Driver killed in Pico Avenue highway crash
A hitchhiking San Pedro man Daniel Bliss 22 survived a fatal ride with Charles Smith 46 Torrance after a truck crash on Pico Avenue near W9th Street. Bliss suffered a shoulder injury and cuts. Smith was killed when the truck overturned after speeding to the south on the Long Beach Freeway. Two sailors from USS Fechtler aided the vehicle’s righting.
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Charles Smith
221St St
Torrance
Daniel C. Bliss
N. Center St. San Pedro
Seaside Memorial Hosspital
Smith
Long Beach
Bliss
Arthur Oaks Thomas
Robbie Joe
Lewis
Fumes Kill Tand Dog in Fresno Home
Fresno AP report: a sheriff's deputy found seven people and a dog dead from asphyxiation by a ventless butane gas stove in a six room frame house. Victims include Luke Vaughn and his wife and daughter Gale, William Harris and his wife Jeannette and Beatrice Galloway and a two year old girl. Coroner says they likely died Saturday night. Sheriff officials note the heater was the only heat source.
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Alphard Dickenson
Luke Vaughn
Gale
William Harris
Jeannette
Caowchilla
Beatrice Galloway
Mietervilles
Galloway
Robert Saum
Vaughn
al Collins
Cuba Suspends Its Constitution in Extraordinary Session
Cuba halted constitutional guarantees for 45 days to quell rising rebellion. The move grants police and military broad powers, imposes press censorship, and suspends public assembly and arrest rights without warrants. In New York a theater incident involved a stage altercation during Look Back in Anger, with Kenneth Haigh attacked on stage but no charges filed.
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Lang
Kenneth Haigh
Haigh
John Osborne
Vivian Drummond
Alan Bates
Miss Drummond
Bates
Havana
Tax decision waits on economy course
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Anderson said the administration will not decide on anti recession tax cuts until the future course of the economy is clarified. He noted no tax decision has been made and any action will await economic developments and consultations with congressional leaders. The Defense Department will boost construction spending to about two billion dollars over the next five months to aid the economy. Continued on Page A4 Col 3.
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Eisenhower
Defense Department
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Weather Outlook Cloudy Tonight and Rain Thursday
Cloudy conditions with showers likely tonight and cooler days ahead. Rain chances around 40 percent tonight and 70 percent Thursday, with continued cool temperatures across the period.
Talk Rises in Sinatra Romance
Rumors grow that Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall may wed around Oscar time. Bacall dodges comment at Huntington Hartford Theatre while Sinatra is in Miami for a singing date. Both pulled out of the March 26 Academy Award telecast amid wedding and Las Vegas speculation.
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Frank Sinatra
Lauren Bacall
Miss. Bacall
Huntington Hartford
Noel Coward
Miami
Sinatra
Fontainebleau
Hhey
Miss Bacen
Miss Bacall
Jerry Ward
Las Vegas
Sands
Christ Denounces Barrenness Like Fig Tree Parable
Ris Lunt Forty Bays presents a religious reflection on the fig tree narrative from Mark and John. The sermon compares Jerusalem’s people to a fig tree with leaves yet no fruit, condemning faithless words and declaring spiritual barrenness as a hypocritical state.
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Bethany
John
Jerusalem
Julien C, Hyer
Vanguard Launch Attempts Fall Short Again at Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Navy canceled another Vanguard satellite rocket launch attempt just before noon after repeated near launches. Technical difficulties prevented liquid oxygen from remaining in the test vehicle long enough, delaying the test which will be rescheduled soon. Wind and clear visibility aided observers but did not avert another near miss.
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Fla. Wpi
Navy
Washington
Defense Department
Runaway Cement Truck Reaches 13 Miles Down Cajon Pass
A 78,000 pound cement truck and trailer rolled nearly 13 miles down the Cajon Pass from Devore on Tuesday night reaching speeds near 100 mph. CHP officer Gene Adams radioed for help then led efforts to steer motorists away as others joined in. Driver Roy M. Fischer, 25, Capistrano Besth, halted the rig at Highland Ave cutoff after officers flagged him to stop. he received a ticket for unsate brakes.
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San Bernardino
Pia
Cajon Pass
Devore
California Highway
Thirty years since St Francis Dam collapse death toll 450
A dated directory style note recounts the St Francis Dam disaster thirty years ago, stating the Santa Clara Valley death toll reached 450. It lists sections and pages where related stories appeared, including Page A-14 and Page B-1 for Beach Combing and Hal Boyle features, plus notices and various column topics.
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St. Francis Dam
Santa Clara Valley
Hal Boyle
Wilson
Paratroops Capture Sumatra Oil Center
Indonesian government said paratroopers and a combat regiment captured the Caltex oil center at Pakanbaru Sumatra. Forces landed at 5:30 am after air landings and fought rebels around Padang and Dumai as navy ships warned harbor traffic to leave.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Pakanbaru
Sumatra
Central Sumatra
U.S. Caltex Oil Company
de Djembelk
Padang Ramands
Dumai
Padang
Pattimura
Dumain
Duzi
Atomic Bomb Detonates In South Carolina Yard
An atomic device fell into a farm yard near Florence South Carolina injuring six, with authorities stating the bomb lacked only its fuse. Air Force teams assessed radioactivity as zero, while revealing the device held a nuclear component. Congressional and British anti base sentiment followed the incident prompting calls for stricter controls.
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8. C
John D. Ryan
Strategic Air Command
South Carolina
Bob
Walter Gregg
Greg
AIR Force
James J. Brady
SAC
Omaha
Neb
Hunter Afb
Brady
Rainfall Totals Rise as Showers Continue in Long Beach
Light showers dropped .10 inches in Long Beach this morning and the Weather Bureau forecasts scattered rain tonight and Thursday. The season’s total stands at 13.59 inches, compared with 5.02 inches on the same date last year and a yearly average of 12.71 inches.
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Weather Bureau
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