Fiancee Hears Premonition as Superman Star Reeves Kills Self
Hollywood's George Reeves, famed for reprising Superman, shot himself in his home after a late-night dispute with friends. His fiancée Lenore Lemmon, 35, and guests Robert Condon, 46, were present. Lemmon recalled joking remark about his death and gun. Police say Reeves, 45, had been discouraged by lack of new acting roles. Investigators note he appeared upset over late visitors and his career woes. The death was a sudden, spur-of-the-moment act with a .30-caliber Luger pistol. Page A-4.
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Hollywood
George Reeves
W. A. Peterson
Bliss
Miss Lemmon
Reeves
Tijuana
Sgt
Peterson
Superman
Teachers' Pay Boost Approved by Board of Education
The Long Beach Unified School District board approved a 3.2 percent average salary increase and a $275,000 district paid health insurance plan for about 4,600 employees. The raise is contingent on maintaining the current tax rate of $3.59 per $100 assessed valuation, with detailed increases for teachers, and higher non teaching staff increments.
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Board of Education
Long Beach Unified School Distriest
Clues Sought in Slaying of School Girl
Santa Maria police searched for clues in the fatal stabbing of 15 year old Charlene Wray, described by neighbors as friendly. Her body was found by her mother in the living room. Chief Harold English noted multiple stab wounds and possible sexual assault is undetermined. The article also discusses private hospital benefits and district-paid plans unrelated to the crime.
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Santa Maria PI
Cuef
Charlene Wray
Harold English
Sires Res
Stella
Wray
Paso Robles
Sures
Kathy
L B Boy Shoots Ex Convict in Lodging Backyard Tragedy
A 13 year old boy fired two rifle shots at Alfred W Kruse 41 wounding him critically on Adriatic Ave. Kruse a longtime ex convict with prior crimes was taken to Seaside Hospital. The shooter Robert H Likas 13 was booked for attempted murder and his mother Bernadine V Likas 42 was a witness to the shooting.
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Alfred W. Kruse
Monogram Ave
Seaside
Kruse
Robert H. Likas
Adriatic
Ave
Bernadine V. Likas
Mrs. Likai
Ernie Warner
DiSalle Declines Gin Rummy After Tax Battle
Governor Michael V. DiSalle, leaving the Ohio state house after a heated tax battle with the Legislature, was asked to play gin rummy with reporters. He refused, noting he had already lost enough today, pegged at thirty million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
State House
Patrol Craft Hit Off Coast of North Korea
U S Navy patrol plane was shot at by two MIG fighter jets about 85 miles east of Wonsan North Korea in international waters The attack wounded one crewman seriously The Pentagon said the fighters fired tracer rounds and followed the patrol within 50 feet of the water The U S plane returned evasive action and landed safely at Miho Air Base on Honshu Island Japan The incident was under investigation with the State Department preparing a protest once the nationality of the attackers is established
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U.S. Navy
Sea of Japan
Defense Department
State Department
United States
Navy Department
Joseph Reap
Wonsan
North Korea
Pentagon
Ceeling Unlimited
U.S
Long Beach
PAM
Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Facility
Honshu
Comdr
Donald Mayer
Miho Air Force Base
Honslyy
West Plans New Berlin Proposal
Secretary of State Herter and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko discussed a forthcoming draft plan for an interim Berlin settlement. A U S spokesman said the plan reorders existing ideas, not adds new terms, and cautioned against summits with Berlin threats.
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West
Berlin
Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Asst
Andrew H. Gerding
United States
Two Coyle brothers sought in Philadelphia murder
Plymouth County Sheriff Adnah Harlow said the gunmen, John 23 and William 21, may have broken through a 300-strong manhunt after a liquor store robbery netted $112. Coins found north of Pine Street tied them to the woods south of the road as a vast posse pursued them. The brothers, armed with five pistols and three shells, are wanted for a Philadelphia policeman’s slaying and a Cape Cod supermarket hold up. William Sedgwick, 49, freed from captivity after 10 days, was hospitalized earlier and released.
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Middleboro
Mass
Plymouth County
Adnah Harlow
Coyle Brothers
Philadelphia
Pine St
John
William
Harlow
FBI
Cape Cod
Forgotten Fortune: Watch Your Alphabet in Tax Refund List
The Press Telegram reveals daily lists of unclaimed federal income tax refund checks labeled forgotten fortune. Names are alphabetized by last name but may scatter, so Abbott families could appear far after Athearns within the same day’s listing.
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Jones, Brown
Smith
Wheeler
Press-Telegram
Abbotts
Athearns
Instructions for IRS Refund Check Delinquency
If your name appears in today’s list write. Do not phone the Internal Revenue Service in Los Angeles. Send a letter with enough identifying information to prove you are the recipient. Include approximate owed amount, Social Security number, an old bill or statement with name and address, a carbon copy of your return if possible, and the year your name appears in the lists.
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Internal Revenue Service
N. Spring St
Los Angeles
Calif
IRS
Long Beach Names and Addresses in California History
A fragmented OCR list shows residents and addresses across Long Beach, San Pedro, Gardena, Norwalk, and nearby cities. Names include Ashley, ABARCA, ARNONE, RETCHER, EBARBIN, BESCHER, BARBRE, BERRY, BARNARD, BERNau, BARLOW, COLE, CARVER, COLBURN, and CASH with street addresses and cities. The item notes continuation on Page A-8.
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Ashley
C. F
Plymouth St
Long Beach
Abarca
Jose M
4Th St
San Pedro
Arnone
Jean P
Yanness
Gardena
Retcher
V. J
J. L
Ravenna Aven
Wilmington
Ebarbin
Joseph P
Roycroft Ave
Nbernau
Wiliam J
Vermont
Paramount
Barlow
Bobby B
7Th St
Cole
Senate Assembly
Paitt
la Habra
Carver
R. M
Cali
Harcourt Ave
Norwalk
Fornia History
Colburn
Gale
American Ave
Cash
Theodore
Hazel
Madris Ave
Norwath
Beach Combing and Bridge Notes on Page B-5
Tidbits from beach combing and bridge sections appear on pages B-1 and B-5 respectively. Brief items cover coastal finds and bridge game updates along with short notes from features on page B-5.
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Hal Boyle
Wilson
Weather outlook for today and Wednesday shows sun
A weather update notes low clouds late tonight and early Wednesday, with mostly sunny skies by Wednesday. Temperatures change little with a maximum of 71 degrees by noon today.
Search Fails to Find Man Slain by Shark
A large search by fire guards and aircraft pilots failed to locate Robert L. Pamperin, 33, a skin diver killed by a 120 foot shark off La Jolla. Pamperin and a companion were 120 feet off the beach when the shark grabbed him and pulled him underwater Sunday.
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LA Jolla
UPI
Careul
Robert L. Pamperin
Pamperin
Woman wakes burglar, shouts for help in bare clothing
Mrs. Ethel Adams woke to a burglary in Seattle and chased the intruder into the street before her daughter cried out that the mother had no clothes on. The burglar fled as awake neighbors gathered.
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Seatile
UPI
Ethel Adams
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DiSalle
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al Berserk
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Carmen Martin
Dragons
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Herter
Gromyko
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