County to require picket line access in rubbish contracts
Los Angeles County will include picket line access in future refuse collection contracts to ensure crews can reach dumps during strikes. Supervisor Herbert C. Legg told a State Assembly committee the board may buy potential dump sites and decide later whether to run them or lease to private contractors.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Herbert C. Legg
State Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Senator George to retire from Senate at end of term
Sen Walter F George 78 veteran leader on foreign relations says he will not seek re election. President Eisenhower offers him NATO post and he accepts. George notes duty and responsibility may require stepping down now or at January end of current term. He cites undisclosed good and sufficient reasons. His physician provided one reason.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Senate
Eisenhower
NATO
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Georgia Demokrat
Eisenhower to undergo full medical checkup
President Eisenhower announced plans for a comprehensive head to toe medical examination likely at Walter Reed Hospital. He noted no necessity from his heart attack last September and said cardiac tests would be included in the total checkup. Dr. Paul Dudley White may participate.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Boston
Paul Dudley White
Washington
White
Baby Tornado Strikes Two-Block Area In Alhambra
A small tornado tore through a two block area on Commonwealth Street and Winthrop Drive in Alhambra. Winds over 100 mph uprooted trees lifted trash barrels and scattered debris as residents watched structural damage occur. Firefighters assisted and one minor injury was reported. A 150 foot sign at Citizens Dye Works, two miles away, was blown over by gusts from the same event.
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Commonwealth Street
Winthrop Drive
Winthrop
Poplar Street
Alhambra
R. M. Milich
Winthrop Dr
Citizens Dye Works and Dry Cleaners
Mission
South Pasadena
Brazil Stowaway to Get U.S. Home
Wanderley Camargo the barefoot Brazilian who twice risked death as an aerial stowaway now has a potential sponsor in the United States A Southern California house wife Mrs William E Foster of Reseda offered to provide him a home and a job She is the mother of three and heard of Camargo's plight in Sao Paulo Camargo also hails from Sao Paulo
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New York
Wanderley Camargo
United States
California
Brazil
Camargo
William E. Foster
Reseda
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Sao Paulo
Camrago
Cutter Rescues Two at Harbor in Long Beach
A Coast Guard cutter rescued two men after the yacht Mar Mar ran aground on rocks 2000 feet off the Long Beach breakwater. Four cutters searched the area. both men were unharmed and released without treatment. They were not identified.
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Long Beach
CNS
Long Beach Harbor
Coast Guard
Mar Mar
Quadruplet Dies in Dallas Hospital Incubators
Melanie Kay Hunter one of George A. and Mrs. Hunters quadruplets born May 1 died last night. Earlier today all four had been reported doing well in incubators.
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Dallas
Melanie Kay Hunter
George A. Hunter
Baseball Today Scores and Announced MLB Matchups
The schedule lists American League games: New York at Baltimore night doubleheader with Hegan Iglarsen Grim. Kansas City at Baltimore. Cleveland at Detroit. Washington host Detroit with Keliner facing Wilson. National League: Brooklyn at Ohio postponed due to rain. New York at Cincinnati night with Antonelli against Nuxhall. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee with Law facing Burdette. Philadelphia at St Louis night featuring Dickson or Wehmeier against Pobolisky.
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Grim
Chicago
Lallar
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Hurd
Sister
White Jack
Pascual
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cleveland
National Leagle
Brooklyn
Ohio
Cincinnati
Antonelli
Nuxhall
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Law
Burdette
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Dickson
Wehmeier
Pobolisky
Arcadia Driver Escapes After Car Explodes on Freeway
Glen H. Williams of Arcadia escaped serious harm when his car crashed into a telephone pole on the Pasadena Freeway near Bridewell Street and exploded. Williams, 39, jumped from the vehicle before the gas tank ignited, suffering cuts and bruises.
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Arcadia
Pasadena Freeway
Bridewell St
Glen H. Williams
Temple City Blvd
Williams
Eight souls perish in multi house fires across three states
Eight children and two mothers died in fires in Hopkins Minnesota Southampton New York and Waterloo Ontario. At Hopkins Mrs Lucille Cottrill 40 and her daughters Susan 8 and Linda 6 suffocated as smoke filled a one story home for two hours before discovery. In Southampton three children perished in a two story frame house. In Waterloo Allen Rumig found his wife age 23 and three children dead in the farmhouse following a night fire.
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Hopkins
Minn
Lucille Cottrill
Susan
Linda
Southampton
N. Y
Waterloo
Ont
Allen Rumig
Martin Checks Safety On Chicago Amusement Rides
Elevator inspector Thomas Martin planned a dizzy day at a Chicago amusement park riding the loop the loop and other thrillers to ensure all rides are safe before the season opens next week.
