Turkish Beauty Pageant Contestants Gather in Long Beach
Long Beach hosts Miss International Beauty contestants with 51 entrants, including Miss Venezuela Gladys Ascanio and Miss Jordan Gunnar Tucktuck. Turkish delegate is missing en route, while Miss South Africa Nona Sheriff arrived late. A grand parade and fashion events unfold as the crown prize of one million dollar value will be worn by the winner on August 12.
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Long Beach
Long ‘Beach
Venezuela
Gladys Ascanio
Joridan
Gunnar Tucktuck
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Margo Spicer
Lafayette
Municipal Auditorium
VA Hospital Probe Demanded by Vets
Veterans groups in Chicago demand an inquiry into the Long Beach Orange County VA Hospital. They claim 3000 nonlocal veterans are moving into the area and that the facility cannot meet rising demand with vacant beds and current staffing. They criticize proposed expansions as remote and profit-driven. They say the hospital now has 1069 beds available for general care though 1360 are used daily, and warn that funds are needed to prevent care gaps for veterans.
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Vetsrans
Long Beach
Orange County
Prsanthe
Brown
Whittier
Washington
Q*hara
Alsopital
Los Angeles
Press-Telegram
Long Beach VA
Thomas H. Kuchel
Three Girls Hurt in Auto Tag Crash in Dominguez
Three 17-year-old Long Beach girls were injured, one seriously, when their car overturned after a bumper bump with another car that fled the scene at Del Amo Boulevard and Alameda Street in Dominguez. Drivers and addresses of the injured were listed, with hospital officials noting admission requests exceed capacity.
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Long Beach
del Amo Blvd
Alameda St
Dominguez
Harbor General Hospital
Nina Goldblatt
Chestnut Ave
Johanna Masters
Gaviotat Ave
Roberta Butcher
Pine Ave
del Amo
Tom Duggan Suspended by KCOP Over Contract Violations
HOLLYWOOD KCOP manager Al Flanagan suspended TV host Tom Duggan from his nightly commentary interview shows on channel 13. Duggan allegedly refused to comply with contract provisions and dis regard of them led to the action. the suspension is indefinite but not a firing. Guest personalities including former Gov. Goodwin J. Knight will fill in, Knight already helming a twice nightly news show on KCOP.
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Hollywood
Tom Duggan
al Flanagan
KCOP
Duggan
Channel 13
Goodwin J. Knight
Knight
Battle at Mesa leaves two dead and police shootout
Ex husband Edson attacked the Newby home in Mesa Verde Estates after being denied access to Esther Newby and her child. He killed Tom Newby Jr. and wounded Esther. Freeman, a neighbor, and two officers were injured as police returned fire. Three children were rescued from the residence. Linda and Carol Newby, ages 12 and 14, were adopted by Tom Newby after their mother’s marriage.
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Newby
Esther
Tom Jr
Edson
Freeman
Avery Smith
Smith
W. J. Weatherwax
Weatherwax
Edsons
Linda Newby
Carol
Linda
Katanga Blocks U.N. Unit and Tshombe Opposes Intervention
Katanga defies U.N. plans as Tshombe denounces military intervention. Bunche met with Katanga authorities in Leopoldville to push for troop arrival, while Katanga portrays the move as dangerous and seeks continued diplomacy. U.N. observers report caution as negotiations proceed.
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Munungo
Bunche
U. N
Katanga
Congo
Security Council
Katangas
Labethville
Ham
Bunche Marshjold
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Vais
U.N
Elisabethville
U S Urges Polio Shots Amid Rising Paralytic Cases
The Public Health Service reports an uptick in paralytic polio with 76 cases last week, up from 69 the prior week. Surgeon General Leroy E Burney notes that among 310 reported vaccination statuses this year, 165 had no vaccine.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leroy E. Burney
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Empress Pearl Syndicate of
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India
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Cremer
Los Coyotes
Mesa
U. MN
Hammarskjold
Lincoln Park
Eushonis
Arapsi _Vancerro
Penussy
Nevin Imérstein Richards
U.S.P
Victory Garage
Pine Avenue
Pacific
Huntington Park
Broadway
Vermont
T. Home
Southern
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