Cold Front Brings Light Rain To Long Beach Area
A weak Pacific storm pushed down the coast from San Francisco bringing the season’s first rain to Long Beach and nearby communities. Rain totals varied with Artesia, Anaheim and Santa Ana among those reporting measurable rainfall while coastal streets saw slippery conditions.
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San Francisco
Longe Beach
Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Ralnpall
Long Beach Area
Artesia
Bellflower
Rowney
Norwalk
Torrance
Hermosa Beach
Anaheim
Costa Mesa
Fullerton
Garten Grove
Huntington Beach
la Habra
Los Alamitos
Newport Beach
Seal Beach
Stanton
Westminster
Winters
Nevada
Arizona
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Ocean
California
Napa
Sonoma
Fuel Tank Cars Rampage Hits Los Angeles Streets
Three heavy railway tank cars loaded with jet fuel ran out of control after leaving a spur at 117th Street and Vermont Avenue. They toppled off the end, struck a parking lot near a water company, and blocked Vermont Avenue while crews rigged special tracks and used heavy equipment to remove them. No injuries reported.
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Los Angeles
Vermont Ave
117Th St
Where to Find It From The Daily Paper
A listing of sections and page references for the newspaper including Beach Combing Page B-1 Hal Boyle A-7 Bridge A-7 Classifieds D-2 to D-12 Comics B-6 B-7 Crossword D-2 Death Notices B-2 Editorial A- Financial Page B-3 Shipping Table D-2 Sports C-1 to C-4 Theaters A-4 TV Radio D-1 Vital Statistics D-2 Wilson A-7 Women B-4 B-5 World 4-2
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Hal Boyle
Vital
Wilson
Die World
Poisoning Waitress Executed In Alabama
Mrs. Rhonda Belle Martin, a 50 year old waitress, was executed in the electric chair for poisoning her fourth husband Claude Martin in 1951 and later admitting to killing three of her children, her mother, and two other husbands. She left a note asking her body be given to science to uncover why she committed the crimes. The note was found in her Bible on Oct 14 1956 and the death occurred after a failed initial start at the chair and a second active shock at 12 07 a.m. Gov Folsom denied clemency.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Belle Martin
Ronald Martin
James E. Folsom
Teamster unit seeks to bar Hoffa seating
Washington AP Attorneys for a New York City Teamsters group plan to seek a federal court order to bar James R Hoffa from assuming the Teamsters presidency. They contend the Miami Beach convention delegates were illegally chosen to rig the election while Hoffa and his slate won the vote. Beck resigns next Tuesday to permit Hoffa to take office.
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Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Dodd, Kaplan and Schmidt
Federal District Court
Dudge F. Dickinson Letts
New York City
Teamsters ‘Union
Miami ,Beach
Flo
Hoffa
Union
Dave Beck
New York
Aircraft and Oil Halt Mart Slump
A surge in buying lifted aircraft and oil stocks from a slide, keeping the market near a delicate balance by mid afternoon. Douglas rose over four dollars on news of missile work for the Air Force at a Florida base, with General Dynamics North American Aviation Boeing and Martin among peers advancing.
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New York i
Air Force
Florida
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
North American Aviation
Boeing
Martin
Filipino Plane Explosion Kills Six En route to Manila
The Philippine News Service reports a plane exploded in flight over Batan gas Province, killing six. Among the dead are Carlos P. Romulo Jr., son of the Philippine ambassador to the United States, and several Americans.
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Manila
Philippine News Service
Batangas Province
Carlos P.romulo Jr
United States
Four Crewmen Killed in B47 Crash at Homestead AFB
At Homestead Air Force Base Florida a Boeing B47 Stratojet training takeoff ended in fire and crash killing all four crew aboard. The dead are 1st Lt John A Edwards 24 of Seaside Park New Jersey Captain James D B Perky 30 from Cutler Ridge Florida Captain Thomas C Thomann 38 navigator of Homestead and Airman 1/c William J Naranie 23 of Florida. Cause of the crash is under investigation.
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Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Vpi
John A. Edwards
Seaside Park
N. J
James DB. Perky
Cutler Ridge
Thomas C.thomann
Homestead
Wiliam J
Naranie, Fla
Knifes Wife 11 Times and Tries Death by Own Action
A 31-year-old woman, Gertrude E. Silva, was stabbed 11 times by her estranged husband Henry Silva in North Long Beach as she fled toward a neighbor’s porch. Henry Silva, 39, stabbed himself in a failed murder attempt. both were taken to hospitals with punctured lungs. He was booked for investigation of attempted murder, while Silva, the husband, is a butcher aboard the SS Matsonia and held at County General Hospital Jail.
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North
Long Beach
Gertrude E. Silva
Seaside Hospital
Henry
68Th St
Muriil Ave
Silva
Warner
Hunt Gang in Slaying and Robbery Near Paisley Oregon
Police hunted gunmen after they killed a man and beat a woman in a Paisley area post office holdup. The getaway car was found abandoned near Rimrock by Summer Lake as a self appointed posse of 150 rifle bearing residents joined roadblocks to pursue the suspects.
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Paisley
Ore
Polite
Summer Lake
Oregon
Tee
U S and Russia Clash Over Middle East Warnings
Washington warned Moscow against widening the Middle East crisis to global war after Khrushchev’s New York Times remarks on Turkey sparked U S concern. The State Department affirmed NATO obligations to defend the Middle East and deter miscalculation while signaling clear U S intent.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Middle East
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Turkey
New York Times
State Department
Middle ‘East
Syria
Thor missile test at Cape Canaveral triggers high alert
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile was launched from Cape Canaveral at 11 33 a m and observed rising over the Atlantic for about three minutes The test appeared successful and marked a second confirmed successful Thor flight within the MRBM program involving the Air Force The launch was reported from the Missile Test Center at Florida base nearby
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Cape Canaveral
Pla
UPA
Air Force
Atlantic
Russia May Launch Second Satellite Soon Says State Department
A State Department spokesman said it would not be surprising if Russia fired another satellite at any time. He avoided specifics but suggested some solid information behind the remark. Reports from Moscow since the first launch last week fed the expectation of a second satellite being sent into orbit.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Jameson Parle Jer
Moscow
Soviet Union
Parker
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Iit
U. S
West Coast
Mystery Needle Removed From Woman's Heart
Mrs Henry R Mann of St Clair Shores was found to have a needle in her heart after a three week cough. surgeons at Ben Secours Hospital Grosse Pointe removed a two and a half inch steel needle from the heart, describing the case as unusual. Mann recovered and did not recall how the needle entered her body.
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Detroit
Henry R. Mann
St. Clair Shores
Ben Secours Hospital
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Dick Tenvick
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