Cohen Aid Found Slain in Hollywood Estate
Nova Sam Rummel a 52 year old prominent attorney who represented gambler Mickey Cohen was found shot to death on the front steps of his Laurel Canyon home. Police list the death as murder in mysterious circumstances. Rummel had long been Cohen’s close associate and survived an arson attempt in 1349. Cohen has endured multiple assassination attempts and the murders of several intimates since 1948.
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Nova
Sam Rummel
Mickey Cohen
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Cohen
God
Goa
Tersuave Rummel Long
Laurel Canyon
Hills
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
House Okes Rent Controls Extension to March 31
Washington December 11 The House passed and sent to the White House legislation extending the federal rent control law for three months to March 31 The Rent Act would have expired December 31 in about 1700 communities President Truman asked for the extension to give the incoming eighty second Congress time next year to work out long range controls The provision clarifies that rent control remains valid even if not fully in accord with legislative procedure.
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White House
Truman
Third Flood For California
California endures a third flood emergency in a month with thousands homeless and over 100000 acres of farmland underwater. Levees along the San Joaquin river breached south of Stockton as two major highways and multiple routes remained closed. Evacuations affected 2000 residents near Tracy and 15000 in South Stockton while telephone service from the Bay Area to Fresno was interrupted by a broken cable. Colonel J S Seybold of the Army Corps warned the delta area would stay critical for days as floodwaters spread through the Tuolumne river bottoms near Modesto and other floodplains.
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California
Abbey
Southern Pacific
Wester Pacific Jr
San Francisco
Oakland
Fresno
Storkton
San Joaquin
Stocktot
Tracy
Civic Auditorium
J. S. Seybold
Army Engineer Division
San Joaquin Delta
San Francisco Bay
Modesto
Tuolumne River
Smaller Profit Tax Bill Talked
Washington December Senate finance committee began drafting an excess profits tax bill aiming to be milder than the house bill. Senator George seeks a lower exemption ceiling and a formula favoring young growing businesses while preserving revenue. The panel plans to consider the measure next week amid protests that the house plan harms small business and shifts burden from wage earners. Proposals include broader exemptions for reinvested earnings, expansion financing, and regulated utilities.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
George
D.ga
Senate
Truman
Finance Committee
AFL
CIO
San Antonio Plant Writeup Featured by Mexican Chamber
A forthcoming feature will profile the San Antonio plant built by Curry Manufacturing. The Mexican Chamber of Commerce requested details on the machines and asked for a list of local repair and rebuilding companies. Also noted were inquiries from the Agua Caliente chamber and a note about insurance rate changes and classified ad services.
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San Antonio
Opium cache found in Tokyo police office building
Police recover a large opium stash in a northeast Korean town called Kapsan after a raid led by Sergeant Arthur Aguirre of the 12th Regimental Combat Team. The cache worth thousands of dollars was found in a collapsed building and burned afterward. A misread location named Kaplan’s is reported in the fragment.
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Tokyo
Kapsan
Arther
Aguirre
Mond
Calif
12Nd Regimental Combat Team
Agaire
Kaplan's
Mobilization Urged as Senate Pushes War Emergency
Senators pressed for a national emergency to mobilize the United States against communism. Senator Knowland proposed presidential orders to the Seventh Fleet to blockade China, with Formosa Nationalists allowed to retaliate if desired. Hearings reviewed war contracts as lawmakers sought details on funding, bid versus negotiated bases, and subcontractor control amid ongoing defense requests.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate Appropriations Committee
Seventh Fleet
China
Formosa
KORA
Korea
Defense
Marshall
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
After 10 Years Mrs Price Endorses Bakers Hair Tonic
Corpus Christi reader Mrs Y Price credits Bakers Hair Tonic with curing severe dandruff and itchy scalp after years of failed remedies. She recalls embarrassment in public and urges others to try the product, stating she would not be without it again and promising a refund if not satisfied.
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Price
Box
Corpus Christi
Baker
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Baker's
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