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Chicago
Thomas Martin
Freak Crash Hurts Man Wrecks Cars and Poles in Pasadena
One of Pasadena's oddest traffic incidents last night injured a man and damaged four cars two light standards and a palm tree over a 764 foot stretch. James L Wesnofske 29 of Hollywood drove into a barricade at Orange Grove and Bellefontaine at 10 30 p m then left his car to telephone. The Rev James Jackson 70 of 99 Glorietta northbound swerved to miss the barricade and struck Wesnofske s car. Jackson s car then careened across Orange Grove striking a light stand ard and the parked car of James W Brunson 2615 W Grand Alhambra rolling it onto the parking and backward 50 feet into another standard. Homer Lee Huston 22 of Los Angeles saw the swerving car and pulled over then jumped out. The Jackson car continued and knocked Huston s car onto a lawn at 645 S Orange Grove and rested there against a palm tree.
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Pasadena
J. D. Nichols
James L Wesnofske
Hollywood
Orange Grove
Bellefontaine
James Jackson
Glorietta
Wesnofske
Nichols
Jackson
James W. Brunson
W. Grand
Alhambra
Homer Lee Huston
Los Angeles
Coeds Escape Unhurt After Freeway Car Flip
Two 16 year old Muir coeds escaped serious injury when their sedan overturned on the Foothill Freeway near Devil's Gate Dam. Driver Cheryl Hughes and passenger Jo Ann Jasper were shaken but uninjured aside from a bruised toe. A neighbor and the girls’ father assisted after the crash.
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Devil’s Gate Dam
Cheryl Louise Hughes
Vista Miguel
la Canada
Miss Hughes
Jo-Ann Jasper
Hughes
W. W. Hughes
Drenching storm drenches Southland with heavy rain
A brisk spring storm swept Southern California dumping nearly two inches of rain in beach communities and bringing gusty winds and snow flurries in the mountains. In Pasadena a tree toppled and a limb hit wires while a deadly slick street was blamed for one Los Angeles fatality.
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Los Angeles
California
Alhambra
Beauty Operator Subpoenaed in Mrs Scott Disappearance Case
West Los Angeles beauty shop operator Patricia Deadrick was subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury in the Evelyn Throsby Scott disappearance probe. DA Ernest Roll said the summons targeted Deadrick of Patricia Beauty Shop and she must appear May 29 as the investigation resumes. Deadrick had earlier introduced L. Ewing Scott to Marianne Beaman.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Ernest Roll
Patricia Deadrick
Patricia
Westwood Blvd
Scott
Alameda Dock Blast Injures Seven
An explosion ripped through a drydock at Todd shipyards in Alameda shortly before noon injuring seven men. Police said the blast occurred aboard a tanker undergoing repairs in the drydock.
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Alameda
Todd Shipyards
Weather Outlook and Showers Report
Cloudy today with showers and tonight. partial clearing tomorrow. May record mentions overcast conditions and a forecast line, with page reference to A-13.
Eisenhower Wins Indiana Primary Against Kefauver
President Eisenhower cruises to an easy victory in Indiana defeating Senator Estes Kefauver as five primaries unfold. Florida Ohio West Virginia and New Mexico show no real presidential races with surprises including Leroy Collins re election in Florida and Frank Lausche not claiming all delegates in Ohio.
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Eisenhower
Indiana
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Florida
Ohio
West Virginia
New Mexico
Leroy Collins
Frank J. Lausche
Four Killed as Greek Riots Hit U.S. Office in Athens
Greek mobs inflamed by an impending hanging attacked the U S Information Service office and demonstrated against Britain. Four people were killed and 187 injured as rioters fired on police, with several policemen wounded. Soldiers shielded British and U S embassies with barbed wire barriers amid renewed fears of further clashes.
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Athens
U. S
Information Service
Britain
U.S
State to Push Bonelli Charges
The attorney general’s office seeks to bring former Board of Equalization member Bonelli to California for trial. A 104 page report released by Gov Knight details more than $500,000 in under the counter deals for preferential treatment in Bonelli’s Fourth District.
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Sacramento
Attorney General's Office
Gasoline spill ends with river drainage in Saukville
Seven thousand gallons leaked from a storage tank onto a residential street in Saukville Wisconsin and formed a dangerous pool near the Immaculate Conception Church. Fire Chief Paul Albinger said crews barricaded streets and pumped the gasoline into the Milwaukee River to avert disaster.
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Paul Albinger
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Milwaukee River
Body Found in Woodland Hills Car Near Mulholland
Police discover a man and his dog in a car in a field near Mulholland Dr at 8 30 a m. The man is tentatively identified as Merritt Berger of 14052 Roblar Sherman Oaks. Police say death appears self inflicted.
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Woodland Hills
CNS
Mulholland Dr
Merritt Barger
Roblar
Sherman Oaks
Hayward Rages At Plane Rules Over Yorkie Flight
In London Susan Hayward caused a scene at the airport arguing the dog should fly with her. Officials said BOAC rules prohibit pets on passenger planes. The Yorkshire Terrier Sukehi then departed on a separate flight while she boarded another craft.
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Susan Hayward
Paris
British Overseas Airways
Sukehi
Miss Hayward
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