Oklahoma youth defends fiancé in Baldwin Hills gunfight
In Los Angeles a 19 year old Alwyn Ivers fought a masked gunman during a car confrontation. He was wounded in the face as he tackled the assailant who died after a struggle. Betty Bowen, 16, wife to be, kept vigil at his hospital bedside as the suspect identity awaited FBI processing.
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Oklahoma
Alwyn
Sonny) Ivers
Oklahoma City
General Hospital
Betty Bowen
Ivers
Black Dahlia
Miss Bowen
Sonny
Baldwin Hills Road
Pete
FBI Headquarters
Bulgar Chief Dead At 67
Premier Georgi Dimitrov of Bulgaria, a veteran revolutionary linked to the Reichstag fire and former head of the Communist International, died at 67 in a Moscow area sanitarium after a long illness. Moscow Radio cited liver ailment and diabetes. he had been granted home leave in April.
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Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Communist International
Dordikha
Here
Dimitrov
Soviet Union
Leipzig
Hermann Goering
Williams Local Park Caretaker Found Drowned
William J. Williams 45, caretaker at a shore park near Mullen, was found dead in two feet of water in the south fork of the Coeur d Alene river after apparently falling from a footbridge near his cabin. Coroner Dr. H C Mowery ruled drowning. Williams left no known relatives and was a former mine worker in the area.
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William J. Williams
Mullen
Coeur d’ Alene
H. C. Mowery
Williams
Chicago
Idaho
Coeur d’ Alene River
Legless Too, Girl Speeds To Reno To Cheer Imogene
A Kansas girl with artificial legs travels from Topeka to Reno to comfort Imogene Wittsche 13 after both legs were amputated in a Lake Tahoe speedboat accident. Norma Carothers and her mother plan to meet Imogene and offer encouragement as doctors assess her recovery and swimming hopes.
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Imogene
Fred Anderson
Imogene Wittsche
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Kansas
California
Norman Carothers
Los Angeles
Lake Tahoe
Norma
J. W. Carothers
Roseville
Calif
Oakland Automobile Dealirs
Fear Coplon guarded to prevent escape from U S
State Department alerting immigration officials and airlines to guard Judith Coplon after her prison sentence for spying for Russia. She lost her passport, was released on bail, and faces another espionage charge in New York on July 11. Authorities deny issuing or confirming any travel-prevention orders.
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State Department
Judith Coplon
Gerhart Eisler
Miss Coplon
Washington
Russia
Barnard College
Justice Department
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Eisler
U. S
la Gne Dict
United States
Departmente
State
Justice Departments
FBI
California Legislature Rejects School Aid Increase for Year
Sacramento California lawmakers ended Saturday night after agreeing not to appropriate extra funds for school aid for the coming 12 months.
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Sacramento
California
Roanoke Boy Guilty in Slaying Convicted in Dana Weaver Death
Roanoke 16 year old Lee Goode Scott, a high school wrestler and Eagle Scout, was convicted of first degree murder for bludgeoning and choking 16 year old Dana Marie Weaver. A 12 member jury deliberated two hours and twelve minutes before the verdict in a Hastings Roanoke courtroom. Jurors returned the guilty verdict as Judge Dirk Kuyk delayed sentencing. Defense sought to set aside the verdict and hearings on grounds submission due next Wednesday.
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Roanoke
Lee Goode Scott
Episcopal
Dana ‘Marie Weaver
Otyn
Roanoke Hastings
Dirk Kuyk
Scott
T. Warren Messick
CIO Vows Political War Over Taft-Hartley in 1950 Fight
CIO leader Philip Murray orders immediate mobilization for a political battle to repeal Taft-Hartley. He blasts the act as malicious and urges CIO members to register and donate to action committees to back the 1950 elections. He targets lawmakers he calls obstructionists and condemns a bipartisan coalition keeping the law.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Congress
Molehill Demise Sparks Humdinging Mountain Celebration
Molehill, West Virginia, with 93 residents, marked its end Saturday as Mountain replaced the town. About 2,000 locals and visitors from up to 20 miles away gathered for an outbreak of oratory and fireworks, causing a traffic jam near Haymond’s store as chickens, cows, and children fled in the commotion.
