Famed Former Director of Mt Wilson Observatory Dies
Dr. Walter Sydney Adams 80 longtime Mount Wilson Observatory director died at home in Pasadena. He helped plan Mount Wilson and Palomar telescopes, led Wilson from 1923 to 1946, and contributed to sun study optics and spectroscope distance measurements. He served on the Pasadena Library Board for 40 years and helped form the International Astronomical Union. Surviving Ada line wife two sons two grandchildren and a sister in law. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Pasadena
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George Ellery Hale
Mount Wilson
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Palomar
International Astronomical Union
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Astronomical Society of England
Institute of France
Royal Swedish Academy
Adaline
Edmund
John
Carolyn F. Adams
No decision on Alabama segregation after bus hearing
A federal three judge panel in Montgomery completed a one day hearing on city bus segregation and adjourned without an immediate ruling. Observers noted no Supreme Court decision yet on constitutionality of state and city bus segregation within a state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Richard T. Rives
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seybourn Lynne
Alabama
City
Walter Knabe
Gordon Madison
Robert Carter
New York
Five Women Injured in Huntington Drive Car Crash
Five women were injured last night in a three car collision on Huntington Drive. All victims were taken to Temple City Hospital with minor injuries as police issue a driving too close citation to Opal Johnson and plan to file a complaint Monday.
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Arcadia
Huntington Drive
Temple City Hospital
Opal Elizabeth Johnson
Bartlett
San Gabriel
Huntington
First Ave
Nora Irene Holden
Hampton Rd
Fern Reed
Olive
Monrovia
Myrtle Holbrook
Anna Hogg
Holden
Walter Alan Watt
Colorado
Mattie
Former Judge Megladdery Sentenced to Jail and Probation
BERKELEY former superior court judge and ex secretary to Gov Frank Merriam, Mark Lee Megladdery Jr., was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation after pleading guilty to two counts for driving with a revoked license. His license was revoked in January for drunk driving.
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Mark Lee Megladdery Jr
Superior Court
Frank Merriam
Megladdery
Civil War veteran requests Confederate shirt for 110th birthday
John Salling, a local Confederate veteran from Slant Virginia, hopes Governor Thomas B. Stanley will send him a Confederate shirt for his 110th birthday on Tuesday. He says the shirt would complete his uniform.
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John Salling
South
Thomas B. Stanley
Arcadia Lions Elect Miller New Club President
Arcadia Lions Club members elected Donald I. Miller principal of Langley Way School as president at a weekly luncheon. Other officers named include Arnold S. Hage and Dr. Harold P. Lynn as vice presidents, William P. Sorenson secretary, Carl A. Peterson treasurer, Michael Carozza tail twister, Earl Sauter lion tamer, Tony Antista greeter, Edgar Egly and Fred Howser directors, with Dean M. Osmundsen and Clifford Wofford as hold-over directors. Miller succeeds Leo R. Howell and has 14 years Arcadia residence plus prior posts as principal at First Avenue and Hugo Reid schools.
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Donald I. Miller
Langley Way School
Lions Club
Arnold S. Hage
Harold P. Lynn
Herb Reid
William P. Sorenson
Carl <A. Peterson
Michael Carozza
Earl Sauter
Tony Antista
Edgar Egly
Fred Howser
Dean M. Osmundsen
Clifford Wofford
Miller
Leo R. Howell
First Avenue
Hugo Reid
Congressman Patman Warns Auto Slump Threatens Economy
Rep Wright Patman vice chairman of the House Senate Economic Committee calls the auto industry decline a very serious danger signal to the nation economy. He notes the joint committee monitors developments in the automobile sector as a watchdog over economic health.
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Wright Patman
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Joint Committee
Justice official denies Chotiner favoritism in probe
A top Justice Department official said the investigation found no preference shown to Murray M. Chotiner. The official declined to name himself and said he had not warned attorneys to deal cautiously with Chotiner. Sen. McClellan had earlier suggested possible orders from Attorney General Brownell or deputy Rogers.
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Justice Department
Murray M. Chotiner
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Richard M. Nixon
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Permanent Investigating Subcommittee
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Herbert Brownell Jr
William Rogers
Voter Registration Rises for Pasadena School Elections
The Pasadena High School District sees 101 364 registered voters for the June 5 primary, up from 88 496 last June and 108 248 in 1954. Propositions D and E preserve the tax rate ceilings, with D on the ballot in Pasadena Altadena La Canada and Sierra Madre and E in Pasadena and Altadena.
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Pasadena
W. L
Bud) Fisher
Holdup Suspect to Be Arraigned
A Duarte truck driver, Jack Justice, 329 Vineyard, Duarte, faces arraignment in Santa Anita Municipal Court for a Duarte liquor store robbery this week. Deputies arrested him in Rosemead after a tip. Victim Fola Kessler reported surrendering 3 dollars to a gunman Wednesday.
