Mexico City Quake Tears Through City Buildings
AP report details the massive Mexico City earthquake that toppled at least 59 buildings, left 32 dead in the capital and towns like Acapulco, with thousands affected. Soldiers blocked streets as demolition squads cleared damaged structures while relief descended. Tourists, residents, and officials described the tremor and its aftermath, with emergency aid promised and rescues ongoing.
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Acapulco
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Enmanx-tillan
Adalio Ruiz Cortines
Michoacan
Young escapees nabbed after Santa Ana Freeway crash
Two juveniles escaped from a Santa Ana detention hall, stole a car, and caused a three car crash on the Santa Ana Freeway. Gordelman 16 from Montebello and Ursich were arrested by CHP near Norwalk Blvd. Gordelman suffered a head laceration requiring stitches and both were held for juvenile authorities.
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Frank Benedict Gordelman
Repetto St
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John Ursich
California
Stanley Humphries
Norwalk Blvd
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Barbara Jane Baxter
Elmira St
Anaheim
William Edward Thomas
Maplewood St
Orange
Gergelman
Carobil Hospital
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Orange County
Uranium Prospector Missing in Desert Near Mojave
Kern County sheriff deputies intensified search for James Howard Wallace 40 of Los Angeles who vanished Sunday in hot rugged desert 12 miles northwest of here while checking four or five uranium claims. His wife reported he did not return from an early morning trip.
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Mojave
Man Escapes Hospital After Appendix Surgery
Charles Umpstead, 20, who had just undergone an emergency appendectomy at St Joseph's Hospital after a disorderly conduct sentence, walked away in a bathrobe and pajamas Sunday and remained at large. Police report he was to serve time in county jail.
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Rifle Misses Hubby Wife Tries Pistol in Van Nuys
In Van Nuys a 25 year old woman, Ence L Saunders, shot her husband Raymond Saunders, 34, after a family picnic argument. She fired first a .22 rifle missing him, then a .22 pistol striking his abdomen on the lawn. Raymond was hospitalized and Ence Saunders was jailed on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder.
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Thenence L. Saunders
Man's "collecting" labeled burglary by police in Van Nuys
Alvin Turnmire, ex-Marine, arrested for burglary after police found his two-acre Van Nuys property filled with hundreds of stolen items from nearby housing projects. He calls it collecting, but officers say the loot includes a refrigerator, beds, dressers, chairs, and more. Turnmire claimed he never sold items and admitted sorting the haul, saying his life has always been about collecting.
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Randolph Kidder
Tummire
Iwo Jima
Turnmire
U S Nike Base Plans Stolen in Landau Germany
German police reported that plans for a U S Nike rocket installation were stolen from the contractor building the base in Landau Germany. The incident involves the American project and local authorities are investigating the theft of sensitive military plans.
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Stocks Sell Off to Lower Levels
New York stocks retreated a few cents around two dollars a share in moderate active dealings today. The market faced a morning wobble, trading speeded up from recent lows, then stabilized before slipping again in the afternoon.
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New York
Milwaukee jail man grenade blast jolts city scene
Police described a chaotic nighttime incident involving a grenade blast and scattered tools at a Milwaukee location. Officers and firefighters responded to a scene with unmarked items, a contractor's plans, and evidence linked to a midtown hotel work site.
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Turymire
Benidix Air Race Record Set by Capt. Chandler
Compton reports Capt. Ken neth D. Chandler won the Ben idix Air Race from Chicago to Andrews Air Force Base Md at a record 679 mph average. The flight time was 54.1 minutes and 45.34 seconds.
Anderson Becomes Treasury Secretary in Eisenhower Era
Robert B. Anderson took the post as Treasury Secretary with Eisenhower predicting a warm welcome. He succeeds George M. Humphrey, who hinted at future roles, while Anderson’s background includes leading roles in defense and a prominent Texas business empire.
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Eisenhower
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George M. Humphrey
George
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Iwational Steel Corp
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Republican Party
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Navy
Defense
Burleson
Tex
Alderson
W. T. Waggoner
Texas
Buckingham Palace party and Dulles London trip
Buckingham Palace hosts a festive garden party for 3,000 Americans with hot dogs and hamburgers as Queen Elizabeth mingles with guests. In London, Secretary Dulles arrives to press five power disarmament talks, aiming to craft an open cities plan and seek support from UK leaders and U.N. delegates for potential continued talks.
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Elizabeth
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Eisenhower
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Harold &. Stassen
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U.N
Washington
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Russia
New York Station Fire Delays 20 Trains At Grand Central
A blaze in the New York Central Railroad station in the Bronx delayed nearly two dozen trains including the Twenty first Century Limited and the Pacemaker from Chicago. Delays reached about two hours as four main line tracks were shut, with the last train passing Spuyten Duyvil at 7 20 am and the line fully reopening at 8 44 am.
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Spuyten Duyvil
Finding the Daughters Fate and Illness of George Sinking
George Sinking, Eisenhower’s special ambassador to NATO, is critically ill and weakening per his physician. The 19 year old Georgian patient, in Vienna, suffered a corallary disease attack prompting transfer from Washington to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Burton Collins of Ripley searched for his late daughter after she failed to arrive home, colliding with an unlit bicycle on the highway and killing his 9 year old daughter Mary Lov.
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Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Washington
Emory University Hospital
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Ripley
Tecuper
Mary Lov
Weather Outlook Mostly Clear Through Tuesday
Forecast calls for mostly clear skies through Tuesday with only late night and early morning low clouds or fog. Temperature remains steady with little change expected.
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