California leaders urge state over federal land sinkage suit
Gov. Knight and Atty. Gen. Brown jointly urged California to resist a federal suit over land subsidence along the Long Beach shoreline. They cited a state subsidence law and urged proceeding under state rules before federal court intervention, noting potential damages to the Naval shipyard and Wilmington air field.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Edmund G. Brown
California
Long Beach
Knight
Brown
Wilmington
Train, Car, and Streetcar Fatalities Hit San Pedro and Norwalk
Overnight traffic disasters in San Pedro and Norwalk left three dead. Esther Kahlow, 60, died after a car struck her at Gaffey and 15th in San Pedro. her husband Daniel, 62, critically injured. Driver Frank Barich, 59, of San Pedro, was booked on manslaughter suspicion. A Buena Park youth, Theodore Jorritsma, 17, died in a fogbound collision on Bloomfield Ave near Artesia Blvd in Norwalk. a passenger 18-year-old Harry Johnson injured. Another San Pedro victim, Lewis C. Jones, was struck by a streetcar near 4th St and Harbor Blvd while he slept. fog hindered the motorman’s view.
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San Pedro
Norwalk
Metropolitan Transit Authority
San Pedro Harbor
Esther Kahlow
17Th St
Gaffey and
15Th Sts
Daniel
Frank Barich
S. Gaffey St
Kahlow
San Pedro Community Hospital
Theodore Jorrits M4
Timi Moody St
Buena Park
Bloomfield Ave
Artesia Blvd
Jorritsma
Harry Johnson
John Bucher
Bellinger St
Lynwond
Lewis C. Jones
2Nd St
Pacific Electric
4Th St
Harbor Blvd
Jones
Perpetual Motion Hoop Contest Ends With Prize Share
In Oklahoma City WKY sponsored hoop contest drew 276 youngsters starting at 8 pm. Officials halted the event at 12 45 am after 21 competitors kept hoops in motion, promising prize money among 11 still active. Sandra Jean Ray spun on while amid the chaos.
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Oklahoma City
Uph
WKY
Avhalt
Sandra Jean Ray
Red China May Offer Cease Fire and School Discontent
The report says Red China might renounce force against Formosa for limited talks as students in Virginia and Arkansas react to school closures. In Newark a 9 year old girl was found burned and beaten. Arkansas Hall High students urge reopening with potential Negro admissions. Police report a 14 year old confessed beating 11 pupils while denying arson.
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Little Rock
Bill Leer
Margaret Metcalf
Hall High
Elizabeth Huck~nby
Central High
Arkansas
Norfolk
Wang Fping
Newark
N. J
Bi Cho
Npt
Blossom
Therese McHugh
Martland Medical Center
Horace, Mann
David Johnson
He Sticks to His Work Even in Car
Leo P Beasley 64 a paper hanger was stuck to his car seat after a sudden stop sent five gallon can paste flying over the front and down his neck. Neighbors helped as paste dried and Beasley washed with hundreds of gallons of water to dilute the adhesive.
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Omaera
Leo P. Beasley
Beasley
Continued on Page A-3 Coll 8
The fragment indicates continuation of a story across newspaper pages with references to page A-3 columns 8 and 3, suggesting a multi-part report or ongoing coverage.
Mother and Baby Attacked by Knife Bandit
A knife-wielding assailant struck a second time in 24 hours targeting mothers with young children. Maria Griffith, 23, and her 2-year-old son Kenneth were ambushed on 4th Street near Junipero Avenue at 10 pm. The attacker warned to kill the child, slashed toward the boy, and fled to a car. Previously LaVelle Howard, 45 Linden Avenue, and her 5-year-old Mark were robbed of $52.50 at Burnett Street and Linden Avenue. Police describe the suspect as about six feet tall, 30, with a light-colored outfit. Detectives call the attack method new and dangerous.
