Motorists Told Quit Dreaming
Los Angeles traffic safety expert Charles Sands of the Interstate Commerce Commission says about 97 percent of all traffic accidents involve experienced drivers and daydreaming. He blames many wrecks on drivers preoccupied with personal problems and money worries. Sands cites tests to identify faults and a driver trainer machine that simulates hazards. He spoke during the three day Western Safety Congress at the Ambassador Hotel, sponsored by the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the National Safety Council.
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Los Angeles
Charles Sands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sands
Ambassador Hotel
Greater
The
Nationa Safety Council
Wolfschmidt's Vodka Notice from Dundalk Md Listing
Wolfschmidt Ltd Dundalk Maryland advertises vodka product Wolfschmidt's Vodka 100 percent grain neutral spirits. Proof 100, volume not specified, branding includes Pt SA.
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Wolfschmidt Ltd
Dundalk, Md
Pt S.A
New York Journals Raise Newsstand Price to 10 Cents
The New York Journal-American and the World-Telegram Sun plan price increases to 10 cents per copy beginning Wednesday. Both afternoon papers cite sharply higher costs for newsprint and wages, with Berkson noting a 236 percent rise in news print costs since 1943 and a March 4 price change to 134 dollars a ton.
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New York
New York Journal-American
New York World-Telelgram & Sun
Seymour Berkson
The
Journal-American
Berkson
Conscripts rate knowledge of government in Pontoise
The district prefect sent questionnaires to about 3500 conscripts. Only 15 percent knew Guy Mollet was premier and 70 percent showed no interest or lacked knowledge. Ninety seven percent did not know their National Assembly members. However 97 percent knew Roger Walkowlack won Frente's Tour de France last year.
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Paris CP
Pontoise
Pari
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Roger Walkowlack
Frente
38 Entering Army Leave Long Beach Station
Thirty-eight Long Beach area men left today for induction in the Army. The group, including 27 volunteers, assembled at the Metropolitan Coach Lines Building and were taken to Los Angeles to be sworn in, then to Fort Ord for processing. Inductees will receive basic training at Fort Ord, Camp Carson, Cole, or Fort Lewis, Wash. This group is the third to be called since the board began operating in 1948.
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Long Beach Area
Army
Metropolitan Coach Lines
We.Ocean Blvd
Los Angeles
Ft. Ord
Camp Carson
Cole
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Srd
Toj
Iboard
Plead Guilty to Counterfeit Money Charges
Long Beach men Richard Travis Burton and Daniel Eugene Bond pled guilty in U S District Court San Diego to passing counterfeit five dollar bills and possessing counterfeit currency. District Judge James Carter set April 9 for sentencing after customs agents arrested them March 4 at the San Ysidro port of entry following a bartender’s tip. Counterfeiting equipment was seized in a raid on Burton’s Rhea Street home.
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Long Beach
U.S. District Court
San Diego
James Carter
Richard ‘Travis Burton
Rhea St
Daniel Eugene Bond
E. St. St
San Ysidro Port of Entry
Tiwana
Mexico
Secret Service
Rhea St. House
Israel warns it will act to defend rights if needed
Egypt says it has no plans to send troops to Gaza and no push to remove the U N Emergency Force. Egypt outlines views on Suez Canal operation in a memorandum to the United States Soviet Union India and the United Nations. Hammarskjold prepares for a Cairo trip after delaying his journey.
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United States
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Soviet Union
India
United Na [Tions
Mahmoud Fawal
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
U. N
Hammarskjold
New York
Cairo
Valley to split police patrols with 110 new officers
Mayor Norris Poulson announces Mere Valley will be separated into three patrol divisions with 110 additional officers assigned to a new western sector. The plan aims to boost coverage in the Valley area as part of a broader public safety initiative.
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Mere Valley Police
Los
Angeles
Prs
Norris
Poulson
Fernando
Valley
Minister Kills Slayer of Officer in Bank Robbery Shootout
In a dramatic bank robbery confrontation, a minister named Gingery radioed police, describing a suspect matching the description. Watts engaged the bandit after spotting a brown leather jacket, exchanged gunfire, and was killed. The gunman Benjamin Hassett was identified by two bank tellers. Hassett’s father, a retired General Electric employee, cried upon learning of his son’s death. Watts was married with a teenage son and faced retirement eligibility in September.
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Watts
Gingery
T Gould
Marvin
Hassett
Benjamin Hassett
Union City
General Elestric Co
Buffalo
N. Y
General Electric
Louisville
Walts
Brewster Fund Questions Hint at Personal Use of Union Money
Testimony in the fourth week of hearings reveals Brewster faced questions over a 34,000 check described as a down payment on a Palm Springs home through Palm Springs Desert Properties. Kennedy pressed on $4,000 March down payment, union records, and hotel and racehorse expense claims tied to Terry McNulty and Richard Cavallero, while Brewster acknowledged mixing personal and union funds and hinted at an audit to repay possible sums.
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Brewster
Palm Springs Desert Properties Corp
Palm Springs
Kennedy
Sen
McNamara
D-Mich
McNamare
Hennedy
Richard Cavallero
Mel Eisen
Terry McNulty
EY Rancho
Milbrae
Calif
Tanforan Racetrack
Sky Meadows
San Francisco
Teamsters jRad
McNulty
Teamsters
el Rancho
Bobby Elsen
Union
McClellan
Union Rece
Navy eyes new attempt at trans continental jet record
Cmdr Dale W Cox Jr said the A3D Skywarrior will try again in a few days to beat the coast to coast jet record of 3 hours 44 minutes 53.85 seconds. The bomber yesterday abandoned its run, taking off from Day without clear city, landing back at its home base.
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Vol
Navy
Cmdr
Dale W. Cox Jr
Floyd Bennett Field
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