arcadia girl Jean Anna Rhoden 20 and Lawrence Batten 28 were killed instantly when a car hopped the curb and ran 100 feet along a sidewalk then crashed. Gradon Rhoden 26 uncle of the girl was critically injured and in hospital. No witnesses and the driver could not yet be questioned.
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Arcadia
Jean Anna Rhoden
E. Duarte
Lawrence Batten
Fishburn
Huntington Park
First
Duarte Rd
Gradon Rho‘den
St. Luke Hospital
Helicopters Join Hunt for Missing 3-Year-Old Boy
In Los Angeles a search for 3-year-old John Richard Sandoval drew 200 people with floodlights and nine helicopters. Deputies, reserve officers, and local volunteers scoured a 9 square mile area along the Rio Hondo near Slauson Rosemead and Washington. The boy, last seen in his front yard, is described as 3 feet tall, 34 pounds, with dark brown hair and blue eyes, wearing blue jeans and a striped shirt.
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Los Angeles
John Richard Sandoval
American Legionnaires
Rio Hondo River
Slauson Ave
Rosemead
Washington
Walter Sandoval
Rivera
Nellie Sandoval
Demonstrators Converge at Rhee Mansion in Seoul
Thousands jammed toward the Rhee residence in Seoul demanding President Syngman Rhee's reelection. Dulles spoke on tactics of Communist rulers as three thousand veterans labor unionists students and monks formed tight columns outside the gates.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
U.S
State Dulles
Bug in Bottle Swindler Sentenced in Los Angeles
John Fe. O Malley 48 known as the bug in the bottle man was sentenced by Superior Judge Allen T. Lynch to six months to five years in state prison on one count of petty theft with a prior felony conviction. He bilked residents by claiming to take a dangerous bug in a bottle to Stanford University for research.
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Los Angeles
CNS
John FE. O'Malley
Allen T. Lynch
O'Malley
Fountain
Hollywood
Stanford University
Marilyn Monroe Knocked Down at Phoenix Rodeo
Actress Marilyn Monroe suffered a bad fall during the 26th Phoenix World Championship Rodeo while filming Bus Stop. She tumbled five feet off a ramp before 10,000 spectators, skinning both knees but continuing the scene.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Marilyn Monroe
Phoenix
Miss Monroe
Dope Planting Charge Probed By Grand Jury
Los Angeles two police officers are accused by Mr and Mrs Tate of forcing entry handcuffing a teenage wife and planting marijuana in a home. The couple from 1851 N Normandie allege police brutality and say the case may go to the federal grand jury if the state panel does not act.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Criminal Complaints Committee
Grand Jury
William M. Tate
N. Normandie
Federal Grand Jury
John F. Aiso
Army privates confess shooting skin diver near Point Vicente
Army privates Armando Garcia and Adolph Bianchia admitted firing rifles at a skin diver off Point Vicente near Manhattan Beach. Eugene Anderson, 1310 Curtis Ave, Manhattan Beach, was wounded and hospitalized in poor condition at Harbor General Hospital. The youths, off limits and violating regulations, used rifles to shoot at what they thought was a seal.
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San Pedro
CNS
Armando Garcia
Adolph Bianchia
Fort MacArthur
Manhattan
Eugene Anderson
Point Vicente
Mollet Calls Cabinet to Seize Algeria Turmoil
Premier Guy Mollet summoned his cabinet in a special session to launch France’s new drive to pacify revolt torn Algeria. Bloody clashes continued in the region as French troops prepare to swell the 200000 man fighting force.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
France
Algeria
Governor Plans Senate Race in West Virginia
Governor William C. Marland filed for the Democratic nomination to the unexpired U.S. Senate term of the late Harley M. Kilgore in Charleston West Virginia.
