Survivors Tell Beating Off Sharks In Sea
Three Air Force C 124 survivors, rescued after a crash 600 miles northwest of Hawaii, described fighting sharks for nearly 12 hours until helicopters pulled them from the Pacific. Six crew members died. Capt. Jonathan Brown and two others spoke aboard the Boxer at Pearl Harbor, detailing ditching, equipment loss, and improvised rafts.
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UPT
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Here
Hickam Air Force Base
Japan
Jonathan Brown
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Brown
Ironton
Ohio
Coast
Phillips
Gerald J. Bona
Vacaville
Airtmen
Globemaster
James P. Vanderee
San Rafael
Jonathan W. Brown
Sioux City
Iowa
Tech
James M. Phillips
Mexican election sees PRI lead amid fraud accusations
Mexico City reports indicate Adolfo Lopez Mateos leads with a claimed five-to-one margin for the Institutional Revolutionary Party in nationwide returns. Opposition claims irregularities and fraud while troops guard polls. Lopez Mateos, age 48, faces Luis H. Alvarez of PAN, 38, as the PRI seeks a fourth decade of rule with no official results yet.
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Smexico City
UPI
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Lopez Mateos
Luis H. Alvarez
National Action Party
PAN
PRI
Mateos
Mexico City
Car Used by Crazed Attacker Found in L A Parking Lot
A car used by a crazed assailant linked to abductions and rapes was found abandoned in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. Victims, including Charles Henry May and Theresa Rochon, were abducted at gunpoint from a Lawndale restaurant. May remains in critical condition after skull fracture. Rochon survived after repeated assaults. Police dispersed to track the suspect, who boasted of killings as victims were driven through Los Angeles and Crystal Lake. Fingerprints in the car require further analysis to identify the attacker.
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Los Angeles
CNL
San Gabriel Canyon
el Segundo
Los
Son Angeles
Charles Henry May
Avis Ave
Lawndale
May
Theresa Rochon
Hoover Ave
Crystal Lake
Iup
Radiation Danger Reported by Ship
The Meiwa Maru reported unusually high radioactivity in sea water near 900 miles southeast of Bikini Atoll, forcing a 25 degree course change. Japanese meteorological officials called 400 counts per minute per liter an unusually high sea water reading. A later U.S. test at Eniwetok was described as a small category with 0.1 millibar shocks.
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UPI
Western Pacific
U.S
Feranade
Bniwatak
Bikini Atoll
Bikini
Eniwetok
New Zealand
Yokohama
Central Meteorological Board
Ln Tokyo
Soviet Oceaniography
Caroline Islands
Pacific
Washington
Japanese Meteorological Board
Saint Anne’s bulletin jokes about 50 mph limit blessing
In Castle Shannon, the St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church bulletin reminds drivers of a “beautiful blessing for automobiles.” It adds a quip that even with the blessing, many may believe St. Christopher jumps out of the car when speeding over 50 miles per hour.
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Pittsburgh
St. Anne's
Castle Shannon
the Bulletin
St. Christopher
Dulles Praises De Gaulle After Paris Talks
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returned from Paris praising French Premier Charles de Gaulle as a wise leader who will help France play a full role internationally. He described the talks as full and satisfactory and said he carried a message to President Eisenhower.
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Washington
UPI
John Foster Dulles
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France
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Paris
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
White House
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
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