Bearded Long Beach youth rows Catalina Channel solo
Ben Hawkins twenty of 332 Junipero Ave. paddled a 14 foot boat from Catalina Isthmus to San Pedro in seven hours and 15 minutes, a 23 mile crossing. He left at 6 15 a.m. and reached port at 1 30 p.m. He plans a back trip by hitchhiking, living summers on Catalina, and pursuing a Humboldt State zoology degree while skin diving and reading Darwin. He says the voyage fits his simple life philosophy.
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Humboldt State College
Arcata
Isthmus
Humboldt
Body of Drowned Boy Recovered in Harbor Incident
The body of 6 year old Wayne G. Duneil Jr. was recovered by divers near Holiday Harbor Los Angeles Harbor after he fell from the Gavero II, a 63 foot fishing boat moored there. He disappeared Sunday from the Gavero II owned by a friend of the boy's father. The boy’s home address is 752 Oxford Ave.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Wayne G. Duneil, Jr
Oxford Ave
Holiday Harbor
Education bill aims to boost science education funding nationwide
A Senate Education Subcommittee approved a 1.456 billion program of federal aid for students and teachers in space age training. It would lift spending ceilings by over a third, covering at least four years, with a full Senate decision likely Wednesday. In a separate item, the Navy blimp Flying Sauage awaited weather for a North Pole trip, after detouring to Lakehurst New Jersey. President Eisenhower attended a testimonial dinner for retiring GOP senators, including Knowland who seeks California governorship, and five others not seeking reelection. A Tar Tarik truck exploded in Chicago injuring the driver Clyde Reynolds sparking a two block fire and scattering debris. flames reached nearby parked vehicles.
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GOP
Wiliam F. Knowland
Knowland
California
Ralph E. Flanders
Irving M. Ives
William E. Jenner
Ind
Edward Martin
H. Alexander Smith
Chicago
Clyde Reynolds
iElfrida's Conqueror Beaten on TV Quiz Stepson
New York UP I reports Robert Leicester, who beat quiz whiz Elfrida Von Nordroff on a television show, was later defeated and left with 543 500. Mental hospital escapee Leicester was beaten by an assailant in a separate case. The victim, Mrs Frances Reed of Southwest Los Angeles, was found bludgeoned by her husband Donald Reed, who admitted the killing saying she pried on his mind.
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New York
UPI
Robert Leicester
Whiz Elfrida von Nordroff
Elevision
Norwalk
Leicester
Wade Ruby
Frances Reed
Los Angeles
C. H. Reed
Donald Reed
Confined to Desert Air Base Holds 43 U.S. Air Force Members
Iraqi revolutionists have kept 43 U.S. Air Force personnel in protective custody at Habbaniyah Air Base since the July 14 uprising. The group includes five officers and 38 airmen who arrived June 17 to train Iraqi crews on Sabrejets. The base, 55 miles west of Baghdad, also confines more than 1,100 British Royal Air Force staff and families. U.S. officials say conditions are normal and no harm has come to the captives, while the Defense Department seeks official confirmation of the situation. Additional Americans and details of other cases are noted in the report.
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Iraq
UPI
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Royal Air Force
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RAF
Jordan
U.S
Faisal
Britain
Turkey
Pakistan
Iran
Paul Goodwin
United Press International
Goodwin
Wiliams Air Base
Chandler
Ariz
Sacramento
Napa
Marysville
Calif
Desert Rain Expected Over Southland Areas Today
A tropical storm centered 150 miles west of Baja California may bring showers and thunderstorms to southern mountains and deserts today, though Long Beach is not expected to see rain. Weather Bureau forecast notes high moisture could trigger storms, with no coastal storm warnings issued.
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Long Beach
U. S
California
Khrushchev Rejects U N Summit Bid in Bitter Note
Khrushchev rejected British and American proposals for a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York to arrange a Middle East summit. He urged five power talks in Europe, perhaps Moscow, and accused Eisenhower and Macmillan of blocking a summit through protracted procedures. Eisenhower pressed for talks bound by UN rules.
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Khrushchev
U. N. Security Council
New York
Middle East
Moscow
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Macmillan
Washington
White’ House
James Haferty
U.N. Security Council
London
Master of His House Weatherman Claims Oldest Boy Tale
A police report quotes a Weatherman boasting to an assistant about being the oldest boy and designing a family device to tap lines. Officials say the device could overhear hot conversations, while the boys boasted of ingenuity and troublemaking potential. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities after washing dishes in cold water.
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Colt
Daniel 'Shusett
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