Why Long Beach Airport Was Once Daugherty Field
G W explains the airport’s naming history from Daugherty Field to Long Beach International Airport. Earl S Daugherty, pioneer aviator, began flying in 1911 and started Long Beach’s first airport and early civilian flight school. student Hosking soloed before Daugherty’s 1928 crash death.
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Q. Why
Long Beach International Airport
Daugherty Field
G. W
Long Beach
Earl S. Daugherty
American Avenue
Long Beach Blvd
Willow Street
Edstor E. Hosking
Independent, Press-Telegram
Daugherty
Meningitis cases at Fort Riley prompt isolation report
Fort Riley reports ten meningitis cases with one active patient isolated since January. Doctors warn infections are possible but not highly contagious and no preventive medicine is available for exposed personnel. The sole surviving son rule is explained but rarely applies to avoid combat duty.
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Fort Riley
Kan
A. S
Takewond
I. D. Litwack
Long Beach
Paul Hablin
Mark McCaw
Chatsworth
Calif
McCaw
Department of Defense
Army
Chief of Information Office
Los Angeles
World War II ace Carl Spaatz featured in Action Line
Reader questions reveal Gen Carl Spaatz a flamboyant WWI ace and WWII Air Force chief of staff known for combat focus. The reply notes his nickname Tooey at West Point, honors including the DSC and KCBE, and his Maryland residence at 76. In a separate query, horse heights are explained via hands, citing a 22-hand Percheron Dr Le Gear at 7 feet tall and 16 feet long, dying in St Louis in 1919.
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Carl Spaatz
Spots
Tooey
West Point
Spaatz
Air Force
Maryland
King George VI
Dr. le Gear
le Gear
St. Louis
City Clerk Sets Naples Street Light Protest Hearing
The City Clerk’s office announces a hearing at 10:30 se to hear protests against the Naples Street Lighting District project. Local property owners complain the plan proceeded without informing them, citing disruption for workers and businessmen.
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Naples
Long Beach
Fog Shuts Southland Roads Four Die in Chain-Reaction Crash
Dense fog and smog blanketed the Southland over the weekend, prompting many wrecks and the worst San Diego traffic crash in history. Four people died, including Patrick Arthur McDonald, 19, a Marine, Tanagiota Dimmis, 63, Richard Lopez, 42, and Daniel Weaklander, 36. A crash near Del Mar drew most of the attention, with at least 35 cars involved near the race track.
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Long Beach
Patrick Arthur McDonald
Camp Pendicton
Tanagiota Dimmis
San Diego
Richard Lopezames
Covina
Daniel Weaklander
Oceanside
McDonald
Santa Ana
la Paz Road
San Clemente
Dimmis
South Coast Hospital
South Laguna
Rancho Viejo
el Toro
John
Lopez and
iWeaklander
del Mar Race Track
Interstate 5
Los Angeles
Center Island
Richard Lopez
Ramos
Dlead
5 Car Pileup in Vog Takes Three Lives
A massive 35 car chain crash on the San Diego Freeway left two dead and 34 injured after a minor mishap near the north city limits. Police called it the worst traffic accident in San Diego history, occurring 11 miles south of the Del Mar Race Track.
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San Diego
del Mar
Tragic Weekend Fire and Pileup Claim Multiple Lives
Firemen recovered five bodies after a late night blaze in Tracy and Garden Grove residents Evelyne Farnsworth 57 and Charles Powell 42 among victims. a separate multi vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Santa Ana left Richard Ramos 42 and Daniel Weaklander 16 dead amid dense fog and chaos.
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Tracy
Orange County
Evelyne
Son
Manteca
la Midnight Blaze
Peterson
Mary
Dence
Avalanche Traps Ski Party in Utah and Midwest
A major avalanche trapped a ski party in Utah while a severe cold wave and snowstorm swept the Midwest and Plains. Temperatures plunged below zero in Minnesota and North Dakota as strong winds and heavy snowfall created dangerous travel conditions from Colorado to Vermont. Several people were rescued as avalanche dangers and icy roads prompted closures and warnings across multiple states.
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United Press
Canyon
Utah
Ajhour
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Las
Arkansas
Vermont
Fort Canyon
Colorado
Texas
Solitude
Colo
Loveland Pass
Twain
Cola-bera
San Joaquin
Jade
Sian River
Sacramento
California
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Plains
Florin
New Comic Makes Its Bow Today
A new daily comic titled EB AND FLO debuts today in this newspaper. The strip explores married life with humor and warmth, created by an international cartoonist duo and Beltinh artist.
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NEW Comic
Flo
Strnj
I Fite Mows Beltinh
Miracle crash lands light plane on Santiago Peak
Long Beach instructor Wend s and pupil David Neill survived a high mountain crash on Old Saddleback 700 feet below the summit. The Cessna 150, owned by California Flying System, broke apart on Manzanita brush and rocks. Both men suffered cuts and bruises and were rescued by a Marine helicopter from El Toro base.
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Long Beach
Santiago Peak
California Flying, System, Inc
Spring St
Manzanita Beish
Frederick J. Woods
Conquista Ave
Lakewood
David Jean Neill
W. L St
Wilmington
Wends
el Toro
Old Saddleback
Glen Ivy
Santa Ana Range
Finch Defends Tuition Plan Amid California Budget Talks
Lt Gov Robert H Finch accused newspapers of fueling tuition and budget cut controversy in California higher education. Speaking at the State Republican convention in Sacramento he urged broad discussion of tuition as an investment in students and said the power to set tuition lies with the Legislature and governor’s office. He warned emergency steps will delay some priority programs as the new administration tackles fiscal issues left by Pat Brown.
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Sacramento
Robert H. Finch
California
University of California
Callenes
Finch
Republican Central Committee
F Finch
Reagan
Pat Brown
GOP Leaders Newport Man Tops Bircher
James Hailey, 41, of San Francisco, won the Republican State Central Committee chairmanship. Dennis E. Carpenter, 38, Newport Beach, was elected vice chairman. Dr. Bernard Tully withdrew, and Gary R. Arnold, Bircher member, nominated Norman McCoy as surprise candidate.
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Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Republican State Central Committee
John Birch Society
James Hailey
San Francisco
Reagan
Dennis E. Capenter
Newport Beach
Bernard Tully
West Covina
Carpenter
William Peon
Patrick
Tully
Gary R. Arnold
Joh Birch Society
Norman McCoy
Inglewood
Arnold
McCoy
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Vietnam
United States Marine Corps
W. BR. Compton
Aletion Line
Carl A. Spaatz
D. S
Southland
Todd LaRose
S. Sullivan St
Isabeli
Reno
Midwest
Dick Emery
Combined News Services
GOP
Newport
Green Bay
Kansas City Chiefs
Johnson
D-d
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