Eight men sail Viveka from Long Beach to Mexican waters
Merlin Peterson, a 36-year-old San Francisco builder, leads eight men aboard the 75 foot schooner Viveka quitting Long Beach harbor. They sail south for months seeking escape from American women as Peterson criticizes modern culture and aims for a strategic withdrawal from civilization.
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America
Merlin Peterson
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Peterson
Ajstuay
Five Children Die in Philadelphia Home Fire
Five young children aged 2 to 7 died in a southwest Philadelphia house fire after being awakened by an aunt who saved some before succumbing to smoke. The victims were Robert 2 Major Jr 4 Linda 5 Joyce 6 and Marion 7, all Longs. Their mother and brother escaped. father served in the Army in Texas.
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Philadelphia
Upi
Mildred Plummer
Major
Fannie Long
Robert
Major Jr
Linda
Joyce
Marion
Richard
Texas
Gems Varying at Four Hundred Thousand Vanish
A New York businessman's jewelry valued at about 400000 disappeared from the Americana Hotel in Miami Beach as thieves looted his suite. The collection owned by Leon C. Greenbaum and Mrs. Arthur Cole included a ring worth 180000. Insurance counsel to determine total loss.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Americana
New York
TBI
Leon C. Greenbaum
Hertz Car Rental Corp
Greenbaums
Arthur Cole
Greenbaum
Untitled Local Editorial Sparks City Feud
A local journalist from the Citizens' Record edits the Upper Bluebird Ave association monthly and clashes with the mayor and planning council chair over a sidewalk project on Tripling Terrace Rd. The front page features large headlines questioning the mayor and a rail Basel. On the back, a bold claim suggests equal jerks.
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Bluebird Ave
Citizens’ Record
Point Journalisim
Tripling Terrace Rd
Ciatrman
Basel
Further Rainfall Expected In Southern California
A fast moving weather front dumped more than a quarter inch of rain in Southern California over the weekend and more rain is forecast today. The Weather Bureau bulletin predicts scattered showers this afternoon likely continuing intermittently through Tuesday. The region remains more than seven inches behind last year’s total, with Long Beach at 1.65 inches for the year versus 8.94 a year ago. Weekend totals include .35 inch for Long Beach and 1 inch at Datta Point. Snow levels in the mountains dropped to 2,500 feet with heavier snow around 4,000 feet.
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Weather Bureau
Southland
Long Beach
Datta Point
Jayne Mansfield Varies in Rio Page A-8 Note
A fragment notes Jayne Mansfield performing an involuntary striptease on a Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. The brief entry also reports the death of WILD BILL Donovan on Page A-11.
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Jayne Mansfield
Gay Old Rio
Wild Bill” Donovan
Boy Reunited With Mother After Jungle Journey
A 14 year old boy named Carlos Aldridge trekked through the Central American jungle to reach the Panama Canal Zone and reunite with his mother, with the aid of Aldridge and a California highway patrolman. The journey, amid Allied Berlin talks, ended in a surprise telephone reunion arranged by the officer. Dulles stressed firm united Western positions on Berlin.
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Alaska
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Telmen Lince Jr
Nf State
John Foster Dulles
Panama Canal Zone
Mount Baldy
German
West
United
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Russie
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Panama
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Vlice
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Margie Hill
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Hill
Russia
Mississippi
United States
Britain
France
California
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America
Congress
Bogota
Colum
Hia
Military Academy
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Reds
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
London
Paris
New Look Imperial Type Refreshes Independent Pages
The Independent unveils a new 9 point Imperial type across the paper including stories sports logs and markets. A year of study preceded the change with clearer letters more white space and easier reading from headlines to ads across sections.
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Will
Cold Wave Spreads Across Midwest and Northeast
A major ice glaze and frigid air hit the middle plains and Missouri Valley, causing crashes near Chicago and threatening stock in Midwest feedlots. Weather forecasts issued cold warnings from New York to New England with subzero temperatures. Frigid air reached northern plains while Florida enjoyed warm weather and rain and storms affected the southern plains to the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Sierra
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Richard M. Ebt Jacker
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