Daring rescuer feats in doomed cliff plunge rescue
In San Bernardino a 18-year-old climber died after a 300 foot fall on San Gorgonio Mountain during a Lincoln’s birthday hike. John Matthews of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Unit reached the boy 25 hours after the fall but found no life. A helicopter lowered a litter and rescuers battled crumbling shale and icy ledges.
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San Bernardino
Donald Burns
San Gorgonio
John Matthews
Alhambra
Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Unit
Matthews
Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Sheriff's Deputies
Air Force
Jad
Donald
Norton Afb
Alps
el Toro
Sierra Madre
Bula
Burns
Carson Finch
Finch
Britain Develops Secret Ballistic Missile System
London reports Britain is developing a ballistic rocket "more advanced" than U S intermediate range missiles with underground launch Sites. A government white paper portrays an optimistic Western missile race outlook and notes U S cooperation on the high priority project.
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London
Fire Loss in Erie Pa Dominates $7 Million Claim
Report outlines a multi- million fire in Erie Pennsylvania and related international defense notes. Officials discuss London Moscow relations and Britain plans, with future details promised for February 19. A White Paper notes Britain expanding its stockpile of hydrogen bombs and their role in Western nuclear deterrence.
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Erie
Britain
U. S
London
Moscow
Milion
Yer
India Buys in Japan New Delhi Locomotives Order
New Delhi reports India has ordered 10 electric locomotives from a Japanese company to boost rail capacity. The deal reflects growing ties in infrastructure procurement and technology transfer between India and Japan.
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India
Japan
New Delhi
Fire roars through Irwin Moving warehouse in Erie
More than 150 crpemen fought a blaze at the M. V. Irwin Moving and Storage Co warehouse. The fire began about 6 p.m. and remained out of control at midnight. Loss was estimated at 600000 dollars for the building and 250000 dollars for color televisions plus vast furniture stock. Fire officials cited a defective wiring as a possible cause as explosions shook the area.
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Irwin
Vale
Erie
State moves to seize UP and Edison lands over tideland borders
The state authorizes legal action to take title to lands now held by Union Pacific and Edison, citing questions about original tideland boundaries. The move targets oil producing lands that have paid taxes for years, raising concern among private owners in Long Beach as the case unfolds.
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Union Pacific and Edison Company
Tideland
Long Beach
Independent life begins at 73 after hospital years
A man who spent 45 years in a mental hospital as the aftermath of a slaying begins an independent life at age 73. The article notes Democrats in Congress pursuing their antirecession program with details on pages 4 to 7.
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Page
Congress
Decision Near on Action and its Long Beach Shipyard Funds
House Armed Services Committee members were told the Navy plans to request under 1 million dollars for subsidence remedial work at Long Beach Naval Shipyard in the coming year. A memo from Capt. C. R. Harrison indicates long-range shipyard plans hinge on a Justice Department damage suit over oil withdrawals, with a budget enough only to keep two feet of freeboard above high tide along several piers.
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William Broom
Ings
Washington— House Armed ‘Services
Navy
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Independent
C. R. Harrison
Naval Legislation Department
Congress
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Harrison
Justice Department
Department
Douglas Aircraft Curtails Excess Gains Ruling
Los Angeles based Douglas Aircraft faces a Renegotiation Board recommendation on excess profits for 1954. A spokesman said the firm would refund about 2.027 million dollars if the ruling is accepted by Washington. The cold wave grips the nation with Florida fearing deep freezes impacting citrus and tourism.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Co
Los ‘Angeles
National
N .Flor Land
Florida
Suwanee
Mirami
Midwest
Chicago
Palm Springs TV Grant Probe and Plane Crash Report
Palm Springs area reports a Convair crash north of here with 21 aboard, 18 passengers and a crew of three injured. Pilot praised for crash landing in rugged wash near Palm Springs Airport en route to San Diego. Washington testimony disclosed Mack accepted thousands from a Miami license lawyer as FCC probe widens.
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Palm Springs
San Diego
Au‘Kettman
Kettman
Washington
House
Federal” Communications
Richard A.’ Mack
Miami
Atty
Gen. Rogers
Airliner Crash in Desert Ends With Safe Evacuation
A Western Air Lines aircraft landed in a desert wash and exploded, but 18 passengers and crew escaped unhurt under the guidance of Captain R. E. Schumacher. FBI ordered to probe alleged payments linked to a license-granting commission. Bernard Schwartz testified before a House subcommittee amid firing and conflict.
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Desert
FBI
Bernard Schwartz
Loursel
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Mack
Crazy Greek Nick Christoilos reshapes atomic science tale
The piece recounts Nick Christoilos, dubbed the Crazy Greek, claiming an arc from a Berkeley Bevatron letter in 1951 to a Brookhaven focalizing concept. Despite initial doubt, he received credit for a strong focusing idea that could cut costs in building a future giant atom smasher, plus licensing and a $10,000 royalty from the AEC.
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Washington
Nick Christo
Ilos
Nick
Atomic Research Laboratory
Berkeley
Calif
Brookhaven Nat
Manned Fronter Plans For Douglas Aircraft Space Mission
Nationally reported move by the Air Force and Douglas Aircraft to develop a manned missile capable of delivering a bomb anywhere in space. Plans include a Titan intercontinental system refined into an orbital bomber under a $1 million study with a pilot aboard. Officials emphasize secrecy while press officers note the project aims at Earth orbit speed and long range capability.
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Fronter
Douglas Aircrafty
W. N'— Air Force Co
West Coast
Douglas
Air Force
Long Beach
Titan
Pacific
Weather man keeps head above water in playful note
A lighthearted, stretched cartoonish piece shows a weatherman and his assistant. The boss pushes toward automation as forecasts become clearer, with the assistant happy and confident in his work while signing a sunny to cloudy tomorrow forecast.
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Deedy Dum
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