Assembly OKs Bill to Aid Linkage Fight
Assembly approves a bill authorizing eminent domain to acquire land for subsidence remedial projects amid support from city officials. The measure moves to the Senate as part of a trio of subsidence bills aimed at preventing land subsidence through unitization and repressurization plans. A Long Beach delegation pressed Governor Knight for backing, with hints of favorable support.
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St Tod
Long Head
William 8. Grent
Senate
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Ybert Ry Klockalem
Long Beach
Knight Friday
Sacramento
George Vermillion
Pate A. Knight
Petia
Japanese Student Protest Reported in Britain Bomb Test
A brief notice notes a protest by a Japanese student group in Britain regarding a British bomb test. The item cites the event's location and participants, conveying a snapshot of postwar tension and international response.
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Pas Tades
Digger O'Dell Actor John H. Brown Dies En Route
John H. Brown, famed for portraying Digger O'Dell the Friendly Undertaker on the Lits of Riley radio show, died en route to a doctor’s office after a heart attack. He was 53.
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Digger O'Dell
John H. Brown
Riley
No state or federal measures curb election expenditures this year
Apparent dead end for a state bill to assign spending responsibility to candidates. Amendments in committees made it unworkable, signaling defeat. Similar federal bills lack sponsor push. A last year report shows House campaign expenditures nearing twenty three million dollars. Continued on Page A-.
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Congressional House
God Was With Me Says Dad After Boy Survives Well
A grateful Mastic father recalls prayers answered as his son Benny Hooper, pulled from a well, survived despite a perilous fall. He described rushing to help, tying a rope ladder, and hearing his child call Daddy before rescue. Relatives and well-wishers across the country offered messages of support.
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N. Y
Ben Hooper
Hia
California
Benny
Hooper
Amile
Hose Saved Buried Him by Oxygen Tube Save
MASTIC New York UP-Little River Hooper Jr s doctor said a tube lowered into a well supplied oxygen during hours of rescue after the boy fell in The doctor noted sand drifted down and the jacket hiked over his head creating an air space The end of the tube was about one inch from the boy s mouth and likely saved his life The physician praised old fashioned fortitude and honesty amid the rescue efforts
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N.Y
Ren. Hooper Jr
J. H. Kris
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Rescue of boy Hooper after hours in open hole well
In San Marino California David Fiscus praises rescuers who saved Juda Benjamin Hooper after a 52 hour ordeal from a 200 foot open well a tragedy that followed the death of three year old Kathy Fiscus in 1949 prompting safety laws to cover open holes. Columbia recognized by United States after military Junta seized power May 9 ousting President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla amid regional unrest.
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Calif
David Fiscus
Kathy
Juda Benjamin Hooper
Columbia
Washington
United States
Gustava Rojas Pinilla
Spain
Boy survives 24 foot well entombment in long island rescue
Seven year old Benjamin Hooper Jr was rescued alive after more than one day trapped upright in a 24 foot well at his Long Island home. Rescue workers broke through to his side as crowds watched in relief. He was conscious, talking, and asking for food at Mastle Hospital with pneumonia risk monitored.
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Benjamin Jr
Bayview Hospital
Mastic
N. Y
Benjamin Hooper Jr
Sam Woodson
Riverhead
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Woodson
Manorville
Benejamin Hooper Jr
Mastle Hospital
J. H. Kris
Kris
Long Island
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Benny
First Man To Reach Benny Hooper Jr Rescue
Manorville NY report describes Sam Wood and John Arambo, two workers, reaching Benny Hooper Jr in a three clock rescue. Wood recounts digging, brushing sand away, and yanking Benny free as the tunnel collapsed. Benny was weak and damp but alive.
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Sam Wood
Benny Hooper Jr
John
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Woodson
Dwarf Offer Declined at Rescue of Boy Entombed
In Manorville New York a dwarf arrived at the scene of one year old Benjamin Hooper entombment on Friday and offered to squeeze through a tunnel to reach the child. Officials said the tunnel was large enough for a full grown man and chose to rely on a fearless rescuer. The dwarf did not identify himself.
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Hel
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