After 10 Days of Rain Humboldt Floods Devastate North Coast
Humboldt County floods leave 2,000 homeless and about 3 million dollars in damages. Kalmath and Kalmath Glen towns are wrecked, roads and bridges destroyed, cattle carcasses on Eel River bottomlands, and evacuees crowd higher ground. Relief efforts by Civil Defense National Guard Red Cross and Salvation Army bring aid and Christmas toys to homeless children.
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Bill Chambers
Humboldt County
Redwood Country
California
Chambers
Associated Press
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Kalmath
Kalmath Glen
Klamath River
Myers Flat
Weatt
Pepperwood
Eel River
Ferndale
Civil Defense
National Guard
Red Cross
Civil Air Patrol
Salvation Army
Coast disaster toll rises as floods ravage California towns
Floods along the Feather River and delta threaten Yuba City and nearby communities. Officials report dozens of deaths across Eureka Yuba City Santa Cruz Colfax and Stockton with many still trapped underwater or cut off by washed roads. Federal and local agencies mobilize disaster staffs and aid.
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Eureka
Santa Cruz
Colfax
Santa Rosa
Stockton
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Sierra
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Feather River Canyon
Northwestern Pacifie
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Westchpec
Orleans
Pelly Creek
Starwyn Flats
Not So Smart Says Soday on 20th Century Progress
Industrialist Frank J. Soday of Decatur Alabama told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that among 12 key developments of the last 25 years only nylon rests on 20th century fundamental research. He spoke in Atlanta on December 27.
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Atlanta
Frank J. Soday
Decatur
Ala
Soday
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Five Die in Canyon Mudslide Near Roseburg
Five members of the Neal family were killed when a mudslide crashed into their home in a canyon near Roseburg Oregon. Three children survived and three others are missing as Oregon's storm flood deaths reach twelve since last Wednesday. The deceased were Marion E Neal Acerena Neal and their children Mary 15 Becky 2 and Tom 17.
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Roseburg
Ore
Oregon
Marion E. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Becky
Tom
Mudslide tragedy near Remote Oregon buries family
In Remote Oregon a mudslide struck the Neal home at 4 30 a m. Only Tom Neal perished with others buried in mud. Surviving children Margaret Elaine 13 Billy 6 and Alvis 8 were found. Margaret Elaine and Billy fled to Roseburg hospital. Coroner L L Powers details a canyon slide that swept the house 300 feet across a field. Neighbor John Cawrse alerted authorities after discovering the scene about 9 30 a m as crews fought through more slides to reach it.
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Tom
Oregon
Roseburg
Margaret Elaine
Billy
Alvis
Douglas County
L. L. Powers
Neil
Powers
John Cawrse
Neal
Fifth Tactical Air Force Born in Adine Italy
In Adine Italy on December 27 a flight of 20 U S F84F Thunderstreak jet fighters arrived marking the birth of the Fifth Tactical Air Force The new unit was approved 11 days earlier by NATO ministers in Paris to defend northern Italy U S and Italian officers from the NATO Southern Europe Command welcomed the pilots at Aviano airfield
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Italy
U. S
Fifth Tactical Air Force
North Atlantic Treaty Council of Ministers
Paris
NATO Southern Europe Command
Aviano
Hunter Wounded in Accident at State Forest
Charles R. Bartrum, about 25, of Marion, was wounded near Francis Slocum State Forest southwest of Wabash when his shotgun discharged as he apparently fell while hunting. The incident occurred Monday.
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Wabash, Ind
Charles R. Bartrum
Marion
Francis Slocum State Forest
Here
Senate Booklet Frames U S Communists Threat
A Senate printed booklet portrays the U S Communist Party as a hostile, subversive force aligned with the Soviet Union. It cites oaths and constitutional changes to claim the party remains anti constitutional and aimed at overthrow of the government.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
Communist Party U
Communist International
U. S. Communist Party
Merchants Protective Society
Oklahoma burglar drains Bell Drugstore in Cushing raid
The thief broke into Bell Drugstore in Cushing Oklahoma on December 27 and stole 500 dollars from the office safe. An adding machine was also taken in the same burglary.
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Cushing, Okla
Bell
Communism and Labor Unions Rift Stirs Debate
The handbook contends communism aims to dominate labor unions and has stirred strong Labor hostility. It argues the party mainly attracts mission-minded intellectuals and breeds fear of a vast conspiratorial network among workers, deterring leaves. Sepia color note mentions cuttlefish squid pigment.
Pleads Not Guilty To Burglary Charge
James Kehoe aged 41 of 119 Ohio Street enters a not guilty plea in Vigo Circuit Court to second degree burglary with trial set for January 10 by Judge Herbert Criss. Other defendants face delays and continuances in related cases.
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Ohio Street
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Kehoe
Hubert Patton
Terre Haute
William H. Boswell
Franklin Avenue
Arnold W. Fields
North Twentyfifth Street
James W. Hutchins
North Thirteenth Street
Maurice Snow
Locust Street
Thomas McCullough
Suspect Cleared in Death of 3 Chicago Schoolboys
A 25 year old man described as mentally ill was cleared of any link to the triple slaying of John Schuessler 13 Anton 11 and Robert Peterson 14 whose naked bodies were found Oct 18 in a Northwest Side forest preserve. A lie test was inconclusive but led to his clearance. Police had circulated a sketch based on boys reports and a father had filed assault charges.
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Chicago
Monady
Albert Pemberton
John Schuessler
Anton
Robert Peterson
Pemberton
D ES OF INJURIES INDIANAPOLIS DEATH FROM ACCIDENT
James Jones aged 70 died Monday from injuries suffered when struck by a hit and run auto on October 12 in Indianapolis. A Lexington Kentucky native, he had lived in Indianapolis for more than 50 years.
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Indianapolis
James Jones
Lexington
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