Heart Massage Saves Baby at Covina Hospital
An unidentified surgeon at Inter-Community Hospital Covina revived a 6 week old during a hernia operation on Richard Clarke son of Mr and Mrs Richard Clarke of 2204 Deodar West Covina. After about two minutes with no bleeding or color the doctor massaged the heart and the child cried soon after. The operation then finished and the baby was reported in good condition. The physician requested anonymity.
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Covina
Richard Clarke
Deodar
West Covina
Grand Jury Probes Monterey Park Dump Controversy
State Assembly rubbish probe asks for all investigative reports, audits and tapes. District Attorney Ernest Roll seeks assembly records after Violet Gillin, former wife of dump lessee Michael Harabedian, testified about gifts to city officials and deeds of parcels to relatives of ex Mayor Bradshaw and ex City Manager Klein.
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Los Angeles
CNS
State Assembly
County Grand Jury
Monterey Park
Dist. Atty
Ernest Roll
Assembly Committee
Ralph M. Brown
Modesto
Violet H. Gillin
Blythe
Michael Harabedian
Gillin
Harabedian
James Bradshaw Sr
Robert N. Klein
Ford Enters Missile Field
Ford Motor Co moves into guided missile work with a multi million dollar program for research testing development and production. Ernest R Breech announces Aeronutronic Systems Inc as the subsidiary name with California headquarters and possible plant sites in Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
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Los Angeles
Ford Motor Co
Ernest R. Breech
Aeronutronic Systems Inc
California
San Francisco
H-Bomb Airdrop Set Tomorrow
The United States plans a big H-bomb test airdrop aboard the Mt. McKinley near Eniwetok weather permitting. Observers including newsmen and civil defense leaders will watch the event, which had been scheduled for last Monday.
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U.S.S. MT. Mckinley
Eniwetok
United States
Five year old dies from burns in Los Angeles incident
Frances Lopez, aged five, died at General Hospital after suffering burns when her clothes caught fire near an incinerator while she played nearby.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Frances Lopez
General Hospital
Weather outlook for today and tomorrow
Mostly sunny conditions to start the period with a bright midweek forecast. May 10 shows a high around 65 and a low near 47 as the full weather report appears on pages 4 through 7.
Mild quake rattles Los Angeles area in morning tremor
An apparently mild earthquake struck near the Los Angeles metropolitan area shortly after 9 30 a m with Dr Charles F Richter noting 9 30 10 on seismographs. The tremor was felt in San Bernardino Riverside Palm Springs and San Diego with no damage reported.
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Los Angeles
California
Charles F. Richter
Caltech Seismological Laboratory
San Bernardino
Riverside
Palm Springs
San Diego
U S Forces Adequate, Air Chief Feels
Gen Nathan F Twining Air Force chief of staff testifies that U S armed might is sufficient this year to deter any nation. He says the current budget would provide an adequate force alongside the Navy and Army under Sen Saltosstall questions. The hearing before the Senate appropriations subcommittee ends with Twining affirming adequacy.
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Twining
Chavez
D-Nm
GM Slashes Output Idle Half Million Workers Nationwide
Detroit reports General Motors idled about 500000 auto workers as production fell to balance demand. GM employs around 390000 hourly workers. one day shutdown issued to cut output, with industry unemployment near 123000 last week and total joblessness approaching half a million.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
G.M
Automotive News
Anita Ekberg to Wed British Actor in Rome
Swedish pin up Anita Ekberg arrives in Rome to marry British actor Anthony Steel. She says she loves him and carries a mink coat and champagne as she confirms the wedding plan.
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Anita
Italy
Rome
Anita Ekberg
United States
Anthony Steel
Author Clarence Mulford Dies at 73 in Portland
Clarence E. Mulford creator of Hopalong Cassidy died last night in a Portland hospital at age 73. He gained fame for his western novels and film adaptations, shaping the enduring cowboy character and influencing American popular fiction.
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Portland
Clarence E. Mulford
Hopalong Cassidy
Cyprus rebels claim hangings as island tensions flare
In Nicosia the pro Greek underground asserted it hanged two British soldiers as retaliation for executions of Cypriot gunmen. Field Marshal Harling challenged the claim and tightened security while leaflets blamed a British trained Greek colonel known as Grivas. The incident sharpens Cyprus's 13 month Union with Greece crisis.
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Cyprus
Sir John Harding
Cpls
Gordon Hill
Ronnie Shilton
Mediterranean
Dighenis
EOKA
George Grivas
NATO
Greece
Belief Scott Will Attend Plea in 13-Count Indictment
Authorities expect L. Ewing Scott to appear next Tuesday to enter a plea on a 13 count grand jury indictment. The 59 year old husband of Evelyn T. Scott has been missing since May 1 and did not attend two court appearances this week as ordered. District Attorney S Ernest Roll called the disappearance a hoax and predicted he would show up. Scott is charged with grand theft and forgery over handling of Evelyn Scott estate valued at about 600000. She has been missing since May 16 from their Bel Air home.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing Scott
Evelyn T. Scott
S. Ernest Roll
Scott
Bel-Air
Ike Begins Checkup at Walter Reed Hospital
President Eisenhower, weighing 168 pounds, is at Walter Reed Army Hospital for his annual checkup and a new heart study. A White House report on the results will be released tomorrow afternoon after he undergoes a series of examinations. He occupies the three room suite at the hospital.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
Mrs Luce Arrives in New York for Complete Checkup
Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce lands at Idlewild from Rome for a full medical examination. An unidentified secretary notes Luce has reportedly lost about 25 pounds since arrival.
