Gar Wood's Venturi sinks in Bahamas storm. 9 rescued
In heavy seas off Great Isaac Light Bahamas the Venturi broke up as Gar Wood 73 and eight crew members were saved. Coast Guard helicopters and fishing craft ferried survivors to safety and later to Miami. Wood 24 year old secretary Jean Berry and housekeeper Jodies Rodriguez were airlifted. others rescued by local boats. A valve failure and high waves caused sinking during a 22 to 23 knot voyage. Also Pittsburgh Seminary names Addison H. Leitch president succeeding George A. Long.
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Bahamas
Miami
Fla
Venturi
Great Isaac Light
Gar Wood
Nassau
Wood
Army Air Force
Jean Berry
Jodies Rodriguez
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
C. A. MacCallum
R. B. Staysa
C. J. Berger
J.S. Meister
Harry Folkom
M. Vandenberg
Jerry Mar
Isaac Light
Trau~ Bie
Col Shoop to Take Part in France Ceremony
Col Shoop and Maj Norris E Hartwell were among first reconnaissance pilots to return to England with invasion photos. Shoop, director of Hughes Flight Test Division, weekends leads the 146th Fighter Bomber Wing of the California Air National Guard. He joined the guard in 1933, and his wife and two children will join him in Normandy, though he must attend to National Guard duties first. In Titusville, Mrs Richard Fuller, 76, died after being struck by a vehicle at South Perry and West Spring streets. Rev Splitstone could not avoid the impact. deputy coroner described the death as accidental.
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Amen
Rave
Shoop
Norris E. Hartwell
England
France
United States
Hplight Test Division
Hughes Aircraft Corporation
146Th
California Air National Guard
Guard
118Th
van Nuys
Jim Julie Bishop
Normandy
The
National Guard Association
Titusville
Richard Fuller
West Spring Street
South Perry
West Spring Streets
Fuller
R. Splitstone
Pleasantville
New Castle and Erie
Ol City Free Methodist Church
Ralph Whiting
M. Sonne
Mr. Secor
Moon
Fred Moon
Robert Moon
Connellsville
Edward
Warren
Moon and Sons
Earl Moon
Corsica
Thay
Mrs Fuller Born in Townville in July 1877
Mrs Fuller was born in Townville on July 7 1877. She married Hale Clark who died in 1993 and later married Richard Fuller who survives.
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Mrs. Fuller
Townville
Hale Clark
Richard Fuller
ICC Rate Bill Defeated in Senate Rail Rate Move Backfired
Democrats defeated a Republican backed plan to speed ICC action on higher railroad and carrier rates. The measure, proposed by Bricker Capehart and Johnson, faced GOP opposition but earned 39 votes in favor with 37 against as it returns to the Commerce Committee. Morse of Oregon sided with Democrats as an independent support.
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ICC
Denis Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sens
Bricker
Ohio
Capehart
Ind
Edwin G. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate
Sen
Morse
Oregon
Commerce Committee
Sens. Smathers
D-Fin
Monroney
D-Okla
Moon Trial Jurors Out of Touch With World
Jurors in the Moon trial face isolation with few outside contacts. Defense questions prompt fear of another juror joining the panel. Moon and family attend daily as proceedings continue, with safety measures and meals provided at Warren County Jail.
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Malis
Schaeffer
Petty
Dinney
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Pittsburgh
Addison H. Leitch
Pittsburgh Xenis 'Theological Seminary
Dr. Leitch
George A. Long
Greenville
Friendship
Teah, Inc
North Centar St
Col. Shoop
Nas Reece
Studebaker
Mobilgas
Bcoe
Gerace
AAA
G. Wigger
Robert Duffee
America
Congress
Firestone
Barney's Firestone Store
South Center ST
Corry, PA
Commonwealth
Warren County
Norman Moorte
Donnell Allen
E. Linder
Sandy Secor
Linder
US. Army Air Force
Mincheon
Allen
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