Why Wasn't It Me Sobs Dad Over Son Lost at Sea
Thomas Jenkins, 61, of 6019 Jaymills Ave, watched the sea at Seal Beach as his 13 year-old son was swept to his death by a 7.1-foot tide. Jenkins, a nonswimmer, plunged in and tried to save him, but failed. Two other Long Beach junior high students, Bob Coddington and Don Yarborough, were saved by clinging to rocks. The incident occurred while the boys fished near the jetty.
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Thomas Jenkins
Jaymills Ave
Seal Beach
U. & Navel
Jenkins
Jinmis
Long Beach Junior High School
Bob Coddington
60Th St
Don Yarborough
Nation Wide Steel Talks Narrow Breach Grows
A verbal clash between Steelworkers president David J McDonald and Conrad Cooper chief management negotiator marked an eight month dispute. The board plans a report to the President due Jan 6 paving the way for a government conducted vote Jan 11 to 13 on whether 500000 steelworkers accept managements final offer. McDonald predicts a strong vote to reject, potentially enabling strikes after a Taft Hartley injunction expires Jan 26. Albany NY AP Gov Nelson Rockefeller proposes reorganizing 106 agencies to 41, claiming potential multi million yearly savings and under 1000 job losses amid a 100000 employee state workforce and 2 billion budget. Washington UP I Senate Republican Leader Dirksen forecasts quick start to 1959 election year agenda, expecting a pending bill to provide federal aid for school construction as first Senate action.
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David J. McDonald
Conrad Cooper
George W. Taylor
McDonald
Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Brooks AFB to close flying operations next June
Brooks Air Force Base will deactivate all flying facilities by next June as announced by Maj. Gen. Otis O. Benson. The Aero Space Medical Center and Lackland Air Force Base Hospital will stay on site, preserving medical operations and related functions. In Washington, AP reports the Senate will open hearings on tranquilizer drug prices starting January 24.
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San Antonio
UPS
Brooks Air Force Base
Lindbergh
Chennault
Twining
Air Force
Otis O. Benson
Brooks
Aero Space Medical Center
School of Aviation Medicine
Tand Air Force Base
Washington
Senate
Dehorned Bull Kills Dairyman in Orange County
A 16 year old Orange County dairyman, John C. Zweifel of 6501 Miller Rd, died at Artesia Hospital at 12 45 p m from internal injuries and multiple fractures after a dehorned bull attacked him as he began to clean the watering trough. His son James, 25, of 6531 Miller Rd, told sheriff's deputies the bull reared, knocked his father into the trough, and pummeled him before workers freed the animal and aided Zweifel.
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Orange County
Buena Park
John C. Zweifel
Miller Rd
Artesia
James
Zweifel
U S Favors Flexible A Test Ban
The United States will keep a ban on nuclear weapon tests but use a flexible indefinite basis allowing resumption if needed. President Eisenhower warned Russia, accusing them of stalling Geneva talks and urged tougher bargaining while officials met at Augusta National Golf Club to outline the stance.
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Augusta
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Geneva
U.S
Augusta National Golf Club
Sweepstake Winner Ends Worried Life
Llewellyn R. Cloos, 45, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who won $140,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes 16 months earlier, was found dead by his wife in a hotel tavern room. Described as despondent over money troubles, he had pursued ownership of the country inn but business faded and his life ended by a shotgun blast.
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Allentown
Dia I
Llewellyn R. Cloos
Weather Kills 23 Across U S Amid Record Tide Dangers
A severe storm system caused record tides along the northeast Atlantic coast, with the highest tide in 108 years at 14.8 feet in Boston. Thousands evacuated, power outages across New York, Massachusetts, Maine and beyond, and widespread travel disruption and flood damage reported from Maine to New Jersey.
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Atlantic
New York
Oregon
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Kansas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Boston
Scituate
Marblehead
Kenberma
Hull
Coast Guard
New York State
New Jersey
Nixon May Leave VP Choice to Convention Delegates
Washington says Nixon may let GOP convention pick his running mate if he secures the 1960 nomination. Associates expect him to favor a young, like minded candidate who shares his political philosophy and could work closely with him if elected.
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Nixon
Runs in the family TV issue tied to parents
Chicago sociologist Paul Witty of Northwestern University presented a 10 year study at the AAAS meeting showing parental TV habits shape children. He warned excess westerns and crime shows may foster hardness and selfishness while noting no clear drop in school marks but possible gains in reading and vocabularies.
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Chicago
Paul Witty
Northwestern University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Witty
Maverick
Brown Bars 1960 Race Except as Favorite Son
Sacramento reports Gov. Edmund G. Pat Brown scrapped plans to seek the Democratic presidential nomination except as California’s favorite son. He would stay in California, urge open delegation voting, and consider entering Western primaries if he runs at all. Brown questioned GOP leaders handling of Rockefeller and noted Nixon supporters deny blocking Rockefeller.
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Sacramento
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Rockefeller
Brown
Stuart Symtington
Missouri
Robert Humphrey
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Tach
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Herbert G. Klein
Nixon
Washington
MTA Raises Los Angeles Fare and Wage Increases
The Metropolitan Transit Authority raises the basic bus and rail fare in Los Angeles from 17 to 20 cents, effective January 24, in a new rate structure. Wage increases totaling 22 cents will be phased in in three steps on January 1, January 5, and January 1, with labor actions shaping a potential settlement in the ongoing driver wage dispute.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority
Long Beach
Los Angeles
MTA
Posal
Vot l
Ook
Lily
Kodiak Water Supply War Draws Ed Sudlli Press Feud
A terse note reports Ed Sudlli van aiming a broadside at Hedda Hopper over coverage decisions. The squabble centers on water supply issues in Kodiak, Alaska, with cross-page references to editorials on Page B-8.
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Ed Sudllivan
Hedda Hopper
Kodiak, Alaska
Why Bless His Wooden Little Mead Joke
The Weatherman grants the assistant a day off to see a doctor for a bad splinter in his hand. He humorously warns not to scratch his head while leaving.
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By Lou Jobst
Streamline
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N. Y
Nelson Rockefeller
Brooks Afb
Saco Bay
Mass
Holton
Rochester
State
By Jack Bell
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
J Nelson Rockefeller
Hall
Pat Brown
Rinming
L.A
Dunce
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