Bel Air Home Robbed by Three Masked Gunmen
LA police report three masked gunmen invaded Mrs. Ning G. Anderton’s Bel Air home during a dinner party and seized $35,000 in jewels and furs from Selene Walters, Eldred Meyer, and others. Walters freed herself after 20 minutes. Anderton says losses included a $15,000 diamond necklace and a $10,500 mink coat. This marks her third robbery, with prior incidents in 1954 and 1949. Mrs. Anderton intends to leave town seeking better police protection.
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Los Angeles
Bel Air
Selene Walters
Mrs. Anderton
Dulles Resting in Florida Sun Post Operation
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles continued to rest in the Florida sun at Jupiter Island. He enjoyed swimming rolling in the sunshine and playing backgammon with Mrs Dulles at the resort as he recovers from a cancer operation.
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Florida Sun
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Weather outlook with fog and sunny Friday
A foggy start gives way to mostly sunny skies and cooler conditions Friday. Highs reach about 77 degrees by noon with lingering low clouds late tonight and early Friday.
Editorial Endorsement for Long Beach Unified Incumbents
The piece urges re-election of Walter H. Boyd Laban H. Brewer and Dwight C. Sigworth to Long Beach Unified School District Board. It touts past achievement superior schooling full day programs and modern buildings amid teacher shortages while noting costs per pupil remain lower than in most large LA County districts.
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Laban H. Brewer
Dwight C. Sigworth
Soviet Warns Again on High Berlin Hops
The Soviet Union warned that American and Russian planes could collide accidentally in West Berlin air corridors if the United States persists in sending high altitude flights. A Soviet embassy spokesman said consequences are unknown and the dispute over access rights continues as U S aircraft prepare a high altitude test run toward Berlin despite Western delays.
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Gincris Say Inc
49th Division to Be Alerted for Practice Emergency Assembly
The 49th Division of the California National Guard will be alerted during the next several days for a practice emergency assembly. Maj. Gen. Clarence H. Pease announced the test will involve about 8,000 officers and enlisted men.
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Clarence H. Pease
Heat Wave Eases Friday Across Southland
The Southland’s April heat wave, which pushed temperatures to 90s and a high of 93 in Long Beach, is predicted to ease Friday as sea breezes build offshore. Temperatures will stay well above normal but about 8 degrees cooler, with Long Beach forecast near 80 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Shoulst
Eisenhower lauds NATO barrier to conquest
President Eisenhower used the NATO tenth anniversary to praise the Atlantic alliance as a strong barrier against communism while urging unity and perseverance. He warned of continued tension with the Soviet Union, offered negotiations with Moscow, and stressed avoiding illusion over reality as NATO seeks solid agreements and renewed strength for the long struggle for peace. The opening session drew 1,400 officials and press as leaders reaffirmed NATO policy and future aims.
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Liz Eddie to Be Wed in Mexico
Singer Eddie Fisher said he and Elizabeth Taylor may marry in Mexico within six weeks after noting possible consent issues with his former wife Debbie Reynolds. Taylor hopes Reynolds will consent to a Nevada decree upon her return from Spain while Fisher travels with Taylor in Europe for a movie project.
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Tropicana Hotel
Speeder Dailey Jailed After Shotgun Threats
Donald Dailey head of the Daley Corp was jailed after La Mesa police said he beat Officer Oliver and menaced others with a shotgun at his Mt Helix home. Dailey, 40, was surrounded by deputies and later talked into surrender by neighbor San Diego Police Chief Jansen. He was booked on resisting arrest assault and battery brandishing a firearm drunk driving speeding and related traffic charges.
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Daley Corp
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L la Mesa
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Grossmont Hospital
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Truman to speak in Los Angeles over three days
Former President Harry S Truman will arrive in Los Angeles Friday to deliver three speeches. He will address a Cal-Fair inaugural dinner at the Beverly Hilton Saturday night, a Ladies' Day luncheon at Town Hall Tuesday, and a public meeting at UCLA's Royce Hall at 10 am Wednesday.
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Royce Hall
Safe Drivers to Get Autoinsurance Cut
California insurers plan a Safe Driver Insurance program starting May 1. Private car owners with three years of clean records will see rates drop about 20 percent, while those with accidents or violations face higher costs. Two violations or accidents raise rates 25 percent, five or more double them. The plan, backed by the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the National Association of Insurance, claims a direct link between violations and claims.
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California
Jack Hammond
Associationo
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
National Automobile “Underwriters Assn
Cali
Woman Falls From Hollywood Hotel Stairwell
A woman identified as Mrs. Georgia Lee Rowley, alias Holsclaw, 49, was critically injured after plunging eight stones down a Hollywood Plaza Hotel stairwell. Police questioned Robert James Rowley, 40, a painter and the woman’s companion, while noting his prior arrests for drunkenness forgery and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Georgia Lee Rowley
Holsclaw
Robert James Rowley
Jee Ee
Lujan
Lusan
Rowley
Mother Dies After Saving Three Children in Fire
BALDWINSVILLE N Y A young mother Maria McArdle 24 died in a blaze as she thrust her three children from the burning one story home Two children suffered serious burns the third escaped unharmed Her husband John McArdle was at work in a nearby Syracuse steel plant when the fire started before dawn
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N.Y
Maria McArdle
John
Syracuse
Fog Baffles New York City Transit Through Thick Fog
A heavy fog blanketed the New York area halting land sea and air travel for a second day. Thousands were delayed on roads and highways as ferries faced uneven service and major airports operated near standstill.
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New York
Copter Crashes Into Korean Peak Killing Co pilot
A U.S. Army helicopter crashed on a Korean mountainside Wednesday. The copilot was killed and three other servicemen were injured aboard. A ground party was sent to the scene where the copilot is thought to be trapped and presumed dead.
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Seoul
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A fragment lists sections and page locations for features and columns. It mentions Nikita Khrushchev as a crude clodhopper with outward polish, plus notes on Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Theater and other pages.
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