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Maria Griffith
Obispo Ave
Kenneth
4Th St
Junipero Ave
LaVelle
Howard
Best
Linden “Ave
Mark
Burnett St
Linden Ave
Beiruts Solh Faces Resignation Amid Lebanese Unrest
Premier Sami Solh handed a written resignation to take effect Monday as Lebanon nears a regime change. Four months of insurrection, curfews in Beirut, and a series of bombings and kidnappings heighten tensions before Gen Fuad Chehab assumes the presidency. Previously, Solh survived two assassination attempts, including a car bombing in July and a bomb under a roadside jeep in September.
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Beirut
Sami Sojh
Lebanon
Turkey
Switzerland
Solh
Mondey
Mostem
Soth
Fuad Haddad
al Amal
Chamoun
Benny's Wife Mary Livingstone to Quit Act After 26 Years
Hollywood figure Mary Livingstone, wife of Jack Benny, announces retirement from the act after 26 years. She joined the Benny program to help with a fan part from Plainfield, New Jersey, and became a longstanding member despite not liking acting. Jack Benny hints at producing new projects for her.
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Hollywood
Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
Mary
Gracie Allen
George Lurns
Gracie
Jack
Plainfield
N.J
Mostly clear weather with coastal fog overnight
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies tonight and Sunday with fog and low clouds along the coast during the early morning hours. Temperatures will be slightly cooler across the period.
GM Offers Three-Year Pact to UAW in 250000 Jobs Scope
General Motors presented a three-year contract proposal to the United Auto Workers under a September 30 strike deadline. The plan mirrors a Ford settlement and includes 19 wage and benefit improvements for over 250,000 GM workers. If agreed by October 5, wage raises totaling at least 21 cents per hour would begin retroactively July 1, plus a 3 cent per hour rise in cost of living allowances. UAW leaders praised the seriousness of the offer but warned it omits key issues. The union’s executive board also authorized strikes at GM and Chrysler to speed talks.
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Detroit
UPI
General:Motors
United Auto Workers Union
Anc
UAW
Ford
Frederick G. Donner
Leonsjana ‘Woodcock
Corporation
Woodcock
General Motors
Chrysler
Soviet expels AP correspondant Essoyan from Moscow
The Soviet Foreign Ministry expelled Roy Essoyan, AP correspondent in Moscow since December 11, 1955, for press censorship rule violations. Bureau Chief Harold Milks was informed Essoyan is disaccredited effective immediately and must leave within a week. He plans to depart with his wife and two children via Frankfurt on September 26.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Roy Essoyan
Associated! Press
Soviet Union
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Essoyan
China
Honolulu
New York
Willl i
Vial
Frankfurt
West Germany
Bishop Block Dies During Ordination Address in San Francisco
The Rt Rev Karl Morgan Block Episcopal bishop of California collapsed and died at Grace Cathedral during an ordination address. He was 71 and near retirement in December. His successor, Dean James Pike, has been bishop coadjutor and will lead the diocese. Block led San Francisco and San Luis Obispo parishes and missions, increasing them by over one third to more than 100 in the past decade.
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San Francisco
UPI
Karl Morgan Block
Episcopal
California
Grace Cathedral
Bishop Block
James’ Pike
Block
San Luis Obispo
Tempersitures Found Across Pages In The Daily Paper
A reader guide lists where to locate sections across the paper including churches on A four and five, classifieds on B three to nine, comics on A nine, crosswords on A ten, death notices on B two, financial on B two, shipping table on B two, sports on A six and thirty eight, theaters on A unknown, temperatures on B two, and TV radio on B ten.
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Perpetual Motion
Southland
Calif
Red China
Ark
Hall High School
U. S
Formosa
United States
Theresa McHugh
Atta
Hed
Camille Chamoun
Fuad Chehab
Assassing
Benny
WOSS
America
Marilyn VanDerbur
Denver
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Boulder
Atlantic City
Maria Jyn
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