Campus raids at UC Berkeley target sororities in mass panty raid
Two thousand UC students invaded at least a dozen sorority houses in a night of water fights that turned violent. Police reported no serious injuries though damage and theft were extensive, with $10,000 estimated. editors urged penalties for fraternities and top level university action followed.
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Berkeley
University of California
Daily Californian
L. H. Laird
William F. Shepard
Daily
Californian
Jury Calls 12 Witnesses in Rubbish Perjury Probe
Los Angeles county grand jury summoned 12 witnesses in a probe of perjury allegations arising from rubbish hearings. Targets include union members and a wealthy rubbish collector who denied boycott tactics to maintain a price monopoly. Deputy DA Fred Henderson and court reporter David Ostrow testified. subpoenas issued for several industry figures.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Fred Henderson
Henderson
David Ostrow
Assembly Committee
Sam Egigian
State Rubbish Collectors Assn
Ben Kazarian
Dorman Nathan
Kazarian
Private Schools Get Tax Break From Exemptions
The House Ways and Means Committee ruled that nonprofit private schools face discrimination in federal excise taxes and voted to grant them the same exemption as public schools. Public schools and colleges already enjoy exemptions from manufacturers and retailers taxes on their own purchases as well as transportation and communications taxes.
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Ways and Means
Three Slain in Florida Prison Riot at Raiford
Several hundred inmates rioted at the Florida state prison in Raiford. Three were killed and eight wounded as guards with shotguns tried to disperse them. Warden Dewitt Sinclair was cut by flying glass. telephones were restricted for security.
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Raiford, Fla
State Prison
Dewitt Sinclair
Officer Tugwell admits falsifying report in Van Nuys shooting
Los Angeles officer Jack Tugwell testified before a police board of rights admitting he falsified his official report after shooting Patrick Bauer, 21, of Encino, claiming he believed Bauer had a gun when a car struck a curb at Eton Avenue and Hart Street.
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Jack R. Tugwell
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Patrick M. Bauer
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Eton Ave
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Identification of Woman Found in Box in Los Angeles
The body of 26 year old Kathleen Louise Ferguson was identified by a thumbprint on a driver license record. Co workers Joan Davis and Mary McNamara, who worked with her at Radio Plane Co, verified the identification at the sheriff's office after reading about the discovery.
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CNS
Sheriff's Deputies
Kathleen Louise Ferguson
Sherman Way
van Nuys
Joan Davis
Mary McNamara
Sheriff's
Radio Plane Co
Santa Barbara Hospital Blaze Claims Two Firefighter Injuries
Fire destroyed a clinic of the Santa Barbara General Hospital today causing about $100,000 in damage. The blaze burned for four hours and injured two firefighters.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara General Hospital
U S and Chinese Envoys Conclude 47th Meeting in Geneva
In Geneva the American and Communist Chinese ambassadors held their 47th session. The two hour talks closed with a communique scheduling a follow up meeting on Thursday May 24.
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Lavendar Mocassin Oust Young Spellers At Bee
Fifteen youngsters exit as the 29th National Spelling Bee pauses for lunch after the sixth round. Of 48 remaining, 27 are boys and 21 girls. Early eliminations include Johnny Julian from Lubbock and Elizabeth Ann Veale from Canandaigua.
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Johnny Julian
Lubbock
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Elizabeth Ann Veale
Canandaigua
N.Y
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Jasper
Ohio
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Colombia
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Caroline Raach
San Juan de Rioseco
Akron
Six Perish in Rest Home and Theatre Fire
A blaze swept a rest home in Idaho Falls and a Boise little theater, killing six people total. Victims in Idaho Falls include Henry Alfred Ward 84 Bernard Bood 67 Andrew J Fisher 91 and Curtis Edward Burt 108 with others hospitalized. In Boise two victims George McKean 40 and Justice Craycroft 29 died, while attendants reported several residents and staff in critical condition.
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Idaho Falls
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Henry Alfred Ward
Bernard Bood
Andrew J. Fisher
Curtis Edward Burt
Daniel Clark
Charles Stevens
George McKean
Justice ©. Craycroft
Boise Little Theater
Gowen Field
Jackson Vice Probe Widened
The attorney general’s office said the grand jury probe of local vice has blossomed into a state undercover investigation into love for hire operations across California. Chief Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas W. Martin noted the study focuses on a possible syndicate like booking operation in California vice.
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Attorney General's Office
Love For Hire
California
Thomas W. Martin
Vice
Hearings Set on Plans toCreate Palmdale City
County supervisors scheduled hearings on a plan to form a new Palmdale city by carving 66 square miles from the Antelope Valley. Palmdale merchants and landowners faced off with aircraft manufacturers over boundary lines for the proposed city.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Antelope Valley
Palmdale
Baseball Today Major league games and probable pitchers
Only games scheduled across American and National Leagues. Boston at Kansas City features Brew er vs Herrtage. Baltimore at Detroit 밤 Ferra rese against Hoeft, Milwaukee at New York has Spahn vs Gomez, St Louis at Philadelphia with Mivelt vs Haddix, Chicago at Pittsburgh pitting Meyer against Kilme.
