Long Beach opens largest bridge linking downtown to freeway
The 6,600 foot Rupert Shoemaker span across the Los Angeles County Flood Control Channel was opened, connecting downtown Long Beach to the freeway. 300 officials and spectators attended as Mrs Shoemaker and city leaders spoke, with a balloon giveaway marred by a mixup that released linked bundles bearing merchandise certificates.
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Raymont C. Kealer
Harbor Commission
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Charles L. Vickers
Llewellyn Bixby
Chamber of Commerce
Bridge Completion Ceremony Precedes Ocean Boulevard Opening
A breakfast at the Wilton Hotel hosted by the Chamber of Commerce honored Mrs Shoemaker as the second major bridge project in 11 years nears completion. The Anaheim St Bridge over the channel will span 583,000 and open on Ocean Boulevard around July 1.
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Wallbridge
Ocean Blvd
Wilton Hotel
Chamber, of Commercé
Shoemaker
Eisenhower antagonist in Russia noted by AP News
AP News Analyst William Ryan explains the type of antagonist President Eisenhower would face from Russia's Khrushchev at upcoming conferences. References to where to find related pages include Classifieds on Dbta and Comics on C4, 7 and various sections such as Death Notices B-2, Editorial 2-18, Sports C-1 and 23, Theaters F-22, and other features across the paper.
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William Ryan
Eisenholwer
Russia
Fremlet Khrushchev
Wilson
Berlin Air Corridor Tensions Rise Over Altitude Disputes
A Soviet Embassy hint warned of possible explosive incidents along Western air corridors to the isolated city unless the Berlin dispute is settled. The United States spoke of continuing flights into Berlin at whatever altitude is deemed necessary, as protests between the U.S. and the Soviet Union escalated.
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Russia
United States
West Germany
West Berlin
Geneva
Bei
U.S. State Department
Berlin
Soviet Union
Brown backs Mac on parley for San Francisco summit
Governor Edmund Brown endorsed Harold Macmillan’s suggestion of San Francisco as the site for a high level summit. Brown sent a formal invitation to President Eisenhower after reading that London preferred San Francisco over Geneva for the talks.
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Macon Parley
S. F.sacramento
Edmund Brown
Harold Macmillan
Great Britain
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Saul J Francisco
Geneva
Two U S Airmen Die in Four Engine Plane Crash
In Adana near Adana Air Base a four engine Ci24 transport crashed Tuesday night. Two U S airmen were killed and two were critically injured. Five airmen escaped unhurt. Continued on page A5.
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Turkey
U. S
U S Retaliates with Travel Ban on Soviets
The United States imposed a temporary travel ban on Soviet diplomats in retaliation for a Soviet restriction on American diplomats in the USSR. State Department spokesman Lincoln White said the ban, with New York to Washington travel exempted, will end when the Soviets lift theirs. He noted Moscow reports of travel restrictions for foreign mission personnel, excluding Leningrad, and said duration is unclear amid speculation of spring military maneuvers.
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U. S
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Russia
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United States
Soviet Union
Lincoln White
New York-Washington
Moscow
White
Leningrad
L A Girl 18 Is Found Brutally Murdered In Downtown
The body of Durella Bayer 18 formerly of Omaha was found in a pulldown bed with strangulation by an electric iron cord and blows from an iron. Detectives said a man she was seen with Tuesday is sought. She worked as a waitress downtown. Investigators noted possible rape and hair analysis underway. Her hands showed deep cuts and a smashed alarm clock suggested the killing occurred before noon Tuesday. She has two brothers in Omaha.
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Omaha
Polite
Larry Scarborough
Joseph Ka
Miss Boyer
Douglas County
Nebraska
Eugene Szendee
Szendre
Two Die in Six-Truck Turnpike Collision
Two men were killed on the New Jersey Turnpike in dense fog during a six-truck crash. The trucks, tractor trailers, included two carrying new cars.
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Newark
New Jersey Turnpike
Northern California Nevada quake rattles wide area
A 10:20 am earthquake shook the Sacramento area and eastern Nevada, lasting about 10 seconds. No major damage was reported though fixtures and furniture moved in California and Reno. Marysville and Sacramento offices felt the temblor, with Fallon not affected.
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Marysville
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Figueroa Crash Kills Two Drivers in Head-On Collision
A late Tuesday night head on crash on Figueroa Street north of 208th killed Marvin Russell Malone 22 of Long Beach and Jessie Thomas 18 of Harbor City. Rosa March 12 of San Pedro sustained critical injuries. Passengers Rosetta Fare 17 and Rennie Curtis Stephens 21 in Malone car were also hurt.
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208Th St
Marvin Russell Malone
Rosa March
Hanford
St San Pedro
Malone
Rosetta
Harbor City
Rennie Curtis Stephens
Lewis Ave
Long Beach
California Highway Patrol
Malone Carr
Nudist Colony Views Fire Near Cajon Pass
A brush fire swept within 400 yards of a nudist colony near Cajon Pass as firefighters fought the blaze on Tuesday. The fire consumed 105 acres before being controlled while ten naked observers watched from a distance.
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Cajon Pass
Here
Tornadoes strike Texas and Oklahoma leaving fatalities
Tornadoes tore across Texas and Oklahoma killing six people and injuring at least 59. The storms hit Vaughan and Bynum in north central Texas near Gainsville and Kingston in Oklahoma, with additional destruction near Galveston Bay and Henderson. A Bergstrom Air Base tanker plane crashed in turbulence killing four. Continued on Page A-5.
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Oklahoma
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Bynum
Gainsville
Kingston
Okla
Silver City
Tulsa
Galveston Bay
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Missouri
Kansas City
Bergstrom Air Base
Austin
Debut Heatwave Rolls Into Southern California
A scorching April begins with temperatures near 90 degrees across Southern California. Long Beach reports heat rising toward 90 as forecasters warn of more warm weather for the next four days. Historically April brings light rain, with no measurable rainfall in Long Beach this March and rare April downpours in past years.
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Long Beach
Southland
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dulles Gets Exercise See at Florida Island
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles recuperating from cancer at Jupiter Island Florida engages in simple exercise. He swam in a pool and walked the grounds at the home of Undersecretary Douglas Dillon, his host. Aides report no visitors since his arrival Monday and that he remains in contact with the State Department.
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Fla
John Foster Dulles
Douglas Dillon
Aids
State Department
Weather Update Sees Continued Sunshine Through Thursday
The forecast calls for continued sunny and warm conditions through Thursday with some patchy fog in the early morning. Tonight’s low is expected around 60 while noon temperatures reach about 43.
Burns Fatal Hypnosis Used Before Texas Man's Death
In San Antonio Tex Baptist Hospital staff physicians say Gregorio Benavides 25 was placed in a hypnotic trance to ease pain before his death at 1 40 am He suffered burns over 90 percent of his body in a sewer blast and fire last Monday A doctor said death was certain after the trance and the hypnosis took place several hours earlier to try relief for the workman who died
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Tex
Baptist Hospital
Gregorio Benavides
Benavides
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