Coast Guard Battles Gale in 20 Rescues
Gusty winds up to 50 mph ripped along the coast Sunday prompting the Coast Guard to rescue more than 20 disabled crafts in the Catalina Channel. A Drexel search near Santa Barbara Island sought two men adrift after the Esther Lee was abandoned. Three Downey siblings aided a capsized sailboat woman, while a Norden crew rescued others. A Long Beach captain watched lifeguards assist, and two Los Angeles girls were injured by a high wave. A 29th person was rescued from the 60-foot Gordon before it sank off Ensenada, and artist Carol Urso was saved offshore. Continuous offshore rescues stretched from Catalina to Ensenada.
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Coast Guard
Catalina Channel 1
Concepcion
Fermin
Drexel
Santa Barbara Island
Esther Lee
Asd
Downey
San Pedro and
Cerritos Channel
Norden
John J. Fahey
Smallwood Ave
Sea Shifter
Robert M
Fred J
Faheys
Long Beach
Roy J
Dutch) Miller
Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Leonard A. Placentini
Merted Air Force Base
Pierpoint
Valdora
Diana R. Contreras
Cathy A. Lips
Southland
Gordon
Newport Harbor
Ensenada
Mexico
Newport Beach
Tornado hits San Diego bay area causing minor damage
A miniature tornado swept across San Diego Bay on a gusty Sunday, lifting a two ton corrugated metal roof from a mothballed Navy craft, snapping telephone and electric lines, and damaging a Navy housing area. The funnel crossed the bay from the ocean near Coronado, moved through the San Diego Naval Station and landed craft sheds before striking a city street nearby.
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San Diego
San Diego Bay
Coronado
San Diego Naval Station
Naval Station
Local Couple Terrorized by Hotel Bandit
A Beverly Hills incident at the Beverly Hilton left eight guests terrorized for 30 minutes. James Reinhard Kath, a 27 year old from Reseda, pistol whipped Edith Morein and fired at walls while targeting a room where Maurice and Mrs Cohn and others were staying. Police ordered surrender after a chase. Kath claims he planned to rob a rich person. He was booked on kidnapping assault with a deadly weapon and robbery.
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Long Beach
Beverly Hilton
Beverly Hills
Maurice Cohn
Marshall PE
James Reinhard Kath
Reseda
Kath
Edith Morein
North Hollywood
Cobns
Dave
Stanley Cohen
Tarzana
Jack Copilevitz
St. Louis
Cohen
Copilevitz
Clinton Anderson
San Fernando Valley
Asszult
Body identified in Columbia River search
A body found in a Columbia River slough was identified as 11 year old Susan Martin who disappeared with her family on December 7 after leaving Portland for Christmas greens. Police suspect their car plunged into the river. Susan’s body drifted downstream.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River
Susan Martin
Ken Martin
Barbara
Virginia
Susan
Portland
Tokyo Imperial Hotel End Seen By Owners
The landmark hotel in Tokyo may be destroyed by its owners who deem it uneconomical to run and less safe, despite its iconic status as a Frank Lloyd Wright design survivor of the 1923 quake. Managing Director Ichiro Inumane described the building as deteriorating and not as safe as before.
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Tokyo
Frank Loyd Wright
Imperial
Ichiro Inumane
Mercury Astronauts May Sell Personal Flight Stories
Defense Department indicates Mercury era astronauts could sell their personal accounts to bidders, but official reports on early manned satellite projects would not be sold for personal profit. A Washington publisher questioned copyright rights involving Vice Admiral H.G. Rickover, prompting the department’s careful review.
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Washington
Earth
Defense Department
Vice
May Day politics and Mercury rights clash in opinion piece
The piece discusses Red May Day imagery and a publisher concern over commercialization of Project Mercury. It notes seven Mercury program test pilots retaining private counsel to protect literary rights, including Navy Lt Malcolm Scott Carpenter. The Defense Department says policy on Mercury will be decided largely by NASA, but stresses military status gives the department a stake.
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Schnapper
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Navy
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Garden’ Grove
Calif
Robert Dechert
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Miss Welcome Karen Krancus 1959 Long Beach winner
Karen Krancus, an 18 year old Wilson High School graduate and part time City College student, was chosen Miss Welcome over 13 finalists at Municipal Auditorium. She aims for equestrian dreams and Olympic Games, and keeps horses training at a Los Alamitos ranch while maintaining city ranks as Miss Realtor. The feature notes she views the contest as a job rather than a beauty pageant.
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Karen Krancus
Long Beach
Miss Krancus
City College
Municipal Auditorium
Wilson High School
Los Alamitos Ranch
Karen
Soviet Diplomat Tries Escape from Russians in Rangoon
Independent report notes a Soviet diplomat attempting escape by leaping from a hospital window in Rangoon. Sydney Harris reports doctors dismiss a new drug or treatment as fake, sparking debate on medical claims.
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Rangoon
Page Acil
Sydney Harris
Bay Area bank loss case roils East Long Beach branch
A bank shortage at the East Long Beach branch of United San Diego Bank may exceed 3.5 million dollars amid the death of vice president George Hewlett and the arrest of a San Rafael businessman named as his accomplice. Prosecutor Donald Constine said Hendrickson aided Hewlett in misapplication of 20 thousand dollars. FBI agents review accounts as the hunt for the exact loss continues. Hewlett’s body was found at a Cedar Avenue residence clutching a .38 pistol after he vanished during a theater performance.
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East Long Beach
U.S. National Bank of
San Diego
George A. Hewlett
San Rafael
Asst. Atty. Donald & Constine
San Francisco
John R Hendrickson
U.S
Hewlett
Constine
FBI
Hendrickson
Cerritos Ave
Hewletts
Cedar Ave
Magnolia Theatre
James W. Hynne
East
Hynne
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John Foster Dulles
George C. Marshall
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