San Francisco Newsman Remembers Earthquake Night
A United Press reporter describes the 1930s quake near his home on the San Andreas vault in San Francisco. He recalls leaving his wife Nancy and daughter Lori, the shaking house, broken glass, and the evacuation of 1 4,500 people as creaking pipes and a one million gallon reservoir strained the area. He ends by recounting his farewell to family at 9 30 PM.
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Frisco
San Francisco
U. B
San Francisco Bay Area
Fo Spey
United Press Office
Nancy
Lori
House
Japan
Travis Cadet Corps
West Point
Air Force Base
California
Air Force Academy
Honolua
James Roosevelt
Calif
Marine Corps
Army
Quakes Strike Frisco Bay Area Shaking City Officials
The quake damaged stores in Daly City causing evacuations for about 1500 residents. The Golden Gate Bridge towers swayed as painters clung to avoid injury while schools evacuated and the United Press bureau reported violent shaking in San Francisco.
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Daly City
Here
Golden Gate Bridge
United Pros Bureau
San Francisco News
IRS Discharges Rose Mary Colaizzi for Tax Noncompliance
The Internal Revenue Service announced the discharge of Rose Mary Colaizzi for not taking enough interest in her work. She has not filed a federal income tax return in seven years.
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Pittsburgh
Internal Revenue Service
Rose Mary Colaizzi
Cincinnati Boy Killed By Gun Held By Friend
A 10 year old Cincinnati boy named Charles Eiland was killed when a shotgun held by a 12 year old friend discharged on the left side of his chest. The weapon was used during an inter family quarrel on a Madisonville porch. Police call the shooting accidental though investigators review the events.
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Cincinnati
INS
Charles Eiland
Madisonville
Ben Murphy
Jack Rainey Sr
Murphy
Jack Rainey Jr
Hiland
Wilbert Stagenhorst
Acci-, Aoc
Youth Sentenced For Car Theft In Louisville
Jacob Emeh a 19 year old from Cleveland Ohio was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen car used in an attempted elopement He was arrested January 6 following a high speed police pursuit arousing from the case involving his future father in law and a 15 year old Cleveland girl living with Murphy
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Louisville
Jacob Emeh
Cleveland
Ohio
Emeh
Erich
Rainey
Cleve
Murphy
Sentencing For Slaying Is Delayed
Cincinnati based report states Denver Powell 6 was held for a new trial while a Hamilton county jury convicted him of a robbery murder in the death of John Schreck 61 owner of a Cincinnati delicatessen on November 27 1949. The jury urged mercy recommending life imprisonment though formal sentencing by Judge Louis J Schneider was postponed. Powell an ex convict from El Jentra California was the second gunman in the holdup. the primary triggerman was killed in Kentucky seven years earlier. Powell was not arrested until May.
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Cincinnati
Sns
Denver Powell
Powell
Hamilton County Criminal Coort
Powell Friday
Louis J. Schneider
el Jentra
Calif
John Schreck
Schreck
Kentucky
Four Teens Die in Baltimore Area Car Crash
Four teenage boys were killed when the car they rode in sideswiped another vehicle, hit a tree, and plunged down an embankment near Baltimore. Police took over 15 minutes to reach the wreckage and could not determine the driver due to bodies being badly jumbled. The driver of the other car survived. The deceased were James Jackson 17 Owings Mills, Martin Wesley 16 Reisterstown, Robert Craig 18 Owings Mills, and Charles Joy 15 Reisterstown.
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Baltimore
James Jackson
Owings Mills
Martin Wesley
Reisterstown
Robert]. Craig
Oweins Mills
Charles Joy
Atoms For Peace Plan Meets Senate Skepticism
President Eisenhower’s atoms for peace plan faces likely Senate hurdles as several influential lawmakers, speaking on condition of anonymity, express doubts and promise a thorough review before any action.
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Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Hunt Continues In Pacific Amid Missing C97 Plane
In Tokyo a missing C97 with 67 Americans remains unfound as U S search efforts and rival concerns about nuclear material pooling dominate Capitol reporting The United States and 79 nations consider the peaceful use program while Senators raise objections to military misuses of atomic potential.
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Eisenhower
Senate
U.S
United States
Russia
Geeouny
John J. Sparkman
D- la
Foreign Relations Committee
Uold
Tokyo
Pacific
Sens
B. Russell
D-Ga
John
W. Bricker
R-Ohio
Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Baghdad Pact Nations Welcome U S Move to Join Committee
Diplomats from the Baghdad Pact nations welcomed the United States intent to join its military committee. The five nations Turkey Iraq Pakistan Britain formed the pact to coordinate Western defense against Soviet influence in the Middle East.
