San Gabriel Man Killed by Husband in Love Triangle
George Jurgeleit, 25, was shot in Westminster as he left the home of Howard D. Logston. Logston, wife Patricia, and Jurgeleit had discussed a dispute. Logston, discovering no agreement, returned with a pistol and fired through a window. Jurgeleit died from head and chest wounds as Logston led police to the scene. Three Logston children woke to the gunfire.
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San Gabriel
George Jurgeleit
Muscatel
Howlard D. Logston
Logston
Long Beach
Iroquois Ave
Patricia
Jurgeleit
Logstons
Anna
Andy
Allen
Lenin Disowned Stalin on His Deathbed, Says Soviet Papers
Moscow reports that the Soviet government disclosed to citizens that V. I. Lenin, on his death bed, disowned Josef Stalin. Komsomolskaya Pravda published the claim, lifting a 34 year veil on Stalin’s rise and the party line.
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Moscow
V. I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Soviet to Mobilize Half Million Youth for Siberia
Moscow radio announced a new campaign to enlist up to a half million young Russians within two years for development drives in Siberia and other Asiatic regions of the Soviet Union.
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Siberia
London
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Lenin Testament Said to Warn Against Stalin’s Rudeness
A Soviet publication for the first time revealed Lenin’s last letters accusing Stalin of rudeness, capricious power, and willingness to abuse authority. The reports say Khrushchev's leadership is removing secrecy from the document to elevate Lenin and diminish Stalin’s prominence.
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Stalin
Soviet Union
Lenin
Communist Party
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Father of 4 Quizzed in Slaying
Sheriff detectives questioned 33 year old Canoga Park bill collector Henry Arthur Harvey Jr about the murder of Kathleen Louise Ferguson whose decomposed body was found in a ravine near Newhall Tuesday night Harvey admitted living with Ferguson at her former home but denied knowledge of her death He is on probation for a 1952 grand slaying and was picked up at Friar Street and Van Nuys Boulevard Probate records list his aliases as Harry Perkins and Phil Walker.
Baseball Today Major League Games and Probable Pitchers
Major League schedule with listed matchups and expected starting pitchers. American League features Baltimore at Detroit Ferrarese and Smith Hoeft and Wilson. New York at Chicago Cole man vs Pierce. Boston at Kansas City Gae van vs Ditmar. Washington at Cleveland defaren cual vs Wynn. National League shows Milwaukee at New York postponed. Cincinnati at Brooklyn Alipp stein vs Erskine. St. Louis at Philadelphia Schmidt or Dickson vs Roycesin. Chicago at Pittsburgh Minner vs Law.
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Chicago
Coleman
Pierce
Boston
Kansas City
Cet Gaevan
Ditmar
Washington
Cleveland
Defaren Cual
Wynn
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Alippstein
Erskine
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Schmidt
Dickson
Roycesin
Pittsburgh
Minner
Va. Law
Cent per pack boost looms on cigarettes
A one cent per pack price rise at retail was predicted after Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. lifted wholesale prices by 45 cents per shipment. The increases raise regular Chesterfield to 8.55 and kingsize to 9.00 per thousand, citing higher costs. Executives from R J Reynolds, American Tobacco, Lorillard and Philip Morris declined comment.
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New York
United Cigars-Whelan Stores Inc
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Liggett & Myers
Winston-Salem
N.C
E. A. Carr
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
American Tobacco Co
Lucky Strike
P. Lorillard & Co
Old Gold
Philip Morris Inc
Pole-vaulting Scholar Tops Lattimore Class in Iron Lung
Martha Mason, 18, who has been in an iron lung since 1948, will graduate as valedictorian at Lattimore High School with a 98.5 average after choosing hard courses like chemistry French and algebra. Her mother Willard Mason and four teachers helped, and she plans to attend Gardner-Webb College in Boiling Springs next year. The iron lung limits her leaving time to brief periods.
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N.C
Martha Mason
Lattimore High School
Martha
C. C. Padgett
Mason
Willard Mason
Gardner-Webb College
Boiling Springs
Man pleads guilty in abortion death case in New York
Leo Pijuan interrupted his trial to admit dismembering the body of Jacqueline Smith, 20, a fabrics designer, who died during an abortion attempt. He pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter. Thomas G. Daniel, 25, kept on trial. Smith was Daniel’s girlfriend. the abortion occurred at his apartment.
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New York
Leo Pijuan
Jacqueline Smith
Thomas G. Daniel
Miss Smith
Daniel
Hes
His Test Pilot Daddy's Death
An eight year old in Maplewood School in Austin told classmates that his father Wilburn S. Rose, a test pilot, was killed in a Tuesday airplane crash near Mercury Nevada. The boy said his mother urged bravery and he described his father's death as the top story.
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Austin
Tex
Maplewood School
Jimmy Rose
Jimmy
Myra Montgomery
Wilburn S. Rose
Mercury
Nev
Russian Baptist Leaders Arrive in United States on Month-Long Visit
Five leaders of the Russian Baptist Church arrived in New York for a month long transcontinental tour with American Baptists. Their schedule includes stops in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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New York
Russian Baptist Church
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Scott Companion Due in Court
A woman friend of missing L Ewing Scott was due in court in Los Angeles to show cause why she should not be compelled to reveal trips she supposedly took with the debonair club man. Marianne Beaman was scheduled to appear before Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker with Scott's attorney Charles Beardsley this afternoon.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing Scott
Marianne Beaman
Herbert V. Walker
Scott
Charles Beardsley
Civil Defense Seeks Expanded Authority for Hydrogen Age War
Washington. Val Peterson of the Civil Defense Administration told a House subcommittee the agency needs broader power to compel cities and states to prepare for a hydrogen age war. It has power after an attack but cannot force prep before conflict.
