West Coast Heat Sparks Brisk Fires Across So Cal
Sweeping desert winds drove record heat across Los Angeles Long Beach and Southern California staging three major brush fires. Fire crews fought on 8500 acres near Lake Elsinore Camp Pendleton and Barrett Lake with hundreds of firefighters deployed amid high temperatures and rugged terrain.
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Long Beach
California
Independent, Press-Telegram
Sos
Lake Elsinore
State Forestry
Cleveland National Forest
Ithe Bluize
Seal Beach Grass Fire Beaten Out
State Forestry units halted a grass fire that burned 640 acres on Hellman Ranch north of Seal Beach. Five separate outbreaks started Monday by a cigarette, iced winds and downed lines. Volunteers saved five houses and at least four oil wells as flames gutted a hay barn and pump house.
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Seal Beach
Los Alamitos
Press-Telegram
Washington Bureau
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Two Tots Suffocate in Abandoned Refrigerator
Alice Harvey aged four and John Harvey aged three suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator left near their home in Redding. The body of the siblings was found after a two hour search by their half sister Margaret Rudisill, 22, who had been babysitting while the parents Gordon and Mrs. Harvey were away.
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Redding
Alice
John Harvey
Margaret Rudisill
Gordon Harvey
House Approves Civil Rights Bill in 286-126 Vote
The House passed President Eisenhower's civil rights bill by 286 to 126 with 168 Republicans and 118 Democrats in favor and 19 Republicans with 107 Democrats opposing. The measure heads to a Senate in executive session, delaying action as debates over a United Nations related treaty continue. SEN Russell questioned whether the bill could be taken up while the Senate is in executive session.
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House
Eisenhower
Senate
Nixon
U. S
International Atomic Energy Agency
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Fourth A Shot Fired Off Balloon At Atomic Test Site
Scientists conducted the fourth summer test by launching a small device from a tethered balloon at the Nevada test site. As radioactive clouds drifted toward the control point they evacuated to Camp Mercury. Spokesmen said the evacuation was routine and fallout remained far below health-hazard levels.
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Pahat
Russell
Deri
Energy Commission
House
Eisenhower
Lightning Kills 3 Boys at Tree in Indiana Camp
Three youths died when a bolt struck a tree at a private Crawford County camp in Indiana. Victims were Jeff Jacobi 10 and Steve Jacobi 9 of New Albany and James Eberhardt 12 of Louisville Kentucky. Two other boys under the tree escaped serious injury. Michael Phillips 10, New Albany, was listed in good condition at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. Phillip Eberhardt, James’s brother, also escaped injury.
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Ind
Crawford Count
Indiana
Jeff Jacobi
Steve Jacobi
James Eberhardt
Louisville
Michael Phillips
Floyd County Memorial Hospital
Phillip Eberhardt
James
Air Hunt Begins for Lost Yawl Pagan Crew
A Coast Guard plane from Honolulu searched today for two young sailors missing on a voyage from Newport Beach to Hawaii aboard the 20 foot yawl Pagan. George E Davies IIe and Douglas Hume both 20, sons of Los Angeles families, left Newport Beach May 20 and have not been heard from. They had only a sextant for navigation and the yawl carries no radio. The youths had enough food but water may be running short.
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Palmdale
Daggett
Imperial
Coachella
Coast Guard
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Newport Beach
Hawaii
Pagan
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Douglas Hume
Los Angeles
Weather forecast shows clearing, fog coastal risks this week
Mostly clear through Wednesday with possible fog and low clouds along the coast Wednesday morning. Cooler daytime temperatures expected Wednesday across the area.
Judge orders keep Girard in US hands
A federal judge ruled that GI William S. Girard may not be turned over to Japan for trial. Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy held that delivering Girard would violate constitutional rights and that he remains under U.S. armed forces authority in Japan, potentially subject to U.S. federal or martial proceedings. The decision blocks a habeas petition while signaling an appeal or further action by officials.
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Washington
William S. Girard
Japan
U. S
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girard
McGarraghy
Oun
Mondey
United States
State Department
Department
Supreme Court
U. S. F Court' of Appeals
Forge McGaheraghy
Infant Found in Rural Mail Box Near Grand Haven
A rural mail carrier found a six pound baby boy believed about a week old in a mailbox about 120 miles south of Grand Haven. The infant was brought to Municipal Hospital and described in good condition by Ottawa County nurse Geraldine Kleynenberg. Hospital attendants think the child was placed in the box shortly before discovery by carrier Robert Bethke.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Municipal Hospital
Ottawa County
Nurst Geraldine Kleyenberg
Robert Bethke
Humphrey Defends Fiscal Policy Amid Prosperity Debate
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey Seytata Ghealad defended ECAP policies before the Senate Finance Committee, claiming they bring prosperity despite imperfections. He argued higher interest rates encourage savings and investment, creating jobs, while rejecting the notion that bankers benefit alone.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey Seytata Ghealad
Admaiinetransee
ECAP
Lphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Bread Committee
Humphrey
Treasury
Eisenhower
America
Out Our Way Cartoonist Dies After Surgery
Pasadena artist ALJ. R. Williams creator of the panel cartoon Out Our Way died Monday night at Huntington Memorial Hospital at age 69 after a relapse following a recent operation. The heart condition and post operative complications were listed as the cause.
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Pasadena
Alj. R. Whlliams
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Knowland seeks bypass of Judiciary in civil rights bill
Senate Republican Leader Knowland plans to sidestep the Dixie‑dominated Senate Judiciary Committee by moving the House civil rights bill directly to the upper chamber. The item appears in multiple sections across the paper with page references and related columns.
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Senate
Knowland
Judiciary Committee
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