Samish Sentenced to Three Years and 40000 Fine
San Francisco. Liquor lobbyist Arthur H. Samish is sentenced to three years in prison and fined 40000 for income tax evasion. He must also pay about 908983 in civil penalties. He plans to appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Judge Hamlin granted a 15 day stay of sentence.
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San Francisco
Arthur H. Samish
California
Harold Faulkner
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Pelerat
Oliver D. Hamlin
Samish
Salm
Hamlin
U. S
Death claims Michael Monda before son's Cantor show
In Los Angeles Michael Monda aged 48 died yesterday from a cerebral hemorrhage just before a preview of The Eddie Cantor Story. His son Richard aged 12 plays Cantor as a boy in the production.
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Los Angeles
Michael Monda
Eddie Cantor
Richard
Cantor
Southern California Weather and Farm Frost Preview
Coastal and intermediate valleys enjoy mostly sunny skies with variable high cloudiness through Thursday. POMONA reports a frost warning with a 30 degree low in citrus districts tonight. Clear skies and lighter winds across Southern California tonight. A church bulletin notes a Friday the 13th rummage sale hosted by the ladies with a push to bring husbands.
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California
Pomona
James
Jimmy
L.A. Claims It Is Now Third Largest U.S. City
Los Angeles announced it is the nation s third largest city after a census counted 2 104 663 residents, up 33 082 from preliminary figures. Philadelphia s count stood at 2 071 605 in the final tally.
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L.A
U.S
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Robert W. Burgess
Czech Did Not Seek Asylum In Inchon
A Czech colonel Vojtech Vajda found with a head wound at Inchon did not shoot himself to seek political asylum, U S Navy doctors said. Vajda was treated aboard the hospital ship Consolation for three days and later flown back to North Korea in serious condition. Some American officers had speculated the wound was self inflicted. others said it was accidental.
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Inchon
Korea
U. S. Navy
Vojtech Vajda
Wajda
In¢thon
U. S
Cetch
Vaida
North Korea
Navy
Fourth Suspect In Brawl Held
Los Angeles police jailed Manuel Mata 19 after his arrest at his uncle’s home in connection with the death of William D P Cluff 36 in a downtown fight at Seventh and Broadway. Mata admitted taking part and testified before the grand jury while three others Venegas 19 Marquez 17 Lozano 18 remain jailed without bail.
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Los Angeles
William DP. Cluff
Manuel Mata
Mata
Seventh
Broadway Streets
Cluff
Richard Venegas
Roberto Marquez
Fernando Lozano
New Prison Policy Urged in California Plan
SACRAMENTO. Savings of up to 50 percent might come from intensified rehabilitation of convicts. Richard A. McGee, state director of corrections, urged a pilot study to see if funds for rehabilitation could safely cut return-to-society time by half. He disclosed a 1960 master plan to add 6705 prison beds, including a 1500-man medium security prison, 1980 beds at Vacaville, 606 at Chino, a 1000-man unit at Soledad, a 127-bed hospital at San Quentin, a 300-man reception unit at Tracy, 200 beds at Corona Women's Prison, and a 1600-bed unit at Chino for the chronically infirm.
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Sacramento
Richard A. McGee
McGee
Sen
George Muller
Committee On
California
Vacaville Medical Facility
Chino
Soledad
San Quentin
Tracy
Corona Women’s Prison
Student Slays Track Coach In Aledo High Hall
Aledo Texas high school senior James Gipson is held after stabbing George Marich 26, a father of a two month old, outside the superintendent's office following a disturbance in study hall. Authorities weigh charges.
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Aledo
James Gipson
Aledo High School
George Marich
Marich
Gipson
State Group To Probe Racing
SACRAMENTO UP Assem blyman Ralph M Brown said an Assembly subcommittee will thoroughly investigate the whole subject of horse racing. The subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy will hold public hearings in various parts of the state on horse racing.
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Sacramento
Ralph M. Brown
Dmodesto
Assembly
Brown
Assembly Committee
G E to suspend workers who admit or refuse charges
G E to discharge 250000 workers who admit to being Communists or spies and suspend those who refuse to answer or claim immunity. GE plants are under McCarthy investigations. President Cordiner calls for an independent security agency to clear suspensions and reinstate cleared employees.
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New York
General Electric Company
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
R. J. Cordiner
General Electric
Communists Turn Down U N Terms For Korea Peace
PANMUNJOM Korea UP Negotiations for a Korean peace conference continued after the Communists rejected a final UN offer of conditions. U N envoy Arthur Dean said he would wait a reasonable time for a possible change, though he would not be bullied. Dean stressed Russia must sit with the Communists and bear responsibility for any conference decisions, while noting Reds may sabotage talks yet there remains hope for a breakthrough.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Arthur HL
Dean
U. N. Command
Red
Russia
Reds
Wall Street
Actress Ann Sheridan Improves After Pneumonia Threat
Actress Ann Sheridan is reported improving from a threatened pneumonia attack she contracted while at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital since Monday. The Cedars medical staff has not disclosed further details about her condition or treatment plan.