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Herrtage
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Hoeft
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New York
Inteht Spahn
Gomez
St. Lewis
Philadelphia
Mivelt
Haddix
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Meyer
Kilme
Associates questioned in L. Ewing Scott disappearance case
Bail bondsman who freed L. Ewing Scott for 7500 said tips on his whereabouts were unhelpful. Associates of Scott, husband of a missing Bel Air woman, were quizzed as investigators pursue him for failing to appear in court. Scott faces 13 counts of forgery and grand theft in his wife Evelyn Throsby Scott estate case. She vanished a year ago yesterday. Scott last seen May 1 after a dinner with Marianne Beaman. one car found abandoned in Santa Monica with a bullet hole in the windshield. District attorney says Scott involved with others in a deliberate hideout.
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CNS
L. Ewing Scott
Bel-Air
Scott
Harlan W. Trail
Ward Hallinen
Superior Court
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Marianne Beaman
Santa Monica
Alan
Yesterda
Three Killed as Bomber Crashes on Takeoff
A twin engine B 25 bomber based at Lowry Air Force Base crashed near a wheat field east of the base during takeoff. Three crew members were killed and a fourth seriously injured. Names were withheld pending next of kin notification for the four aboard. The crash occurred near a densely populated Denver area.
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Lowry Air
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George Solomon
H Bomb Test Delayed Again at Bikini Atoll
Unfavorable winds off Bikini forced another postponement of the hydrogen bomb air drop aboard USS Mt. McKinley for at least two days. This marks the ninth delay of the May 8 detonation originally timed for 5 51 am and 10 51 am PDT.
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Bikini
City Health Commission Demotes Executives in Policy Inquiry
Los Angeles officials reaffirmed the demotion of executive officers Dr. H. C. Pulley and invited any investigation into the department’s policies and operations.
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CNS
Theos
Angeles City Health Commission
H. C. Pulley
Tornado-like windstorm hits San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena
A brief windstorm with scattered rain knocked down about 100 trees and damaged power lines in the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles. Pasadena power outages affected many areas as temperatures cooled from a May heat peak.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
December in May Bloom for Owosso Christmas Cactus
William Stockel blamed odd weather as his Christmas cactus bloomed in Owosso Michigan yesterday with a temperature of 33 degrees and light snowfall.
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Owosso, Mich
William Stockel
Wind and power outages hit several California towns
Strong winds caused trees to fall and power lines to fail across San Bernardino Whittier Arcadia Azusa and surrounding areas. Mt Wilson recorded 77 degrees while Oakland and Mountain Pasadena saw lines down and routes blocked. Alhambra suffered the heaviest damage as outages spread to Montrose Monterey Park Temple City and others.
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Pasadena
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Five Youths Sentenced to Life for East LA Store Murder
Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke sentenced five youths to life terms for the Feb. 16 holdup murder of East Los Angeles liquor store clerk Sergio Markarian, 32. Gutteen gunman Charles Cowan Jr. and Tomas G. Guajardo pleaded guilty, while Ruben O. Machado, Gilbert I. Muro, and Raymond A. Ulibarri were previously convicted of first degree murder.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Charles W. Fricke
Sergio Markarian
Charles Cowan Jr
W. First
Tomas G. Guajardo
Pinedale
Calif
Ruben O. Machado
S. Matthews
Gilbert I
Postage Boost Wins Approval in House Committee
The House Post Office Committee gave tentative approval to a one cent increase in letter postage from 3 to 4 cents. The panel also voted to raise the airmail rate from 6 to 7 cents.
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Washington
Pia
House Post Office Committee
Explosion destroys igloo at Anniston Ordnance depot
A spectacular explosion demolished an ammunition storage igloo at the Anniston Ordnance depot in Alabama. No injuries were reported, but the blast ignited six acres of timberland nearby.
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Anniston
Ala
Frugal Farmer Leaves Large German Church Bequest
Charles Schmitt of a 40 acre farm left 604?965 to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin Burschal Germany and to the Freiburg arena locese bishop for reconstruction of a war damaged church. He died April 7 29. The estate valued at 611595 with real estate near 400000 and no electricity.
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Germany
Charles Schmitt
Schmitt
St. Martin
Burschal
Freiburg
Arena Locese
Teachers to Get Word on Salaries in Los Angeles
About 20,000 Los Angeles school teachers await the final pay rise recommendation from Superintendent Claude L. Reeves to the Board of Education for the next school year.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Claude L. Reeves
Board of Education
Weather report notes mixed skies and showers
The forecast shows variable high cloudiness and mostly sunny days with few light showers and coast fog on Tuesday May 16 and a high near 99 on May 17. A full weather report appears on Page A-13.
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