Oil Tanker Sinks Off Staten Island, Captain Missing
A 200 foot tanker named Eileen Eklof sank at a Staten Island dock after taking on oil. Captain Herbert Eklof, 58, his son Carl 26, engineer, and Captain William Harris 51 were aboard. Carl Eklof, on watch, heard water rushing in and shouted for others to move.
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New York
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New Rochelle
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William Harris
Eklof
Malta to Issue Three New Stamps
A report notes Malta will issue three new postage stamps. The article also recounts a maritime incident where a man swam to safety after going overboard as his father responded and rescuers described water flooding a cabin and an air pocket trapping him for ten minutes.
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Sarly. Harris
Malta
Foote Says Soviets May Launch Manned Satellite Soon
Washington reports Pentagon research chief Paul D. Foote told a House subcommittee the USSR demonstrated space capability with Sputnik II and could send a man aloft. He said the U.S. lags four to five years but could put a man in orbit within months, and predicted U.S. moonshot timing while acknowledging public resistance. He defended rival services speeding missile work and urged patience as the nation races the Russians.
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Eisenhower
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