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Senate
Charleston
W. Va
William C. Marland
U.S. Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Egypt Says Israeli Fire Kills Refugee near Gaza Camp
An Egyptian military spokesman reported Israeli troops fired across the truce line in Gaza this afternoon, killing a Palestinian refugee at the Moghazi refugee camp near Deir El Ballah. Egypt complained to the U N Mixed Armistice Commission, which sent an observer to investigate.
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Gaza
Egypt
Moghazi
Deir el Ballah
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Mme Curie Dies at 58 Nobel Laureate Joliot Curie
Paris reports the death of Trene Joliot Curie at age 58 in a Paris hospital. Daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, she and her husband Jean Frederic Joliot won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for artificial radioactivity. Her leftist ties affected memberships and career, including 1950 1951 government actions and a 1948 Ellis Island incident. She started in science young after her father’s death.
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Paris
Trene Joliot-Curie
Madame Joliot-Curie
Marie
Pierre Curie
American Chemical Society
Jean Frederic Joliot
Atomic Energy Commission
Ellis Island
U.S
New York
Mme. Joliot-Curie
Question Youth in Bomb Blast at Pasadena Home
A 20-year-old Alhambra youth was questioned by Pasadena police after a bomb exploded at Miss Mildred Wellborn’s Pasadena home. The psychology teacher, 50, said the student’s hobbies included electronics and explosives and that a misunderstanding over assignments led to a brief discussion.
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Alhambra
Pasadena
Mildred Wellborn
Pasadena City College
Seven forestry workers killed in Hokkaido avalanche
Seven forestry workers died in Western Hokkaido after an avalanche struck their area. Japanese emergency services and local authorities investigated the occurrence and conditions surrounding the tragedy.
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Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Phil Silvers Favored for Emmy Tonight
Hollywood notes that Phil Silvers leads the field for the Emmy Awards, with Mary Martin and Lloyd Nolan also strong in key categories. Silvers stars as Sgt Bilko in a top comedy, while Martin plays Peter Pan and Nolan portrays Capt Queeg in The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. The eighth annual ceremony airs on KRCA at 6 p.m. for 90 minutes.
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Hollywood
Phil Silvers
Oscar
Mary Martin
Lloyd Nolan
Silvers
Sgt
Bilko
Miss Martin
Peter Pan
Nolan
Capt. Queeg
KRCA
Cyprus Ambush Shrugs British Patrol in Troodos
Cypriot terrorists ambushed a British patrol in the Troodos Mountains wounding five soldiers. Reinforcements drove off the attackers as troops ringed seven villages and conducted house to house searches. The six-week crisis follows Makarios exile and a week long protest strike.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Troodos
Greece
Makarios
Greek Union Movement
Britain
Further Scott Questioning Scheduled
Los Angeles authorities prepared further interrogation of L Ewing Scott 59 in a bid to solve his wife Evelyn Throsby Scotts disappearance from their Bel Air home on May 16. District Attorney Ernest Roll said blanks in Scotts memory hampered questioning as Chief Parker and Roll planned more sessions to obtain a continuity report to aid locating the missing woman.
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Los Angeles
CNS
L. Ewing Scott
Bel-Air
Ernest Roll
Scott
William H. Parker
Evelyn Throsby Scott
N. Bentley Ave
Parker and Roll
Killers Stage Prison Outburst in Cook County Jail
Nine condemned killers started a brief, fiery disturbance in the death row cellblock of Cook County Jail in Chicago. Warden Jack Johnson extinguished the flames with a fire hose as a wooden table three benches and a trash container burned. Light bulbs and windows were smashed but no escape attempts were made.
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Chicago
Cook County
Jack Johnson
Police Break Up Teen Gangs Near Harrison High
Police dispersed a crowd of 200 to 300 youths near Harrison High School after they jammed streets and halted traffic. Officers said most of the youths were Harrison pupils and hurled snowballs and stones at a police officer as a patrol stalled a planned gang clash.