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Hollywood (Ap
Ann Sheridan
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Leaders Offer Bipartisan Push for Atomic Pool
President Eisenhower urged U N General Assembly leaders from both parties to create a peacetime international atomic agency. While many lawmakers praised the bid, skeptics questioned Russia’s cooperation and the safeguards needed before sharing U S atomic know how.
Pro-Red Prisoner Ejected From Explanation Tent
A six foot pro Communist South Korean prisoner refused to leave an explanation session and was ejected by Indian guards amid ongoing talks on repatriation. He accused conditions in South Korea and vowed to stay with the Reds, one of 30 pro-Red detainees rejecting repatriation yesterday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Supémeory Board
South Korea
U.N
Nestes
Wilson Orders 10 Percent Cut In Military Manpower
Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson overruled protests and ordered the Army Navy and Marine Corps to cut manpower about 10 percent in fiscal 1955 saving one billion dollars in military pay and likely additional costs. Overall U S armed forces strength will be about 3.2 million by June 30 1955 with Army down about 140000 Marines 23000 Navy 77000 and Air Force spared. The decision was finalized at a long Pentagon conference and labeled top secret by Wilson.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Wilson
Air Force
United States
Marines
Robert T. Stevens
W. 3. McNeil
Pentagon
Army Ae Nients
Morse To Vote To Keep GOP In Senate Control
Washington preface notes Senator Morse will not back a Democratic bid to gain Senate control or oust Republican chairmanships. He argues voters chose a Republican Congress last year and should speak again in 1954 elections. Morse, a Republican defecting to Stevenson last year, holds a deciding vote position in a 48-47 Senate.
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Thomas A. Burke
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Senate
Morse
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy Telegram Protests Fall From Peak
The White House reported a drop in protest telegrams spurred by Sen. Joseph McCarthy from about 300 per hour at the peak to around 100 per hour. Total telegrams reached 25,033 with similar letter counts since the appeal last Thursday. McCarthy urged Americans to oppose U S aid to allies trading with Red China.
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Washington
White House
Joseph B. McCarthy
R-Wis
Murray Snyder
Murray
McCarthy
U.S
China
Jeff Cravath Injured In Crash
Former USC football coach Jeff Cravath was critically injured in a two track collision five miles south of El Centro California. He was hospitalized at a Calexico hospital with a concussion brain hemorrhage and lacerations. Henry C Gibson of El Centro the other driver was unhurt. Cravath had resigned as USC head coach in 1950 after a poor season.
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Calexico
Calif
Jeff Cravath
University of Southern California
el Centro
Sheriff's Deputies
Cravath
Imperial Valley
Henry C. Gibson
Gibson
USC
Arthur Murray Robbery at Park Avenue Home
Four masked men robbed famed dance instructor Arthur Murray and his wife at their Park Avenue apartment, forcing entry to the 14th floor unit and compelling Mrs Murray to open a bedroom safe. They stole jewelry and cash totaling $25,000, a bold crime against a well known television couple.
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New York
Arthur Murray
Park Ave
Administration Supports Negroes in Court Test
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration backs the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court fight to end school segregation. Assistant Attorney General J Lee Rankin argues segregated public schools violate the 14th Amendment, while the administration remains a neutral observer on the separate but equal doctrine. Rankin's remarks echo the Truman administration’s earlier plea to abolish separate but equal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Eisenhower
South
Truman
Gas Explosion Fatal For Two In Avenal Hills Field
A ruptured 16 inch high pressure gas line on Standard Oil property caused a fatal blast near Avenal. J. L. King, 58, was blown to death, and R. M. Satterfield died hours later from chest and head injuries. W. L. Young and E. Z. Neims were treated for shock and sand blast.
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Avenal
Truman Endorses Atomic Peace Proposal
Former President Truman endorsed Eisenhower's plan for international control of atomic energy calling it a continuation of bi partisan foreign policy. He said settlement must be peaceful and hopes the President's proposals achieve world peace.
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Kansas City, Mo
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Congress
Winston Churchill
Bermuda
Britain
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
America
Eisenhower bids Russia join atomic pool at UN
President Eisenhower urged peaceful atomic development in a UN General Assembly address, seeking a world pool of fissionable material. Soviet Vishinsky offered cautious praise as world capitals largely supported the plan, with Britain backing the initiative and Churchill endorsing it at Bermuda.
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White House
State Department
Eisenhower
U.N
New York
Russia
Congress
United States
U.N Assembly
Rep
Carl Hinshaw
California
Atomic Energy Committee
The
Atomic Committee
United Nations
Moscow
U. N. General Assembly
Voice of America
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Jacob A. Malik
Kremlin
General Assembly
U. N
Exsenhower
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