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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1961

Page

14

Drownings as barge Arizona Sword breaks up off Palm Beach

A 400 foot barge Arizona Sword breaks up in 15 foot seas off Palm Beach. Captain Joseph L. Cooper and six Tampa crewmen are missing, while George W Richardson survived after escaping through a porthole. The Sally R towed the wreckage and search continues.

West Palm Beach Savage Arizona Sword Atlantic Palm Beach Coast Guard Joseph L. Cooper Angel Benitez D. N. Broye Thomas F. Dobbins Juan Valdez Jr Markos Frangros F. O. Fernandez Tampa George W. Richardson Richardson

Wrecks of Coast Guard Vessels In Alpine Seas Cost Five Men

Ten Coast Guard and fishing boat crews faced 60 mph gusts at Peacock Spit near the Columbia River. Two Coast Guard cutters and a lifeboat capsized while attempting to aid the Mermaid, with seven men lost and four survivors. One body, John L. Culp, was found aboard a lightship. Missing seamen named include John Hoban, Joseph Perrin, Gordon Sussex, and Ralph Mace. Survivor Gordon Huggins reported clinging to the Triumph’s deck for two hours after the capsize.

Astoria Ore Columbia River Coast Guard Peacock’ Spit Coast Guards Sjhouse Coast John L. Culp Hammond Triumph John 5 Hoban Independence Joseph E. Perrin Renton Wash Gordon F. Sussex Bellevue Ralph E. Mace Vashon Bert Stanley Bergman

Fumes From Car Kill Two Women in Los Angeles

Two women Barnica Thompson aged 46 and Mary Lou Stanfell aged 47 were found dead from asphyxiation in their Los Angeles home at 1616 West 34th Street. Police confirmed the deaths as accidental due to charcoal fumes.

Los Angeles CNS Barnica Thompson Mary Lou Stanfell W. 34Th St

Vatican Paper Condemns Test Tube Human Life Experiments

L Osservatore Romano denounces attempts to create life outside the natural womb. It cites Bologna scientists who kept a human embryo alive 29 days in a test tube, whose deformation led to destruction, and questions the moral implications of artificial insemination and outside-nature interventions. The piece reacts to Paese Sera reports and frames the issue as a matter of conscience and nature.

Vatican City L'Osservatore Romano Vatican Bologna L’osservatore Romano Raimando Manzini Rome

Johnson Arrives to Tour Canaveral

Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson arrived at Cape Canaveral for a tour of the nation's top missile and launch facilities. He was expected to inspect Atlas and Titan ICBM firing complexes and central Cape operations during the visit. The trip came as Kennedy plans to direct all space activity from the Kennedy administration.

Cape Canaveral UPI Lynton B. Johnson Kennedy Saturn Cape Ing Johnson Palm Beach Atlas Central

Adenauer to Visit London for Talks With Macmillan

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will travel to London next month for a two day series of talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan aimed at boosting postwar European cooperation and addressing allied security issues.

London UPI Konrad Adenauer Harold Macmillan

Rutland Youth Held on Murder Charge in Foster Mother Slaying

An 18 year old Rutland football star admitted stabbing his foster mother Hazel Aldrich to death in a church parsonage living room. He was held without bail for first degree murder after arraignment and ordered for psychiatric observation. He reportedly fled 70 miles before being captured in Troy New York and later returned to Vermont.

Rutland UPI Geoffrey Peter Aldrich Waterbury State Hospital Aldrich Gordon M. Aldrich Hazel Rutland Congregational Church Troy Ek Aldrich Vermont Hayden G. Labrake Edward G. McLellen Labrake Seid Aldrich Ibher Bithe Mr. Aldrich

Flier Buzzes Town Then Crashes On Mudflats

Elmo Block, 35, Arcata businessman, charged with disturbing the peace for buzzing Eureka in a light two seat Cessna 150 without lights during pre dawn hours. He crashed into mudflats, slogged through mud for three hours, and was arrested.

Eureka UPI Elmo Block Arcata Calif Black Flying Club

Cambridge man fined for stealing girlfriend’s pay envelope

A Cambridge court fined Kenneth Wool 22.40 dollars after he stole his girlfriend’s pay envelope from her pocket following a good night kiss. The incident, reported by UPI, highlights a petty theft case involving intimate relations and a minor monetary loss.

Courtin Cambridge England UPI Kenneth Wool

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