Negro Takes Long Beach Open Golf Honor With Playoff Win
Charles Sifford, 34, of Philadelphia, becomes first Negro to win a major golf tournament by taking the Long Beach Open at Lakewood County. He shoots 64 to lead, then defeats Eric Monti in a sudden death playoff on the third hole as darkness falls. Monti earns runner up prize. several players share third with $150.
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Charles Sifford
Philadelphia
Lakewood County
Sifford
Eric Monti
Jackie Robinson
Althea Gibson
Monti
al Besselink
Howie Johnson
Billy Casper
Bill Johnston
Bill Parker
Dale Andreagon
Day Uehert
Boehninger
Fred Hawkins
Gene Littler
Eisenhower backs missiles and debt limit rise
President Eisenhower appears to back missiles and satellites and signals a debt ceiling raise to 275 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Anderson has issued a ceiling and plans bipartisan talks ahead of a December 3 White House conference with key congressional leaders. Democratic Senator Symington warns defense funding is strained and could threaten national security.
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Washington UF
Eisenhower
Anderson
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Oil Slick, New Clues in Search for Stratoclipper
Washington reports Deputy Defense Secretary Quarles said the U S has rockets as powerful as the missile used to launch the latest Soviet satellite. He noted the U S only began full ballistic missile development in the early 1950s and highlighted Atlas and Titan programs.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Donald A. Quarles
United States
Russia
Quarles
Ike Enters Hospital for Exam
President Eisenhower checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital for his annual physical, accompanied by Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder. The 67 year old leader arrived in a three room suite on the third floor. He is expected to be released today after routine examinations as he prepares to travel to Paris _to seek a NATO science resources pool._ He attended National Presbyterian Church with his grandson David and spoke with the pastor after services.
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Quarles
United States
Washington
Eiseniaker
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Eisenhower
Russia
Paris
NATO
Lisenhower
David
National Presbyterian Church
Mystery swallows hope as Pan American liner vanishes
Honolulu dispatch reports an ocean search for the Pan American Stratoclipper missing with 44 aboard. Coast Guard planes sighted possible wreckage while Navy and Air Force units combed a wide sea area 330 miles west of a dye marker report. The massive hunt includes 40 land planes, ships, and cutters with crews exhausted by a Second day of fruitless searching.
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Philippine Sea
Long Beach
Pacific
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Airo Force
Globemaster
Pan American
Calif
Navy
Pan American Airways
San Francisco-Honolulu
Typhoon Pounding Luzon Hits Manila Area
Typhoon Hit battered heavily populated Luzon with winds up to 120 mph and torrential rains. Catanduanes Island suffered extensive damage as Manila faced warnings and rising seas. Early unofficial losses exceeded $250,000 as bridges and homes were washed away.
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Manila
Mondhy
Luzon
Todas
Catanduanes Island
South Luzon
Catandulanes
Philippine News Service
Question on rocket lifting capacity discussed in interview
The dialogue questions whether a rocket can lift 5,009 pounds to the United States, citing Sputnik II’s 1,000 pound to 1,000 mile capability. The interviewee asserts that rockets exist capable of such lifting, then confirms broader capabilities.
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United States
Eight Marooned at Alamitos Bay Entrance
Eight people aboard a 40 foot cabin cruiser were marooned at the entrance to Alamitos Bay Seal Beach while attempting to enter the bay. Coast Guard and Long Beach rescue boats responded. Among those aboard were owner Lyle Anderson and Mrs Anderson with Mr and Mrs Hans Lindenskev. Anderson runs Commercial Business Service at 7356 American Ave. The Lindenskevs live at 2624 Josie St. One names listed Lingenskoy waed and BANE ashore. He was unhurt.
