Yule tragedy as LB man kills wife and self
James Manning, 49, shot and killed his wife Martha Manning, 35, then shot himself in front of their Long Beach home at 1A02 Lime Ave. Two of the Manning children, aged 8 and 10, witnessed the events as police arrived. The family had been living apart for months after Manning’s knife attack years earlier. Martha Manning died at Seaside Memorial Hospital.
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Minn
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Griffith
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Seaside Memorial Hospital
E. Anaheim St
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Gomey
Ethel Robertson
J. David
Third St
N. Jick Dilday
Marvin
Grolion
Peries
Motor Bus Co
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End Search for Missing I7 on Plane
Civil Air Patrol ends its ten day search for a twin engine Beechcraft missing after departure December 19 bound for San Francisco. Authorities listed pilot Ed Rost and co-pilot Arthur Gies among the crew with several passengers including Elen Dalzell George Trinidad Orlando Atencio Dor sid Comvay and Terry Cunningham. Ground patrols scoured a remote Sierra canyon without finding traces of the Beechcraft.
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Meno
San Francisco
Ed Rost
Castyo Valley
Arthur Gies
Hayward
Elen Dalzell
Ukiah
George Trinidad
Orlando Atencio
Oakland
Dorsid Comvay
Terry Cunningham
Ala Neds
Christmas Traffic Toll Rises During Holiday Season
National Safety Council warns drivers to show care as mild weather boosts highway use. Early tallies report 96 traffic deaths with 79 fatalities overall and 13 fires during the Christmas period. Bradford Ohio collision and a mother with two children burned highlight holiday dangers. AP notes the four day Christmas period marked a record toll, with 854 deaths over 30 hours nationwide.
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Bradford
Ohio
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Massick
Associated Press
Scots officers resign over regimental dress clash
London reports Brigadier Archibald Buchanan Dunlop replaces Maj Gen Edmund Hakewell as colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and Maj Gen Ronald Brawell Davis takes over as colonel of the Highland Light Infantry following a dispute on whether the amalgamated Scottish regiment should wear trews or kilts amid defense streamlining.
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Edmund Hakewell
Srith
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Vie Lowland
Ronald Brawell Davis
Robert el- Vioty Urgubirt
Ue Piphland Light Infantry
In’s
Two Front Teeth Are Not Enough for Christmas Grin
Chicago report details a boy missing his front teeth at Christmas as Santa delays smiles. Dammy Daley notes the scene with a wary tone while a store hour issue adds humor to the holiday moment.
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Daley
Santa
Danny
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