Man Swims to Safety After Boat Explodes
A. E. Ed Jones, 43, a retired policeman and security officer, survived after his 38 foot cabin cruiser the Little Ruth exploded and burned near Long Beach Harbor. Jones swam 100 feet to a breakwater and clung there for six hours before rescue at dawn.
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Coast Guard
A. E
Ed) Jones
California Yacht Anchorage
San Pedro
Jones
South Gate Police Department
Los Angeles Federal Breakwater
THUMS
Two Offices Ruled Out by Court
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Dr. Ross M. Miller Jr. cannot serve as Compton city councilman and a school trustee simultaneously. Judge Ellsworth Meyer held one person may not hold two incompatible public offices at once, ordering Miller to vacate his school board seat. The case, brought by the attorney general at Warren R. Sales's urging, noted Miller abstained from votes on the school district and city over a disputed junior high site, but abstentions did not resolve the conflict.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Ross M. Miller Jr
Compton
Compton Union
Ellsworth Meyer
State Attorney General's
Warren R. Sales
Miller
Meyer
Benjamin Davis
Army sergeant stabs wife then kills himself
Sgt. Manning Eugene Walter 36, on furlough from Ft. MacArthur, stabbed his wife Martha 33 in their Cudahy apartment after an altercation. He stabbed himself to death after urging his son to kill him. Four children, aged 9 to 14, were left under an aunt’s care. Deputies reported his condition was satisfactory in hospital.
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Sgt
Manning Eugene Walter
Martha
Cudahy
Walters
Ft. MacArthur
San Pedro
Thailand
Michael
Manning Patrick
Mark Douglas
Martha Lisa
Los Angeles
Fire threatens Saugus tract development
A brush fire near Saugus threatened a housing tract, spreading across 50 acres as a light breeze pushed the flames. U.S. Forest Service and Los Angeles County Fire Department crews fought the blaze with 11 engines eight patrols eight camp crews two helicopters one tanker and two tractors on scene.
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Saugus
U.S. Forest Service
Los Angeles County Fire Department
TOWING LIFEGUARD Swim-Aid Maker Paddles Channel
Glendora inventor Calvin Gongwer test swims a 22 mile crossing to the mainland towing a lifeguard aboard, using his Aqueon device. He finishes near Cabrillo Beach after about 12 hours in 68 degree water with 75 to 100 spectators watching.
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Calvin Gongwer
Cabrillo Beach
Gongwer
Blue Cavern Point
Catalina Isthmus
Aerojet
General Corp
Innerspace Corp
Flip Fliedner
Marineland
Cabrillo
Penny
Robert
Jean
Julie
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