Icelandic Press Rages Over British Naval Action
Icelandic anger mounts after British naval moves in the fishing dispute. Demonstrations outside the British ambassador's residence, accusations of armed aggression, and calls to recall British trawlers follow clashes with Icelandic coast guards. Protests intensify amid political splits and NATO tensions.
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Iceland
Britain
Thodvilijinn
Pitt
Aceland
Ludwig Josephsson
Pippin
NATO
War toll on Kumintoy as Quemoy bombardment lasts
UPI dispatch reports Kumintou villagers endure daily artillery from Communist China while Formosa Strait conflict affects farmers and fishermen. Across water, Red guns pound Quemoy Islands for the 12th straight day. Also, Long Beach Board of Education raises the local school tax by 7 cents after an assessor error shaved $28 million from district valuations, creating a $700,000 budget hole and preventing a nine-cent cut. Conflicts damage homes, hospitals, and civilians, with 37 dead and many injured as residents persevere amid shelling.
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Sobermanonel
Big Quemoy Island
Big Quemoy
Chinateoast
Jane
Long Beach
Board of Education
Douglas A. Newcomb
George Wakefield
U S Formosa Commander Sees Help Against Reds
Vice Adm. Roland Smoot said American aid will come to meet the Communist threat to Nationalist offshore islands as Gen. Curtis LeMay plans a Formosa visit. The defense mission to protect Formosa and the Pescadores Islands is reaffirmed amid questions on U S commitments.
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Formosa
U. S
Roland N. Smoot
United States
Smoot
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E. LeMay
Air Force- Vice
Defense
Washington
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Matsu
Hagerty
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Pescadores Islands
Congress
Eisenhower
Brown opens fall campaign with Long Beach walkabout
Atty Gen Edmund G Pat Brown began his fall governor race push with a face-to-face Pine Avenue stroll in Long Beach. He announced a full staff to tackle the subsidence problem and the federal suit against city state and oil operators, assigning Leonard Friedman to lead the effort. Brown wore graysuit and met Newsmen, shopkeepers, and Mrs Jessie Christensen during the tour. Continued on Page A-4 Col. 4.
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Pat) Brown
Long Beach
Pine Ave
F Brown
Independent
Press-Telegram
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Brown
Pine
Escaped prisoner calls from East St Louis begs return
A prison escapee, McCoy, 30, who terrorized a prison official's wife and granddaughter in Los Angeles, phoned San Quentin from East St. Louis to apologize and request immediate return. He had been on gardening duty at the home of Bat B. Suttle, the furniture factory supervisor, and tied up Suttle's wife and granddaughter during the escape. Authorities planned to send officers to retrieve him.
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San Quentin State Prison
East St. Louis
Walter D.,achoff
Henderson
McCoy
Achuff
Charles McCoy
East St
Loui
Capt
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Los Angeles
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Helen
Katie Hancock
Achutt
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Wire fatal to boy as mower wire pierces forehead
A rotary lawn mower tossed a copper wire fragment that fatally pierced a four year old boy’s forehead in Evanston near Chilfound. The incident occurred while the child played near a swing as his father, Russell, 43, mowed the lawn. The back to school section notes registration dates and lists new classes and calendars for the coming school year.
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Timothy Forkins
Charles
Chilfound
Russell
Rotary
The Southland's Finest Evening N Press Telegram
A newspaper item notes six daily editions of The Southland's Finest Evening N Telegram. It highlights the press service, editions, and regional distribution in concise terms.
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Brown Launches Drive Seizes With Stroll on Pine Ave
GREYBULL Wyo AP a sheriff s posse captured a young couple sought in the shooting of a Greybull policeman. They were taken to Basin after surrendering at a farm house outside Greybull following an all night search. Officer Glen Coxen was abducted and shot in the face and was taken by ambulance to Billings Montana in serious condition.
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Greybull
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Robert Ross Miller
San Francisco
St Basin
Roy Price
Brinkerhoff
Basin
Miller
Integration at Van Buren High School Page A-3
White and Negro students are listed for the opening class session at Van Buren High School in Arkansas. The item notes this is the second year of integration and directs readers to multiple pages for related coverage and notices.
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Truman warns Legion on Soviet peril and arms gap
Former President Harry S Truman told Legion delegates that the Soviet Union appears to be preparing for war since 1945 and that the United States trails Russia in arms and missiles. He urged the U S to maintain the strongest defenses without wrecking the economy, noting two world wars did not bankrupt the nation. Continued on Page A-4, Col. 2
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Harry S. Truman
Soviet Union
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Russia
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Truman
Legion Convention
Defense
Neil McElroy
Legionnaires
U. S
Hagerty Denies Ike to Go West Campaign Plan
White House secretary James C. Hagerty said he knows of no plans for President Eisenhower to campaign for Republican candidates in California for at least a week this fall. He dismissed a Calfornia report quoting Rep. Hillings about a California campaign.
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James C. Hagerty
White House
Eisenhower
California
Patrick
Hillings
Gr-Calif
Hagerty
yIcalifornia
Parked Auto Holds $6,700 Cash Stolen
Domenico D Spano, 44, owner of Domenico's restaurants, reported a white canvas bank bag containing 6700 stolen from the trunk of his auto in a downtown Long Beach cafe parking lot between Pine and Locust Avenues. He had planned to bank on Monday but delayed due to a holiday and found the bag missing at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Spano
Domenico
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Weather Notes: Cloudy to Sunny Thursday Forecast
Low clouds travel through the morning and give way to mostly sunny skies by Thursday. Temperature steadies with no major change. noon reading around 76 degrees.
Aging Brothers in Millinery District Die Together
In New York the Rebush brothers Roman and George, ages 65 and 63, poor health and reliance on canes, operated a small bridal veil company. After a token $23 payment and a farewell note seeking burial in Potter's Field, they sat at their sixth floor desk and leaped to their deaths.
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Rebush
New York
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