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Washington
INS
America
Middle East Defense Organization
Middle East
Russia
Eisenhower
Egypt
Harold
Syria
Macmillan
Bermuda
U.S
Hamid Serraj
Turkey
Iraq
Pakistan
Britain
Engineers Walk Out In Britain Snowball Strikes Begin
In London one million British engineering workers joined a first wave of snowball strikes amid union demands for a 10 percent pay rise. Leaders warned a wider plant stoppage could reach 3 million by April 11 if settlements are not reached, as shipyard workers contemplate action.
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London
Escapee From Ohio Pen On Way Back
A 1947 report tracks a Stratocruiser missing over a storm en route to Tokyo from Wake Island. The craft carried 10 crew and 57 passengers including two women, while a vast 65-plane, multi-nation search operation plied waters near Japan. Officials vow to continue the search to uncover every clue despite doubts about the plane’s ability to land safely.
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Honolulu
Wake
Japan
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Guam
Okinawa
Korea
Air Force
Far East
Ai Force
U.S
Military Air Transport Service
Stratocruiser
Tokyo
Wake Island
Travis Air Force Base
California
Back Couple Fights Florida Extradition Over Adopted Girl
Florida Gov. Le Roy Collins plans an extradition hearing within three weeks on charges that Melvin and Ruth Ellis kidnapped Hildy, a six year old girl they adopted from Massachusetts. Letters from across the nation urged Collins to refuse the extradition.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leroy Collins
Massachusetts
Collins
Melvin B. Ellis
Hildy
Ruth Benton
Robert Fokes
Ellises
Florida
Marjorie McCoy
Washington
INS
Military Air As Transport Service
Japan
Army
Navy
Air Force
Morris Berkman
Esther Miller
Bernard E. Miller
Sarah E. Miller
Mount Union
James J. Gissendanner
Alto Gissendanner
Clairton
Luther
D. Baldwin
Archie L. Baldwin
Farmland
Ind
Dennis H. Casey
William H. Casey
Garrett
Allen L. Bell
Wadie M. Bell
Norwood
Ohio
Homer Leroy Bline
Clyde B. Biline
Hammond
Wayne A. Brown
Joyce A. Dieter
Fostoria
Dildy
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Boston
Miami
T Ruth Benten
Policeman Says He Killed Wife On His Day Off
Cleveland police report Patrolman Thomas W. Hill admitting to shooting his wife Evelyn Hill 31 in their bathroom Friday. He told homicide detectives that yesterday was his day off and what he does on his day off is his business. He summoned his father Rev David W Hill to call police and the pastor helped notify investigators.
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UPJ
Thomas W. Hill
Hill
Evelyn
David W. Hill
Mt.Sinai
Ithem
Grocer Wounds Man In Holdup
A Portsmouth grocer shot and critically wounded John Gray 20 of Georgetown Ohio minutes after Gray and companion allegedly held up the store. Gray's companion James Melvin Teeters 18 of Georgetown was later arrested near the store and admitted the hold-up and two other armed robberies.
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Portsmouth
John Gray
Georgetown
Gray
James Melvin Teeters
Ohio Woman Dies In Fire
A 33 year old Cincinnati area housewife Mrs. Jean Parker died in a house fire caused by an oil stove explosion. Her husband Rufus, visitor Warren Gordon, and relative Ronald DeMarcia were all critically burned, with third degree burns over most of their bodies. The one story Milford home was gutted by flames. Mrs Parker had previously said she was afraid of the oil heater.
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Cincinnati
INS
Jean Parker
Rufus
Parkers
Warren Gordon
Ronald DeMarcia
Thousands of engineers strike early on five day week
Thousands of engineering workers who are on a five day work week began their strike Friday. The full effects of the callout will not be felt until Monday.
Man Wounded During Capture After Holdup
Daniel Oliver, 31, was wounded by police during his capture after a $2,200 holdup at Creative Metal Products Co. He ordered payroll clerk Lilian Greenspan to surrender the money at gunpoint and fled until officers fired when he failed to surrender. Oliver was taken to City Hospital prison ward for treatment. In a second Friday robbery, Mary Rivas lost $3,000 in an envelope after being pushed from her car in a bank parking lot. the car was recovered shortly after.
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Cleveland
Daniel Oliver
Creative Metal Products Co
Oliver
Lillian Greenspan
City Hospital
Mary Rivas
Earth Tremors Rise in Neuchatel in 1956 Report
The Neu chatel Observatory annual report records 235 tremors in 1956. The strongest quake cited is the Santorini event on July 9 that killed 42 people.
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Neuchatel
Switzerland
Neuchatel Observatory
Santorin
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