Foreman dives into oil pool to save injured coworker
Ralph Vincent a 44 year old foreman at General Petroleum Co. leaped into a 2 foot deep oil reservoir after Oscar Ramos 24 fell 30 feet with a 6x6 timber as a joist broke. He pulled Ramos from the slime and kept him breathing until rescuers arrived. Ramos survived with no fractures and was treated at Harbor General and St. Vincent's Hospitals.
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Ralph Vincent
Stevely Ave
Oscar Ramos
Los Angeles
Vincent
Ramos
Oscar
Clarence Kusky
Sa Puente
Harbor General Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
General Petroleum Co
228Th
Main Sts
Nancy
New A-Cruiser Skipper Named for Long Beach
Capt. Eugene P. Wilkinson of Long Beach was named skipper of the new guided missile cruiser to be launched in July. Wilkinson, who led the Nautilus submarine historically linked to atomic power, previously commanded a Long Beach shipyard cruiser and served in Washington. He has two years of recent duty aboard the Long Island division out of New London Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene P. Wilkinson
Long Beach
Quincy
Mass
Wilkinson
Dennis
U. S
Navy
Cruiser Island Shipyards
Washington, D.C
Long
New London
Conn
Across the Nation Killer Caught Meek as Mouse
John F Butler surrendered meek as a mouse to a shoot to kill posse after hiding all night following the murder of Northumberland County Sheriff James R Laver. He shot the officer with the revolver during a trip to Western Penitentiary, as deputy Merlin Diehl stopped the car. Laver died from the gunshot wound in a struggle over the weapon in a night of pursuit by 300 armed patrolmen.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
John F. Butler
Meek
Here
Northumberland County
James R. Laver
Western Penitentiary
Laver
Merlin Diehl
Shamokin
Butler
Diehl
One Year Old Wonder Child Weighs 1744 Pounds
Vickie Lynn Berry arrived three months early in Huntington W Virginia weighing 1 pound 12 ounces. Now at one year old she weighs 1744 pounds and celebrates her first birthday with a cake.
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Vickie Lynn Berry
Huntington
W. Va
Vickie
L. A. Berry
Douglas Aircraft plans Long Beach built jet EX9 forecast
Douglas Aircraft Co president Donald W. Douglas Jr announced that plans for constructing the EX9 short range jet for 60 to 70 passengers will be made very soon, with a strong likelihood the DCS will be built in Long Beach and service could begin by 1963. He noted the Long Beach built DC8 will enter airline service shortly, after spending about 250 million dollars on the jet project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Donald W. Douglas Jr
Mounted Police
Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
DCE
Air Crash on Carrier Kills Two
A Navy fighter plane attempting landing aboard the carrier USS Essex crashed into the starboard side during early landing ops off Jacksonville, Florida. Two sailors were killed Lt. James C. Steele and Airman Charles E. Porter died in flames. Twenty-one others were injured with three in critical condition and eighteen hospitalized with less serious injuries.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James C. Steele
Charles E' Porter
Navy
Steele
Essex
Smiles
Here
Arkilantic
LL.B Wins State OK to Negotiate on Uplands
In Sacramento the Lands Commission agreed to start a month of intensive negotiations with Long Beach to settle the boundary of city tidelands without litigation. The move follows requests from Raymond C. Kealer and Sen. Richard Richards to avoid lawsuits while subsidence concerns threaten oil-field operations in the disputed uplands area. AB 2400 passed 75 to 1, allowing 25 year lease extensions for firms operating in uplands despite ongoing talks.
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Sacramento
Lands Commission
Long Beach
Tidelands
Raymond C. Kealer
Richard Richards
Los Angeles
Kealer
S. Oe
Assembly
William S. Grant
Bil
Uplands
Sorce
Esere
Commission
Long Beach Inner Harbor
U S Refuge Plotted by Batista
Dominican military intelligence said SIM uncovered a plan by Cuban ex President Batista to flee to the United States and seek political asylum. He has been a refugee since January 1 after Havana’s regime was overthrown and was to fly out in one of the planes that brought him to Ciudad Trujillo.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Fulgencio Batista
United States
The
Intelligence Service
SIM
Battista
Havana
Monkeys Able and Baker Survive 10,000 mph Space Flight
Two female monkeys Able and Baker rode a Jupiter missile to space and back uninjured in a 15 minute flight. The nose cone was recovered by USS Kiowa off Anger and flown to Washington for study as NASA traces data for manned spaceflight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Able
Baker
Ayrspace
San Juan
Washington, D.C
Navy
Rewsion
Atlantic
Aeronautics and Space Act
Dassistration
NASA
Kiowa
Army
Space Administration
Electronic Instruments
Rival Husband Kills Man in Lakewood Shooting
Albert Summers 46 returned to his Lakewood home and shot Herbert Danielson 40 twice in the chest after confrontations over a separation from Summers’ wife Virena. Danielson, once Summers’ fishing companion, died instantly as Summers turned himself in to Lakewood deputies.
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Lakewood
Albert Summers
Nipoma Ave
Herbert Danielson
Summers
Virena
Herb
Danielson
Long Beach
Colonial Yacht Anchorage
Wilmington
Webster St
Everglades Air Crash Kills Four in Palm Beach Area
Four Orangeburg men died when a single engine plane broke apart in flight and plunged into the Everglades about 25 miles northwest of West Palm Beach Florida. Victims were identified as IR S McCants Jr 40 general manager of a feed company John Lane Jr 34 who worked with McCants JM Newburne 34 insurance broker and Eugene Richardson about 40.
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West Palm Beach
Everglades
Orangeburg
S.C
IR. S. McCants Jr
John Lane Jr
McCants
JM Newburne
Eugene Richardson
Gatagerman
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Harry Farrell
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Howard Benedict
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