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Alamitos Bay
Seal Beach
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Lyle Anderson
Anderson
Hans Lindenskev
American Ave
Lindenskevs
Josie St
Lingenskoy
Bane
Waryed Father of 4 Admits Fatal Double Killing
Robert Crites a 36 year old Dayton GM Frigidaire worker and father of four admitted in a signed statement that he shot and killed Beverly Eldred 18 and Deanna Folch 16 after beginning romantic entanglements with the two teens. He reported planning for ten days and later purchased a revolver in Dayton. The bodies were found along Lyleburn Road five miles south of Zero after a motorist spotted them.
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Dayton
Ohio
Beverly
Montgomery
R. C. Beckett
Robert
Crites
Beverly Eldred
Deanna Jean Folch
Lylebuen Road
Zero
Beckett
Deanna
Long Beach Officials Positive At State Assembly Hearing
Reports from attendees at the State Assembly Judiciary Committee hearings in Los Angeles and Long Beach show officials presenting a calm, objective testimony. Assemblyman Bruce Allen led the hearing with his interim committee while City Attorney Wahfred Jacobson directed Long Beach witnesses to present tideland oil evidence without fear of a fishing expedition or new oil restrictions.
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State Assembly Judiciary Committee
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Bruce Allen
Erice Allen
Wahfred Jacobson
Long Beath
Tideland Oil
Crites claims six shots fired at car full of girls
Crites admitted firing six bullets into a car after one girl rolled down a window. He said he planned to move the victims to Colorado but left the bodies in Hettering and went to his mother's home. He then contacted authorities and discussed a 40 million social development program in Iraq.
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Crites
Colorado
Hettering
Kettering
Saghdad
Beckett
Long Beach Veterans Parade Opens Veterans Day
Long Beach marks Veterans Day with a parade featuring 20 drum corps and bands. The route runs Cedar Ave to Broadway and Chestnut with a reviewing stand at Chestnut. Transit rerouted for 3.5 hours. stores and banks stay open. schools and libraries closed. mail delivery limited. Notables include Air Force anniversary honorees and parade grand marshal Lt Gen W F McKee. multiple high schools join bands and drum corps from 23 service branches.
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Long Beach
Fat Cedar Ave
W. Ocean Blvd
Ocean
American Ave
American
E. 6Th SL
6Th
Pine Ave
Pine
Broadway
Chestnut Ave
Air Forcs
Army Aviation Service
Anne
Trebes
Foggy
Couple Robs Liquor Store Sluggered Clerk
A short stocky man and a female accomplice robbed Pauls Liquor Store on 182nd St taking about $60 after threatening a clerk with a pistol then slugging him. The incident disrupted highway and rail traffic as they fled. Bernard Welch, 23, reported the events in Torrance.
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Torrance
Paul's Liquor Store
St. Luchon
France
Hawthorne’ Blvd
Bernard Welch
Pyrennes
Sputniks Passenger Poisoned
Soviet scientists nearly finished with Sputnik coverage as L Unita in Rome cites Moscow claiming Laika died from poisoning after last food, Tass reports radio beacons dead and direct reports cut. Authorities say valuable data already gained and further observations to continue by radar and optics.
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Moscow
Sputnk
Laika
L'Unita
Rome
Tass
Tomma Unique
Rams Meet 49ers At Coliseum In Memorial Page C-1
Lou Jobst recalls a day of heroism and death in Xorca as the Rams face the San Francisco 49ers before a record pro football crowd at the Coliseum. Details follow on Page C-1 in the report.
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LOS Angeles Rams
San Francisco
Lou Jobst
Xorca
WM Gloomy 48 Sun Sets on Wallet
A cryptic note sketches financial gloom and a failed borrow from a powerful figure. It contrasts sunny smiles with money trouble and hints at jail time and high overhead as part of the saga.
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Ry Jerry Wynn
U.S
T. G. Dress
Bob Farkas
Thomas A. Ahraan
J. A. Ferguson
E. C. Harris
Ike
Warried
Ae Crites
Frigidaire
General Motors, Corp
New Haven
Conn
George Christopher
Soni
Lyleburn
Christopher
Senate
Lac
Iraq
Il.b
Sputnik
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