6 Foot Boat Boy Conquers Catalina Crossing
Mike Brakensick, 12, piloted Little Fellow a six foot inboard runabout from Avalon to Catalina Harbor Light, completing a two hour thirty three minute crossing. The feat set new firsts for youth and smallest craft, aided by his father engineer and a support motorboat convoy.
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Tiome
Catalina Channel
Mike Brakensick
Lorelli St
Lakewood
Rosemarie Murphy
Catalina
Mike Brakenslek
Rosemarie
Mike
Bob Rushaufe
Lerche St. Lakeword
Avalon
Harbor Light
Cerritos Channel
Robert Brakensiels
Beauchamp Death Shocks Churchill Circle in London
Anthony Beauchamp husband of Sarah Churchill was found dead in his Hyde Park area apartment. Police attributed the death to an overdose of sleeping pills. Beauchamp had been producing TV projects, including Fabian of the Yard, and rumors cited strain in his marriage to Sarah Churchill amid Sir Winston’s health.
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Plethe
London
GP — Society
Anthony Beauchamp
Sir Winston Churchill
Sarah
Hyde Park
Beauchamp
Davina West
Lord Portman
Beauchamep
Anthony
Chelsea
Scotland Yard
Sarah Churchill
Sir Witston
California’s hidden taxes drive state revenue
State tax collection is largely hidden, hitting mainly income taxpayers while sweeping up 60 percent of last year’s revenue from the state sales tax totaling about 599.2 million dollars. Sellers collect it with purchases, adding 3 cents per dollar of most buys and another cent in many cities, with bank and corporate taxes yielding smaller shares.
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California
L B Entrant L B Fourth in Soapbox Derby Final
James Pryor, 44, of Long Beach, finished fourth in the All-America Soapbox Derby finals held Sunday in Akron. He drove “Black Magic” and earned a $2,000 scholarship. Pryor, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Pryor of Bellflower, previously raced the same car in Long Beach and Redondo Beach. He attends Lutheran High School and is entering his sophomore year.
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James Pryor
Long Beach
Akron
Redondo Ave
James
Ray Pryor
Hervardi«Ave
Bellflower
Lutheran High School
Builders Pay Pacts Ratified in California Strike End
The 47 day strike by Southern California sheet metal workers ends as 5000 workers ratify a four year wage accord in Long Beach, Los Angeles and Riverside. The agreement raises pay and fringe benefits, creates a pension fund, and calls for employer contributions. Immediate 26 cent raise to $3.50 per hour with staged increases to $4.05 by July 1960.
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California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Riverside
Labor Temple
Bill Fillippini
Stewiey Graydon
Four Die and Thirty One Injured in Bus Crash
A Garden State Parkway crash near Wall Township sent a public service bus from Atlantic City toward New York skidding 300 yards into a concrete barrier at about 5 PM. Four people were killed and 31 injured, many trapped as rescue crews used acetylene torches to free victims. The injured were treated at Fitkin Memorial Hospital Neptune. 12 remained hospitalized, 19 dismissed.
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Fitkin Memorial Hospital
Neptune
Bath
Rt. 38
Weatherwise Man Seeks Diplomat Post
Odd local item describes a man eager for a diplomatic role. He claims to influence weather with speech, predicting rain when he says oo ol and sun when he plays. The piece notes his inconsistency and unclear timing, mentioning Sunday and Tuesday as examples.
Fatal 120 mph crash ends chase in Grand Prairie
James Eward Perry, 17, an aircraft plant worker, died when a supercharged Jaguar roadster crashed during a police pursuit near Grand Prairie Texas. The crash ignited fireworks stored in the car, lighting the countryside as officers pursued at speeds up to 120 mph. The vehicle skidded, became airborne, and crashed nose first against a curb near a traffic intersection, narrowly missing a nearby apartment building.
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Dallas
Tex
Grand Prairie
James Eaward
Perry
Jaguar Roedster
BR Walthers
Walthers
Smn
Grand Paijrio
Buster Adams
Adams
Iislands
iInte
O'Hara Playmate May Face Subpoena in Libel Trial
Hollywood defense in the Confidential magazine trial questioned Maureen O'Hara's denial of a torrid petting claim with a Latin lover. The attorney suggested an witness who could confirm the event and indicated the defense may call O'Hara to the stand. Police reported the death of Polly Gould, a former Confidential investigator, amid the trial developments.
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Hollywood
Confidential
Sunday
Maureen O'Hara
Arthur J
Miss O'Hara
United States
Spain
Greyman
Inf
Crowley
Sion
James Craig
O'Hara
Polly Gould
Okinawa Braces for Typhoon Slams Island
A Pacific typhoon with winds up to 175 mph and gusts to 220 mph neared Okinawa as residents and military dependents battened down. Typhoon Agnes lashed the island at 70 mph early Sunday evening with warnings of 100 mph winds expected by Monday. Evacuations moved 125 patients from Ryukyu Army Hospital and forty expectant mothers to a field house. Ports closed to military traffic and air force aircraft took precautions while warnings spread to Kyushu and Shikoku where 30-foot waves battered coasts.
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Naha
Okinawa
Pacific
Far East
Bastion
Air Force
Ryukyu Army Hospital
Army Field House
Japan
Formosa
Red
China
Kyushu
Kyushi
Shikoku
Three Drown as Backwash Upsets Boat
Three people drown Sunday in the Calumet River when backwash from a 525 foot ore carrier capsized a 14 foot pleasure craft. Victims include Mrs Florence Struthers 30 Bert Hansen 23 and his wife Jeanette 30.
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Chicago
Calumet
Florence Struthers
Bert Hansen
Jeanette
Coast Guard
Harvester
International Harvester Co
James C. Wallace
Syria Shifts to Communist Control Amid Purge Rumors
In Beirut, Syria faces turmoil as President Shusri El Kuwatly reportedly evacuates civilian influence and resigns as president amid a looming leftist purge. Gen Afi El Bier replaces Tewfig Nixameddin as chief of staff while 13 Soviet tanks and armored units are seen near Damascus, and security steps target Syrians entering the U S Embassy.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Egypt
Shusri el Kuwatly
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kuwatly
Damascus
Kywatly
Afi el Bier Vassumed
Tewfig ‘Nixameddin
U.S
Neck Blow Kills Wife in Downey
Downey police report a woman Willon Theresa Foust died after her husband Robert Lee Foust struck her on the neck with his elbow during a car dispute. Donald Smith, a third party, restrained her as she attempted to exit and grab the steering wheel between Garden Grove and Downey. Both Smith and Foust were held for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
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Downey
Robert Lee Foust
lParvat'st
Willon ‘Thresa Foust
Donald ‘Smith
Exeter Ave
Paramount
Foust
Garden Grove
Smith
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
J. C. Mar Itin
Orange County
Lineoln-Mercury
Lightning Fatality Hits South Texas Storms
Severe storms lashed South Texas on Saturday night killing one person. Winds felled structures, causing property damage and street flooding across several towns. Authorities warned residents to seek shelter as storms moved through the region.
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Dallas
South Texas
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Gamal Nasser
Shukri Kuwaily
O’hara
William L. Rilzi
Clarence Linn
Miss Gould
Rit
Miss O'Harai
Kuwaily, Nasser Huddle
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