Pilot rescues burned skipper in heavy fog
A 30 year old fishing boat skipper, Dick Shaver of Wilmington, was severely burned while repairing his engine at sea near San Clemente Island. Avalon Air Transport piloted an amphibian in heavy fog to rescue him, delivering him to Seaside Hospital for first and second degree burns. The Hornet, a 60 foot sport fishing boat, had 40 fishermen aboard when the incident occurred.
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Avalon Air Transport
Dick Shaver
Banning Bly
Wilmington
Seaside Hospital
Hornet
San Clemente Island
Shaver
Long Beach
Snaver
Huge Crowds Hit Beaches in Area
Large crowds flocked to South Bay beaches amid strong rip tides and rough surf. Lifeguards rescued dozens, with 51 saved at South Bay beaches and 45 rescued at thronged beaches. 74 water mishaps reported and several injuries. Oregon, Colorado, and other visitors noted among beachgoers as lifeguards battled rough conditions.
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South Bay
Manhattan Beach
South Bayton Beach State Park
Oeaches
Laguna Beach
Long Beach
Parsons
Colorado
Mob Injures 3 in AF Base Riot
About 1,000 left wing demonstrators clashed at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan. They smashed a gown and fence, while three police officers were injured holding back the crowd. Police numbered 1,600 faced 7,000 protesters to prevent an assault on a surveying site.
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Sunakawa
Japan
U. S. Tachikawa Air Base
Exton
Air Force
Red China Trade Debate Questioned by LAC
LAC remarks doubt trade with Red China is worth current agitation. Commerce estimates show 1956 Chinese sales at 527 million and purchases at 433 million from other nations. The article notes over 600 million continued on Page A-12.
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Red China
Three
Department of Commerce
Walk Collapse at Grand Prix Injures Thirty in Rouen
A stairway to a footbridge over the Rouen race course collapsed at the start of the Grand Prix of France injuring about 30 people including two children. Several suffered broken spines and serious injuries as spectators fell six feet to the ground while a Renault turbo engine car sped by on the track.
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Rouen
France
Ed Sullivan Mixes Miss Universe Pageant Location
Ed Sullivan on his Sunday show botched the pageant locale, saying Hollywood instead of Long Beach. Pageant executives and family members call it a natural mistake and expect a correction on next week’s broadcast.
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Long Beach
Savoy Plaza Hotel
New York
Atara Barzely
Tel Aviv
Israel
Janine Hanouian
Brussels
Ed Sullivan
Hollywood
Steve Allen
Sullivan
Oscar Meinherdt
F. Bishop
Emmet
Traffic Toll Reaches 414 For Holiday Weekend
Violent deaths on U S roadways rose past 400 during the Independence Day holiday as the four day observance ended. At 1 am 414 traffic deaths were recorded with 194 drownings and 97 other accidents bringing the total toll to 705. California led states with 30 deaths as final tallies were awaited.
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National Safety Council
California
Fight Set on Civil Rights Fight Set on Civil Rights
Washington outlines clash over Eisenhower civil rights bill as Southern senators prepare a lengthy filibuster. Knowland to move Senate to act, Ervin signals possible House bill changes to block a gag. Public and private reactions split. no compromise seen for now.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Knowland
House
Dixie
Sam Z. Ervin
Judy Tyler Diamonds Missing After Fatal Wyoming Crash
Special investigator for Judy Tyler’s family reported Sunday that two diamond rings the 14 year old actress may have worn at the time of a fatal Wyoming car crash could not be found. The accident near Rock River claimed the lives of Judy Tyler and Donald Jones 25 and her husband Gregory Lafayette 19 died later. Coroner Ralph Hayes recovered personal effects including a checkbook, a $7000 mink coat, and a baby necklace, but only a dime in Lafayette’s pocket was found.
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Laramie
Wyo
Judy Tyler
Wyoming
Miss Tyler
Gregory Lafayette
Hanna
Donald Jones
Rock River
Jones
Lafayette
Milwaukee Police Department
Charles C.litman
U. Highway 30
Ralph Hayes
Litman
Soviet Radio Dashes Hopes for New Policy
London dispatch notes Moscow radio casting doubt on a major Soviet policy shift. It says concessions in disarmament would require real changes, with Khrushchev’s rise and purges of Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich coloring Western optimism but little expected shift in Soviet stance.
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Moscow Radio
London
England
Kremlin
Lord Beaverbrook
Moscow
Union
West
U.S.R
U.S.S.R
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Kelly
Winston Churchill Pitches Baseballs At Garden Party
World Around column notes action pictures featuring Winston Churchill pitching baseballs at a garden party and winning a prize. Mentions U S Air Force planning to send 50 picked men on simulated week long nights to the moon with details on Page A7.
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Sim Winston Churchill
U.S. Air Force
Clergymen urge disarmament talks on nuclear tests
A Washington group of 53 clergymen union leaders scientists and others sent a telegram to President Eisenhower urging a first step disarmament agreement on nuclear tests. They called for a comprehensive check by a United Nations monitoring agency covering all detectable tests and supported forthright US proposals without unnecessary conditions. The group included Emerson G. Hangen Robert H. Adams Stuart Leroy Anderson and Charles W Brashard among others.
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Washington
Uisenhower
United Nations
J. N
Emerson G. Hangen
First Congregational Church
Long Beach
Calif
Robert H. Adams
Bethany Methodist Church
Madison
Stuart Leroy Anderson
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley
Charles W. Brashard
Ilinois
Methodist Church
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
Nehru Sees Pace of Soviet Crusading Easing
Indian leader in London interview aired on CBS Pace the Nation says a more normal approach is developing in the Soviet Union after a history of aggressive crusading. He notes a psychological moment for India’s friendly policy and cites disarmament talks in London as key to easing East West tensions. He also comments on four line Stalinists ousted and Khrushchev’s crew.
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Washington
Primeywaro
Ameri
Jawaharlal Nehru
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushchev
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Nehru
Soviet Union
Nebru
London
India
Wiekru
Hit Near Newhall i Head-on Crash Kills Seven
Seven people including three young children died in a head-on crash on U S Highway 6, 19 miles north of Newhall. A late model station wagon carrying an entire family burned, trapping victims as a fire raged. Identifications were tentative, with victims from the Los Angeles area. A physician in the other car was among the dead. Witnesses described a woman in the station wagon screaming as bystanders could not reach her before the fire flared up.
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Newhall
Calli
California Highway Patrol
U. S. Highway 6
Che
Ed Smith
Los Angeles
Robert M. Bureson
Culver City
Whife
Robbie
Land
Jack
G. Lee
Burelson
Reno, Ney
Robert Jr
Henry G. Smailbrook
Cloyd
Alfred Svee
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Vienna
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Reykjavik
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Lisa Simon
Argentauli
Inger Jonsson
Malmo
Sweden
L. A
Sue Swifper
Sion
Lac
L.bi
National Safety Couneil
Leningrad
Georgi Malenkov
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