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Washington
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
House
Two Firemen Die in Blast at Maryland Oil Plant
A series of explosions and fire at the Kent Oil Co bulk storage plant in Galena Maryland killed two firemen and injured at least eight others. Victims were Richard Lockwood Loller 38 of Chesapeake City and Harry Robert Brice 25 of Betterton. The blasts wrecked four storage tanks a barn an office building and damaged a nearby home.
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Galena
Maryland
Kent Oil Co
Richard Lockwood Loller
Chesapeake City
Harry Robert Brice
Betterton
Fiery Cross Burned at Archbishop's Home
In New Orleans a gasoline soaked cross burned on the grounds of Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel's residence near Notre Dame Seminary. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze on the second anniversary of the 1954 Supreme Court ruling ending school segregation.
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New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
Notre Dame Seminary
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Young mother saves two boys from icy New England lake
Mrs Francis Gilloran a 26 year old former lifeguard leapt from the dinner table into West Lake at Guilford Connecticut to save two boys Johnny Long 11 and Allen Eggert 10 who fell from a rowboat after a lost oar The dog Frackles barked from the boat as rescuers used two boats to reach the boys and a third to tow in the dog The husband rode a leaky craft toward the stricken pair with Gilloran swimming beside him.
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Guilford
Conn
West Lake
Francis Gilloran
Frackles
Rob Arcadia savings firm holdup nets unknown cash
A man and a woman robbed Home Savings and Loan in Arcadia at 12:32 p.m. escaping in a late Mercury Monterey. Police described the gunman as dark haired with dark glasses and a green dress on the woman. The sedan had a white top and maroon body with a continental kit.
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Home Savings and Loan Assn
Huntington
Arcadia
Sugar Ray Favored Over Bobo Tonight
Sugar Ray Robinson defends his world middleweight title against Carl Bobo Olson in a 15 round bout at 7 pm tonight at Wrigley Field Los Angeles. Olson seeks to tie up Robinsons assets through court actions as rain threats fade and 17500 attend, with a $200000 gate and a near radius blackout on TV though radio coverage remains.
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San Francisco
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Los Angeles
Sugar Ray Robinson
Wrigley Field
California
Robinson
RFI
Weather report with clouds and showers
Considerable cloudiness today with occasional light showers. Tomorrow morning remains cloudy then becomes mostly sunny in the afternoon. Local forecast notes a mild day with variable wind and no significant precipitation expected.
Young spelling champ Melody Sachko champions dictionary focus
Melody Sachko, 13, won the 1956 national spelling bee with the prize of 1000 dollars. She advised future contestants to memorize the dictionary, saying she studied every night and concentrated on a few words to beat 62 finalists.
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Washington
Melody Sachko
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Melody
Sandra Owen
Justus, O
Oregon Democrats vote on Stevenson Kefauver write in
In Oregon the Democratic primary focuses on write in votes for Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver though neither name appears on the ballot. The candidate with the most write ins wins Oregon 16 delegate votes. Stevenson and Kefauver express cautious optimism. Republican race features Douglas McKay and Phil Hitchcock for Senate while Wayne Morse remains in party switch context. A late snowstorm hits Liberty New York with about an inch reported.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Interior
Douglas McKay
Phil Hitchcock
Sen
Wayne Morse
TV Writers Strike Looms Across Major Networks
Beverly Hills reporters say writers of the Writers Guild of America West voted last night to strike starting June 4 if working agreements are not reached for film and TV work. The potential action could halt production on numerous programs across networks and studios.
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Beverly Hills
CNS
Writers Guild of America, West
Mother and two children die in Bayside fire
In Bell Gardens a woman Lucille Newlan 24 and her two children Steve 1 and Sharon 3 perished trapped in a bedroom of a rental bungalow as the frantic husband Wade Newlan 29 crawled through smoke trying to rescue them. Firemen blamed a faulty wall heater for the blaze.
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Bell Gardens
Lucille Newlan
Steve
Sharon
Wade Newlan
University of Southern California loan for housing approved
The Community Facilities Administration announced a $2,050,000 loan to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for construction of new student housing.
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Washington
University of Souther California
Los Angeles
Community Facilities Administration
Blind columnist urges federal probe into labor racketeering
Victor Riesel, blinded by an acid attack, calls for a congressional inquiry into labor racketeering. At a hospital news conference six weeks after the assault, the 41 year old writer says the underworld of the labor movement warrants federal investigation and cites senators Douglas Ives Bridges as allies.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Friends of
Labor
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Irving Ives
R-N.y
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Congress
Air Force Halts Horror Comics for U.S. Troops in Britain
The U.S. Air Force stopped selling horror comics to American servicemen at bases in Britain. A supply priority explanation cited crowded ships and cargo limits, noting the ban was effective without censorship and may extend to other overseas installations.
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London
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Air Force Command
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