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Antarctic Officer Returns Home from Antarctica
Ensign John G. Grafther, part of the first of 347 U.S. Navy teams to winter in Antarctica, leaves New Zealand for home after duty. In Beckley a six year old, James Richard Graf, of Los Angeles, was struck by a car and killed while playing with a hula hoop during the Antarctic tour.
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Christchurch
N. Z
John G. Grafther
U. S. Navy
Antarctica
Civilza
Beckley
United States
James Richard Graf
Los Angeles