Transcontinental liner lands safely after gear failure
An American Airlines DC driven by Captain Charles Dent circled Los Angeles International Airport for over two hours with a failed right landing wheel. It landed on the main runway with 11 passengers and five crew aboard, after fire crews coated the strip. Passengers remained calm. one passenger praised the crew and stewardesses for handling the emergency without incident.
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United Airlines
International Airport
Los Angeles
Apr
United Airlines DC
Om & Custom
New York
Pacific
Poiver
L B Wife Burned to Death in Apartment Fire
A 35 year old housewife Mrs Marian Charlotte McNickle died in a first floor apartment fire on Eucalyptus Avenue. Neighbors said she had fainting spells and may have fainted while smoking. Fire damaged the chair and floor with extensive smoke elsewhere in the flat. Her husband Charles returned from work as police investigated. Firefighters led by Asst Chief William McGree and Acting Battalion Chief H E Rowlands reported the blaze started in the chair area.
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Marian Charlotte McNickle
Eucalyptus Ave
McNickle
Cultured Bandit Robs Spokane Blood Bank
A calm, polite gunman robbed the Spokane community blood bank of four pints of low titer type O negative blood, telling attendant Billie Miller not to fear and to follow instructions. He asked for four administration sets, left calmly, and police began roadblock checks. the bank noted a $25 charge for unreturned blood, with hospitals charging $10 to $15 for transfusions.
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Spokane
Wash
Community Blood Bank
Billie Evelyn Miller
Miller
California campaign on mental illness ends third report
The state news series continues on the fight against mental illness with a Rush by cities and counties discussion in the third article. Page A-18 references the ongoing statewide effort.
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California
Indictment Says State Agent Supplied Heroin
A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted state narcotics agent Ludwig Braumoeller of Orinda on four counts for supplying heroin to addict Leroy Adams, who cooperated with federal agents. Braumoeller, suspended, is charged as part of an undercover investigation.
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San Francisco
Ludwig
Fred) Braumedler
Orinda
Leroy
Bloody Boy) Adams
Braumoeller
Deputies Nap Bootlegger Trapping Moonshine Lapse
Deputies Patiljo and Parnell set a trap for a moonshine owner after locating 10 gallons of whisky in a field. They fell asleep while waiting, and the bootlegger recovered his liquor and left unnoticed.
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Tuskegee, Ala
Bobby Patiljo
Ray Parnell
Two Million Tax Liens Filed Against Parravano
Anthony Parra vano, a South Bay developer and sportsman, faces more than two million dollars in federal tax liens and related claims. The Internal Revenue Service has 11 liens totaling 31,462,327 against Parra vano, his wife Valia, and about 60 related corporations over 1952 1953 tax years. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment for 250,000 is owed to Henry Maag, and Parra vano and Maag are defendants in a 426,000 action by Coldwell Banker & Co.
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Baxter Omohundro
Anthony
Tony) Parravano
South Bay Area
Press- Telegram
Italy
Sam
Parragano
Cial
Bureau
Parravano
Valia
Los Angeles
Henry Maag
Parrayano and
Maag
Coldwell Banker & Co
Dead Boy, 19 Hurt As School Bus Hit By Truck
A loaded tractor trailer struck the front of a Livingston Alabama Negro school bus, killing a 6 year old and injuring 19 others. Highway patrolman Roy Cameron described screaming children. All injured were Livingston residents except the truck driver Claude Rogers of Deratur.
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Livingston, Ala
Alabama Highways
Roy Cameron
Livingston
Claude Rogers
Deratur
Ala
Turncoat to Become Minister on Release
Edward Dickenson, a Korean War turncoat, is set for release November 23 from Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks. The 27 year old was convicted in 1954 of collaborating with the enemy and informing on a fellow American. His 10 year sentence was reduced for good conduct. He plans to enter the ministry.
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Nashville
Tenn
Edward Dickenson
Ft.Leavenworth
Kan
Dickenson
Zhukov fired amid Bonapartism fears in Soviet leadership
Moscow reports say Marshal Georgi Zhukov was dismissed as Soviet defense minister as Nikita Khrushchev fears a Bonaparte-like rise in power. Western observers expect an official charge of Bonapartism, with the army seen as growing stronger than the party. The Red Army held rehearsals for the Nov. 7 Bolshevik anniversary after the dismissal. In California, a 24-year-old motorist was critically injured when his car overturned on the Long Beach Freeway in heavy rain, striking a div iding island and landing on its roof near Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street. He was taken to Seaside Hospital with a skull fracture.
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London
Georgi Zhukov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moscow
Essenge
Khrushchev
Zhukov
Red Army
Khrush
Dev Cit
Long Beach
John Keily
Molino Ave
Seaside Hospital
Keily
Feeway Dividing Island
Pacific Coast Wy
Anaheim St
Kelly
Northern California Quake Recorded
A fairly strong earthquake centered about 200 miles northwest of Berkeley was recorded at 6 48 Wednesday night by the University of California seismograph. The quake was felt as a sharp jolt in Mendocino and Humboldt counties with no damage reported.
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Berkeley
University of California
Mendocino County
Humboldt County
Russia Aims to Fire Bigger Satellite on Nov 7
Washington reports Russia plans to launch a larger earth satellite on November 7, the Bolshevik revolution anniversary, with Sputnik following later this year. U S space efforts continue after a Jupiter misfire near Cape Canaveral. The Redstone and Jupiter missiles are cited as national defense milestones amid ongoing orbital tests.
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Washington
Russia
Worker
London
Sputnik
Moscow
Condit
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Auloe
Lady Mayor Wins as Coast Town Incorporates
In Pacifica California residents of nine coastal communities voted to incorporate. Jean Fassler was named mayor after receiving the most votes among 26 candidates for five council seats. Nearby resident Paul Turcina, 40, became the first traffic victim amid celebrations.
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Pacifica
Calif
Jean Fassler
San Francisco
Fassler
Radio Moscow
Paul Turcina
Tureinag
Truman in Los Angeles Offers to Campaign for Brown
Former President Harry Truman spoke at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Los Angeles and told reporters he would return to campaign for Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, who announced his gubernatorial candidacy. He was accompanied by his wife, Bess.
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Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Union Depot
Edmund G. Brown
Bess
Weather sketch notes showers and clouds today
Considerable cloudiness brings occasional showers today with a mostly cloudy night and Friday. A slight rise in temperatures is expected Friday making it a bit warmer.
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Hal Boyle
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