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New York
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
Idlewild Air Port
Rome
PTA seeks more dads in ranks in Sacramento
California Congress of Parents and Teachers pushes to attract fathers to meetings by emphasizing sports politics fashion and formulas in a self-improvement driven program during the final session in Sacramento.
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PTA
Sacramento
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
Pasadena Chirocad's Kidnapping Ends in L A Gun Battle
Ralph W. Dorn, 65, a La Canada retiree, was kidnapped from his Gould Avenue home and forced to aid a pistol raid. The attackers stole cash and valuables and fled by car toward Los Angeles. A man identified as Alvin Marshall was wounded during a confrontation with police at a Western Union office arrest scene.
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Adna Coleman
Dorn
Ralph W. Dorn
la Canada
Gould Ave
Los Angeles
Alvin Marshall
Turk St
San Francisco
Marshall
Dora
Los Angeles Western Union
Edward Jokisch
Douglas Bentley
Pointblank
Jokisch
Bentley
General Hospital
Alameda
McCarthy Attacks Chief Justice Warren In Senate Hearing
Senator McCarthy charged Chief Justice Earl Warren lacks judicial experience and is a politician. Senator Eastland joined the criticism calling the court politicians rather than interpreters, while McCarthy said the court should interpret laws not make them.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Earl Warren
Senate
Warren
Eastland
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Stevenson Starts Southern California Campaign
Adlai Stevenson opened the sixth day of his California tour by addressing about 2,500 longshoremen at seven this morning in Los Angeles. An additional story continues on page five.
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Los Angeles
Adlai Stevenson
Southern California
Jury Convicts Attacker in Pageant Related Case
A Santa Ana jury convicted Jack James Walker of twice kidnapping and attacking Miss California from last year’s Miss Universe pageant now Mrs Donna Schurr Brett. The seven men and five women deliberated eight hours before verdict. Walker’s wife cried as the court clerk read the ruling and Walker was jailed after being remanded.
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Santa Ana
Jack James Walker
California
Donna Schurr Brett
Walker
Judy
Nick Meyer
City Clears Way For 600 Acre Oil Drilling Near Palms
Culver City officials issued a permit for construction of the first oil derrick by Aladdin Oil Co. marking the start of a 600 acre drilling project near the Cheviot Hills and Palms residential area.
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Culver City
CNS
Cheviot Hills
Palms
Aladdin Oil Co
Nursery Quarantine After Three Premature D Babies Die
Los Angeles authorities quarantine the nursery at Los Angeles County General Hospital after three premature babies died from a bacterial infection. A preliminary epidemiological study points to a staphylococcus outbreak. no new admissions occurred as other hospital wards remain unaffected.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County General Hospital
City Health Department
George M. Uhl
Firing Squads Execute Two Utah Slayers
Two midwestern men Verne Alfred Braasch of Reinbeck Iowa and Mel Leroy Sullivan of Kansas City Missouri were executed at dawn in Utah for the October 22 1949 Beaver service station slaying. A volunteer firing squad carried out the sentences at the state prison courtyard after delays. The condemned were strapped in chairs with morphine given to end their lives. black hoods and heart shaped targets completed the grim ritual.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Verne
Alfred Braasch
Mel‘Vin Leroy Sullivan
Braasch
Reinbeck
Iowa
Sullivan
Kansas City
Beaver
Solons Approve Farm Billions
A House Appropriations Committee approved nearly two billion dollars for the Agriculture Department boosting this year’s farm spending to about four billion. The bill, set for debate next week, would provide 1.983 billion for the department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1.1 billion more than last year.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
Department
Congress
Fires Ravage Two Oil Plants in Grundy Va
Fire raged for over three hours at two bulk oil plants in Grundy Virginia. Firemen reported flames under control and contained shortly before noon. Multiple crews battled the blaze, with no immediate word on casualties or damages.
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Grundy
Bipartisan Drive Raises Funds for Common Campaign Pot
In Alexandria Minnesota an elderly Norwegian woman donated one dollar split to Republicans and Democrats as part of a two hour rain driven canvass that raised 715.95 from 435 homes. John Obert says 86 percent contributed and the effort aims to measure public willingness to participate in party fundraising.
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Alexandria
Minn
John Obert
Obert
Park Region Echo
Joe Tomlinson
Douglas County
DFL
La Canada Man Survives Earlier Kidnap Plot
Ralph W. Dorn of La Canada was targeted in a prior kidnap robbery and extortion plot less than three years ago. On July 26, 1953, two men and a woman robbed him of 500 dollars and forced a payoff in another car ride. Deputies set a trap with the victim guiding the trip, arresting Larry Anca Jone, William Ross Phillips and Liyanna Davidovich for the extortion plot.
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Ralph W. Dorn
la Canada
Dorn
Larry Anca- Jone
William Ross Phillips
Liyanna Davidovich
Robbery suspect flees through city in high speed chase
Dorn, accused in a tempting robbery, fled in a bullet scarred car after a gunfight with police. He was later freed on bail while awaiting trial in Superior Court on abortion charges.
Baseball Today Major league games and probable pitchers
List of tonight's scheduled games with probable starting pitchers across the American and National leagues. Matches include Baltimore at New York with Palien against Ford and New York at Brooklyn with Gomez against Craig, among others.
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New York
Palien
Ford
Boston
Washington
Delock
Stebbs
Chicago
Detroit
Harshman
Hoeft
Kansas City
Cleveland
Kretlow
Gareta
National League
Brooklyn
Gomez
Craig
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Dickson
Law
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Burdette
Klilppsteims
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