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Molehill
W. Va
Ohio River
Haymond
Father Charged in Bannock County Kidnapping Case
Blackfoot police announced Arthur E. Neihart of Blackfoot was arrested in Pocatello on a second degree kidnapping charge. A criminal complaint was filed Saturday night by Bannock County Prosecutor Henry MeeQuade accusing Neihart of feloniously abducting 15 year old Larry Neihart from his mother Mrs Ast on Haskell Route 1 North. The boy was taken from Portneuf Park, where his grandmother lives, with an unidenti fied Blackfoot youth said to have lured him.
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Bannock County
Arthur E. Neihart
Pocatello
Earl Cutler
Neihart
Henry Mee- Quade
Arthur E.neihart
Larry Neihart
Aston Haskell
Route 1
Haskell
McQuade
Portneuf Park
Larry
Couple Sues Lila Leeds Over Sunset Strip Crash
Marvin Mueller and Elizabeth Mueller sued film star Lila Leeds for 85755 damages alleging willful negligence and reckless driving in the Sunset Strip collision of April 14 in Santa Monica California. Leeds previously served a 50 day jail term on marijuana charges with actor Robert Mitchum.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lila Leeds
Robert Mitchum
Marvin Mueller
Elizabeth
Miss Leeds
Sunset Strip
Insect Horde Advances Across Northern Nevada
A vast migratory locust swarm across 3000 square miles advances from Nevada toward the California line at two to six miles daily. Ranchers fear damage to cattle and sheep forage as the plague eats grasses and brush, with some swarms already near Oregon.
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Nev
Nevada
Headington
Fornia
Oregon
California
Sierras
Highway Heatwave Triggers Record Holiday Traffic
Traffic volumes surged as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 80s and 90s across the nation. Officials expect 33 million vehicles over the three day weekend with about 290 highway deaths and 600 or more total fatalities.
Vice Charges Hit L A Chief
Los Angeles faces a grand jury probe into vice squad payoffs as Maj. Gen. William A. Worton takes interim police chief duties amid suspected corruption. Former chief C B Horrall retires on medical grounds as revelations from Brenda Allen and mobster Mickey Cohen prompt calls for reform and scrutiny of police conduct.
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Los Angeles
William A. Worton
C.B. Horrall
Brenda Allen
Hollywood
Miss Allen
Senator Warns Truman Against Arms Pressure
Senate Democrat Walter F. George warns the Truman administration to avoid pushing for swift arms aid to the NATO pact powers. Debate on the 12 nation anti aggression treaty set to begin, with ratification seen likely. George stresses restraint to prevent trouble over arms provisions before ratification.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Walter F. George
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Rescuer Tells of Lost Coed Courage in Yosemite Park
Pretty Joan Thompson a 19 year old Mills College student survived five days without food or water in Yosemite National Park. Three teen rescuers Don Rogers Joe Zoller and James Pierce found her on a Snow Creek Canyon ledge 60 feet above. Joan and her sister Patti were separated during a mountain hike and found safe after a ranger search and self initiated recovery.
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Yosemite, National Park
Joan Thompson
Yosemite National Park
Mills College
Awahnee Hotel
Don Rogers
Palm Springs
Joe Zoller
Hermosa Beach
James Pierce
Los Angeles
Joan
Snow Creek Canyon
Zoller
Patti
Lewis Memorial Hospital
Zayler
Teraya Canyon
Snow Creek
Pierce
Rogers
Yosemite Valley
PFE Plant Breaks Ground in Union Pacific Yard
Morrison-Knudsen of Boise awarded a 1.4 million dollar contract for the Pacific Fruit Express plant in the western Union Pacific yard. Site work includes clearing debris and tearing up tracks as construction begins in about three weeks. The facility will service 350 cars daily with car repair and cleaning as main functions. The PFE is owned by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
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Pacific Fruit Express
Union
Pacific Yards
Morrison-Knudsen Co
Boise
Union Pacific
PFE
Southern Pacific Railroads
Guard Discipline Lets Killer Flee
Police hunted a 20 year old parade heckler who struck Navy veteran Alexander J. Taras during a Fourth of July march of the 187th Field Artillery regiment. Taras died at a hospital an hour after the attack as guardsmen restrained from pursuing the assailant due to strict discipline.
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Heckler
Alexander J. Taras
Taras
John Patrick Hart
187Th Field Artillery Regiment
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