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Duarte
Santa Anita
Temple City
Scraping Barres for Teachers Pay in Los Angeles Board Action
The Los Angeles board of education ordered budget makers to tap every possible dollar to boost teachers salaries. Members approved Paul Burkes motion to create an undistributed reserve from various income amounts surpluses and unappropriated reserves as a source for salary adjustments.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Board of Education
Paul Burke
Iowa Governor Joins NAACP
Iowa Governor Leo A. Hoegh joined the NAACP yesterday purchasing a $5 membership. He said all state governors should join the organization which he praised for promoting equal opportunity and equal justice under the law.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leo A. Hoegh
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
British Doubt Soldier Hangings In Cyprus Claim
In Nicosia leaflets by the EOKA underground claimed two British corporals were hanged in reprisal for two Cypriot killings. Britain doubted the claim though tempers flared and a Cypriot was shot as leaflets circulated. Governor Harding dismissed the claim as propaganda with no evidence of the executions.
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Nicosia
John Harding
Eoka
Weather Outlook With Clouds Sun and Warmer Weekend
The forecast calls for night and morning clouds with sunny afternoons today and tomorrow. Highs near 67 today, warming Sunday. Sunset at 7:45 p.m. tonight and sunrise 5:52 a.m. tomorrow. tides show low around 6:30 a.m. and 5:43 p.m. with highs near 11:58 p.m.
Infectious Disease Holds Off Hospital Admission In Pasadena
A Star News survey cites at least 3000 Pasadena residents unable to be admitted for infectious diseases over two years due to state law requiring isolation in publicly operated hospitals. Dr. Wilbur J. Menke explains the need for dedicated wards and rigorous disinfection to prevent epidemics, highlighting General Hospital's infection annex as the controlled setting.
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Mission Rd
Los Angeles
Wilbur J. Menke
Menke
Rainier and Grace Escape Photographers in Madrid
The honeymooning Prince Rainier and Princess Grace arrived in Madrid from Valencia and were greeted by a frenzied pack of photographers at the Ritz Hotel. Armed police kept the crowd back as the couple moved to the royal suite.
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Truman Heads to Europe on Private Seven Week Tour
Former President Harry S Truman sails on the liner United States for a seven week European tour with Mrs Truman. It is his first trip abroad in 11 years and his first as a private citizen. He says he travels “in typical Missouri fashion to be shown” and declines any official status from President Eisenhower.
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Harry S. Truman
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Truman
Missouri
Eisenhower
Church Worker Survives 13 Foot Fall at Calvary Baptist
Clifford Reed, 50, injured while helping build Calvary Baptist Church in Monrovia, is reported much better at St Luke Hospital after falling 13 feet into the basement from an interior floor opening. He lives in a Peck Road trailer court and suffered a hip fracture. Reed fell while working with volunteers. Emil Lueders, church building chairman, cited the incident.
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Monrovia
Clifford Reed
Calvary Baptist Church
St. Luke Hospital
Reed
Peck Road
Emil Lueders
Valle Vista
Britain regrets frogman incident with Russia in Portsmouth
Britain apologized to Russia over the disappearance of Royal Navy frogman Cmdr. Lionel Crabb who vanished April 19 while probing near a Soviet cruiser at Portsmouth Naval Base. Moscow Radio aired a protest as Britain offered little new detail and officials remained silent on the Russian broadcast.
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Britain
Russia
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Moscow Radio
Moscow
Cmdr
Lionel Buster Crabb
Portsmouth Naval Base
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khruschev
$3 Million British Jet Bomber Explodes Over Brighton
A British jet atomic bomber worth 3 million dollars caught fire and exploded in flight near Brighton. Three crewmen were killed while the pilot parachuted to safety. The bodies of the three crewmen were found in the wreckage.
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Brighton
England
Here
House committee probes Soviet embassy officials contact
The House on American Activities Committee questions whether more than one Soviet embassy official contacted U S defense personnel and if Vladimir Mikheev sought unauthorized information. Three men testified under oath that Mikheev solicited aid while an embassy clerk. Hatkin, Cutter, and Davis identified Mikheev. Hatkin is seen as most serious. Mikheev vanished from his Washington home with his wife and son. The State Department denied a travel request outside the 25 mile zone. The committee explores several leads and may publish Mikheev’s photo to flush out others. Page 2.
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House On American Activities Committee
U.S
Vladimir P. Mikheev
Mikheev
Sidney Hatkin
Air Force
Richard Cutter
Armed Forces Medical Library
Robert W. Davis
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
State Department
Hatkin
Man 72 Dies Pulling Weeds in San Gabriel Area
A 72 year old San Gabriel man collapsed and died yesterday while pulling weeds in his back yard. The victim is Frank E. Hon, 6228 N. Bion. He was pronounced dead by his physician son in law Dr Joe H. Bradford of Rivera. He is survived by his wife Anna. Funeral services were to be announced later.
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San Gabriel
Temple City
Gene Autry to Quit Radio Show In Hollywood
Gene Autry, famed singing cowboy, will retire from his radio activities after this Sunday's Gene Autry Show. The program has run since 1940 and sponsors William Wrigley Company of Chicago were surprised by the decision. He will continue television movies and personal appearances while retaining other southwestern interests.
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Hollywood
CGS Radio
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Chicago
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Southwest
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