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Chicago
Harrison High School
Harrison
New Orleans Bar Promises Fights
A French Quarter bar known for sailors displays a window sign promising a nightly fight as an added attraction. No television set is offered.
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New Orleans
Riots Reported in Georgia Over Stalin Denunciation
London reports say protests and rioting occurred in Tiflis as student groups paraded with portraits of Stalin two days after his death anniversary. U S officials voiced unconfirmed claims of fatalities amid a Kremlin campaign denouncing Stalin.
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London
Georgi Malenkov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Stalin
Kremlin
Georgia
Tiflis
U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Desert distress signal sighted near Morongo Valley
An Air Force B 36 crew reported a flashing light in the desert about 15 miles north of Palm Springs, believed to be a distress signal. A Riverside sheriff’s search party from Twenty Nine Palms and March Air Force Base air rescue unit planned dawn investigations. The location lies near the Riverside San Bernardino county line.
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Palm Springs
Desert
Here
Riverside
Nat Cantor Dies at 59 Actor Star of Stage and TV
New York obituaries report Nat Cantor. actor on stage radio and television died yesterday from a heart ailment. Cantor, aged 59, built a varied career across media and was known locally for his versatile performances.
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New York
Nat Cantor
Weather Smog Outlook Signals Green Day Ahead
The forecast notes a green outlook with variable high cloudiness and considerable sunshine today and tomorrow. March 18 and March 17 referenced with a high forecast and a low around 55 degrees. Full weather details appear on Page A-4.
Al A4 Church Religion News and Classified Notes
City page fragment shows religion and vital statistics notices with scattered references to ASAGAT and world news. The readable items hint at church notices, religious events, and demographic data in a local Al‑A4 context.
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Al-A4
Asagat Eens
Pemsace
Wisienenaness
Csvivenvacéus
Evcecessans
Cuake Sox
AA World News
Two Seriously Hurt in Orange Grove Fair Oaks Outbreak
Twenty three Los Angeles youths aged 15 to 19 held in Pasadena jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a gang fight at Orange Grove and Fair Oaks. Two injured, Hubert Hunter and Army Private James Davis Jefferson, treated at hospitals. Police chased suspects along Pasadena Freeway to Riverside Drive. a car window and windshield damaged during the melee.
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Orange Grove
Fair Oaks
Los Angeles
Pasadena City
Vues Lelime Ito
Hubert Hunter
Pepper
Army
James Davis Jefferson
Venice
Los Angeles County Hospital
Huntington Memorial Hospital
McKinley Dillard
James Edward Allen
Hubert Lawrence Miller
John Montgomery
Willie James Lee
Melvin Hal Augustus
Walter Calhoun Lacy
John Lee Warren
Pasadena
Hunter
Jefferson
South Pasadena
Pauley Heads ULC Regents
Edwin W. Pauley of Los Angeles was elected chairman of the Regents of the University of California. The Regents also approved back salary totaling 162000 for 166 faculty members fired during the 1950 loyalty oath dispute and authorized construction of a 2 million dollar music building at Berkeley.
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Berkeley
Los Angeles
Edwin W. Pauley
Regents of
The
University of California
Pauley
Regents
127 Die in Lebanon Quakes Warn Devastation Across Regions
Beirut records limited damage while the south and Bekka Valley bear the brunt as three strong quakes hit Lebanon in a single night. Provisional toll reaches 127 with Shiheem village reporting 30 dead and calls for calm issued by the government radio.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Shiheem
Bekka
St Patrick's Day gloom as pubs close Irelandwide
In Dublin and among Irish communities abroad the mood is somber as pubs close all day for St Patrick's Day. Vendors note waning interest, higher shamrock prices, and a damp forecast, with parades and events dampened by rain and winds. Evening dances reopen liquor sales at halls, though crowds remain heavy.
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Dublin
St. Patrick's
Ireland
New York
St. Patrick's Day
Bill Brennan
Brennan
Mamoth
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Malenkov
Khrushchevv
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