Adrift 5 Days Three Long Beach Fishermen Rescued
Long Beach fishermen Leroy P. Lane 42 owner and skipper E M Robinson 23 and Harold Slaughter 42 were rescued after drifting five days in a powerless 30 foot Cath erine mackerel boat. They were towed into San Diego by a Coast Guard cutter after signals and improvised efforts failed to attract help. They had provisions and water but faced constant frustration as nearby boats ignored distress. They had launched from Catalina Island on Wednesday afternoon.
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Harold Slaughter
Catherine
San Diego
Coast Guard
Leroy P. Lane
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Lane
Catalina Island
Pt. Loma
San Diego Bay
DAHLINGS one act play and congressional hints
The snippet references DAHLINGS a one act play starring Miss Tallulah Bankhead and a congressional committee. It notes a separate story about narcotics agents and 10000 pounds of stolen beef with three Norwalk residents jailed, and a maritime report on the Catherine drifting off Pt. Loma with a Coast Guard rescue and a resumed fishing voyage.
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Senate Vote Moves To End California Presidential Primary
In a 21 to 18 vote the State Senate approved Cobey legislation to scrap the California presidential primary in favor of state party conventions. The bill shifts delegate selection to party central committees while critics say it curtails voter choice and democracy.
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UPS
Senate
California
Assembly
James A. Cobey
O-Merced
Cobey
Albert Rodda
Rodda
Brown Starts 2 Day State Tour In California
Governor Brown campaigns across California promoting his liberal agenda and announces a 12 member panel to study retirement and employment for older workers while visiting Eureka Oakland Fresno Santa Barbara Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Fresno
Brown
California
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Diego
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Warm spell expected in Long Beach and So Cal
The Weather Bureau forecast five days of temperatures four to eight degrees above normal with no rain in sight. Early morning low clouds and fog combined with 76 degree heat sparked the basin's first smog alert of the year served at 2:30 pm near the Azusa station and canceled at 3:08 pm.
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Los Angeles Basin
Azusa T Way Toring
Planes on Watch as satellite enters polar orbit
America launched the 1600 pound Discoverer II into polar orbit from Vandenberg, with ARPA confirming a recoverable mission. The satellite orbits every 94 minutes, peaking at 243 miles, and plans call for ejecting a 195 pound package over Hawaii for air recovery by eight C119s, with sea recovery as backup. Scientists aim to study life carrying space capsules and conclude by attempting to bring back data from rats, monkeys, and possibly a human.
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Hawaii
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Earth
Prohibition Party Lines Up Nomination Candidate
Bishop Homer A. Tomlinson of Cleveland Tenn general overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy announced Monday his candidacy for president in 1960 He hopes to run on the Prohibition Party ticket Paris reports a record April 13 heat of 77 degrees as the day’s high in the French capital
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UPI
Homer A. Tomlinson
Cleveland, Tenn
Church of God of Prophecy
Feader
Prohibition Party
Paris
Ike Delays a Decision on Dulles and Aides Glum
Washington reports President Eisenhower delayed a decision on John Foster Dulles as secretary of State. Aiken and other officials voiced gloom, noting Dulles may resign if his cancer treatment keeps him from full-time work, with a potential date within days.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulles
Geneva
George Aiken
Ets
Sie Dulles
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Aiken
Dollar Polio Immunization Clinics to Open in Long Beach
A new program by the City Polio Immunization Committee will start April 27 in Long Beach. Salk polio vaccine will be available to residents for 1 dollar per injection, under the committee appointed by City Manager Sam E. Vickers.
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Long Beach
Sam E. Vickers
Emmy Nominees Announced For 1958 59 Awards
New York AP reports nominees for the 1958 59 Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The piece also mentions polio vaccination clinics in Long Beach and Los Angeles County with schedules and fees, noting free shots for indigent residents and rates for private offices.
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New York
National Academy of Television Arts, and Sciences
Long Beach
Los Angeles County Medical Assa
Community
St. Mary’s
Seaside Hospitals
Sullen Banks Merge Two Southland Lenders
A prepared statement announces a merger between two Southland banks creating a combined system with deposits of 125 million dollars and capital over 7 million. U S National Bank managers remain in place at Long Beach branches, while plans for staff changes are described amid speculation of a white-collar shift.
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U. S. National
Long Beach National
James W. Hynne
Long Beach National Bank
East Long Beach
George Fale
A. Hewlett
North Long Beach
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